We had a fabulous trip to the Safari park. The weather was incerdibly kind to us. We loved the birds of prey show and seeing all the birds flying over our heads. We also enjoyed seeing all the big animals as the bus drove throught the park and watching the giraffes feeding from a very tall tree. We had a great day and loved playing in the big park with all our friends.

We have had a big focus this month on how to keep ourselves safe online. We know that we need to be kind online when playing with friends. We also know that we should not share personal information when online or befriend people we do not know.

We have been improving our French vocabulary and this month we have focussed on being able to say the colours in French. We made beautiful rainbows to help us and worked in teams to add the french words for colours

This term we have focussed on our gymnastic skills in PE. We are now more confident with our balancing, rolling, jumping landing and climbing. We are very careful when using the apparatus and taking turns. We have been listening to feedback from each other and making improvements in our skills.

It’s safe to say that everyone thoroughly enjoyed our Christmas book launch! We loved having the chance to share our hard work with you. This term, we put so much effort into our story writing, and we hope you were just as impressed with our incredible artwork. Thank you for visiting and sharing our learning. 

We have been thoroughly enjoying our weekly music lessons with our music specialist Mrs Kirk. We are becoming quite confident in using both hands to play notes on the glockenspiel or xylophone. It is quite tricky to use two beaters at a time and follow the notes on the board at as well  We have been working in pairs and helping each other by pointing to the next note to play. We are very excited to be learning the ukulele next.

This week in class, we focused on the important topic of  bullying. Our aim was to help each other learn how to recognise bullying and respond effectively. We worked on creating an Anti-Bullying Action Plan, where pupils listed simple, clear actions they can take if they witness bullying. This activity encouraged children to think about how they can contribute to a happy, inclusive environment for everyone. 

In P4DY, we have been learning about deforestation in the rainforest and are making our own fact files. Each one has a clear title, explains what deforestation is, and includes key facts. We are also learning why it’s important to save the rainforest and drawing pictures to show our ideas. This project is helping us understand why we need to protect the rainforest! 

We have been learning how to name and sort 3D shapes by looking at their edges, vertices, and shape of their faces. We are also learning to identify 3D shapes from their nets, which is helping us understand how these shapes are formed and fit together! 

We spent the first week back at school thinking about our rights and how we can link these to our class charter. The children decided together what they felt was important and came up with their own ideas for our Charter.

We are very lucky to have started the term with our P.E specialist, Mr Shearer. He will be focussing on football skills over the next few weeks and we will be outside, weather permitting. We are enjoying this so far.