We have had such a busy first week back, the time has just flown by!

We decided that we needed some new class rules to keep ourselves safe and happy in school. We came up with a class promise and we all decorated a handprint (adults too!) as a sign that we promise to do these things.

We have been thinking about 2D ('flat') shapes this week - we have been reminding ourselves of the shapes we already know and learning the names of some new ones too! We have also been thinking carefully about the properties of each shape, asking questions like : How many sides do they have? How many vertices (corners)?

We are working on the book 'The Snail and the Whale' over the next few weeks and have been discussing the story and thinking about the meaning of new words, as well as looking carefully at the characters and their feelings at different times in the story.

We have been reviewing the book too - giving our opinions about what we liked or disliked and why.

We also drew our favourite part of the story and wrote sentences using 'because' to justify our opinions. 

Today we found out what it might be like to be a beached whale...!

Also in English this week we have been working on correcting and improving simple sentences. Mrs Flynn wrote some really boring sentences and had forgotten ALL of the punctuation, so the challenge was to make it correct and much more interesting!

Eleanor was in the Golden Book this week for always putting so much enthusiasm into her learning and for consistently trying her best and taking her time with each task. Well done!

Home Learning

Due Thursday 17th January

Your home learning this week is to 'review' a book from home (or you can use your school reading book instead if you would like).

Tell me a little bit about the story and characters and write/draw about your favourite part.

There is a template (below) stuck into each home learning book however if you need another copy please let me know.