Today in HWB with Mrs Rutherford we were learning about items which can be harmful to our health. We learnt about the addictive chemical, nicotine, that is found in cigarettes and we found out that there are hundreds of harmful chemicals in cigarettes and the smoke.

Today we were scrutinising the application forms for jobs in the Festive Forest Factory. We were checking whether the applicants had written enough relevant information on their form for the job that they had applied for.

This morning we were surprised to find that Snowy Owl was guarding a card and gift for us! Mrs Keith had sent us a Thank You card for giving her lots of good ideas yesterday, and there were also some Christmas tree lights to help our forest look festive!

Homework from 2/12/19

Everyone has their Festive Grid and any other sheets. Please have fun and let me know if you need any resources.

Language

Spelling words:

Practise the words on your spelling wall and make sure that you can confidently use all spelling patterns and the correct phonic sounds.

Practise spelling using different activities, e.g. rainbow writing, spelling backwards, making chains, etc.

 Reading – ongoing

Enjoy reading any texts! Primary Times is a great way of starting to read reports and any Christmas/winter stories are an excellent way of keeping up your reading skills over the holidays.

 Number

We have been investigating money problems, how to add and subtract and money in real life situations

These sites have some different games at different levels of confidence for you to try out:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/money

Keep using Sumdog and Activelearn, too!

If you are stuck for ideas over the next few weeks, have a look at these sites:

http://www.primarygames.com/holidays/christmas/games2.php

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Christmas/ChristmasGames.aspx

 One of the best Christmas sites is-

http://www.santagames.net/   there is so much to do and explore – have fun!!

 Interdisciplinary Learning  

Learn the words and moves for our Nativity songs so that you are confident and can sing out well.

Here we all are after a busy session of Enterprise. We are showcasing one of the products that will be on sale at the Christmas Fayre on Saturday morning.

When Mrs Keith came to visit today, she was not her usual self! She was pretending to be very grumpy ( look at the photos) and she wanted us to tell her what was wrongness with the way she was speaking and behaving. We thought about communication skills and were able to explain that her body language, facial expressions and tone of voice were not demonstrating to us that she was her usual, cheery self!

When Mrs Keith felt better, we all went to the forest area to think about how we like the forest to look over the next few weeks. There were lots of ideas and we are going to be applying for jobs in order to transform our forest into a winter wonderland for our forest friends.

In HWB we were thinking about ways that we can solve problems if we are having niggles with our friends or others. There were some great ideas generated and the pupils realise that their HWB can be affected by the ways that people act with and react to one another.

Today we had the opportunity to look at the Viking models we had made for our presentations. We could look at the detail properly and ask our friends questions about their models.

This afternoon in ICT we all used our Activelearn accounts to practise maths skills that we have been developing.

We were treated to another excellent Viking model presentation today. The class has been reflecting on what the key skills are when communicating, and have been able to say what they did well in their presentations and what they think their next steps would be.

Well done everyone, I have been very impressed by your models and your presentation skills. Keep up the great attitude towards your learning!

Today we heard the presentations of more of our classmates. It is very interesting hearing about how the models have been made and any problems that were overcome.

This afternoon we started to learn about the skills needed in the World of Work. When we were putting together our bags of treats for Santa Paws, we were thinking about the skills needed to work well as a team to get the job finished properly.

Well done to our pupils who presented their Viking model information today. We were learning about the Communication skills of: eye contact, clear voice, body language and facial expression. Our pupils did very well in thinking about these skills during their presentations. I am looking forward to seeing the other models tomorrow.