This week the children have been completing activities from the Reading Challenge advent calendar. They had to guess the author of the wrapped up book from the class library. They wrapped up warm and read outside in the winter sun. It is great to be able to be outside and we want to grab every opportunity at this time of year!

This week we finished A Little Princess, and have started our new novel, The Secret Garden.

We continue with our topic of The Victorians, and the children are researching different aspects of live in Victorian times. We will be learning about reliable sources of information, and using different ways of presenting learning.

The areas outside the classroom are being enjoyed by the children as either a quiet space or to allow for art and different group work. The colour chart can be used by the children to show how they are feeling, as this fits in with our Zones of Regulation practice. The surprise hit in the reading area has been the Ikea catalogue!

Reward tokens were exchanged today for some Friday Fun outside which included games, drawing and making paper aeroplanes.

Amy won the Readerpillar competition and Logan was in the Top 50 of the West Lothian Sumdog competition – well done to both of you, and to everyone for working so hard and being a super class. Mrs Sinclair will be very proud of you.