Hummingbirds

Welcome to Hummingbirds!

Welcome to our class page. Here you will find information about our learning, letters and other useful information.

Author visit - Friday 13 February

Today, we had a visit from author Gillian McClure who spent time with Hummingbirds class this morning. She spent time explaining the process of producing one of her books Selkie and how she uses art mainly watercolour painting to help develop her ideas and thoughts for the text. She showed the children lots of her art work and explained how she used this to edit her final pictures and words. The children then had the opportunity to draw their own beach/sea scene/ seals using just black pens and A3 paper. There will be some pictures following showing some of their amazing artwork.

SATs homework due in Wednesday 25 February 26

Over half term, the children have been given a pack of homework items to complete plus a lovely letter and treat from Mr Jones. Included in the pack are a selection from 5 in 5 GPs, 5 in 5 maths , True or False /Sequencing , Arithmetic paper 1 and some number bonds sheets 50/100.
Have a lovely half term and see you on Monday 23rd February .

SATS homework due in Wednesday 11 Feb 26

p35 Active/Passive

p68-71 Sequencing

p 91-93 Short Division/Short Multiplication

Optional video - SATS Ninja - Arithmetic - Known facts

16 Weeks of SATs - Arithmetic - Week 4 - Known Facts

In this video, we'll show you how use 'Known Facts' with easy-to-follow steps and practical tasks. Learn expert hints and tips to build your confidence and improve your multiplying and dividing skills. Whether you're studying for your Year 6 SATs or just want to get better at arithmetic, this guide will help you master these essential math skills.

SATs homework due in Wednesday 4th February 2026

p30-31 Past, present and progressive verbs

p59-60 Skimming /Scanning

p98-99. Percentages

Optional Video (20 star points!):
Partitioning and Jotting

16 Weeks of SATs - Arithmetic - Week 2 - Partition & Jot

In this video, we'll show you how to effectively partition numbers within questions and use jottings with easy-to-follow steps and practical tasks. Learn expert hints and tips to build your confidence and improve your multiplying and dividing skills.

SATs homework due in 28 Jan 2026

p19-21 Pronouns/ Relative Pronouns/ Relative clauses

p94-95. Decimal Addition/ Decimal Subtraction from a whole number

p64 True or False

Optional video (20 Star Points for completing!)

YouTube Vocabulary Ninja 16 weeks to SATs - week 1 Column Addition

16 Weeks of SATs - Arithmetic - Week 1 - Lesson 1 - Column Addition

Week 1 - Lesson 1 - Column Addition The initial video was nearly an hour long, so we have clipped it into 3 shorter videos to use in week 1. This video focuses on how addition problems can be solved with the use of the column addition strategy.

Skipping challenge

This morning, the class completed their skipping challenge in the hall. Here are some pictures of the skipping challenge.

Number day -TTRS- Rockstars and Robots.

Today, the class have had fun dressing up as Rockstars, doing lots of different maths games/ activities and then ,this afternoon ,the top 10 TTRS players will face off in a live TTRS challenge in the school during our special assembly.

Music - Orchestras

In Music, we have been looking at Orchestras and what type of instruments make up an orchestra.In small groups, the class have been making their version of their orchestras. Some of these may have made them home to you.

Science - Mushrooms!
As part of our investigation and understanding of classification , we have been looking at fungi .We have examined the anatomy of mushrooms and are now growing our own to see how they develop and form

SATS homework due Wednesday 21 January

p 13/14. Adjectives and verbs

p 63. Reading - retrieval

p116. BODMAS

p. 132. Roman Numerals

Sats Homework due 14 Jan 26

P12 and 13 - nouns and adjectives

p 65 - find and copy

p96-97 mult/ divide 10,100,1000

Santa’s visit - Friday 19th December

Santa came to visit Hummingbirds class this morning and delivered a present for each child.

We would like to thank you for the kind gifts and wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Celebration Assembly Tuesday 16 December 2025

Yesterday , we held our Celebration assembly in school.Here are some photos of the lucky winners of our awards.

Break the Rules Raffle Donations

Thank you for all the lovely donations from Hummingbirds class .They will make a wonderful hamper. Pic to follow

Friday 21st November Ancient House Museum Thetford

On Friday, Hummingbirds visited Ancient House Museum as part of their history curriculum also it linked in with our class reading book The Little Matchgirl strikes back set in Victorian times. The children had learnt about Dr Alan Minns who was the first black mayor of Thetford. We learnt lots of interesting facts about his work and went on a guided tour around Thetford relating to key areas.In the afternoon, we spent time learning about life in the workhouse, jobs people did and life in a Victorian school.

Friday 14th November Children in Need

As it was Children in Need today, Hummingbirds class came into school in a variety of spotty clothing or brought in a mix of teddies or soft animals. Here are some pictures of them this morning.

Monday 13th October - Hugo

As part of our current English topic, the children spent some time in class acting out how Claude and Hugo interacted when Hugo heard some bad news. Here are some pictures of them.

Friday 26 September- Cookie baking

Following a great week by all children on their recent assessments, we spent part of the morning scaling up a recipe , working out quantities so that we could make enough cookies for each child to have 2 . The class was split into small groups and they were in charge of measuring , mixing and producing enough cookies for their group.