​Dear Parents and Carers,
The children have been very busy this week through the afternoons making their Xmas baubles for the Christmas Fayre and practising the Nativity songs and lines. Please keep practising at home. 
Literacy
I was delighted with the children's spellings this week once again - they are doing excellently! I am also seeing big improvements in handwriting. We are reminding all children to write on the line, size their letters appropriately and most importantly form letters correctly from the top!
Maths
The children have been looking at 2D and 3D shape identification this week. Key 2D shapes they should know are squares, rectangles, triangles and circles - however it is always good to extend their learning so we have also looked at hexagons and octagons as well as pentagons and nonagons.
Key 3D shapes are cylinders, cuboids, cubes, cones, spheres, pyramids (square-based and triangular based) and various prisms.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs Budiman

 Dear Parents
Our star learner last week was Freddie! He has put in an amazing effort at school and at home with his work - we are really proud of you Freddie!

Literacy
RWI continues and once again I just want to remind you to read with your child daily. Please keep reviewing the sounds - particularly Set 2 and 3 on the sheet provided.

Maths
The children are moving onto a new unit of work looking at 2D and 3D shapes. There are lots of lovely songs and videos on this topic on You-Tube to enjoy.

Nativity
If your child has words to learn (many don't) please do practise with them, they will need to know these off by heart.

Illness
There are lots of coughs and colds in class at the moment - please do keep children at home if they are too poorly for school.

Kind regards,
Rebecca Budiman

Dear Parents,
Margot is our star learner this week. She has worked hard on her writing this week and has enjoyed pushing herself!
Literacy 
Well done to the children for the excellent spelling results this week. I can see you have been practising hard! Every effort makes a difference! The children's reading is developing fast at this time of year so please keep up the 5x a week reading target!
Maths
We have been working on subtraction at this time and will be using whole part models to reflect how subtraction works.
Remembrance
the children observed a minute silence today and produced a wonderful piece of art work on our window to remember the fallen - if you haven't seen it take a look!
Science
We tested which material might be most suitable for building a classroom in a rainforest. The children tested 4 materials and recorded their results in a table.

Have a great weekend!
Kind regards,
Rebecca Budiman