What a great team effort it was to get our Cathedral Christmas art project finished.  Inspired by the concept of light at Christmas, the children have made a wonderful collage that can be seen at the Cathedral during normal opening hours until February.  It is free to visit so please pop along! 

Thank you very much 

Thank you very much 

That's the nicest thing that anyone's ever done for me 

I may sound double Dutch 

But my delight is such 

I feel as if a losing war's been won for me 

And if I had a flag, I'd hang me flag out 

To add a sort of final victory touch 

But since I left me flag at home 

I simply have to say: 

Thank you very, very, very much 

Thank you very much 

Thank you very much 

That's the nicest thing that anyone's ever done for me 

It sounds a bit bizarre 

But things the way they are 

I feel as if another life's begun for me 

And if I had a cannon I would fire it 

To add a sort of celebration touch 

But since I left me cannon at home 

I simply have to say: 

Thank you very, very, very much 

It's in the singing of a street corner choir 
It's going home and getting warm by the fire 
It's true, wherever you find love 
It feels like Christmas 

A cup of kindness that we share with another 
A sweet reunion with a friend or a brother 
In all the places you find love 
It feels like Christmas 

It is the season of the heart 
A special time of caring 
The ways of love made clear 
It is the season of the spirit 
The message, if we hear it 
Is make it last all year 

It's in the giving of a gift to another 
A pair of mittens that were made by your mother 
It's all the ways that we show love 
That feel like Christmas 

It is the season of the heart 
A special time of caring 
The ways of love made clear 
It is the season of the spirit 
The message, if we hear it 
Is make it last all year 

It's in the giving of a gift to another 
A pair of mittens that were made by your mother 
It's all the ways that we show love 
That feel like Christmas 

It's in the singing of a street corner choir 
It's going home and getting warm by the fire 
It's true, wherever you find love 
It feels like Christmas 
It's true, wherever you find love 
It feels like Christmas 
It feels like Christmas 
It feels like Christmas 

It feels like Christmas 

We travelled up to the furthest frontier of the Roman Empire this week to imagine ourselves as a young soldier on Hadrian’s Wall.  The children have practised writing in an informal, chatty manner to their families.  They were fascinated to find out during their research, that the Romans wore underpants, socks and drank beer!

This week we have learning about multiplying by 1 and 0 – can your child tell you the rules?  We also looked at what happens when numbers are divided by 1 and themselves – again, can your child tell you the golden rules?  We also began to look at ‘factor pairs’ and learned how useful these can be. 

This week we have been learning about square numbers!  Square numbers are those numbers that are multiplied by each other and when laid out as an array, create a square.  They are vital knowledge when calculating.  Please encourage your child to learn them – they are written in their times tables book.

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 Daily Ten (click through to level 4 multiplication)

 

This week, we have been studying the ‘f’ sound and all its representations. The children have a sticker in their Spelling Journals but here are the words for this week: 

definition, emphasis, giraffe, fearsome, magnificent, affect, focus, therefore, furthermore, laughter.

Remember, Tracey’s group do not have to learn the class spellings.

In preparation for our design project, the children continued to familiarise themselves with our CAD programme, Silhouette Studio.  This week they had lots of fun exploring logos!. 

This week we learned about healthy relationships.  The children listened to the story ‘The Not So Friendly Friend ‘ by Christine Furnival which inspired interesting (and helpful) conversations about what to do when we feel uncomfortable, sad, nervous and unsettled in some friendships.

Continuing to learn how to play netball, we practised moving around the court using different passes such as chest, bounce, shoulder and overarm.

As we come to the end of our study of the Romans in Britain, we have been reflecting on their significance and legacy. In our groups, we thought about the idea of ‘continuity and change’ when looking at life in Iron Age Britain and in roman Britain: what things continued and what things changed? We then prepared a presentation to the class, which outlined our feelings about the significance of the Roman Invasion of Britain. Ask your child how Britain changed because of the arrival of the Romans?

Google "Alouette Gentille Alouette" or click here for YouTube version.