This week Harvey and Cameron chose to build a model of their home as part of their homework. I’m sure you will agree that the finished models look amazing. Well done boys for all your hard work and effort!

This week in maths we have been learning how to add two numbers together. We used some cubes and our adding mats to help us. We know that to find the answer we need to count all of our cubes carefully.

Friday already! Although it has been a short week we have managed to learn a lot.

“I enjoyed going on a walk today and I saw a detached house” – Aaron.

“I saw a tall flat on our community walk” – Logan.

“I know that a bungalow does not have an upstairs” – Kayla.

“I learned how to make an adding story” – Samantha.

“I know that the character in my new book is Sally” – Millie.

Today we went on a walk around our local community. We spotted lots of different houses on our walk. We saw a bungalow, flats, a semi-detached house, a detached house and some terraced houses.

Well done to Hannah who was our dojo champion this week. She worked very hard to earn the most points.

Leah was our Effective Contributor this week for sharing her knowledge and ideas with the class. Well done!

“I enjoyed reading my new book called Playing Skittles” – Carmen.

“I learned about the ‘ch’ sound this week and I know that the word chips has that sound in it” – Millie.

“I liked trying to move in different ways around the gym hall on Monday” – Alfie.

“I really enjoyed making a dragon for Chinese New Year” – Olivia.

“I enjoyed learning about Chinese New Year during assembly” – Logan.

“I know that the word cherries has our new sound in it” – Cameron.

We have been learning how to write instructions. We know that instructions should have a title, a list of things we will need and it is really important to put the steps in the right order.

Look at us working hard writing instructions for how to make salt dough.

A big well done to Louie who was our class dojo champion on Friday. He worked very hard to earn lots of points.

Alfie was our Responsible Citizen this week for sharing his experiences of school with the nursery children when they came to visit. Well done Alfie!

We have been working very hard this week and have learned lots of new things.

“I learned a new sound – sh and I know that fish has my new sound in it” – Millie.

“From my school council group, I now know that children over 135cm tall do not need to sit on a car seat” – Marcus.

“I learned the numbers 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 in French” – Hannah.

“I enjoyed matching numbers to their names” – Keilidh.

“I really enjoyed stepping and clapping when I was learning the Virginia Reel” – Kayla.

“I learned how to count up to 20” – Malaika.

“I learned how to write instructions to tell other children how to play What’s the Time Mr Wolf?” – Carmen.

“I learned that the Loch Ness monster is a symbol of Scotland” – Logan.

Well done Logan for earning the most dojo points and being our class dojo champion this week.

Samantha was our confident individual for reading aloud with confidence and great expression. Well done Samantha!

Brandon won a ticket to the Head Teacher’s tea party for doing super writing.

We have all had a brilliant Christmas break and came back to school this week ready to learn lots of new things. Our reading and writing is just fabulous. We have been working hard to learn lots of new words to read and write.

“I enjoyed reading my new book called ‘Sandy Gets a Lead'” – Logan.

“I enjoyed having my reading book and learning new words” – Marcus.

“I learned that Robert Burns was born on 25th January” – Louie.

“I learned what the Scottish flag looks like and I scrunched up blue tissue paper to make it” – Carmen.

“I learned that Robert Burns wrote lots of poems and songs” – Millie.

“I enjoyed learning how to count up to 20” – Samantha.

“I enjoyed learning how to write numbers up to 20” – Olivia.

“I learned that Bonjour means hello in French” – Aaron.

Yesterday we had great fun at our Christmas party. We played lots of games and had lots of fun busting some moves on the dance floor! Santa even came to visit us and gave us a special present.