Twinkle Twinkle

In English this week, we have been reading and reciting a version of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. It has lots of verses. We have been looking for words that rhyme. Then we learnt about adjectives.
An adjective is a word that describes - Beatrice
We thought of adjectives to describe a star:
pointy - Arlie
shiny - Mollie
golden - Tom
Some of us used a thesaurus to find different words.
Instead of big, we could use huge or massive.
We challenged ourselves to use some of these words in a sentence.
Shooting stars.... Harry

We read a story about How to Catch a Star, and wrote our own stories in Creative Writing.
She could put a chair on a ladder and jump off it - Connie
A tall person could stand on top of a tree - Thomas
A cannon - Grace
A Fire truck - Ethan
Aeroplane - William H

Oak Class did their sharing assembly today, it was amazing!

In Topic we were learning about Vincent Van Gogh and his painting Starry Night. We found out that when he painted, did not ever leave any white. We used our art skills to create tints and tones. We will be learning more about this picture next week.

We talked a lot about things that might worry us this week. Lots of us felt worried when our friends were unkind to us, so we helped each other to think of what we could do when this happens. Noreen is our Star of the Week for always smiling and being a good friend to others. Well done, Noreen!

Benedict has had an amazing week. He has tried so hard with his work and we were all really impressed with his 'How to Catch a Star' story. He really persevered with it. Mrs Byrne was so proud when he read it all to her, too. Well done Benedict- you're a great Learning Owl. Have a fab weekend with Snowy.

Our Home Learning this week is to add and subtract numbers, but the answer always has to be 10.

Don't forget the Christmas Bazaar Saturday 11-1:30. We have all made decorations to buy.

Our Incredible Assembly

Wow! We had such a great time sharing our learning with you this morning. Our teachers are REALLY proud of how we took risks, spoke confidently and listened to how we could improve. This morning, we did the best we could and we hope you enjoyed it.
Our singing was wonderful - Ethan
I felt good playing the glockenspiel - Lyla
I liked doing the dance - Noreen
I like sharing my fireworks picture - Tom

Mrs Byrne said we were amazing!

We were really lucky today because Pips group made made us jam sandwiches. We were learning to follow instructions. We enjoyed sharing them this afternoon. Thank you Mrs Vousden and Pips group.

We've really enjoyed sharing our Home Learning. We all read very different non-fiction books, so it was interesting to read the facts we had found out.

We've been thinking about what makes a good friend. We know we don't always have to like the same things as our friends, and it's good to take turns with who chooses the games. It's good to play with lots of different friends, even if we have a best friend.

Today we dressed in spots and stripes for Children in Need. We counted the coins in our class, and we raised £28 to help the children. We decorated spots to stick on Pudsey Bear.

It's almost time for the Christmas Bazaar, so we have been busy making decorations to sell. We can't wait for you to see them. Some more grown ups are needed to help with the Bazaar, so please think about whether you can help. Thank you.

Next Friday, we can come in non-uniform with a bottle donation for the Bazaar.

It's been Nursery Rhyme week this week, and next week we will be learning more about poetry. Our Home Learning is to find a rhyme or poem to learn to recite to our family and then to our class.

Beatrice was given the Star Award this week for being pleased with her friend's achievements. Well done, Beatrice.

Mrs McLellan said we all deserved the Learning Owl this week, because we showed brilliant concentration, perseverance and resilience

with our assembly. Theo is taking Snowy home, as he took risks with his learning - playing the glockenspiel and also took responsibility for practising reading his diary out loud. Well done, Theo. Have a great weekend with Snowy.

London's Burning!

Thank you for all the comments on our blog last week. We enjoyed reading them all during snack time.


A few weeks ago, Grace brought in a book about the great Fire of London. We were really interested in it, so that is what our learning has been about this week. We used films, books and pictures to help us find out about the past.


It was in 1666 - Ross
It started in a bakery- Charles
The houses were close to each other and the wind blew the flames to the next house - Arlie
Some people escaped in boats on the river - Harry
Samuel Pepys buried his dairies and some cheese in the garden. When the fire was over, he dug them up! Mollie


In our learning, we have written labels and caption, made Tudor houses and created fire dances. We also wrote a diary, pretending we had seen the fire. We used our senses to hep us write. The houses we made looked so good that we decided not to burn them!


We had a basketball workshop. We learnt how to dribble the ball using our hands to bounce it. Some of us had never played basketball before, we all tried really hard and kept persevering. This meant we could use our skills in a race by the end of the workshop.


In maths, we explored how many ways we could make five - by putting coloured cubes together in different patterns,
1 +1+1+1+1 = 5 Jessica
2 + 3 = 5 - Beatrice
2+2+1 Thomas Bennett


We've also been using the tens frames to take away.


This week Ross is taking Snowy home. He's been taking responsibility for his learning and in English really challenged himself with his writing. Well done, Ross. Have a great weekend with Snowy.


Daisy got the Star Award this week as she is such a good friend. She is kind to everyone and will look after children who are lonely. Well done, Daisy!


Most of us brought home our assembly words to practise over the weekend. The photocopier broke and didn't print the last few- sorry! The children will get these on Monday.


Our sharing assembly is on Friday 17th November at 9:10 - we can't wait to share our learning with you. It's also Children in Need that day, so we can wear spots and stripes to school.

Gunpowder Plot

This week, lots of our learning has been about the Gunpowder Plot.
We have looked at lots of different firework poems.
We read them. Our favourite was Crackle! Spit! Sophia
We made firework pictures. Theo
We used the iPads, scratch art, chalks and pencils to make our pictures. We also used the instruments to make music to go along to the firework clips we watched.
We used our senses - we wrote what we might smell, see,
hear and feel when we watch fireworks. James and Ben
In dance, we pretended to be firework shapes and show how we exploded. Lyla
We learnt about the Gunpowder Plot. Mollie
There was a plan to kill the King. Charles
Now we celebrate that Guy Fawkes' plan failed. Sam


Today, we have come to school wearing bright clothes. We have learnt that we need to wear bright colours when it is getting dark.
Then cars and bikes can see us - Thomas


Our Home Learning this week is to read the blog - we hope you are enjoying it :)
Please remember to send back the questionnaire too.


Each child needs to bring in a box (cereal/shoe box etc) for our design and technology work.


This week, Thomas was given the Star Award for being really helpful and responsible around the classroom by helping Mrs McLellan and his friends. Well done, and thank you Thomas.


William is taking Snowy home today. He has been a great learning owl, taking responsibility for his learning and working really hard to challenge himself. He has been to show other teachers his great maths work and showed the rest of the class the work he did in English. Well done William - have a great weekend with Snowy.