On Monday, a bear invited us into the forest to see what we could find.

We came across a tennis racket, an alarm clock, a bucket, a spade, a teapot, a trophy and a Spiderman mug. A discussion followed, around what the bear might do with these objects.







Rory wondered if the bear might “decorate his bedroom” with a trophy “he won at tennis” and Paige imagined that the alarm clock would ensure that “the bear isn’t late for school”.
Back in the classroom, the children considered what other objects the bear might find in a forest and what he might do with them. This led to some very impressive writing. The colourful semantics cards help us to remember all the words in our sentences, which are starting to include time/place and description. We are also trying hard to remember our capital letters, finger spaces and full stops. Well done, everyone!
Bye-bye butterflies
Thank you to Maya for hosting the caterpillars over the half term break and for sharing the photos and videos of their progress. Spiky was released into Maya’s garden to wriggle and grow as he was not ready to form a chrysalis. By the time we returned to school, three of the caterpillars had metamorphosised into butterflies. The fourth butterfly emerged from its chrysalis within five minutes of us arriving at school. It was fascinating to watch! Later that day, we bade an emotional ‘farewell’ to the butterflies: off on their journey to find their mummy, Betty.



Well done to our certificate earners this week!

Love how exciting and interesting you make learning for them, thank you! It was our pleasure to look after the caterpillars ????????