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In maths this week, Cherries have been measuring using centimetres. We explored around the classroom to use our rulers, measuring carefully. We talked about things which were longer, taller and shorter – comparing things. Afterwards, we solved some length problems.
The children in Birches class have been preparing for Christmas by decorating the classroom. The children made their own candy canes in DT to add to our tree decorations. The children have enjoyed counting down the days until Christmas with our Christmas tree calendar! The children have been working hard over the last few weeks practicing Christmas songs using Makaton signing. The children have really enjoyed learning new signs and had fun singing and dancing along. We’ve also had time for some fun in the snow earlier on this week. 
We had a visit from ‘Tides of Change’, where we learned about fire safety, toasted marshmallows and made delicious s’mores. Everyone had lots of fun!
This week, as part of our DT topic “Cook Well Eat Well” we made ratatouille. Willows and Cherries love working with each other!
The children continued to develop their safe cutting and cooking skills. They followed a recipe and then wrote their own ordered steps.
When it was cooked, the children tasted the ratatouille and thought it was delicious – even Mr Mills was impressed!
This week we are exploring robots as part of our Marvellous Machines topic. We read the book ‘No-Bot, The Robot With No Bottom’, and looked at some photographs of real robots.
Then we designed and built some junk model robots. We have put them on display, and next we will talk about how we could improve them further, and make adaptations to them.
We worked really hard independently and with our friends, talking about what we were doing and exploring different methods and techniques. If something didn’t work, we tried doing it another way! Teamwork makes the dream work!
This week in Birches the children have been learning 3D shapes. They were able to identify the properties of different shapes including their faces, vertices and edges. The children were very enthusiastic about building their own 3D shapes using straws. The children thought carefully about how many pieces they would need to correctly make their shape. 
Its been a very busy but exciting week in Maples this week, we wrote and posted our letters to Santa, we learnt about food chains in science and continued to work really hard in math’s and phonics amongst other subjects. We also got some special treats this week including the opportunity to watch the pantomime and play in the snow!
As part of our DT topic “Cook Well, Eat Well” we explored the many different ways potatoes can be cooked. We went into our life skills flat with our friends in Willows to boil some potatoes and roast some to turn them into chips. We practiced our peeling, chopping and cutting skills – being careful with the sharp knives. We were also extremely careful with the hot pan and oven.
We have had a great time in ninja warrior club this week! As well as enjoying the climbing frame we have been working on our acrobatic skills on the swing. We all helped to create an obstacle course with the PE equipment and were super speedy when it came to tidying up. Well done Ninjas!!
