Good afternoon everyone,
I hope you have all had a lovely week. It’s hard to believe we are now only two weeks away from the Christmas holidays. You may have noticed that our caretaker, Mr Rudy, has been very busy putting up our festive decorations— which has certainly helped us all get into the Christmas spirit.
Speaking of Christmas, Mrs Lawrence has been working incredibly hard with the children in preparation for our upcoming Carol Service at Christ Church on Monday 15th January. She has asked us to share the following link with you so that pupils can practise the songs at home if they would like to:
https://youtu.be/nDJnKD-0iDw
We hope many of you will be able to join us for the event!
In D.T. this week, the children continued their festive-themed sewing project with Mrs Edwards. Over the past few weeks, they have carefully planned, cut and prepared their stocking templates and this week they moved on to decorating the front panels. The classroom was full of creativity as the children added felt shapes, ribbons, buttons and sequins, using a combination of sewing and fabric glue to attach their embellishments securely. They demonstrated excellent fine motor skills and patience. Next week, the pupils will begin sewing the front and back pieces together using a running stitch to complete the main structure of their stockings.
In computing, the children continued developing their audio-editing skills as they work towards creating their very own podcasts later this term. This week, the focus was on learning how to snip or trim audio clips. The children explored how to remove unwanted sections, tidy up pauses or mistakes and organise different segments to create smoother, more polished recordings. They are becoming increasingly confident with these digital tools and are starting to think like real audio producers.
In maths, we have been consolidating the wide range of learning covered over the term. The children revisited place value, addition and subtraction methods, area, and multiplication and division. They also completed a series of assessments linked to these units, showing great resilience and applying the strategies they have practised throughout the term.
In English, the children are nearing the end of our class text The Iron Man. They were introduced to the dramatic and mysterious character of the Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon, which caused great excitement in the classroom. Using this inspiration, the pupils have begun creating their own unique characters for a story inspired by The Iron Man. They have been working hard to write detailed descriptions using expanded noun phrases and similes, mirroring the descriptive style of Ted Hughes.
A quick reminder: as the spelling test did not take place today, it will instead be held on Monday.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and as always, please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you ever need anything.
Kind regards,
