Forest Schools!

This week, it was Maple Class' turn to go to Forest Schools. We had a look around the pond for objects that we could find. Then, we drew them. After that, we drew a map of the Forest School area - we had to remember to do a key. A key is where you draw a symbol of the things you've drawn on your map and label them. Cory told us the if you see a cross with 'N' at the top, that means North. We all had lots of fun there.


We also started our pedestrian skills training. A lady called Jane took us into the hall and asked us questions about how to cross the road and we had to choose the right hoop to stand in. One of the questions was "Would cross the road by:

• skipping?
• walking?
• running?"

We are looking forward to going outside for walks soon.


In English, we have been learning to use dialogue. This means that we had to add speech for different parts of the story - thinking about what Tom or Mum might have said.


Did you know, we are going to be taking part in 2 different story writing competitions. So this week, we had a go at writing our own stories! Mrs McLellan is looking forward to reading them.


In maths, we have learning to do division. This means sharing numbers into equal groups. We worked well in small groups to solve problems like 'If I have 12 apples and share them between 3 people, how many apples will each person get?' Our challenge was to show our working out.


In science, we were investigating which parts of the classroom were warmer than others by putting ice in different places. We waited 5, then 10 minutes to see how long it took the ice to melt. The warmest part of the classroom was where the heater was because the ice melted really quickly.


Home Learning this week is to take part in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch...  https://ww2.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/discoverandlearn/birdwatch/?gclid=CjwKEAiAuKy1BRCY5bTuvPeopXcSJAAq4OVs0gBLTnttD1q2KLDv-ZnJdJtyJxFPk-6tYqMugPxjLRoCgE_w_wcB


This week's star award is for trying hard to reach our goals. Lots of us have been trying hard with this, but Joshua has done really well at trying to start his sentences in different ways! Well done, Joshua.


This week, Night is going home with someone who always tries hard to use all of the Learning Owl skills. He takes responsibility for his own learning, asks good questions and thinks carefully all of the time. He is also very kind and thoughtful. Well done, Edward - have a great weekend with Night