Friday 10th December

 

Hello Squirrels,

The classroom is now looking very Christmassy and the excitement levels have been taken to a whole new level. That said, there has been some super learning this week. 

The Squirrels' writer if the week goes to Teddy! Congratulations Teddy and very well done on the super instructions that you wrote for Scaredy Squirrel.

In maths, Squirrels have enjoyed practising practical measuring in cm and m this week. 

All Squirrels completed writing instructions for Scaredy Squirrel to help him escape the Ancient Oak Tree. I am particularly proud of the positive learning attitudes the children have applied when writing their instructions, showing endurance - not giving up; wisdom - applying instruction writing skills they have been learning and showing compassion for Scaredy Squirrel.

As you know, next week is the last week of the term and the last week of 2021 at school. I will be sending home updated spelling lists for you to practise over the holidays. May I suggest that rather than learning the spellings as lists, that the children start to practise using each spelling in a sentence now. When practising it is important that they are adding punctuation as they go. In class we call it 'Every Sentence Every Time' or ESET for short. Squirrels are very familiar with this term and it simply means that they MUST put a capital letter at the beginning of their sentence and a full stop at the end. They can also add more interesting punctuation such as ! ? and commas in a list, Year 3s may like to add speech marks too as a challenge.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend

Take care

Miss Swain and Daphne 

Friday 3rd December

 

Happy Friday the 3rd December to you all,

This week in Squirrel class we have been...

Writing reports as Arboriculturists for the Mayor of Milton Keynes, presenting him with their knowledge of plants and trees; how to care for plants and trees, what they need to survive and thrive. 

We are coming to the end of out Ancient Oak tree mantle. Sadly, the Mayor deemed the Ancient Oak as unsafe and has made the difficult decision to fell the tree. As sad as this is, the Arboriculturists feel proud that the Mayor recognised their expertise and knowledge on plants. 

Unfortunately, Scaredy Squirrel is still stuck at the top of the Ancient Oak and needs help to escape to safety. With this in mind, thankfully Squirrels have been practising their instruction writing skills and have suggested writing some instructions for Scaredy Squirrel to help him. 

Writer of the week goes to Henry Wootton. Well done Henry for your pride and presentation in writing and the challenges you take and apply.

On Wednesday we share a whole school Christmas crafts day which all the children enjoyed. We had Christmas music and decorations galore. 

On Thursday the whole school walked down to the village hall where Rev Dove turned on the Christmas lights. Children took pinecone decorations to place on the tree that they had made the previous day. 

Maths - The start of a new chapter:  Measurement. This week has been an introduction into units of measure, m and cms; practical measuring in the classroom and ways to record measurement. 

A huge well done to Squirrel class on their Doodle maths this week. Top of the league! Keep up the good work.. 

This week was the last Forest School session for this year. To celebrate a wonderful term we made hot chocolate and Christmas cookies in the log cabin on the wood burner.

It has been a fun week in class this week with he added festive activities. Keep warm everyone. I hope you have a wonderful weekend whatever you do

See you on Monday

Miss Swain and Daphne