Dear Parents and Carers,
The children have had a different week this week with extra show and singing practises in preparation for filming the show next week. The children have approached the show with excellent attitudes, fantastic acting and singing and have been wonderful role models throughout.
Spelling Shed this week continues to have 3 groups. All 3 groups will have a mini test next Friday. Please make sure the children are going on and checking their spellings, even if it is only a couple of games at a time. It really helps with their writing and enables us to talk about the sound they are learning in greater depth. One group is looking at the /n/ sound spelt kn and gn, one group is looking at the /j/ sound spelt -ge and one group is looking at the /ou/ sound.
This week in English the children have been preparing and planning to write a letter to Father Christmas. This letter is different to a normal letter to Santa, because the children won’t only be talking about what presents they would like, but will also include extra details about their Christmases, as well as ask Father Christmas a few questions that they have for him. After these are complete we want to have the children post the letters home, so that you can see an example of the excellent writing they have been doing this term. Could you please send in an addressed envelope with a stamp by Monday 14th December.
In Maths, we have finished money and started looking at multiplication and division which will continue through to the end of term. In topic, we have been looking at animals native to Australia. In RE, the children learnt about advent and created an advent calendar of kindness for our classroom. Next week the children will be learning more about the festivities of Christmas and thinking about how they celebrate the holiday. In Art, the children started creating grumpy snowmen for our show, and will finish these next week. In Science, the children learnt about the different stages of human life.
Have a lovely weekend,
Mr Stocking, Mrs Killy and Mrs Fenwick