Hello Hedgehog Parents,
This week's blog is a short one! It's been a different sort of week, with Poetry Day, Mothers' Day activities and a third of our class away for much of it.
Poetry day was wonderful. The children learnt a poem to perform by heart: The Lion Roars. Incredibly, they managed to learn it all in half a day and performed it outside to the rest of the school. I was very proud of them!
Then they had a go at writing their own poems based on it. The Year 1 children wrote a poem each about a mammoth, while the Reception children wrote a shared poem. In the afternoon the children joined others from Squirrel and Badger classes to do some shared poetry making outdoors.
On Wednesday we read the story 'Humbert' by John Burningham. It is about a pony who pulls a scrap metal cart but who has bigger dreams. The children loved this story and did some art work of Humbert as well as writing a diary in role as him.
Thursday, of course, was Forest School - a particularly warm, sunny and happy one.
Then on Friday it was lovely to have so many of you at school for our Mother's Day Breakfast. Thank you for coming!
Homework this week is a little different. Your challenge, Hedgehog children, should you choose to accept it, is to learn a short poem off by heart and recite it. Either come and tell me the poem at school, or film yourself reciting it to send to the office email address!
Year 1 children - I am sorry that once again we were unable to do your Friday spelling challenge (though it was lovely to have mothers in for so long!) but we will do it on Monday instead. You have no new words to learn this week, so just focus on your colourful spelling lists.
Have a good weekend!
From Mrs Simpson
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