It was so special receiving amazing feedback on our writing from the author of The Land of Roar. Thank you Jenny McLachlan for your kind and inspiring words!

This morning, during our Class Worship, we discussed how we can show respect to our friends, teachers and families. Here were our thoughts:

How can we show respect to our friends?

Abbie – By helping them if they need you.

Isla – By making sure no one is left out.

Matilda – By showing consideration. 

How can we show our teachers respect?

Harley – By listening carefully.

Arthur – By not shouting out or talking whilst they are talking.

Ty – By using kind words and good manners.

How can we show respect to our families?

Gina – By trying new foods at meal times if they have been made for us.

Gethin – By sharing belongings with siblings.

James – By taking care of other people’s property when they have let us use it.

Today, we published our writing inspired by The Land of Roar. Wow! The results are just amazing. Here are just a few but I am so proud of you all, you have worked so hard 🥰✨

In Forest School, we created art inspired by James Brunt. The final pieces are beautiful and made from natural resources found in our outdoor environment.

It was a very exciting time in Chestnut Class this afternoon as we started to cut open our earth models! We were blown away by the results, they so clearly show us the crust, mantle, outer core and inner core. Well done Chestnuts!

In Learning Mission we have been exploring the question “if you were to go on a journey to the centre of the earth, where would you go?”

We have had lots of fun creating model earths using modelling clay and paper as well as, researching the layers on iPads and comparing the differences between the outer and inner core!

In our sketch books, we explored different ways of using our pencils to create interesting marks. We can’t wait to use these when sketching our dragon eyes!

This week, our theme during Collective Worship has been courage. We have discussed what courage means, how we can be courageous and today we have written some beautiful prayers to add to our prayer tree.

Our Class Promises, agreed by every member of Chestnut Class, hope to ensure we have a happy, calm and safe learning environment. We are so excited for the year ahead!

Today, we had SO much fun improving our skipping skills and learning about the importance of practising in order to make progress with Dave from Skip2BFit!