Hi everyone!

What a lovely week we have had in Elm class. I am so proud of how well the children have settled in and have shown great positivity towards myself as their new teacher. They all work super hard and I am really enjoying teaching in Elm. They have also been very receptive of our new ‘Good to be Green’ behaviour chart.

In Maths, we have finished our topic on Money. We have looked at how to give change, add different amounts and even looked at two-step problems. Next week we will be moving on to Multiplication and Division.

In English, we have been reading the Twits. The children have loved listening the story and have had fun writing expanded noun phrases to describe them! We all agreed that sentences with more description are much better to read than boring short sentences.

In Science we have looked at Living, Dead and Never Alive. The children really enjoyed categorising the items and discussing the life processes that makes them alive. In History, we explored the life and influence of Florence Nightingale and what she did for Nursing. We could not believe how much she did in her life. Some of the children said they would like to be nurses and paramedics as they liked the sound of caring for others.

PE – Tuesday and Thursday (please see the letter that was sent home with your child this evening regarding uniform and PE kit).

Parent’s evening slots are filling up quick so can you please return the letters ASAP to avoid not getting your desired time.

Remember, if you need to reach me please email: elm@crowmoorschool.co.uk and I will get back to you.

Finally, BIG WELL DONE to Charlie, who was the Golden Certificate winner this week. He has worked super hard and made good choices when faced with new learning challenges. Keep it up Charlie!

Have a fabulous weekend! Remember to READ READ READ!

Miss Shadbolt and Mrs Evason 🙂

With Christmas rapidly approaching this week seems to have flown past! However we have still managed to be very busy in the classroom, working on our reading, writing and maths and completing our D&T and History units around all the exciting Christmas events in the second half of the week. The children have really enjoyed learning about The Great Fire of London this half term and can talk about what they have learned so well – please make sure you ask them as they love to tell people all the things they have learned!

I am sure you will agree the children were all fantastic at the church and sang beautifully. I was so proud of them as I am sure you were too and Christmas dinner went down a treat yesterday lunchtime. Today was the most exciting one by far though with a secret fly past from Santa in a helicopter and a special visit from his after assembly.

Next week, although short will be very busy! Monday is Mathletics certificate day, so if they are close to earning one, make sure they go on over the weekend as I will get them They will have PE on Tuesday as normal and we break up for Christmas on Wednesday 20th December.

Have a lovely weekend.

I can barely believe it’s the beginning of December! Where has the time gone?!

The children have continued to enjoy reading The Pied Piper and we have reached the point where he has led them over the bridge and out of Hamelin so there have been lots of discussions about where they might go and what might happen to them. They have also written some great letters to the Mayor on behalf of the Piper, complaining about not being paid for getting rid of the rats. Due to the heating issues today they have not yet had opportunity to respond as the Mayor but I’m sure they’ll make a great job of that task too.
In Maths we have completed our shape unit. Next week we will complete assessments and revisit some areas of addition and subtraction, such as adding and subtracting crossing a ten, to help consolidate that knowledge.
In Art they have been exploring watercolours, recreating lovely landscape pictures from The Pied Piper book and in science they have been investigating how to save water and reduce waste.
PE will be on Tuesday and Thursday as normal this next week and don’t forget it’s the Christmas Fayre on Friday. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Jones & Mrs Evason

Another week has flown by I can barely believe it’s almost the end of November!
In English we are continuing to read The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Michael Morpurgo and the children are becoming really engrossed in the story. We’ve written character and setting descriptions so far and this week enjoyed lots of role play and hot seating to prepare for writing our newspaper report. We have been focusing on using conjunctions – because, but, if and when – and making sure we are using the correct tense when writing.
Last week in Maths we started our unit on Shape, focusing mainly on refreshing their knowledge of 2D shape names and properties, learning to talk about the number of sides and vertices different shapes have. This week we have moved on to 3D shapes, learning to name and describe them by talking about their faces, edges and vertices.
In computing the children are learning about digital photography and how they can use framing, positioning and lighting to ensure they take good photos as well as learning about the right to privacy and asking for permission when taking a photo of a person.
They are enjoying learning about The Great Fire of London in History, finding out about the events of the fire but also what it was like to live in 1666. They have been quite surprised by some of the jobs that existed then and how they are different today. In geography We’ve spent some time exploring atlases and Google earth to help us compare London to Shrewsbury and have been exploring building structures in D&T.

Please note, next week only PE will be on WEDNESDAY (29th) and Thursday (30th), instead of Tuesday and Thursday. Please ensure children are in their PE kits on those days. If you have any queries, please email me on the class email elm@crowmoorschool.co.uk

Have a lovely weekend.

Miss Jones & Mrs Evason