This week we thoroughly enjoyed reading two pirate stories that a couple of the children had brought into share with us.  They were The Pirates Next Door and The Pirate Cruncher.  Both worth a re-read if you happen to come across them!

We also spent some time looking carefully at the formation of the letter ‘e’ which is one letter many of the class find tricky.  If you have a moment, do encourage your child to practise the correct letter formation; they could write it with their finger on the carpet, or on your back or even with a stick in some mud!

Our star of the week did a fantastic job of filling his number bag with 12 items, all related to the number 12 and representing it in different ways.  I was especially impressed by his consideration of different ways of grouping the number 12 (e.g. 6+6 but also 4+3+5).

Weekend challenge: Can you find some different ways to make 12? How many different ways can you find? Write them down using the number signs + and =.

Our new number of the week has been chosen as the number:

Finally, we received a rather special message after our assembly last week.  A huge thank you to Year 6 and Mr Hunt who took the time to write to us and let us know what they liked about our assembly!