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?