What a busy first week back we have had! It was lovely to see the children again and hear all their half term news.
In English this week we have started our new book “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” by Michael Morpurgo. We started by reading the start of the story where the rats have just began to invade Hamelin. The children have been intrigued by how the children were living in the story and have written some fantastic character descriptions for the boy and the Mayor. We will continue to read this book over the term and use the text as our stimulus for writing.
In Maths we have completed our unit on Addition and Subtraction. Next week we will start our unit on Shape.
This term we are learning about The Great Fire of London in history and our D&T, Art and Geography will also be linked to it. If you have any everyday small and medium sized cardboard boxes that you want to recycle, please send them in over the next few weeks so we can use them for our D&T project. In Geography we are comparing Shrewsbury to London and will eventually be producing a little travel leaflet for tourists to visit both places.
Just a little reminder that PE is now on TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS. Please ensure children are wearing their PE kits on these days and ear-rings should be removed as per school policy.
Today we had a class assembly to talk about Remembrance and held a 2 minute silence after listening to The Last Post. It was lovely to hear how much the children already knew about why poppies are worn during our discussion and the children were all very respectful during the silence.
Also, just to let you know that this year, Chestnut and Elm class will not be putting on a Christmas Production of their own. We will be taking an active part in the whole school Christmas Celebrations instead. More details of this to come!
Have a lovely weekend and we look forward to seeing you next week!
Miss Jones & Mrs Evason