Skylarks
Welcome to Skylarks’ class page!
You will find all of our news and homework organised by type on a handy one-stop page!
Reception to Year 1 Transition 2025-2026
Phonics Information Evening 2025
| Routines in Skylarks | Adults in Skylarks |
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| PE Outdoor — Monday | Miss Elliott (M/T/W & F) |
| PE Indoor — Wednesday | Mrs Wright (Th) |
| Spellings — Monday | Mrs Chavda (T - F) |
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Miss Cornes (M) |
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| Ms Crowther (M) Mrs Barrett (T - F) |
Skylark Class governor: David Pass
Book Bag Days are Monday, Wednesday and Friday. More information can be found in the front of the children’s reading diaries.
Homework
Your child will bring their homework home every Monday and should return it the following Monday. This will usually alternate between maths and English/grammar (SPAG). Homework may be used to support other areas of the curriculum too. We politely request that parents mark the work with their child so that any misconceptions can be addressed when returned to school. If they are struggling with any aspects please just write a note on the homework.
Spellings
Spellings will be tested each week on Monday and the new list will be given out following the weekly test. A spelling book will also be sent home with the spellings in.
Knowledge Organisers and Topic Homework Grid
KS1 Homework Grid-Hooray, Let's Go On Holiday!KS1 Knowledge Organiser-Hooray, Let's Go On Holiday-Autumn 1stEnglish Knowledge Organiser Autumn Year 1
English Knowledge Organiser Autumn Year 2
Maths Knowledge Organiser Autumn Year 1
Maths Knowledge Organiser Autumn Year 2
Learn by Heart Facts-Maths Homework Y1 Autumn 1st
Learn by Heart Facts-Maths Homework Y2 Autumn 1st
Science Knowledge Organiser-Plants
Class News
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Monday 20 October 2025 Problem Solving in Maths In maths, our problem solving focus for this half-term is ‘using equipment and acting out.' See our photos below, where we are practising the skills to help us to answer different questions.
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Thursday 16 October 2025 Skylarks use charcoal in art As part of our topic work, the children have been looking at physical and human geography features that they might find at the coast. Today, we focused on cliffs; where the children drew a cliff using pencil before using charcoal to show light and shade. The children learnt that applying more pressure resulted in a darker colour and that they could blend charcoal to create a realistic image.
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Wednesday 15 October 2025 Partitioning Numbers to 100 In maths, Year 2 learnt how to partition numbers to 100 by identifying the tens and the ones. They began by using Base 10 to represent different numbers, then showed their understanding using part-whole models. Tomorrow, we move on to flexibly partitioning numbers to 100 - tricky!!
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Monday 13 October 2025 Black History Month - African Dance Workshop To celebrate Black History Month, we took part in a fantastic dance workshop with our new friends from the Ivory Coast. What fun we had!
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Saturday 11 October 2025 Skylarks use pastels to create their own art work in the style of Alfred Sisley As part of our topic work, we have been learning about the artist Alfred Sisley. He was a French born artist who often used muted tones and rough strokes in his work. He also liked to create images of the coast and as our topic is all about holidays, we decided to use the pastel techniques that we have learnt and create our own images of Finley, Whiteby and Saltburn-by-the-sea in his style.
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Wednesday 8 October 2025 Science in Skylarks - Welly Walk In science, Skylarks went on a leaf hunt around the school grounds to explore and identify different types of plants and leaves. Using our classroom learning, we observed the shapes, sizes, and colours of leaves to help us recognise a variety of tree species. Along the way, we also looked closely at different plants, identifying their key parts such as roots, stems, stalk, petals, trunk, branches, bark and leaves. We really enjoyed being able to apply our science knowledge to the real world and learn more about the nature around us.
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Wednesday 8 October 2025 Counting in 3s In our practical maths lesson, Year 2 practised counting in 3s, both forwards and backwards. We sang songs to help us to remember the pattern and we played games that challenged us to count out loud. We then used images of Numicon that represented threes to support us in visualising the sequences before writing them out forwards and backwards. We will continue to practise counting in 2s, 5s, 10s and 3s over the year.
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Tuesday 7 October 2025 Scrambled Sentences in Skylarks In writing, our lessons are focused around the story of Billy’s Bucket. Today, we revisited capital letters and full stops and focused on ensuring that a sentence makes sense. We fixed some examples of muddled sentences altogether before the children had a go in small groups. By the end of the lesson, we all understood that a sentence needs a capital letter, full stop and HAS to make sense! Skylarks have now promised that they will not forget capital letters and full stops in their writing.😁
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Sunday 28 September 2025 Representing Numbers In maths, Skylarks have been practising representing numbers. Year 1s represented numbers to 10 and Year 2s represented numbers to 100. Great work, Skylarks!
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Tuesday 23 September 2025 Science - Plants To begin our new science unit on plants, Skylarks completed a ‘unit-readiness' activity where they explored what they already knew and revisited key concepts from previous learning. The children had great discussions around each question and were able to confidently share their knowledge with each other.
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Thursday 18 September 2025 Skylarks Entry Point - Hooray, Let's Go on Holiday! As our entry point to our new topic 'Hooray, Let's Go On Holiday,' the children practised booking a holiday in our very own 'Tranmere Travel Agents.' The children enjoyed taking on the role of the travel agents and the customers. They enjoyed selecting their own worldwide desination, deciding how long they wanted to stay for, how they wanted to travel there and which hotels they wanted to stay in. The children asked some fabulous questions and took on the roles brilliantly. Well done Skylarks!
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Thursday 11 September 2025 Skylarks make sand sculptures! This half term's topic is 'Hooray, Let's Go On Holiday.' As part of our art focus, the children have been learning about sand artists and how they can create amazingly creative sand structures using a range of different tools. We wanted to have a go at creating our own and enjoyed experimenting with the tools to see what effects we could create. Here we are at work!
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Thursday 11 September 2025 Skylarks first few weeks! Our new Skylarks children have had a fantastic few weeks in their new class! They have accessed both indoor and outdoor provision and have impressed us with their fantastic listening skills. Well done Skylarks!
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Thursday 10 July 2025 Skylarks learn about Harry Ramsden! As part of today's history lesson, the children learnt about Harry Ramsden and his fish and chip business. They learnt how Harry Ramsden started selling fish and chips in a small wooden hut near White Cross before building his own glamorous restaurant with wall-to-wall carpets, wooden panelling and even chandeliers!
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Tuesday 24 June 2025 Year 1 Practical Maths - Fractions
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Tuesday 24 June 2025 Plumber Drummer Workshop We were lucky enough to be visited by 'The Plumber Drummer' who completed a fabulous assembly before treating us to a fun and interactive workshop.
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Tuesday 24 June 2025 Year 2 Practical Maths - Fractions
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Thursday 5 June 2025 Skylarks learn about Edith Cavell Skylarks are thoroughly enjoying our history topic this half term and have loved learning about both Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole. Today, the children explored our third and final nurse of our topic - Edith Cavell.
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Thursday 22 May 2025 Mary Seacole As part of our work on famous nurses from the past, Eagles have been learning all about the life of Mary Seacole. We have learnt lots of interesting facts about her early life, career and why we still remember her today. The children have also learnt about how her achievements have been acknowledged, through medals for bravery and a statue erected in London in 2016.
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Thursday 22 May 2025 KS1 learn about Woodwind Instruments In our shared reader lessons this week, Year 1 have been learning about woodwind instruments and about some of the instruments that you may find in an orchestra.
