Dear Parents,
We have had an enjoyable week where everybody has once again been working hard.

We have been continuing to think about Compassion within our assemblies and thinking about how we can behave to encourage sharing and understanding with everybody.

This helps the children to think about how they can become a good friend and encourage good behaviour and kindness within our school.
Rehearsals for our Christmas production are now well on the way and we are busily planning the start of December as we look forward to starting our Burton Green Advent calendar at the end of next week and our Christmas Fair next Friday evening.

It is quickly becoming a very busy time of the year, but most definitely one full of excitement! 

I look forward to celebrating with you all at the end of the week as we once again ‘Reach for the Stars’ in our assembly on Friday. I hope you have a lovely weekend, when it finally arrives!
 

Maple Class: 
This week in Maple, we have been very creative story tellers and have planned some fantastic new adventures for Baby Bear! In maths, we have explored positional language and have also compared the length of different items. We have explored the properties of different materials in science and have experimented with different medias to create self-portraits in Art.

 

Cedar Class:
Cedar have really enjoyed getting stuck into their new Topic ‘An Island Home’, this week they researched Scotland. In Maths, Yr 2’s were improving their measuring skills, while Yr 3’s focussed on place value in 3-digit numbers. In Literacy, we have been developing our writing skills, planning and writing a story on anger. This has linked well with our PSHE, which has continued from anti-bullying week focussing on anger and kindness.
 

Damson Class:
This week we have been reflecting on our Black Country Museum trip writing a first-person recount of the events, what we learn as well as our own opinion on how we felt about it. 
In addition, we have finished our literacy unit, Saving Sorya, which has been thoroughly enjoyed by all. This is a book about conservation and saving animals and the children have really taken it in, empathising and understanding with the characters.
 

Oak Class:
This week in Oak Class we have been leaning how to calculate with mixed number fractions and to multiply and divide fractions by whole numbers. In English we have been analysing the features of non-chronological reports, we have structured information and collected facts about conscription in World War II ready to write our own reports – in our history work. We have also been cooking and sampling war time ration recipes – lettuce, parsley and potato soup and rock cakes.