One of the favourite times of each week is when Year 3 have the opportunity to read for pleasure. This involves choosing just the right spot to curl up with a book of their choice. This can be fiction, non – fiction or poetry. Everything from chapter books, picture books, comics, and anything else.

As you can see Year 3  also enjoy a range of spaces from under a table, to sitting on the spinning chairs to lying on a blanket. I wonder where else Year 3 will find to enjoy reading? Maybe our new class reading cave?

Welcome back to Year 3! It has been a busy and productive start to the new term with lots of work around our new story Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura.

This text is the focus for our writing over the next few weeks where Year 3 will be writing their own portal tale – a story where the main character starts in an ordinary setting and ends up somewhere else with a problem to solve before they can return.

Stone Age Boy also supports our topic learning which is based around the Stone Age. |Year 3 have participated in role play, hot seating and freeze frames to help understand the events of the story. See if you can guess the emotions portrayed by some of our freeze frames where everyone was working in role.

This week, Christmas cheer has been creeping into the Year 2 classroom as we begin our preparations for the important festival for Christians.

In our R.E lessons, we have been learning about the advent wreath and what each part represents. We know there is a candle for each Sunday in Advent that represent love, hope, joy and peace. As a class we have been reflecting on how each of these values feature in our lives and how we might be able to demonstrate them ourselves.

This week we have also made some festive hats to wear to our Christmas lunch! We had a great time eating turkey, pulling crackers and eating delicious mince pies! It was extra special for some of us whose parents came to celebrate with us.

Have a look at us in our amazing hats.

This week in Year 2, we have been thinking about the importance of looking after our mental health. During circle time, we have discussed feelings and how we may deal with certain things that make us feel upset or uncomfortable. We decided that the best thing to do when we are experiencing feelings that we don’t understand or like, was to talk to someone we trust and think about ways to solve any problems we may have. In addition, we also practised lots of mindfulness techniques like controlled breathing and meditation.

Year 5 have had so much fun learning all about space and using everything we have learnt to create dioramas. We started by researching, then, in groups, we planned and designed a planet. We listed the equipment and materials that we would need. Then we put our plans into action and created a space scene. They look fabulous! Next week we are going to film stop motion videos of a shuttle landing so stay tuned!