Christmas Jumper Day - 16.12.16

This week we have been busy celebrating Christmas.


Today is Christmas jumper day and we have been raising money for Save the Children. Thank you for your donations.


On Wednesday, we had Christmas lunch which was delicious. Benjamin said 'My favourite part was the rice crispy Christmas tree for pudding!'. We also had a VERY special visitor on Wednesday...Father Christmas! We were so lucky to all receive a present.


In English, we have been learning how to write letters. After reading The Jolly Christmas Postman, we wrote our own letters to Baby Bear and Little Red Riding Hood. We then applied this skill to our computing and wrote letters to Santa whilst practising our touch typing skills.


Well done to Deahn who is Star of the Week for always using kind words to talk about others. Charlie is spending the weekend with Night.


Don’t forget our Christmas party day in on Monday 19^th December. We will be wearing our school uniform and our party hats that we made. The teachers will also be providing a yummy treat.

Home Learning is to keep a diary of what you get up to over the Christmas holidays. You can write sentences, draw pictures or add photographs to your diary entries.

Please make sure all costumes are in school Monday morning as we will be doing a dress rehearsal. Please make sure they are placed into a named carrier bag which will be placed on your child’s peg.

We cannot wait for the pantomime this afternoon!

Counting down to Christmas! - 9.12.16

In Maths we have been measuring length. We have been learning to use rulers to measure accurately in cm. We enjoyed following instructions to measure card and create a Christmas tree picture. We have also been learning to measure time. Please continue to practise this at home.


In Creative writing, we read the beginning of a Christmas story  called 'Coming Home'. We then created our own stories about the journey that the robin took to get home and what adventures he had along the way.


We have enjoyed doing Christmas activities in the afternoons this week. We have been busy creating Christmas hats to wear next week as well as making Christmas cards.


Well done to Jamie who won the star award this week for celebrating other's achievements.
Erin has taken Night home as she challenged herself in her Creative Writing today.


REMINDER:
Please practise your lines and songs for our Christmas sharing assembly. We start our rehearsals next week.
It is Christmas jumper day next Friday.

Christmas Calender - 2.12.16

It is the start of December and we are all very excited about Christmas in Maple! Today we have helped to decorate the Christmas tree in the hall. We have also started our advent calendar in Maple.


In English, we have been looking at the traditional tale Little Red Riding Hood. We created a character description about The Big Bad Wolf. John thinks that 'The wolf is greedy because he ate Granny up'. Deahn read a different version of the story during Guided Reading and said that Granny ran through the back door and escaped. We thought of similies to describe the wolf's appearance. Liam said 'His teeth are as sharp as razors'.


In Maths, we have been learning about division. When we divide we share into equal groups. We have learnt different strategies to help us solve division problems including sharing out multilink, groupings and arrays in our books. We now know that divided by 2 is the same as halving.


In Games, we have continued to practise our hockey skills. This week we have been learning to shoot accurately and pass the ball as a team.


Well done to Liam who is Star of the week for being a kind and caring friend. Luca has taken home Night for his wonderful attitude towards his writing.


REMINDER:
Next Wednesday it is Maple's turn for Forest School. Please make sure you have wellington boots and a warm coat.