January 13

Today we started reading a story called Princess Clara and the Crocodile. About a young princess who is overworked trying to please others in her life. She wishes for a pet and isn't very specific in her wish. She awakes to a parcel at the end of her bed with an enormous friendly crocodile inside, eager to help her have a day off from her royal duties.

In social studies, we looked at how to use an index to help us with our research as we continued to read about Ukraine.

" Wow, they celebrate Christmas on the 7th of January!" - Jessica

We learned about Cossack dancing and saw a video showing us the beautiful sites Ukraine has to offer. We were particularly impressed by the old streets and amazing architecture of Ukranian churches.

In French, we discussed what we did at the weekend and extra reading tracker sheets were sent home. As students are going to the library tomorrow for the first time since we broke for the holidays, I would like to give students some time to read their library books before collecting their tracker sheets. I will, therefore, collect them on Friday 24th January.

We then reviewed adjective placement in sentences and learnt the acronym B.A.N.G.S. to remember when to put the adjective before the noun ( just like English).

Beauty  - Une belle fille
Age - Un vieux monsieur
Number - Deux pommes
Goodness - Une bonne idée
Size - Une grande maison

We then combined 2 adjectives with a noun of our choosing to create short sentences practising adjective placement.

" An aggressive, angry noodle!"
" A fat intelligent bat"
" A sick and anxious panda"

As part of our brain break today we played Telestrations on the board which was great fun.

In health, we discussed ways we can stay safe in case of a fire. We started by brainstorming our current knowledge and then watched a short video on fire safety to compare. We were surprised to find out that some of the things we thought we should do, wasn't advised by the fire department. We initially thought that you should open a window and doors to help let the smoke out. We now know this is one of the worst things to do

" If you see smoke coming from around the door or the handle is too hot to touch, do not open the door"

" Staying low to the ground helps you avoid breathing in the dirty smoke. Putting a wet towel over your face can help you breathe too!"

Ask me: How can we stay safe if there is ever a fire? What is our plan of escape? Where is our muster point

Thank you for the parents that have offered to volunteer for the school trips. I am still looking for some more volunteers if you are able to helo out it would be greatly appreciated. I will double-check with the office regarding police checks for volunteers and will be in touch if there are any potential issues.