This week has been really exciting as we have started using learning partners in class. Each week, we have a new partner chosen by pick-a-sticks and we work with our partner all week. We are hoping to make new friends, learn about new ways of working and develop new skills of working together.

We have started learning about the Vikings. We are reading a very exciting book about a Viking boy called Gunnar. The story started with Gunnar’s dad being killed by raiders and taken off to Valhalla by the Valkyries, the servants of Odin. In writing we wrote a letter to Gunnar telling him a little bit about ourselves and asking him about life as a Viking.

With Mrs Mackenzie, we started looking at the different ways to response to situations and ow these cool, aggressive and weak responses affect the situation. We hope that this work will help us when we experience difficulties in the playground and with our classmates and friends.

We also looked at multiplication and how making an array can help us work out multiplication calucations. In maths we also learnt about the compass and the different points around the compass. We are learning to follow directions using compasses and turns.

In the coming weeks, we will be rehearsing for our assembly and starting to learn some songs so we hope that you will be able to come and share our learning on the 1st February at 2.30 p.m.

Our learning partners of the week this week are Florence and Alfie B.
Our table of the week is: Blue