Horse Chestnut

Horse Chestnut Notices & Class Archive

On this page you’ll find important and useful information about our class, including what we have been and what we will be doing. Please click ‘read more’ to find out about our weekly activities, notices and reminders.

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Horse Chestnut, 5th-9th October

Next week’s learning: Maths – column subtraction and efficient methods English- finishing our Persuasive Magic Reports Maths: We continued looking at column addition with more than one exchange. Then we

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Horse Chestnut Class, 2nd-4th September

Next week’s learning: English – Exploring The Whale, writing poems and descriptions  Maths – partitioning in different ways, number lines  Science – grouping animals  Maths: This week, we started our first topic

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Horse Chestnut, 6th-10th July

Next week’s learning: English – writing a story opening of a determination narrativeScience – food chains Maths – consolidation  English: This week, we began making predictions about our new story, The

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Horse Chestnut Class, 22nd-25th June

Next week’s learning: Health and Fitness week Healthy eating Mindfulness  WCET Festival: Door Step Theatre This week we watched an amazing performance created with a combination of dance and acrobatics. We also

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Horse Chestnut, 15th – 19th June 2026

Next week’s learning: English- Finishing our transformation narratives  Maths – Position and Direction – coordinates, plotting and translating shapes  Science – The Digestive System Art – printing in the style

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Horse Chestnut, 8th-12th June

Next week’s learning: Maths – position and direction  English – writing a transformation narrative  Maths: This week we have been exploring statistics. We have looked at bar charts, pictograms and

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Horse Chestnut, 1st-5th June 2026

Next week’s learning: English – Narrative writing based on The Secret Sky Garden Maths – Statistics – Pictograms, bar charts and line graphs  Science – Animals including Humans  Maths: This

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Horse Chestnut, 20th-24th April

Next Week’s Learning: Maths- ordering and estimating with money  English – Writing our Environmental Change narrative Science – habitats  Maths: This week we began our money topic. We started by

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Horse Chestnut, 13th-17th April

Next week’s learning: Maths –  Money English – planning our environmental change narratives  Science – habitats Maths: This week we have been exploring ordering decimals and rounding to the nearest

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Horse Chestnut, 23rd-27th March

After half term’s learning:  Maths – partitioning, adding and subtracting decimals English – Our Tower English: This week, we finished writing our persuasive letters. We began looking a5 our new

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Horse Chestnut, 16th-20th March

Next Week’s learning: Maths – Decimals B  English – Persuasive letter writing  Maths: This week we have been looking at hundredths on a place value chart. We used physical counters

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Horse Chestnut, 23rd-27th February

Next week’s learning: Maths- subtracting fractions English- writing a twisted narrative  English: This week we have been looking at our new text, The Lost Happy Endings. We explored classic fairy tales

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Horse Chestnut, 9th-13th February

After half term’s learning: English – narrative writing and persuasive letter Maths – fractions    Music: This week we focused on rock and roll.  Computing: We continued to work collaboratively

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Horse Chestnut, 26th-30th January

Next week’s learning: English – writing our Monster hunter guides Maths – fractions, understanding the whole, counting beyond 1 English: This week we have been exploring the language and structure

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Horse Chestnut 5th-8th January

Next week’s learning: Maths – column multiplication  English – character description Maths: This week we began looking at column multiplication, multiplying a 2 digit number by a 1 digit number.

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Horse Chestnut 1st-5th December

Next week’s learning: English – Writing our information reports all about polar bears Maths – Moving on to th e next section of our multiplication and division topic, focusing on factors

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