This week we began rehearsing our nativity, The Sleepy Shepherd. The children are very excited to be putting on a show for their families! We also learned about some more celebrations--Thanksgiving and Hanukkah. Ned's father came in and told us about how he celebrated Thanksgiving in America and we made special turkey hats. Today we had a Celebration of Light afternoon and learned about Hanukkah. We did crafts and learned about how and why Jewish people celebrate Hanukkah.

In phonics, we learnt the letters x y and z the tricky words into, are, you, we

In maths, we used the stem sentence How many? and practised reading digits and counting out a specific number.

In writing, we were thinking about hibernation and we wrote a list of things we would bring with us if we were hibernating. Some children thought snakes would be important to bring, others thought a bit more practically and suggested a pillow and blanket. But all the children were determined to write their ideas, using their phonics skills to help them.