Chinese celebrations and customs

Last week we learnt about traditional Chinese celebrations and customs, in particular Chinese New Year.
We were lucky to have one of our students Angela's, grandparents and father in to talk to us about this.
We tried a delicious Chinese beef dish and learnt about calligraphy, it was lovely to have visitors to our class - thank you Angela :)

Diwali

We have been learning about Diwali, the Indian festival of light.

During 'Diwali' people create Rangoli patterns at the entrance way to their homes and meeting places to welcome people. These patterns are bright, colourful and beautiful.

We made our own Rangoli patterns around the school, have a look at them below.

English Class Open Day

We had two open days in our English classroom.  It was lovely to have parents come and be part of our learning.  Thank you very much to all the parents who came.  We hope to see you all again soon.

Elephant and Piggie -By Mo Williams

We have been enjoying reading the Elephant and Piggie series of books by Mo Williams.
We think the stories are very funny!  We have been having turns at reading them to the class...
We decided to make our own Elephant and Piggie stories... Watch this space and we will post them up when we have finished.

Writing Instructions....

In class we have been learning how to write clear, easy to follow instructions.

We have had fun making a range of things to write about.

We have made, Hot Chocolates, Popcorn, Marshmallow Sandwiches and Origami Fortune Tellers.

Have a look at some of the photos.

Our middle school class

Here are some photos of our middle school English group doing some reading games and activities with their friends...

So you think English is easy?