Here are the spelling words this week. The pattern is different ways of making the short o sound.

In art we drew a patchwork patterned cat. We worked on fine detail to add a variety of patterns. Can you spot the ‘Elmer’ cat?!

We wrote a description of a person this week, focussing on organising our ideas into paragraphs. The subject was Mrs May, the teacher from the ORT stories.

In health and well-being we learned about the dangers of smoking. We were in groups and had an aspect to present to the class. The main messages were

• Most people don’t smoke
• smoking is bad for you for lots of reasons
• It is illegal to smoke in many places
• smoking related diseases kill
• there are supports to help people stop smoking

We learned that we have a partner school in Nepal and we are going to ask them questions about their school, tell them about our school and share what we do as a school to help the climate. We are learning about COP26 that is happening in November and are keen to share our own ideas about the environment.