Ok boys and girls, this week I have decided to let you have a say in your learning!! We are going to be doing Narrative writing (story writing) and I would like you to decide on the subject. We have been learning a lot about France, Fairtrade and Science Experiments. We have also looked at famous artists and the extract from the Hobbit. I want to know what captures your imagination? What would you like to write about?

Add your suggestions below and we will have a vote on Friday! (If you want to have your say, you need to leave a comment!)

Just a gentle reminder that your IDL homework topic is due in this Friday, 27th February. Remember, you have had 6 weeks to work on this project, so I am really looking forward to seeing your fantastic work!!
I have already had some fabulous pieces submitted, but no sneak previews for you yet! You will have to wait until next week to check back for pictures!

Let’s have some fun with our spelling homework this week. For your second set of words try to do something a little bit different. You could spell them out using pasta, play dough, cut out letters from a newspaper or magazine, pebbles in the garden, chalks, whatever you fancy!! Or in your jotter use rainbow writing, choo choo words, pyramid writing or fancy letters to practice your words. If you like you can take a picture of your work. Please get an adult to write in your diary what activity you did if you cannot show me it.

Leave me a message to let me know what task you have done and what you thought about it! Have fun!!

Please leave a comment below with the answers to the following questions. If you struggle to comment online, write down your answers and bring them in.

All answers must be submitted by Friday 16th January.

1. Name the major rivers that run through France.
2. Name the major mountain ranges in France.
3. Name 3 countries which share borders with France.

We had great fun learning about Brazil with Miss Crawford. We learned about salsa dancing, about traditional foods, about the language, homes and colourful costumes of Carnival time. We really enjoyed creating our IDL topics where we made flags, carnival scenes and costumes, menus and models. Here are some photos of our work.

We tried really hard for the month of November and so we decorated Snowmen biscuits as a treat. We had great fun and they tasted delicious.

We have been working hard this morning on our backhand. Have a look at our pictures!

It was a lovely winter afternoon so we decided to take our maths outside. We have been learning about area and perimeter. We took our trundle wheels outside and measured the perimeter of the AstroTurf and the playground marking. It was great fun and we were able to answer all of our questions back in the comfort of our class.

This afternoon Coatbridge fire service came to visit our school, they were delivering a talk to us on fire safety and using sparklers and fireworks. During our talk the firemen were called out on a shout and had to leave us for an emergency and left with their sirens blaring! We were able to continue with our talk and presentation when two fabulous teachers from St Aloysius took over.

We discussed the dangers of fireworks and sparklers and saw some pictures of what happens when they go wrong and we have all agreed to be safe tonight and remember our firework rules.