This month started with a big event, our first communion. We listened to mass, then went up to get our Holy Communion with our parents and family. After that we got a picture as a class then with our families. We had a party at school on Monday to celebrate. We played circle and dancing games then we ate some sweets and cakes that the PSA gave to our class.  Thank you, they were very yummy!

At the beginning of October completed the Den Building focus of our Outdoor Learning lessons in the woods. We started by building a shelter large enough for a teddy with found materials, then we learned how to tie a few different knots to help us create a shelter large enough for a person. In our final lesson, we built a sukkah which is a temporary booth or tent that Jewish people build to celebrate their harvest festival, Sukkot. Jewish people will eat all their meals and sometimes even sleep in this tent during the week of Sukkot. 

In another Outdoor Learning lesson, we focused our senses to describe the wood. We read part of the Lord of the Rings in the forest and looked for parts of our wood that matched the descriptions in the story. This really helped us when we had to write an imaginative story about a character who had to spend a night camping in a spooky forest.

Our health and well-being lessons have moved on to a new topic, ‘Celebrating Differences’. We are learning to recognise any assumptions we make of people and what might influence those assumptions. So far we’ve learned that it’s important to question our assumptions and make up our own minds about people and things. 

As Diwali is in a few weeks, we are spending some of our time in RE learning about Hinduism. Many of us were astounded to learn that there are 33 MILLION Gods in Hinduism and are all looking forward to learning more. 

Just now though, we are all really excited about Halloween and our class party this afternoon. Thank you again to the PSA for their tasty contributions to help us celebrate today. Happy Halloween everyone!