December Blog
As always, December has been a very busy month for us. One of our highlights this month has been recording our Christmas video to ‘Merry Christmas Everybody’ by Slade! We hope that you enjoyed watching it as much as we enjoyed filming it! We also recorded a video of us reciting a poem that we created together about the year 2020. You can read it below:
So long, 2020,
Haven’t you been a strange old year?
We have faced uncertain times,
when it’s been hard to find some cheer.
‘Coronavirus’ was it’s name,
For it’s arrival, we weren’t prepared.
As it quickly spread around the globe,
people everywhere despaired.
School closed its doors and went online,
as we were forced to stay at home.
We had to FaceTime relatives
So they didn’t feel alone.
Social distancing became the norm,
and staying 2 metres away.
Worship and prayer went virtual, too,
We never thought we’d see the day.
It became the law in public places,
that we had to wear face masks.
To stop the spread and keep people safe,
even when doing the simplest of tasks.
Each Thursday night at 8pm,
we showed our appreciation.
By clapping and cheering on our doorsteps,
to thank the NHS for helping our nation.
Now 2020 is almost up,
we reflect on the year we have had.
Although life has changed a bit,
we have to admit, it’s not all been bad.
We spent precious time with our families,
baked banana bread a-plenty,
We took walks and bike rides and got outdoors,
in this strange old year, 2020.
We came back to school in August,
were reunited with our friends.
We’ve made some amazing memories,
to cherish as this year comes to an end.
As we look to 2021,
we won’t focus on COVID19.
We hope for better times ahead,
With help from a global vaccine.
Enjoy the holidays with your families,
We hope you have a ball!
We want to wish a Merry Christmas,
and a happy, healthy New Year to all!
We have been missing being able to attend Mass during the season of Advent but were very lucky to experience Mass via YouTube in our very own classroom from Fr. Stephen McGrattan, our classmate Luke’s uncle. This was very special and we were even able to hear a reading from Luke played in the church that Fr. Stephen was celebrating Mass from. You did a great job, Luke. Well done!
We have still been loving our Outdoor Learning sessions, particularly in the Forest. We have loved the freedom of the Upper Forest and having a bit more room to roam around in recent weeks. We really enjoyed playing Capture the Flag, although we’re all a bit too good at hiding things! We couldn’t find where the opposing team had hidden the flag! We had a fantastic time navigating our way through the river and one of our favourite things we have done this month was creating seasonal art from natural materials. It was so fun!
We took part in the Great St. Cadoc’s Tree Planting event during December. We learned all about saplings and how to plant them. It was hard work and we got a bit dirty but that was nothing the good old hose couldn’t solve! We hope the trees grow big and tall and are looking forward to seeing them spell out CADOC!
Our Australia topic has now drawn to a close and we spent some time reflecting on what we have learned. We were shocked to see how much we have actually learned in the last few months. Some of our favourite lessons have been learning about the deadliest species of spiders, the different types of animals that are native to Australia and famous landmarks. It’s been such an interesting topic.
For Maths, we have just finished up our current topics and are looking forward to moving onto something new in January. The Circles did an excellent job of learning how to convert units of measure (mm, cm, m and km), the Squares successfully learned how to multiply numbers by 10, 100 and 1000 mentally (including multiples e.g. 1500 x 3000) and the Triangles worked out how to interpret information from different types of charts!
In writing, we wrote a letter to Mrs. Claus to ask for something special for someone that we love this Christmas. Mrs. Glancey was so impressed with our kindness and the standard of our letters.
We are reading The Hearstone Odyssey every week, exploring important themes and discussing them within a safe environment. We are loving predicting the outcome of what we think will happen next! We also worked in groups to create three freeze frame scenes from the novel so far for Drama and challenged our classmates to guess which scene it was. We certainly had a laugh!
With the approval of a COVID19 vaccine, we enjoyed a Science lesson all about what the vaccine can do to make people better. We learned about some of the challenges that there will be to administer this vaccine around the whole world but are hopeful that it will take effect very soon.
We hope that you have a wonderful, restful Christmas holiday with your families and wish you all the very best for a happy and healthy new year when it comes. Thanks for all your support this term!
Mrs. Glancey and P6a
