Good afternoon everyone.
I hope you had a very enjoyable and relaxing Christmas holidays, it already seems a distant memory! As I’m sure you are aware Covid rates are extremely high at the moment and we have had our own cases in school. Please see the letter below for more information.
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Hazel class introduced their new topic today
‘Changes in the World’
As a class we discussed different habitats around the world before focusing on our local area.
We spent the afternoon in the outdoor learning area searching for different habitats and creatures.
We labelled where we thought we might find the different animals.
We managed to find some worms!
This topic is called ‘Amazing Animals.’
We will be learning about lots of different animals and their habitats. This week there has been a very cold wintry theme within our classroom. Here are some pictures of all of the wonderful things that your children have been up too in Maple class.
We have been creating stories with all of our new furry friends in class.
We have got an igloo in class where we can read lots of our winter stories.
Look at our amazing blue sand where our penguin friends live,
We have had lots of snowy days in Maple and all of the children have loved being out in the snow!
We have been catching snow flakes in our mouths, creating snow balls and feeling and looking at ice, This was super fun to do even though it was FREEEZING.
We look like eskimos!
Today we watched part of The Lighthouse and then we got split into groups to recreate the scene we saw. We then had to predict what was going to happen in the rest of the story. We had to work together to come up with a concept and than act it out, rehearse it then perform it in front of the class. We had some amazing stories!
Today Birch started their new Topic; Fog on the Tyne! We have been talking about the Tyne Bridge, St. James’ Park, Angel of the North etc. We had lots of fun finding all this information out about our local City.
We spoke in groups about the images and identified any of them that we already know. We had discussions of all the facts we already knew about the images and Newcastle.
We look forward to finding out more!
Maple class were lucky enough to be gifted a beautiful, real Christmas tree from Fusion for Business in Consett. We had lots of fun decorating the tree with very little help from the adults!
9D won themselves a lovely chocolate treat for completing the most Climate Champion Challenges this term. They have made recycled cotton bags and dog toys from old clothes, which will be donated to the RSPCA. They have also learnt about seasonal food and made chips, and also made a conscious effort to use less pre-packaged food at home. As part of their prize they received a bamboo toothbrush each to look after their teeth and a pack of plastic free pens to trial in class. Well done 9D if we can all follow in your footsteps then we can make positive changes in our lifestyles to help the future of our planet.
