Thank you to everyone who has remembered to bring in named wellies and waterproofs this week. We have been outside as much as possible but due to the very wet weather this week we would like to use wellies and waterproofs next week as well. If you can leave them in school that would be great, if not please bring them back in on Monday.

This week the children have been learning all about mini beasts. We have been going on mini beast hunts and will continue this next week. In literacy we have been looking at the poetry book Mad About Minibeasts. We have worked in groups to recite poems, thinking hard about what actions and sounds could accompany them. We have also worked in groups and individually to write mini beast poems. We thought about how mini beasts move and came up with lots of interesting words to describe them. We even talked about alliteration…See if your child can tell you about this.

In numeracy we have been learning about data handling and have used tally marks to find out the children’s favourite mini beast. The children then turned their tally marks into a table, pictogram and block graph.

In science the children have been thinking hard about how to stop slugs eating a garden. They came up with some brilliant and interesting ideas, some of which we will be investigating further.

On Friday your child will come home with spellings and some maths homework. There will be a letter accompanying the maths explaining how you can support your child. Please ensure completed homework is returned every Wednesday.

N.B. It is our Class Assembly next Tuesday 1st May at 2.40 p.m.