Chaffinches have had a great week this week. 

In English, we have been focusing on elements of grammar and how we can weave this into our topic about Habitats. Children have been working hard to understand the use of a variety of conjunctions and prepositions and used them well in their writing. We ended the week thinking about commas in a list and using these effectively for the fact files on Habitats that they will be writing in the next couple of weeks. 

In Maths, we have been looking at using our knowledge of number bonds to use the 'make 10 first' strategy to bridge counting over 10. Pupils have done a great job at understanding and using this strategy and discussing why this is easier than simply adding two numbers together. 

In DT, we have started looking at our food and nutrition topic. Chaffinches have had a great time researching different sandwich fillings and describing them. They have considered its appearance, smell and taste and given it a score based on whether they enjoyed it. 

We have also been practising, practising, practising for the Nativity and everyone is doing brilliantly!