Orion class

  Do you want to build a snowman? Today, we have been out onto the field to enjoy the snow! We loved building snowmen and making snow angels! We have been incredibly busy again over the past couple of weeks. For Remembrance Day we held 2 minutes silence to show respect to those in the forces and those who have sadly lost their lives in conflict. To commemorate them, we made our very own poppy wreath. They looked great!  For Anti-bullying week we wore odd socks for the day and designed our very own pair of odd socks. As a class, we also discussed the importance of respect and how we can respect others.   For Children in Need, we came to school all spotty and sparkly for the day. The children loved watching the gladiators’ completing activities for charity live on the BBC.

        What an amazing first week back!   Welcome back to school. We have had an incredibly busy first week back and could not wait to show you what we have been learning so far. In writing we have been looking at the features of a non-chronological report and researching information about dragons. Yes, that’s right dragons! We will be using this information over the next few weeks to help us structure our very own non-chronological report. In our reports we will be using a range of high-level vocabulary, fronted adverbials, and facts. We are still undecided though as to whether dragons are legends or myths. In computing we have looked at media input and media output. During the lesson, the children have enjoyed recording their voices using different effects – we have had monsters, chipmunks, and robots and much more! It was a very enjoyable lesson, and I am sure the children are looking forward to the rest of the lessons.   In PSHE we have being discussin...