17.12.20

Date: 17th Dec 2020 @ 10:58pm

Hello and welcome back to Swallows class blog.

Swallows have had the most wonderful final week of term. We enjoyed watching the Christmas Pantomime, solving tricky maths problem for Santa and partying our Friday away. We indulged on a delicious Christmas dinner on Wednesday and had lots of fun guessing our brand new story book for next term.

For our last worship of the term, we shared our hopes and dreams for the new year together and wrote these onto guiding stars. As always, Swallows shared their thoughts beautifully and reflected on what went well and what could have been better for them this year.

Read Write Inc

We completed our Read Write Inc assessments this week and will have some new groups in the new year. A sticker will be put into diaries with information about changes in groups in the first week back.

Meanwhile, in phonics our groups have worked hard on the following this week:

Spellings 

Here is a list of all of the spellings we have learnt so far this year. Can you play our special 'Snakes and Ladders' board game to help you to revise each spelling? If you are struggling to find a dice, just write the numbers 1-6 on small pieces of paper, turn them over and take it in turns to choose a number. 😊 Remember to check your diary to see which spellings you need to focus on from previous weeks.

When we return to school in January, we will continue to focus our writing on the beautiful story ‘The Owl Who was Afraid of the Dark’. We will learn about how adjectives can be changed into adverbs to describe how the owl in the story is flying by adding ‘ly’.  We will also focus on the use of lists of words separated by a comma and the application of adverbs ending in ly to describe the movement fireworks.

Our Maths learning will focus on money after the holiday. We will count money using coins and notes and show different amounts. Please spend some time looking at money over the Christmas break. How many different coins are there? How can we tell how much a coin is worth? Which coin is worth the most/least?

We hope you have enjoyed watching our virtual Christmas plays and carol service this year. The children had a wonderful time putting them together and I know I will certainly cherish the memories we have made this year. If you have not received the links for any of the performances, please email admin who will send it to you.

Finally, Mrs Elson and I and I want to say a huge thank you for the lovely gifts and cards we received this year. We are overwhelmed by your generosity and kindness. THANK YOU!

Thank you for being such super Swallows this year. Mrs Elson, Mr Sephton, Theresa and I are all SO proud of you. 

We can’t wait to welcome you back in January for another year of laughs and learning together.   

Miss Gillam

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