A magic carpet landed in Oak Class this week – it has already taken us on many adventures..

We have travelled around the world and to many ,any magical places – we certainly have a class full of imagination! We have written about all the magical places we have visited.

More odd and even numbers this week …

Along with heights .. everyone enjoyed lining up in height order in groups. We read Jack and the Beanstalk and talked about things that get taller – lots of lovely ideas came up including ‘ my daddy’ !

This year was the 73rd Anniversary of the Empire Windrush arriving at Tilbury Docks in Essex. Many of the people on board served in the British Army during the Second World War, and were invited, with citizenship, to help rebuild Britain after the devastation of the war. Sadly, some of  the Caribbeans who made the journey were met with racism and discrimination. Windrush Day was started to remember this generation of people who helped Britain at its most vulnerable. We watched a Newsround programme to help us understand more about this time in our history. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si3IRAPJkkU –

Tuesday was the celebratory day of the Windrush. The children made extra colourful kites. Kite making and kite flying are popular activities in the Caribbean. We joined in with this animated song, again, helping us understand more about the Windrush. 

Other activities we all had a go at included :

Bit of a short catch up this week – hope you all have a good weekend. Keep up daily reading with your children – just 5 minutes is fine – we’ve noticed a reading lull so please don’t give up now! Also please try and bring your book-bag in on the day written on the front of the reading diary. This enables us to have 6 per day.  For the last few weeks we’ve had 16 book bags come in on a Friday and it’s tricky to fit in our individual reading with 16 children along with all our other activities.