Class 3 have been as busy as Santa’s elves this week, making a festive stocking (perfect for sweets and other small treats) to sell at the Christmas Fair tonight.
We do hope to see you there, and at the Christingle service beforehand. The Christingle service begins at 5pm at Holbeach St Marks church, and we hope a special guest will be there to lead us to the village hall afterwards…
Well done, Lani!
Congratulations, Callum, for your superb attitude, behaviour and courage at the Snow Centre!
As part of our Frozen Kingdom topic, we took part in a thrilling adventure at the Snow Centre in Hemel Hempstead.
When we arrived, we were given our ski boots and skis for our first activity. Heavy and tight, clumpy and painful, the boots were essential kit. Next, we chose a helmet and listened to our instructors. 
Skiing was fun but hard: the triangle position and walking in the skis made our legs tired and, if you angled the skis in the wrong way, you might even end up going backwards! Lewie and Jack R were naturals, but everyone did well with this new sport.
After lunch, we put on different boots because it was time to try snowboarding! The instructor showed us how to strap into the boards and slow ourselves down once we started moving. We all had a try and- apart from a few people landing on their bottoms- we picked it up quite quickly. It wasn’t long before we were riding the boards down a slope and even doing some tricks! Jack P, Callum M, Finley and Max made it look easy by mastering it straight away but Elisha, Amber, Jake and Matthew soon followed in their tracks. It was great fun!
Our final activity was sledging. This was the noisiest and busiest activity!
Everyone had a try, and it was certainly hilarious to watch! Foam snowmen were set up at the bottom of the slope for target practice and Jacob C, Jack P, Finley and Charlie took them down on their first go. Jacob R floated down the slope like a snow king; Ethan high-fived passers-by; Jack A was attacked by a gang of inflatable doughnuts and Lani span (and screamed) all the way down! Miss West was particularly amused with Johnny’s emergency exit over the barrier… Callum H tried a bobsleigh technique with Max and Callum M, ending up in a tangle of limbs against the barrier. Luckily, the only injury was aching tummies from laughing so hard!
We all enjoyed our day at the Snow Centre, and were disappointed when it was time to leave! We tried to decide which activity was our favourite- but we had a huge amount of fun with all of them!
Ryan said, “Sledging was my favourite because we got to knock down snowmen.”
“My favorite was skiing,” said Ellie. “Even though it was challenging, I’d like to do it again.”
Chris enjoyed the sledging most. He said, “On most of my runs, I fell down and it was funny for other people to watch!”
Today, we looked at the difference between to, too and two, which are often confused- even by grown ups!
We learned that:
to is used with a destination or verb (I am going to the park; I want to play down the park)
too is used “as well” or to emphasise (I enjoyed it too; The food was too spicy for me)
two is a number (I had two puddings)
We wrote our own sentences using to, too or two. Did we use them correctly?
Congratulations, Jack!
Well done, Chris, for your superb effort in maths and writing this week!
Children in Need is a wonderful charity which raises more than £1,000,000 every year. On Friday there was a show which comes on every year for children in need.
This charity is such a good one we donate to it. At school we played a game on Friday which consisted of two pieces of rope and two balloons. what you had to do was tie the two balloons to your ankles and then you’re ready to go!
At first your whole class would be running around the field popping everyone else’s balloons with their feet. Once there are only three people left it is really fun. I was one of the final three with Lani and Callum H. First I was out. Then it was Callum. So Lani won!
I have raised money myself before at a festival called Carfest. It is Chris Evans’ festival where you can go to enjoy music and watch lovely cars. Heres a picture of me with Paul Hollywood and another with Pudsey Bear:
There are simple ways on how to raise money for Children in Need like baking cakes, running, dressing up and the ice bucket challenge. There are also Pudsey Bear items you can buy like a head band, wrist bands, keyrings, t-shirts and teddy bears.
Children in Need has supported many children and their families in the UK. On Friday we watched the Children in Need show. It had a lot of sad parts where children and their families were telling their stories. The show also had some funny and entertaining parts too.
If you want to raise more than £1,000,000 next year, if you want to help and support families, if you want to make a difference, then donate to Children in Need.
Hi, my name is Ethan. I’m going to tell you about my year 4 homework and my time in class 3 so far.
Miss West gives out homework assignments on a Friday, normally in the afternoon. We normally get three pieces of homework – spellings, maths and English. I don’t really like homework, but my Mum makes me do it. She will normally help me if I get stuck. I don’t like it as some bits are hard and others really hard. I find maths the hardest as the adding and fractions are quite confusing, confusing as the shapes are weird. Some fractions look like a radiation sign. We hand our homework in on the following Friday and do our spellings in that day too.
We go swimming once a fortnight, on a Monday. Normally the whole school goes, but at the moment only classes 2 and 3 go. When we go swimming, a Cropley coach always picks us up and takes us to Spalding where the pool is. The lady at the swimming pool who teaches us is half mad, half nice and she shouts a lot. The best bit about swimming is the coach ride there and back.
My best friends are Lewie, Jack R, Jack A and Harrison. All these friends are in my class except Harrison who is in class 2 but I see him at play time.
I joined class 3 in September. I kind of like class 3. I like Miss West but I don’t like her angry face as when someone does something wrong, I think (whoever that is), they’re busted. I’m glad it’s not me. You get posh pens in class 3. I love that a lot.
Our next school trip is to a snow centre on 24th November 2015. We will go at 7.30 in the morning, so it will be an early start. I think it’s going to be a great trip. We are going to do skiing, snowboarding and sledging. I’m looking forward to all of it. It sounds AWESOME.
Thank you for reading my blog and I hope you found it interesting.
Jake has completed some excellent science and topic work this term- well done!
Well done, Finley! You’re our Writer of the Week!
Well done to Jacob, our Writer of the Week!
Congratulations to Matthew, our Star of the Week. He has demonstrated sensible and responsible behaviour in school, volunteering to do extra jobs.
This week, we will be selling poppies to raise money for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal.
Children from year 6 will be on the playground every morning, and the suggested donation is £1.
To kick off this term’s topic, today we were talking about icebergs. We held a giant ball of ice and felt how cold it was, and then looked at some pictures of stunning icebergs taken by explorers and travellers to the North and South poles.
Here are some of our fantastic descriptions:
Above, the iceberg is a mass of crystals. But below it is a wisp of emotion. From above, the iceberg looks like an elegant cloud; below, you can’t see its features in the blackening water. Above, there are jagged edges- but below, in the inspiring depths, it looks so smooth and thick. Jacob R
Slowly, the penguin populated iceberg drifted across the vast ocean. The more it drifted, the more it eroded. Frozen and cold, old and ancient, the iceberg homes hundreds of penguins and other sea birds. Deliberately, the graceful giant melted into the great sea. Jacob C
The iceberg, which is very big and looks like a ship riding across the ocean, has a lot of tiny spikes. Also, you could probably ride a ship under it. The iceberg, which looks like a ship, is very tall: it might have got together because of the freezing ocean waves crashing together. In the air, at the back, is a blank kind of thing that you could slip off easily. Jack R
The shark-like iceberg is floating around in peace. It’s like a shark: it’s scary, but, it is amazing! The detail is so cool: it’s like a shark holding onto a massive ice lump. The shark-like iceberg floats around whilst the carpet trails behind him. Elisha
The iceberg, which is swimming up into the sky, has a shark-like pose. The ice upon the water, which is so cold, has so much detail. The Arctic, where polar bears live, is also known as the North pole. Lani
The iceberg, which is a big slide for penguins, is floating across the Antarctic ocean. The cloud, which looks like a massive iceberg, flies across the sky. Johnny
The iceberg, which is forming like a puzzle, is wonderful to look at. The water, which is so cold and shiny, is clear. Max
The iceberg, which looks like a mashed potato, is partly underwater. The sky, which has different shades of blue, has a very amount of clouds. Callum H
