Suckley School
Happy, Aspirational and Ready for Life
Spring Term
Welcome back to the Spring Term!
Dear Parents and Carers,
Happy New Year! I hope you all enjoyed a relaxing Christmas break filled with special moments with family and friends. It’s been wonderful to welcome the children back this week—they’ve settled in brilliantly and are ready for an exciting new term!
We’ve started the term by diving into our whole-school book, The River by Tom Percival. It’s a beautifully written story that explores themes of change, resilience, and the power of nature—perfect for sparking thoughtful discussions and inspiring some wonderful landscape art.
Next week, we’ll be launching our new topic: “Stone Age to Iron Age.” We’ll journey back to prehistoric times to discover their cultural significance, how they shaped the world we know today, and even explore links to literature. For more details, please see the attached topic web.
Reading
Reading remains a key focus at Suckley. Regular practice helps build confidence, fluency, and a love of reading. Please make sure your child brings their reading book and log to school every day. When they complete a full page of at-home reading in their log, they’ll earn a small prize in Friday’s assembly and be entered into our half-termly raffle! Listening to your child read and recording it in their log is hugely valuable. We’ll change books once completed and check comprehension.
Spellings
We reassessed spelling levels at the end of the Autumn term. New spellings will be given out every Monday—they’ll be in your child’s spelling book and available online at https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb/. Please supervise online activity for safety. Spelling books should come to school daily, and we encourage extra practice at home.
There won’t be formal spelling tests in Years 3 and 4. Instead, spellings are practiced daily during morning skills sessions, where children explore word meanings and patterns—an approach proven to boost retention.
P.E. and Forest School
P.E. will continue on Friday afternoons this term. Please ensure your child has a full P.E. kit, including suitable footwear, and that long hair is tied back. We recommend leaving P.E. bags at school and taking them home at half term for washing.
Forest School is currently paused for winter to allow the site to recover, but sessions will resume soon —we’ll give plenty of notice.
Thank you for your continued support—it makes such a difference to the children’s learning and enjoyment. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. Stay warm and safe in this icy weather, and here’s to a fantastic term ahead!
Best Wishes,
Miss Jones, Mr Walker, Mrs Butler
Exploring fossils on the Suckley Hills that were once under the warm, shallow Silurian Sea long before the dinosaurs! 🦕🦖
Little Litter Pickers! 🚮 Woodpeckers litter picking and learning about the incredible work of Boyan Slat and the Ocean Clean Up 🌊
Team building afternoon! Working collaboratively and having fun 🌈
Easter is on its way at Suckley with baby lamb cuddles! 🐑
Computing - understanding the different parts that make up a desktop computer 🖥️ 🔎
Celebrating international women’s day and recognising the #LetGirlsPlay Biggest ever girls football session at Dyson Perrins Academy ⚽️
World Book day madness! 📚📖
The Downs Malvern Boys football tournament ⚽️
Geographers - using digital/ computer mapping to locate features in their local area like their home and school 🌍📍
Being historians 🔍 finding answers and asking questions about where, what and the how behind Stonehenge 🔍
Dramatic reading of our WAGOLL - based on Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura 📚
Gymnastics floor routines - inspired by the Olympian Simone Biles 🏅🏆🤸♂️
Science - Investigating naturally occurring and man- made rocks around our school site
History lesson hot seating a NEANDERTHAL! - Woodpeckers had lots of questions about the stone age and the evolution of Homo sapiens
Open the book at Suckley Church 📖
P.E - Suckley Gymnastics Award Scheme
A day in the life of an archaeologist! Looking at objects from the past - what era and what were they used for?
Art - inspired by our whole school book 'The River' by Tom Percival, incorporating observational sketches, shading techniques and texture collaging
