Book Week

This week is book week and the children are enjoying all sorts of different kinds of books. On Monday the children talked about their favourite type of book and entered a bookmark competition. They also met an author who entertained them with some fantastic rhyming songs which the children really enjoyed.

Yesterday the children made their own books including picture books, information books, books for babies and story books.

Today we have been talking about a reading book called 'Usman's Books'. In the story, Usman jumps into books and meets the characters. The children thought about which book they would like to jump in to, who they would meet and what they would do with that character.

Danny - I would jump into 'The Gingerbread Man' and eat him!
Harry - I would jump into 'Where's Wally' and hide with him.
Eleanor - I would jump into 'Winnie the Witch' and make spells with her.
Molly - I would jump into 'The Hungry Caterpillar' and fly with the butterfly.
George - I would jump into 'Noah's Ark' and help him with the animals.
Oliver - I would jump into a dinosaur fact book and play with the dinosaurs.
Amber - I would jump into 'Amber the Fairy' and play games with her.
Barnaby - I would jump into 'Thomas the Tank Engine' and play with Harry.
Ioan - I would jump into 'Monkey Puzzle' and go swinging in the trees with the monkey.
Oscar - I would jump into 'Where's Wally' and hide with him.
Tom - I would jump into 'Funnybones' and scare people.

As you can see they had lots of lovely ideas!

• REMINDER: Dress up as your favourite book character on Friday.
• REMINDER: The book fair will be in Class 3 after school until Monday.

Take Over Day

We have had a very busy week since the last blog update.

We hope you enjoyed our Class Assembly on Wednesday and that you enjoyed seeing all the work we have done in Class 1.

Today was 'Take Over Day', where Natasha and Hero were the class teachers for the day. In Literacy we read the story 'Elliott Jones: Midnight Superhero.' The children came up with their own superhero characters, their special powers and who they would help. In maths today, and for the rest of the week we will be looking at money, including recognising coins and ordering them.

There were lots of letters sent home today including a letter about each child needing a 'Pringle' tube for Christmas Activity Week.

THE BOOK PEOPLE HAVE DELIVERED BOOKS TO SCHOOL FOR YOU TO BUY IF YOU WISH. THERE ARE SOME FANTASTIC BOOKS SUITABLE FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS!! SCHOOL ALSO GETS COMMISSION. (Class 1 would really like to be able to have the Biff, Chip and Kipper books!)

REMINDER: Please return Barnardo's envelopes on Wednesday and remember to send children to school  wearing their badges that they have designed.

The End of Last Week

 Barnaby's picture

 Danny's picture

Molly's picture

On Friday we finished the week by looking at bonfire night. The children looked at fireworks as a source of light and we talked about the different shapes, types and colours. The children then completed their bonfire night pictures, adding to their bonfire that they had created earlier this week.

Mrs Shiner made 'chocolate sparklers' with the children. They were very simple and the children enjoyed waving them around outside at playtime and, of course, eating them!

Chocolate Sparklers: Chocolate fingers, icing and hundreds and thousands!

REMINDER: Class Assembly on Wednesday at 2:45pm.

Aliens and Guy Fawkes

This morning we went to The Village Hall and visited the planet 'Evon'. A large blue and silver sandy planet is home to a huge variety of different aliens! The children thought about how they would travel as an aliens whether it shuffled, jumped, hopped, crept. There were some wonderful aliens in our class!

After playtime we had a fire practise. All the children were very grown up and sensible about it.

This afternoon we learnt all about Bonfire Night and the history behind it. Some children were very knowledgeable about Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot. We then made bonfires using different fire coloured papers and cardboard. In science on Friday we will add fireworks to our pictures, when we look at fireworks as a source of light.

REMINDER: Class 1's assembly will take place next Wednesday at 2:45pm. All are welcome.

NOTE: For those children who attend 'Puzzle and Games Club' in years 1 and 2, there will be no club on Monday 7th November due to book look taking place in classrooms.