NSPCC Number Day

Today has been NSPCC Number Day. We all came to school wearing a number. We had numbers from 1 to 5172! We played lots of games using our numbers - odd one out, adding them and ordering them! In the afternoon, some children from Year 5 came to play maths games with us. We thought it was a very fun day. Maple Class raised £30 - Max counted the money.


We've been learning about special places in RE, so we went to visit St Mary's Church. A church is a special place for Christians. Reverend Will showed us around the church and answered all of our questions!


Joshua: Can only Christians go to church? No, everyone is welcome.
Lily: Who started churches? Jesus' friends.
Albie: Why do people pray to God? To spend time, talk and share with God.
Max: Is it hard working at St Mary's? I work long hours and only have one day off, but I love my job!


In the church, it was peaceful and silent. We were all sensible and showed respect.


In English, we were finishing our unit of work, so we wrote a new story based on The New Coat. In our writing we had to remember to use sentence starters, noun phrases, inverted commas and maybe even paragraphs! Some of us achieved our challenge leaves. This week ''to walk' has been our verb of the week.


In topic, we have been using our mapping skills. We imagined we were birds and drew a map, using a bird's eye view of different places inside and out! On a bird's eye view, a map is just different shapes, so we added a key to our map, so that people know what the shapes are.


This week, our home learning is to go for a family walk and the create a map to show where we've been. Mrs McLellan has challenged us to add a key.


This week's Star Award is going to Harry for bouncing back when things don't go right. Well done, Harry.


Our Learning Owl this week is Eleanor. Maple class said that she always tries her best and never gives up. She is good at challenging herself and works well on her own and as part of a team. Well done, Eleanor - have a good weekend with Night!