It was lovely to see so many of you at the Christmas fair.


We have had a lovely week with lots of nativity plays to watch and we have started doing lots of Christmas craft.


Maths

Lime – we have been reviewing our learning over the last term.

Maple  - we have been learning about equivalent fractions using fraction walls and lego!

Maths homework – There is no maths homework set for the Christmas period. Please take the time to practise your times tables. You can also look back through the blog for some ideas on revision and go on Mymaths http://www.mymaths.co.uk/.

English

Following our successful snowflake creations last week, Lime wrote some instructions for Mrs Gilder as she hadn’t made one before. Well done Lime! You remembered all of the ingredients for a successful set of instructions. Can you remember what these are?

Maple also wrote instructions for making a paper snowflake – can you follow them to create a similar snowflake at home! (See homework)

Literacy Homework – Following instructions on how to make a paper snowflake. 

This week’s spelling wall:

We have been looking back at the spellings we have been working on this term and practising any words we haven’t retained, particularly the days of the week and months of the year.

Art

Christmas themed.

Lime-     Watercolour background for Christmas cards.

                Christmas stars with twigs (See below)

Maple – finger painting for Christmas cards
Poplar - Christmas craft (we want to surprise you)

Woodland Learning

We worked in groups to make Christmas stars. We used wool to connect the twigs which was quite challenging. The children worked well together and produced a variety of designs. Please remember wellies! Having the correct footwear means the children can access more of the outdoor classroom.

French

We have been practising our question and answers. Mme Ough linked our French to our Roald Dahl theme. We identified some of Roald Dahl’s books from the titles.

Science/PE

Maple completed a circuit of 7 activities in the hall to see which muscle groups were working. These included triceps dips, bicep curls, crunches and calf raises. The children had to mark, on pictures of the body, where they could feel their muscles working and then used the iPads to research what these muscles are called. Do you know where to find the latissimus dorsi and trapezoid muscles? 

We then completed an investigation to find out whether the people with longer legs run the fastest. We were surprised to find that, in our class at least, it doesn't seem to make much difference. In fact Ollie (who has the shortest legs) is one of the quickest runners!