SEASONAL CELEBRATIONS

MAPLE CLASS - NOVEMBER

October, November and December Birthday celebrations

GOLDEN TICKET WINNERS

This month Maple class have been busy celebrating Bonfire Night by creating acrostic poems and colourful firework pictures, as well as learning about the origin of the event.

Mrs Rosser had an exciting time with the children investigating an alien crash site on the playground, where they discovered evidence of alien life amongst the grass! They had so many theories of what had happened to cause it and created wonderful artworks to display them.

We have all very much enjoyed welcoming Miss Rodrigeuz into the class. We have had a fun first week/ fortnight revisiting our class rules and learning our new class song which helps us with our learning. Here are the words to practise at home!

CONGRATULATIONS
Isaac
Joby
Bucky
Frankie

We have been focusing on rhyming in Year 2 - reciting nursery rhymes and identifying the rhyming words with, helping the class to prepare for their own poems.

SYCAMORE CLASS - NOVEMBER

OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

Sycamore class have had another busy month of learning. We spent time reflecting on Remembrance Day when we learnt a poem and made some amazing poppies. We continued learning about couplets and poems in our Language lessons and have begun to analyse them looking at rhythm and repetition. We then focused on performance poetry and had fun adding our own actions to complement the poems. Performing them for the class was fun but a little scary for some. We used the poems Sing a song of Sixpence and Pat a cake. Ask us to show you what we did.

In Mathematics we have continued to work on our Number skills and place value. We can add and take away big numbers now using different methods. We are developing our skills when modelling (showing with cubes, counters and blocks) our answers so we can demonstrate we really understand the processes we are learning. The other day one student asked when we would have to stop playing and start doing our Maths!!! They had been learning for 45 minutes and were totally absorbed in the activities. We have also learnt a new card game to help us practice our number bonds. See learning is fun!!!!!

Adam, Amber, Coral, Lexi, Robbie, Martha & Lewie

GOLDEN TICKET WINNERS

Samantha and Robbie are showing their advent crowns we made in RE. We've been looking at stories of light and dark across different religions. In our topic work we've been looking houses old and new and investigating aerial photographs of places we know.

Harlem, Coral, Ella-Mai, Oliver & Amber

HAZEL CLASS - NOVEMBER

Diwali
Last week we celebrated Divali as a class and watched an amazing shadow puppet show of the story of Light triumphing over darkness. The children talked about times in their lives when good things had come out of difficult events. Emma made a Divali lantern at home and helped to illuminate our circle time session.

Alien Visit
We have been exploring extra-terrestrial beings this term and had an unexpected visit from Beebop the alien. He was looking for Beegu who had crash landed in Bude and has become lost. We used a special sensor to detect where Beegu had walked off and where she had left the school grounds. The children enjoyed questioning the alien and many noted a strangely familiar beard under breathing apparatus. Apparently they sell these on Beebop's planet at a very reasonable rate!

Science and Writing
The children in Hazel Class have been developing our descriptive writing this term and this was brought to life during our recent science session studying an alien brain. The children were able to use their senses to describe the sample brain and with the help of our in-class dissection team, we have all agreed that they smell rather like raspberries. We have been following the recent Space X launch with interest and have really enjoyed learning about life on the International Space Station. Our next giant leap will be into the solar system and beyond to explore other worlds and distant stars.

OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS

GOLDEN TICKET WINNERS

Layland, Lucy, Lily & Guy

JANA AND LUCY

ROWAN CLASS - NOVEMBER

This month Rowan class have had some very special visitors! We discovered a crash site that we believe was Beegu and his broken UFO. We suspected that Beegu had travelled into Bude as we saw a trail of moondust leading out of the school and towards the houses so keep your eyes peeled! We have produced some character descriptions to help the people of Bude to get Beegu back to his home planet quickly! Not only did we discover a mysterious UFO crash, we had a visitor from a far away planet! His name was Beepop and he was on a mission to locate Beegu and get him back to his home planet. The children had great fun telling Beepop everything we had found out from the crash site. Beegu has also sent us some pictures whilst he has been out and about in Bude! (Don't worry he kept a 2m distance from all humans) we have used this to write an email to Beepop telling him where he might find Beegu.
As mathematicians this month, we have been working on our addition and subtraction skills. We have been working hard at forming number sentences in our books, creating fact families and working systematically to find number bonds within 10. Rowan class are loving doing a daily fluency session which we call "Flashback Fluency" (Cue crazy arm movements!) I have been so proud of how well the children are working in their learning, they are always keen to try their best and never let anything stop them!
As scientist we have been learning about materials. We have been designing a moon buggy, we will be investigating which materials we could use to make it strong and safe on the moon. We will then be making them using boxes, axels and wheels.
We have also been enjoying our Tuesday afternoons in the woods. Thank you Matt!

GOLDEN TICKET WINNERS
RYAN, BRODIE AND BONNIE

OCTOBER,NOVEMBER & DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS
BRODIE, CURTIS, JASMINE, MYA, HENRY, CALUM & MEGAN

Well done my little Rowans for another amazing month! You are all amazing and you should be so proud of your achievements.

OAK CLASS - NOVEMBER

In Oak Class we have just finished our mini topic of "What's in the sky?" The children wanted to find out about space, why we have day and night, as well as things that fly in the sky. We listened to "Whatever Next!" by Jill Murphy and imagined we were building rockets as we wore space suits and alien costumes! We listened to "The owl who was afraid of the dark!" by Martin Waddell, and "The Balloon" by Jez Alborough and learned to retell these stories in our own words with our own pictorial story map. These texts have also been the basis for our finger fit daily writing. We are so proud of how well the class are writing their sounds and Fred talking. We hope you have enjoyed seeing these as they come home. We had an exciting time setting off rockets on the field as well! We have just started our new topic of "What do we celebrate?" Last week we learned the story of "Kipper's birthday." We have been sharing our special celebration photos from home and talking about them in class. We have been learning how people celebrate birthdays and festivals all over the world in different ways. We looked at Diwali last week and had a go at making rangoli patterns. We also remembered Poppy Day in a child friendly way with our own silence and some art work. In maths we have been continuing with our maths mastery journey to learn about the numbers to 5 and about shapes and positional language in lots of interesting ways. We have been blown away by the children's progress in phonics. Thank you for all you have been doing to support this at home and for remembering the phonics folders from home each day. Please continue to use Tapestry regularly to look at what your child has been learning at school and to add positive comments. We love to see what you have been doing/learning at home also. We look forward to the next month which builds up to Christmas and have some lovely things planned....please watch this space.......Kind regards, Mrs Garrad and Jo

Congratulations to the Golden Ticket winners
Rowan, Jax, Benny, Ava J, Ava P & Max C

OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS
AURORA, LAYLA, REEVE, LEXI, AVA, MAX, SARAH, BENNY & TAIO

ELM CLASS - NOVEMBER

Elm class were asked the question "What's in the Sky?" and they came up with some amazing ideas which we have been exploring this term. Some of these were, the Moon and the Sun- night and day, Space, weather patterns, birds, to name a few! We linked our Literacy texts and Finger Fit in with these. The children enjoyed imagining they were off to space in "Whatever Next!" and we even launched rockets on the field! We looked at Night and Day with "The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark" and learnt about Nocturnal animals. We ended this topic with "The Balloon", thinking about weather patterns. The children especially loved the ice bombs we brought in, exploring what happens when ice melts. The children also enjoyed making a very special Poppy in finger fit for Remembrance Day and taking part in the minutes silence. We hope you have enjoyed seeing their finger fits come home and celebrating the progress they are making! We are so impressed with how they are applying their phonic skills to their reading and writing. Thank you for your continued support at home with their phonic work.
In maths we have continued our indepth investigation of numbers to 5, we have also been exploring shape and positional language. It has been great seeing the children exploring these practically in the provision.
We have just started our new topic 'What do we Celebrate?' with the celebration of Diwali. The children loved linking their shape knowledge with the beautiful Rangoli patterns. We really appreciate all the celebration photos you have uploaded to tapestry for your child to share with the class. Over the next few weeks we will look at celebrations around the world, finishing with Christmas celebrations, stories crafts and activities.
Thank you again for all you are sharing on Tapestry, we really value your communications and seeing their learning at home. Please continue to share these moments with us and comment on your child's learning at school.
Mrs Sheppard and Kerrianne :)

OCTOBER, NOVEMBER & DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS
SEB, LACEY & MIRA

Golden Ticket winners;
Rudi, Huxley, Jimmy and Oscar

HAZEL CLASS - DECEMBER

We have been studying reindeer and have learned the Makaton sign for Reindeer. Mr Edwards brought in an antler and we used our senses to explore its texture, smell and appearance. Some children drew parallels with the bones we unearthed during the dinosaur topic.

We used tools to make our own reindeer decorations and learned about eye safety when drilling. If you look closely you might be able to spot the alien reindeer that one of our very creative students decided to make in line with our space topic this term

The children have been creating their own Barrel Rock Cards with a Wintery look and have enjoyed Christmas party games and singing our own version of It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas. This will be available to view and listen to in our online Christmas Performance Book. The children have been teaching Mr Edwards how to dance and although he is a slow learner, he has an appetite to improve! Thanks for all the hard work at home during the closure and for your support this term. See you all in 2021.
Best Wishes The Hazel Class Team

ROWAN CLASS - DECEMBER

Rowan class have had a wonderful last few weeks of the term. We have been getting into the Christmas sprit and making our classroom feel as festive as possible. We made a paper chain so long it went all the way around the classroom and decorated an enormous tree . It looks magical in Rowan class at the moment. We have been getting creative juices flowing by making handprint reindeers, Pom Pom wreaths, magic snow globes, snowy landscapes, paper snowflakes. All of which the children have thoroughly enjoyed. During our wood session with Matt we made sure the birds had their Christmas dinner of fatballs and mealworms. We had an awesome Christmas party, the children busted a move or two and Rowan class definitely showed myself and Nathan up with their amazing dancing. We have learnt two new songs in makaton and we hope you enjoy listening to them in our Christmas Carole book. I am extremely proud of them and love that they share my passion in using Makaton in the classroom. We have snuggled up by the fireplace listening to some of Miss Price’s favourite Christmas stories.

Thank you to all of my little Rowans for continuing to be the absolute superheroes they are, you guys are amazing!

Thank you to you grown ups who have been amazing also, thank you so much for your continued support during this time.

Finally thank you to my wonderful team who have worked their socks off over the past term and never fail to put a smile on mine and the kids faces.
We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a very happy new year.

OAK AND ELM CLASS - DECEMBER

Firstly, the EYFS team would like to thank all of you for your support during our period of home learning. We were delighted to see so many lovely activities happening at home, either following our ideas or doing your own thing. Thank you so much for sharing them with us.

EYFS have been super busy crafting and making during this lead up to Christmas. We have been learning about the Gingerbread man and the Christmas Story and incorporating this into our learning through maths and activities. We have also done a little mini nativity with all photo safe children for you to enjoy. It was very entertaining and the children loved the novelty of dressing up. We know how hard it is not to share these special moments with us in person during this pandemic but we hope you have enjoyed our Christmas songs and activities through Tapestry.

We are very proud of our children and all the wonderful progress they have been making. They are 2 very special classes.
We would love to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happier, Healthier New Year 2021.

Best wishes from Mrs Garrad, Mrs Sheppard, Jo and Kerrianne