Today was a lovely end to a very busy term. We had lots of fun singing and partying even if we were interrupted by a fire alarm as we were tucking into our party food! The sock game was particularly successful! 
I am very proud of the panda class and the progress they have made in their very first term at school. 
Thank you very much for all the lovely cards and gifts. Please enjoy some quality family time over the school holidays and have a very merry Christmas. 

As you can see we made very good use of the water bottles that were kindly sent in this week!

Today we heard all the children read that have reading books and we gave the children 2 books to read during the school holidays, thank you for supporting your child to read at home. Every child is being heard regularly and this has meant that they have made steady progress. If your child has not had a reading book yet please do not worry, most children will be ready to start next term. 
We also changed library books today. This means that book bags can stay at home now until after Christmas. We will give the children a plastic bag to bring all their art work etc home in. 

This week we read the nativity story and wrote some sentences. We had to try hard to remember capital letters, finger spaces and full stops. The children used their phonic knowledge to help them spell. We were so proud of the work and we showed every child's writing on the visualizer to celebrate their progress. Below is a few examples of the super sentences. Well done pandas!

We enjoyed a very festive dinner yesterday with music, crackers and lovely food. 

The children have enjoyed spotting Buddy every morning when they get to school. 

Please come along to the school Christmas fayre this Friday. There is lots to see and do. We are selling the lovely calendars and tree decorations that your children have made. We are also selling lollies and candy canes, biscuits for your pet dogs and playing a game of guess the sweets in the cup to win them. 

We were very surprised last Friday to find  Buddy the Elf had appeared in our classroom. He brought us an advent calendar. We have had great fun spotting Buddy each morning to see what mischief he has been up to overnight!