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Friday 23.2.24
Posted: Feb 25, 2024 by: Elaine Matthews (EMatthews) on: Class 4
Good evening everyone!
We had a very exciting first week back!
We began our week with a number of scientific investigations to check whether we were correct in thinking the volume of sound decreases as the distance increases. The children worked in small groups to test our theory using different ways of making sounds; the children were so enthusiastic and loved working independently in their teams.
In literacy, the children are thoroughly enjoying our new text; 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'. We have begun sharing the text and have watched clips of the film in order to help the children develop their understanding of the characters. We began with role play on Monday; taking on the roles of each of the characters in Charlie's family as Charlie returns home following his paper round. The children have worked hard to then write carefully punctuated and well-presented transcripts of the conversations between the characters. Next week we are focusing on writing persuasive letters to Willy Wonka.
As you know, the children had their first school swimming session this week; some of the children were a little apprehensive beforehand, but were all so excited to tell me how much they enjoyed it afterwards! This was so great to hear! The children will continue weekly lessons until the end of the Summer.
On Thursday, Abi joined us from the Sports Partnership to deliver a fabulous 'active maths' lesson in the hall. The children thoroughly enjoyed every single minute; they practised their times tables as they played a number of fun and exciting games.
Maths has been very busy this week; the children have been working really hard on converting fractions to decimals and vice versa and using place value to help with the division and multiplication of decimal numbers by 10 and 100. It was lovely to be able to invite you to join us in class to see the children working on their maths on Friday; we hope you enjoyed your visit!
Have a fabulous weekend everyone.
See you on Monday,
Mrs Matthews, Miss Nipe and Mrs Pearce.
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