What a fabulous start to the new half term today. Miss Good and I re-hooked the children into our class text Matilda by dressing as Miss Honey and Miss Trunchbull. The children practised their speaking and listening skills by thinking up some fabulous questions to ask their ‘new’ teachers and then used opposite adjective matching activities to link what they know about the characters to their literacy learning.

A huge well done to Shae and Deacon for becoming the first postcard winners in class 6 for their fabulous engagement with their tasks today.

Keep it up my superstars!

Congratulations to Eva who won our postcard for her fantastic learning attitudes and 110% effort in all areas of her school work last week.

Keep it up angel!

To highlight the importance of regular reading practise and to encourage reading for pleasure, key stage 1 have begun to award a Reading Champion trophy to the child who reads the most books weekly in each class. Massive congratulations to the children who received the trophy this week. Our own champion was Deacon, who lead the way with a huge 12 books read. Who will be our next Champion?

Remember, you can record all of your reading in your yellow journal, not just school books.

If you are visiting the Frenchgate Centre in Doncaster over half-term be sure to look out for the pumpkins decorated by our fabulous children here at Green Top. Each crew decorated their own pumpkin and below is the one done by crew Rodgers. Each of the children added a bat, a spider or a ghost to the pumpkin and we are very proud of our efforts.

Have a great half-term everyone.

A huge well done to Reeva, Savannah and Junior who won certificates today in our phase assembly for demonstrating fabulous learning attitudes in our Work Hard, Be Kind and Get Smart HoWLs respectively.

Also massive congratulations to Nathaniel who was our overall HoWL point winner this week.

So proud of you guys!

Mrs Hardman was super impressed with the sketching skills of Bobby and Tyler this afternoon in class 6. They have been using different techniques to sketch autumn vegetables and won our postcard today for this.

Well done guys.

Meet our new Class Councillor Imogen! I hear you have asked Mummy for a diary to keep track of your meetings. I love how enthusiastic and organised you are for your new role!

A future leader in the making? Watch this space!

Class 6 have had a great morning reading and acting out adjectives for their partners to guess, then using some of these to write a character description for Miss Honey from our core text Matilda. Everyone worked beautifully but we were particularly impressed by Haran and Florence who worked with growing independence on their task.

Great job guys.