We have made it to the end of term! We would like to share what we have enjoyed learning this month. Miss Hillhouse would like to extend a huge thank you to all the parents for their support this term and wishes you and your family  a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Zikora- I like that we used co-ordinates to create pictures. We got to colour it in.

Rose- We learned how to make a comic strip. I liked the story and I liked drawing the picture linked to that part of the story and we got to draw lots of pictures.

Inaaya K- I liked the elf mosaic because our elf gave it to us, it was a mosaic of him!

Millie- I have enjoyed co-ordinates also, I found it a bit tricky becuase you don’t know what the shape is going to look like until the end.

Mo- We also had to find the points when using co-ordinates.

Inaaya H- Our class elf Cheeky Sneaky brought us a new mosaic, and it was a picture of him!

Orla- I liked doing the Christmas tree art because it was abstract art. I also liked the Grinch art because we used oil pastels.

Linday- We made The Grinch newspaper article. The article was about the story of how the Grinch stole Christmas.

Ibrahim- I enjoy summarising a text. We had to find the key points so you could read the whole chapter in a paragraph. I also liked learning about gold, frankincense and myrrh because I like fancy items.

Freya- I really liked doing the Grinch hand because we learned how to use texture to make it look realistic and make the bauble look shiny. I really liked the Grinch comic strip because you could tell the story in your own way.

Adam- I liked doing the Grinch comic strip.  We used illustrations to tell the story not just words.

Ashlin- I liked the advent calendar and how someone got to open it each day.

Daksh- I liked doing the abstract art because it was fun and you got to use different colours.

Venkata- I liked doing the co-ordinates and I’m excited to learn about the 4 grids and negative numbers. I also liked the Grinch hand art because we used oil pastels and I hadn’t used them much before and it makes it look really realistic.

Snigdha- I liked Cheeky Sneaky and that the class got to give him a name. He’s not been too cheeky so far!

Shahzain- I liked plotting points on the co-ordinates grid. I also liked the comic strip because it was fun to do and we had to create pictures along with the words.

Sophia- I liked doing the Christmas word search. I enjoyed having to find the words, it was tricky.

Kasim- I liked doing the Grinch hand with the oil pastels. I was kind of tricky but I got there.

Mia- I like doing the traffic lights, we had trays where we put our work in green, orange or red based on how confident we feel about that task. I also liked doing our Advent performance.

Leah- I love the mindfulness because it was relaxing and we used lots of colours and listened to the music.

Tobe- I like doing the abstract art, we had to use warm and cold colours.

Joshua- I liked watching the P3 Nativity performance because it was good and my little brother was in it.

Kene- I like filming our Advent service. I liked the hymns and solos.

Alaiyna- I like the advent calendar, everyday someone gets a treat.

Thomas- I like doing all the Grinch stuff. My favourite was the Grinch hand art.

Zayn- I enjoyed joining St Cadoc’s. It is different than my old school, that’s a good thing.

Aatif- I liked making the comic because I was good at it.

 

Below the children have stated what they have enjoyed/ learned/ experienced this month at school.

Tobe- I liked litter picking because we were helping the environment.

Adam- I also liked litter picking and I liked doing the quizzes on Newsround. We learned about NASA on Newsround.

Nicola- We made airplanes using a website called fold and fly, we got to throw them and measure how far they went. Also the Christmas Extravaganza because we had a snowball fight and we went on a big bouncy castle.

Matthew- The Christmas card competition because I liked getting to be creative and my design was Santa stuck in the chimney. When I was working with Mr Harkins for Numeracy I also learned length time’s breadth times height for maths.

Thomas- Christmas Extravaganza! My favourite part was the snowball fight!

Daksh- I enjoyed going on the bouncy castle because it enjoyed throwing snowballs at people.

Venkata- I like writing the Scottish Wars of independence battle story. It liked to our topic and I got star writer! I also enjoyed the Christmas Extravaganza- I love the reindeer.

Leah- I loved seeing the reindeer because I like reindeer.

Inaaya K- We did a Christmas card competition because if you won your card would be made into a real Christmas card. My design was a reindeer.

Millie- The Christmas Extravaganza- I liked the cards and the snowman soup we made for enterprise because we raised money for the school! It was St Andrew’s day and Mr McLaughlin played the bagpipes for the school.

Mia- I liked learning about pie charts because it’s a new way to display data.

Joshua- The Christmas card competition because we got to have fun drawing it. My design was a Guinea pig and Santa sleigh.

Sophia- Practising for the Christmas show. We have been practising our lines and learning songs! We also started two new mosaics for numeracy times table practice.

Ibrahim- Writing the letters to Santa clause because I’m looking forward to getting presents!

Inaaya H- I liked naming the elf because we got to vote and choose the name as a class- He’s called Cheeky Sneaky!

Ashlin- I liked the advent calendar, you get to choose a door from the Christmas village and each day a different person from the register opens the door and gets a sweet.

Alaiyna- My favourite part was the snowball fight and the reindeer.

Shahzain- I’ve enjoyed learning about area because I really like maths. We use the formula A=l x b and for triangles you half the formula! I also liked the science because we learned about the body and their functions.

Snigdha- I have been learning about fractions. I have found it good.

Kene- I liked moving onto angles in maths and learning about the different types of angles. There are obtuse, reflex angles, acute, right and straight angle.

Orla- We went to Mass, it was All Saints day. I enjoyed going to mass because we got communion again and it had been a long time since we got it at school.

Zikora- We learned about direct speech in Literacy. You have to use speech marks and you have say who said the speech.

Rose- We made a coat of arms, it was cool to see what different symbols stood for and to find one that represented East Ren.

Mo- I liked learning about angles. You have to work out which angle is which.

Aatif- We learning some new language in French, we learned colours and classroom instructions.

Freya- I really liked seeing the reindeer and how to multiply fractions.

Kasim- I liked making the aeroplane because I didn’t know how to before. It was a technology lesson with science.