The festivities have started! This week we have had lots of wonderful and magical things going on in school to help our children really get in the festive spirit. The week started with our annual advent assembly on Monday, the children really enjoyed watching the Christmas tree lights being turned on by one of our year 6 pupils, Sophie. We were then really lucky and had a visit from Santa on his bus on Tuesday! Each child was given the gift of a selection box which was kindly donated by Blakelaw Social Club.

In English we have been reading ‘The Christmas Selfie Contest’ by Rosie Greening. The children really enjoyed the story and then going around school and taking their very own Christmas selfies.

Mark celebrated his 9^th birthday on Wednesday; he brought in a yummy sponge cake to share with his friends.

On Thursday we were full of busy, the children enjoyed a fantastic story session with the amazing Chris Bostock as he took us on the journey and adventures of a little Possum. The children were engaged throughout and loved the idea of taking their very own starlight home with them. In the afternoon the children participated in Santa’s dance Workshop, they all learnt how to be the best Elf in the workshop to help Santa in his preparations for Christmas.

Tonight (Friday 6th) is Hadrian’s Christmas Fayre, everyone is welcome. It will be a lovely night with the chance of meeting Santa! Starting at 6pm until 8pm, hope to see you there.

Class 3/4 Team

We had a lovely day on Monday at Beamish.

We were very lucky and got to go and see Santa in his Grotto! Santa kindly gave us a present each and some food to feed his reindeer.

We then headed to the pit village where we looked around the school; we were able to have a go at some of the old style playground games too! We then went for our lunch and one of the workers kindly lit the fire for us to warm up around whilst we ate our packed lunches. In the afternoon we got on the old bus and set off to the old town where we were able to look around the Christmas market. We bumped in to a police officer on our way to the shops and he let us have a go of his handcuffs, we also got him to arrest Phil!

We then finished our adventure and went to the sweet shop to buy some goodies for everyone to enjoy. Once we were all shopped out we climbed aboard the tram and headed back to school.

A great day was had by all!

We wished Ellie May a very happy 8th birthday on Monday, she brought in a lovely chocolate cake to share with friends and enjoyed having a dance and playing games with the children in class.

Welcome back to a fun filled half term leading up to Christmas! We hope you are all feeling refreshed after the holidays and ready for the festive season to soon begin. We have hit the ground running this week with lots of great work being done from all the children in class.

In English we have started looking at a new book, ‘Night Monkey Day Monkey’ by Julia Donaldson. This will be the story that we will focus our English work on for the next few weeks. The children have been fully engaged in the story and already created some lovely pieces of work. In Phonics some children have been working hard on their listening skills to see if they can pick out some of the initial sounds we have been learning.

The class have also done some fabulous work in Art following on with our story by creating some fantastic creations around day and night using light and dark paints and materials. We also made some lovely poppies for our remembrance assembly which will be held on Monday.

In Maths the children have continued to work hard on their counting. They have enjoyed a range of various activities and games to support and extend their learning. We have had great engagement from the whole class during these lessons.

We have also tried to make the most of the awful weather this week and been wrapped up in warm clothes and waterproofs to go out and get messy in lots of the outdoor areas in school. The children have enjoyed every minute of running and jumping in the puddles!

Thank you to everyone who came along and supported Hadrian’s firework display on Tuesday night. It was a fantastic night and everyone appeared to have a great time.

We are supporting Children in Need next week; the children will be involved and participate in various activities throughout the week. On Friday we will be taking part in a sponsored ‘Quackers Run’ and the children are encouraged to come in to school in non-uniform to support the event.

We hope you all have a fantastic weekend.

Class 3/4 Team.

What a lovely week class 3/4 have had to finish off a very busy 8 week half term! The children have continued to work fantastically; they have stayed engaged in their lessons despite the excitement of next week’s holiday and Halloween fast approaching.

This week we have finished our work in English on the story of Stick Man. We have also been reading some spooky stories keeping in the theme of Halloween, the class particularly enjoyed reading Funny Bones – The Ghost Train with the lights down low and the use of a torch. In phonics we have been using our listening and looking skills to match various animals on the farm to the pictures.

In Art we have been making lots of pictures using lines and shapes to create some bright and beautiful artwork. We also collected some leaves and used them to print with the paint.

We have also been up to lots of Halloween activities including carving our class pumpkin, using the inside of it to make pumpkin curry and nan bread, decorating spooky biscuits and of course dressing up and having a Halloween party.

We hope you all have a well-deserved rest over the next week and look forward to seeing everyone bright-eyed and bushy-tailed back in school on Monday 4^th November.

Class 3/4 Team.

Hello everyone.

What another fantastic week in class 3/4. The weeks are disappearing so fast. Only one week to go before a well-earned rest for both the children and staff!

This week in English we have been working on our feelings. We have been practising our happy, sad and angry faces. We continue with the story Stick Man for the next week and have been using what we have learned to sequence parts of the story.

In Maths we have continued using the language big and small and have been participating in board games to continue developing our turn taking and counting skills.

Science was a big hit this week as the children enjoyed smashing up some ice with a hammer to continue with learning about properties of materials.

Following on from the Christmas card making last week in Art, the judging took place this week and we are proud to say that Muhammed A was one of the winners with his fantastic design.

We wish you all a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing you back in school on Monday for the final week before the half term holidays.

Class 3/4 Team.