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Class News Autumn Term 2026

11.9.2026

Dear parents and carers, 

Welcome to the very first Peacocks Class email of the school year!

I hope you all had a fantastic and restful summer break. It has been so lovely to welcome the children back to school after a long six weeks off and it is safe to say that our learning has kicked off to a brilliant start! The classroom atmosphere has been wonderful and I have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know all of the children. They have settled in brilliantly and brought so much enthusiasm to the classroom already. Thank you so much for being patient at pick up time as we get to know all of your faces so that the children can be safely passed to their adults.

This half term in English, our key text is 'The Iron Man' by Ted Hughes. Children have started to explore this text in their English classes this week and used their skills of prediction and retrieval to show an understanding of the start of the story. We are all wondering what will happen next: will Iron Man be good or evil? Where has he come from? Why is he here? We have also been thinking about our fundamental writing skills as we return to school; this will help the children when they complete their first few pieces of assessed writing in the coming weeks. 

In History this week, we have dived headfirst into our 'locality' and Dunstable's significance in history, seeing the changes the town has undergone in the last 150 years. In the coming weeks, we will delve deeper into local buildings that go back centuries. The children's enthusiasm and curiosity have truly brought the lessons to life, with children sharing their local knowledge aiding in the further exploration of the town we call home.

This term in Geography, we are diving into our exciting new topic, "What's Around Me?". Over the coming weeks, the children will be using maps and atlases to explore urban and rural environments, identifying key similarities and differences between different locations. As part of this topic, we will also be conducting a local area study with hands-on fieldwork, directly connecting our geography skills to our History learning as we discover Dunstable past and present.

We have kicked off the topic this week, and the classroom is already buzzing with fantastic questions and curiosity. We are so excited to see where their learning takes them over the rest of the term!

Homework

Please find the weekly PE and swimming schedule below:

  • Weekly Swimming: Every Tuesday. Please ensure your child comes to school with their complete swimming kit on this day. Children can wear their PE kits.

  • Macaws maths PE: Every Tuesday.

  • Peacocks maths PE: Every Wednesday.

  • Red Kites maths PE: Every Thursday.

On their designated PE days, children should arrive at school wearing their correct PE uniform. 

Peacock of the week has been awarded to Caylen. Handwriting hero and heroine have been awarded to Frankie and Holly Rose. Well done!

Have a wonderful and well-deserved weekend with your lovely children.

Miss Qureshi and Miss Clark

25.9.26

Dear Parents and Carers,

They certainly aren't lying when they say time flies when you're having fun. I can't quite believe we are already at our second class email! It has been such a joy getting to know the children even better over these last few weeks and watching their personalities shine. They have settled into the new term fantastically and are doing a brilliant job of upholding our school expectations. The classroom is absolutely buzzing with energy, and their enthusiasm for learning each day has been wonderful to see.

We have had a fantastic start to our Music lessons this term as we explore the 'R&B' genre! The children kicked things off by listening to and appraising a variety of classic R&B tracks. It was wonderful to hear so many of them share how they recognize these songs from car journeys with family and love singing along,leading to brilliant class discussions! Our main focus song for this half-term is 'Let Your Spirit Fly' by Joanna Mangona, and we’ve been diving into its history to see how R&B has evolved over time. The classroom was absolutely buzzing this week as the children put their learning into practice and started playing notes on the glockenspiels! To top off a great week, we’ve also been enjoying some lively sing-alongs to tracks by Avicii, who is our Music Hero of the half-term. We can't wait to see their musical skills grow as the weeks develop!

Our young tech enthusiasts have hit the ground running in Computing. Throughout the first few lessons, we have explored what the internet is, looking into the World Wide Web and the differences between a website and a webpage. We have also been able to incorporate a skills lesson to hopefully allow the children to make individual progress regarding their Chromebooks. The children's ownership over their own progression has been truly special to witness, with many of our digital leaders and other children helping those who haven't necessarily used the Chromebooks before, fostering a wonderful classroom environment of learning.

Children have really enjoyed their start to our Science topic this half term where we have been exploring the topic ‘Forces’. Children have learned about push and pull forces and have worked practically to explore friction and magnetism. They are full of scientific vocabulary that is helping them to understand and talk about this unit of work and it has been wonderful to see them work scientifically to complete fair tests and also work together in small groups with opportunities to take turns, share, listen to each other and negotiate.

Our swimming lessons have been hugely successful over the last two weeks; we are extremely proud of all the children as we know some children are less confident in the skills but they are all pushing themselves each week to make progress - well done! Just a couple of reminders about swimming: please ensure that, if children are not able to take earrings out and put them back in, no earrings are worn to school on Tuesdays as they should not be worn in the pool and the tape that the children would normally use in PE will fall off in the pool. Adults are not allowed to take earrings out or put them back in. Also, please ensure your child has a swimming cap if they have long hair - thank you to those of you who have remembered this in the first few busy weeks of term.

Homework this week will be set on Doodle maths and due next Wednesday. This is in addition to the daily reading and TT Rockstars activities we ask all children complete.

Peacock of the week has been awarded to Daisy.

Handwriting hero and heroine have been awarded to Jake and Aria. Well done!

Have a lovely weekend,

Miss Qureshi and Miss Clark

9.10.26

Dear Parents and Carers,

It is hard to believe how quickly time has flown and that we are already approaching the end of our first half of the Autumn Term! It has been a fantastic few weeks filled with rich, busy learning across the key stage. A huge well done to all the children who put themselves forward for a student leadership role. We are so proud of every single child who gave it a go. I am looking forward to speaking with you next week at the children’s Learning Review Meetings where I can share more individual successes with you all.

Our PSHE lessons have been fantastic recently! We have continued to explore different types of relationships and what makes a healthy, positive friendship. Last week, we were lucky to have the SCARF workshops visit us, where the children focused on maintaining a healthy balance in their lives and discovered wonderful strategies to look after both their bodies and minds. The children were exceptionally engaged throughout, and it was lovely to see their enthusiasm, they even finished off the session by creating some beautiful origami paper hearts! 

In RE this term, we have been looking at how different religions worship. We have been looking at the buildings themselves, what happens inside them, how people go about worshipping, and some of the key features of these places of worship. 

The children have been using their own lived experiences and things they have witnessed themselves to bring their lessons to life and add more meaning to them. We have also allowed them to explore some of these buildings interactively online, allowing them to truly see what it would be like to be inside these places of worship.

In Art this half term, we have been looking at the work of the famous Andy Warhol. The children began with an artist study, learning all about him, his life and his work. It was through this artist study that the children learned he has a famous piece of art based on soup cans! The children then studied a range of food packaging themselves and also explored and experimented with different colour combinations. We will be moving on to creating our own pieces of Andy Warhol-inspired work in the final weeks of the half term. 

Homework for this week has been set on DoodleMaths and is due on the following Wednesday. This is in addition to the daily reading and TT Rockstars activities we ask all children complete.

Peacock of the week has been awarded to Elsie. Handwriting hero and heroine have been awarded to Maddison and Ruben. Well done! 

Have a lovely weekend.

Miss Qureshi and Miss Clark.