Summer Fair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please come to our summer fair tomorrow. There will be loads of exciting events. I'm going to on the Hoopla stand! Children are encouraged to dress up in fancy dress as fictional book characters, I think I'm going to come as a pirate! Hope to see you there!!!

Super Spellers

Mai, Blerta, Cerine, Tafari, Shannon, Mahdiyah, Zana, Rowaida, Jone Yen, Maryam, Ava, Rashma, Wahida, Jack, Jamil, Rea, Mira, Kareem, Bouchaib & Alaa.

Superstar Spellers

Jone Yen, Shannon, Kareem, Cerine, Maryam, Jack, Zana, Hajar, Tahmid, Tafari, Blerta, Ava, Rea, Rashma, Mai, Yasmin, Rowaida, Hamudi, Sayeed, Rayan, Alaa, Mira, Bouchaib and Belkacem.

Superstar Spellers!!

WELL DONE TO: Jack, Cerine, Rowaida, Jone Yen, Kareem, Hamudi, Rea, Ava, Rashma, Hajar, Alaa, Shannon, Mira, Maryam, Belkacem, Tahmid, Mahdiyah, Tafari, Zana, Sayeed, Yasmin, Wahida and finally a massive well done to Ismail who also got 10 out of 10 having just joined our class.

ROYAL NATIONAL BALLET

Yesterday, the children we really lucky. The Royal National Ballet ran a workshop with the children teaching them the basics of ballet. Over the next 5 weeks the children are going to choreograph a dance to go with George Gershwin's 'Summertime'. They will even design and make the backdrop to the stage, the props and even their own costumes. Here are some of the children's thoughts about yetserday.

" It was a really exciting morning." Blerta.

"I was amazed, I loved doing ballet." Kareem.
" It was astonishing to see how pointy their toes were!" Bouchaib.

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" I felt fantastic doing ballet!" Alaa.

" It was so exciting I never thought I'd get the oppurtunity to learn ballet!" Rea.






" My toes ached at the end, but it was definitely worth it! " Ava.

" I loved it!" Hamudi.

" It was fantastic doing the turns." The boys.

Super duper ballet spellers

Bouchaib, Rowaida, Jason, Hamudi, Jone Yen, Hajar, Maryam, Mohammed, Kareem, Rea, Ava, Mira, Zana, Rashma, Belkacem, Tafari, Shannon, Alaa , Rayan and Jamil.

ACROSTIC POEM Website

Well done to the children who have already given me their acrostic poems. Ava has found a website that she thinks is helpful to help when writing them.
www.readwritethink.org

Super Cherry Spellers.

Rayan, Bouchaib, Cerine, Rowaida, Yousaf, Wahida, Yasmin, Maryam, Mohammed, Mira, Zana, Mai, Sayeed, Rea, Ava, Hajar, Belkacem, Mahdiyah, Shannon, Jone Yen, Jamil, Tafari, Alaa and Hamudi.

ACROSTIC POEM

Your challenge this weekend is to write a positive acrostic poem ( ready for our next unit in literacy) about yourself. Here's mine to help you:
Magnificently
Ingenious
Super, duper
Sensibile!!!

Great
Exciting
Responsible
Marvelous
Amazing, amazing, amazingly
Neat

States Results

Well done to Alaa who remembered all the states and spelt them correctly!!!!!

A massive well done also to Rashma who got 33.

Finally a well done to these children who got more than 20 correct:
Wahida: 22
Rowaida: 22
Mahdiyah: 22
Bouchaib: 23
Ava: 27
Mira: 28

Reminder

There will be a test tomorrow to see how many states you can remember. Good Luck!!!!

Spelling Results

Well done: Rashma, Rea, Mai, Wahida, Tafari, Alaa, Maryam, Hamudi, Kareem, Yasmin, Tahmid, Blerta, Jone Yen, Rowaida, Mira, Shannon, Zana, Ava, Rayan, Hajar, Mahdiyah, Jamil and Bouchaib.

BRILLIANT BRILLIANT WEBSITE

Google: Nrich

In maths finder type in the area of maths you want to play a game or have a challenge in e.g. fractions or division. It will then come up with 200 games in that area!!!!

In class we are completing the three weekly challenges:
One of 35
Cows and sheep
A bag of marbles

Alaa has already submitted her answers to these on the website-so what are you waiting for!??!!??

Good Luck-I strongly recommend this site.

EASTER CHALLENGE USA

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas ,California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii ,Idaho,Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky ,Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi ,Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska, Nevada ,New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North ,Carolina ,North Dakota, Ohio ,Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island ,South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont ,Virginia, Washington ,West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

Test next Friday !!!!!!

Spelling Results

Bouchaib, Maryam, Muhammed, Kareem, Rea, Wahida, Mai, Yasmin, Jamil, Jone Yen, Rashma, Ava, Hajar, Mira, Jack, Belkacem, Mahdiyah, Tahmid, Tafari, Shannon and Alaa.

CAPITAL CITIES RESULTS

Well done to Mira, Rea and Ava who all got 20 out of 20. They have received 5 housepoints each. Very well done!!!!

CAPITAL CITIES CHALLENGE ANSWERS

Lebanon- Beirut
Iraq-Baghdad
Albania-Tirana
India-New Delhi
USA-Washington D.C.
Brazil-Brasilia
Libya-Tripoli
Russia-Moscow
Poland-Warsaw
Montenegro-Pogorica
Liberia-Monrovia
Madagascar-Antananarivo
Canada-Ottowa
China-Beijing
Sudan-Khartoum
Jamaica-Kingston
South Africa-Cape Town
Japan-Tokyo
Serbia-Belgrade
Somalia-Mogadishu
Bosnia-Sarjevo
Zimbabwe-Harare
Malta-Valetta
Belgium-Brussels
Italy-Rome
Greenland-Godthab
Norway-Oslo
New Zealand-Wellington
Malaysia-Kuala Lumpar
Sweden-Stockholm
Finland-Helsinki
Denmark-Copenhagen
Yemen-Sanaa

Well done to Tafari and Ava who found out all the answers 4 House points each!!!

Everyday this week we will have a test on the different capital cities in the first section, BUT on Thursday we will have a test on all of the capital cities.

If, on Thursday you get all of them correct you will receive 5 House points!!!!!!!

Yousaf's Healthy Lunch Results

Mai:

Sunday Lunch
Main
Pasta with meat,
Salad and sweetcorn.
Pudding
Fruit salad

Well done, you receive 2 housepoints

Yousafs' Challenge

Yousaf has challenged everyone in the class to have a very healthy lunch this weekend. Bring in a menu of what you ate for lunch and Yousaf will judge who is the healthiest and give them 2 housepoints!!

CAPITAL CITIES CHALLENGE!!!!

England-London
Wales-Cardiff
Scotland-Edinburgh
Northern Ireland- Belfast
France-Paris
Germany-Berlin
Spain-Madrid
Australia-Canberra
Bangladesh-Dhaka
Kenya-Nairobi
Kosovo-Prishteina
Pakistan-Islamabad
Israel-Jerusalem
Austria-Vienna
Morocco-Rabat
Greece-Athens
Egypt-Cairo

These are the countries and their corresponding capital cities that the children know already! They are going to be tested on them on Monday.

Your challenge is to find out more countries and their capital cities. The child who finds the most and knows them off by heart will receive 4 housepoints!!!!

The ones 3 Cherry would like to know the answers to are:
India-
Algeria-
USA-
Lebanon-
Iraq-
Albania-
Brazil-
Libya-
Russia-
Poland-
Montenegro-
Liberia-
Madagascar-
Canada-
China-
Sudan-
Jamaica-
South Africa-
Japan-
Serbia-
Somalia-
Bosnia-
Zimbabwe-
Malta-
Belgium-
Italy-
Greenland-
Norway-
New Zealand-
Malayisa-
Sweden-
Finland-
Denmark-
Yemen-

PHEW WHAT A LOT!!!!! GOOD LUCK CHILDREN!!!!

The ideas that the children had of where to look for the answers are:
Atlas
Google Earth
Encyclopedia
Globe
Ask parents/carers and friends
Ask other teachers

SUPER SPELLERS

Well done to this weeks super star spellers:

Wahida, Rea, Bouchaib, Cerine, Yousaf, Maryam, Kareem, Mai, Sayeed, Yasmin, Ava, Blerta, Rashma, Belkacem, Hajar, Rowaida, Mahdiyah, Shannon, Jone Yen, Mira, Zana, Jamil, Alaa and Rayan. 24 Children- Pretty good!!!!!

www.worldmathsday.com

This is a competition that the children can enter!!

You must register your name if you want to compete at home.

Username: gatew79674

Password: obey14

Super Duper Cyclops Spellers!

Well done to.........

Jone Yen, Kareem, Ava, Bouchaib, Belkacem, Rashma, Zana, Mira, Mahdiyah, Tafari, Rayan and Alaa.

Why do crickets have ears on their legs?????

HELP HELP HELP!!!!!

In class we have a 'Wonder Wall'. Here the children can write on a post-it any question of which they would like to know the answer. I then endeavour to find the answer. But Tafari has a question that I don't know the answer to-can you help?

'Why do crickets have ears on their legs?

ANCIENT GREECE

We are learning about the Ancient Greeks across three subjects this half term. In literacy the children are creating their own Greek quest myth. In art the children are going to create a clay Greek mythical creature, which they will then paint. In history we will be discovering many things about the Ancient Greeks, their Gods and Goddesses, rivalries between Athens and Sparta, the Olympics and many more things.


So far the children are particularly excited about thinking about Greek mythical creatures. See if your children can tell you about each of the creatures below.

The children particularly enjoyed analysing certian features of mythical creatures. For example we watched David Attenborough's 'Life in cold Blood' . We were able to analyse features of lizards such as their scaly skin and we looked at serpents' forked tongues. The programmes can be downloaded from the internet on, just google bbciplayer the programmes can be found on Mondays, just look for Life in 'Cold Blood.'

3 Cherry's Adaption of Little Red Riding Hood.

At the end of last term the children performed a fantastic production of Little Red Riding Hood.

They did everything to get it organised:

* Wrote their own playscripts

* Made the backdrop

*Helped design the flipchart in the background

*Made their own masks

*Acted using their own stage directions

Look at the pictures and try and work out what is happening in the scene.

What can you see in the background?

What a wonderful wolf mask!!!!

Jone Yen acted very well as Little Red Riding Hood

Alaa stepped in at the last minute to cover for a child who was ill. What a fantastic effort! Well done.

Check out Jason the chicken!

SUPER DUPER CHERRY SPELLERS

Loads of children!!!!!!!

Belkacem, Wahida, Hamudi, Bouchaib, Ava, Mai, Jone Yen, Rea, Zana, Kareem, Maryam, Tafari, Mira, Rowaida, Hajar, Rashma, Yousef, Tahmid, Mahdiyah, Rayan and Alaa.

EXTRA MATHS CHALLENGE RESULTS!

Alaa: 16 pieces
Hajar: 13 pieces
Ava: 2 pieces
Shannon: 5 pieces
Mira: 9 pieces
Mai: 14 pieces
Zana: 6 pieces
Rashma: 19 pieces
Jamil: 4 pieces
Wahida: 8 pieces
Jack: 2 pieces.

CONGRATULATIONS Rashma: 4 Housepoints

Fantastic Mr Fox Challenge Winner!!

The Winning Entry:

Fantastic Mr Fox, gets a whole load of insects and bugs from the ground. He gets them to go to the top of the tunnel and swarm over Boggis, Bunce and Bean. They even go right down their trousers!!!!!!! (Yuk!!!) Fantastic Mr Fox and his family then esacpe.

A fantastic effort from RASHMA who receives 2 HOUSEPOINTS.

Fantastic Mr Fox Challenge

What is going to happen next now the 'diggers' are coming? What will Mr. Fox's next fantastic idea be? 2 housepoints for the most interesting idea!

JACK'S CHALLENGE

Jack has thought up a BRILLIANT challenge. His challenge is that whoever does the most extra homework correctly this week gets 4 house points. The deadline is Thursday 14th February! You'd better get started!!!

Really Super Spellers-ThIs Week They Were Tricky!

Jone Yen, Rea, Zana, Rowaida, Hajar, Hamudi, Jamil, Alaa and Rayan.

Super Spellers

Well done this week to: Rashma, Tafari, Alaa, Hajar, Ava, Zana, Jone Yen, Yasmin, Kareem, Tahmid & Hamudi. The spellings were especially hard this week!

SUPER DUPER CHERRY SPELLERS

Well done: Rashma, Jamil, Alaa, Rea,Bouchaib, Hajar, Zana, Ava, Jone Yen, Rowaida, Mira, Yasmin, Yousaf, Sayeed, Kareem, Tahmid, Hamudi, Mohammed, Cerine and Belkacem.

Today we have had a really fun morning. We have painted our own backdrop for Little Red Riding Hood. A particular well done to Jason who managed to paint all of the sky. If you look carefully there are 33 cherries for all the members of 3 Cherry Class- a lovely idea! A massive thank you goes to Jone Yen and Tahmid who did a fantastic job tidying and washing everything up.

We have made props and are working on making some costumes for our play. We are going to be performing for Year 1 who are learning the story of Little Red Riding Hood at the moment. Let's hope we don't get any stage fright!!!!

EXTRA MATHS

In our classroom I have made 9 folders full of extra maths worksheets for the children to take home at any time when they feel they would like the challenge of doing a bit of extra challenge maths in order to consolidate their learning. The categories they are under are:
* Addition
* Subtraction
*Multiplication
*Division
*Rounding to the nearest 10 and 100
*Problem Solving
*Number bonds to 10 and 100
*Doubling
*Halving
Put the finished work in the red folder and I will mark it.

EXTRA RESEARCH

Well done to the children who are trying particularly hard with this weeks challenge. A particular well done to Alaa, Hajar, Hamudi, Yasmin,Ava and Rea who have been busy in the evenings doing extra research. Here is an example of some of their work.

TIMES TABLE CHALLENGE

Your challenge-say the 4 times table faster than me AND be able to answer quick fire questions!!!! Well done to Mohammed, Shannon, Mai, Jack, Hajar, Mira and Belkacem who are almost perfect at there 4 times table.

CHALLENGE WEEKEND

Today, the children have made up there own challenges. The best from each challenge gets :
2 housepoints.

1. Name all the planets and give one fact about each one.
2. Learn, "The Little Blue Engine" off by heart, ready to perform it, thinking about expression!
3. Draw as many things as you can to do with Ancient Egypt.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Welcme back 3 Cherry. I hope you have had an enjoyable and restful break. We have got a fantastic term ahead of us. We are going to be learning about the Ancient Egyptians. By the end of the topic you will be able to answer these questions:

* Who is Tutunkahmun?
*What is mummification?
*Why were pyramids built?
*Why was the River Nile so important?
*Why were the rulers of Egypt called Pharoahs?

The children want to find out the answers to these questions:
* How many workers do you need to build a pyramid?
* How many bricks are needed to build a pyramid?
*How big is the sphinx?
*How many people worked for the Pharoah?
*How do you build pyramids?
*How long does it take to build a pyramid?
*Why are there only pyramids in Egypt?
*Are pyramids taller than our school?
*What are the key cities in Egypt?
*What is the purpose of pyramids?
*How long to people in Ancient Egypt live?
*What did the people in Ancient Egypt eat?
*Are the clothes of the Ancient Egyptians similar to ours?
*Who is Tutunkahmun?
* What was Tutunkahmun's personality like?
*How big was Ancient Egypt?
*How many km's is the Nile River?
*Where did Tutunkahmun live?
*Why did men in Ancient Egypt wear makeup?
*How many people lived in Ancient Egypt?
The children are very excited to learn about Ancient Egypt!!!!



In science we are going to be learning about space! In this half term, you will learn loads of interesting facts about the Earth, Sun, Moon and all the planets. Can you name all the planets?