Falling into Autumn in MP2

 

What a great start to the school year we have had! We welcomed a new student, Tess, from Belgium and have been getting to know our little school family and our sister class Middle Primary 1 as we continue to learn and experience more together.

 

In October the leaves finally started to fall while MP2 were learning about the Victorian Times and how life was different for children then in workhouses and schools. We imagined what it might be like to visit a workhouse as a reporter in these times and wrote about the conditions and what we saw. To finish off our IPC unit ‘The Generation Game’ we paid a visit to Huis van Alijn to have a tour of many items used through different generations, including an old school room.

In Literacy we have now learnt all aspects of the Daily 5 and can Read to self, Work on Writing, use Word Work, Listen to Reading and Read to Someone, independently and with confidence. There is some great work going on in our class and we are becoming better readers and writers!

 

In Numeracy we completed our half term ‘check in’ test! Both Year 3 and Year 4 have been working on doubling, halving and fractions. Some challenging and interesting work!

To finish off the term, everyone was looking forward to the Halloween party and the costumes were brilliant! Some of our class drew some very creative witches and monsters for display and we decorated the classroom with pumpkins and bats.

We finished off the term with the promised movie of Oliver Twist – the book we have been reading as a class for the past few weeks. And now, we will all enjoy a well earned Autumn break!