It has been hard work all the way this week, trying to finish units of work but everyone should be incredibly proud of what they have achieved. The stories that have been written using ‘The Snow Leopard’ by Jackie Morris are really wonderful and fully show off the fantastic imaginations that the children have.
Next term our English is going to be centred around the novel ‘Smith’ by Leon Garfield. There is a cliff hanger at the end of every chapter so I really hope that you all enjoy the novel. The writing foci will be a news report, an advertisement and an information text (all regarding some unusual events and characters). I shall say no more so as to avoid spoilers.
In Maths, we shall be following on from our work on fractions to link to decimals and percentages. This shall be followed by a unit on perimeter, area and volume.
Science is moving on to a unit on magnetism.
I have copied some photos below of the lovely candle dipping and wreath making that we have done this past week. It has definitely produced some treasures to bring out each Christmas.
Do try to keep the reading and times tables practice going over the holidays but Happy Christmas to you all.

Happy December everyone!
I hope that you have been told about our trip to the Energy from Waste plant as it was very interesting as well as completely shocking to see how much waste is generated each day and has to be dealt with. By far the highlight of the trip was being on the overhanging gallery (behind smellproof glass!) above the waste hall, watching the giant grabbers move it around from delivery pit to the incineration hopper and also being able to look through special viewing windows into the furnace itself – it was absolutely like looking into a volcano. I have attached some photos of us.
In English, our ‘Snow Leopard’ stories are coming on a treat. There is some wonderful description going on. Ask your child what techniques they are using within the story and why they are useful – I hope that they are able to tell you!
In Maths, everyone completed their end of unit test magnificently with vastly improved performances so a huge ‘Well done’ is deserved. We are now moving onto adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing with fractions. KFC is going to feature in class : this has cause some delight and some disgust amongst the children. They’ll soon find out if they are fans or not.
Next Wednesday, we have another extension to our thinking about waste management when we have Proper Job coming to work with us on sustainable wreath making. Maple Class is such a creative group that I’m really looking forward to seeing their creations and they’ll be bringing home lots of ideas for reducing or avoiding waste at Christmas time.
Can I just remind you to complete the parent questionnaire for the France trip and to get passport applications under way preferably before Christmas. As previously mentioned, if there are financial barriers to you doing so, please approach the school as this is a tricky year and the project has a fund to be able to help out.
Happy weekend!