Monday 4thDecember

It's Christmas!!! Well not quite, but we are certainly into full steam ahead with our Christmas production. The children are very busy learning lines, remembering songs and practising dances. We have been really impressed by how hard they are all working and eagerly look forward to our two performances next week.

Your child should have given you a clear idea of what their costume should be by now. We need all the costumes to be in school no later than Friday but we are going to allow the children to practise in their costumes from Wednesday.

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/christianity/nativity/index.htm - a simple online version of the nativity story to share with your child.

http://www.snaithprimary.eril.net/nativity.htm - another version with pictures to print out.

Literacy

We are continuing with our work on playscripts this week, taking advantage with the link to the production. Keep the rest of your skills ticking over using:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/index.shtml

Or if you just want to enjoy some stories with a difference check out:
http://www.tosiproductions.com/_amazingadventure/index_fl.asp


Numeracy

http://www.wmnet.org.uk/resources/gordon/Hit%20the%20button%20v9.swf - doubling and halving, multiplying etc - all on this fab website. How many can you get right in one minute?

http://www.mathsyear2000.org/museum/gallery1/tellthetime/index.html - can you get the time right?

http://www.ictgames.com/hickory4.html - a favourite with my maths group.

http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/fractions/index.html - start with the fractions activities and then you can move onto the other games. Fancy a challenge? Then try Melvin's Make a Match and Mission: Magnetite to improve your skills at equivalent fractions

Fancy even more of a challenge? Check out some of these maths mysteries and see how you get on as a detective!
http://teacher.scholastic.com/maven/index.htm


And for fun and getting that Christmas feeling have a look at:
http://www.northpole.com/


Notices

With everything that's going on it's easy to miss important information from the newsletter:

Please can you send any outstanding photograph monies into school this week as the photographer will be back in school to collect monies or unwanted photographs.

Pantomine - we will be having early registration that day at 8.15 am. We will be leaving school at 8.30 and walked up by the local police to the Methodist Church car park. The children will be returning to school for a late lunch that day.

And finally don't forget that it's our Christmas Fayre on Saturday! Hope to see you all there!

Have a safe and happy week!

The Year 3 and 4 team