Class 4
Week ending 20th May
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon all!
Another great week in year 4!
We've been busy writing fabulous reports all about Cliffe House this week; ready for sharing with year 31 We'd like to enlighten them on what to expect next year!! It has been a great pleasure reading the children's work; they have developed some wonderful writing skills and I think a display of their work, with photos is a must! Once completed, we'll take a photo of it, but also you're very welcome to come and have a look too!
The children are really enjoying our Ancient Egyptian topic. They loved hearing all about Howard Carter's discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb in the Valley of the Kings this week! They're in the process of completing their own Pharoah crowns/headresses too; they look fabulous!
We ended the week with great excitement! The children thoroughly enjoyed creating their very own electrical circuits, using cells, wires, bulbs and even switches and motors! We certainly have some budding electrical engineers in our class!!
As promised, here are a few more Cliffe House photos!
Have a fantastic weekend and see you soon!
Mrs Matthews and Miss Hewitt
Friday 13th May
admin on: Class 4
What an exhausting, but totally fantastic week we've all had!! We all enjoyed absolutely every minute at Cliffe House! The children were all amazing and enthusiastically took part in some amazing activities; from team building activities, to climbing walls, archery, river exploring, fire building, tool making and much, much more! The staff were outstanding and attended to every single one of our needs with the utmost care. We had a perfect stay! Please do remind your children how very proud we were of them all too!
Here are just a few of our thousands of photos for you to enjoy! I will post others next week too!!
Have a wonderful, restful weekend and enjoy the gorgeous sunshine!
Mrs Matthews, Miss Hewitt and Miss Gee
xx
Friday 6th May
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon everyone!
Hope you've all had a lovely week and are ready for a restful weekend!
We've had a great week once again in year 4! We've had both hockey and cricket in the last couple of days; the children have really impressed us with their skills! They're developing great bowling and fielding techniques in cricket and superb control and skill in their hockey too- a very sporty team we have here in year 4! Congratulations to those of you that took part in the football festival last night too; a great result and I hear fabulous teamwork and a lovely positive attitude off everyone!! Great to hear!
The children have thoroughly enjoyed starting their Ancient Egyptian work in History; they're designing Egyptian headdresses/crowns at the moment so we'll have a wonderful display to show you in a week or two. I'm expecting 30 amazing- looking Pharoahs!
French has been very busy too this week; the children are really developing more and more confidence in their spoken French and have been enjoying lots of role play. Remember to keep practising at home too!
We have been focusing on geometry in maths; perimeter and area are hot topics at the moment. Believe it or not, we will even be practising more on Monday morning before our special trip to Cliffe House! There's no time for rest in year 4!!!
We have had a lovely time reading and reciting poetry in small groups this week too; the children have really got the hang of how to read poetry really effectively and have loved presenting their poems to the rest off the class. It has been great to watch the children develop more and more confidence.
Finally, here's a couple of 'Safety Posters' surrounding 'Electricity'. The children have loved working with Miss Gee on their science again this week; hopefully they will now be able to tell you how to keep safe around the home!
We're all looking forwards to Monday and can't wait to spend 2 very exciting days doing lots of wonderful activities at Cliffe House; fingers crossed everyone is fit and well and we can all be together for a very special visit.
Happy weekend everyone!
Mrs Matthews, Miss Hewitt and Miss Gee
Friday 29th April
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon everyone!
Welcome back to the start of the Summer term. I can't believe we are in the final term of this school year; it has absolutely flown! We have and still are thoroughly enjoying sharing every day with your children; they are just brilliant!
We are all thoroughly looking forwards to our Cliffe House visit; as staff, we are as excited as the children!
We began this week by cooking very tasty flat bread; the children designed their own flat bread, thoroughly enjoyed tasting it and then evaluating it. I do hope you have been treated to homemade soup over the Easter holidays; you never know, you may get flat bread too!!
The children were very excited to begin our Egyptian fictional text today; 'The Egyptian Cinderella'. Miss Gee led a fabulous lesson as the children played 'book detectives' and tried to deduce what the story might be about by simply examining some of the images within the text. The children loved it and can't wait to try some role play as they explore the book further next week.
We began our new P.E. topics this week too; cricket on a Thursday and hockey on a Friday. The children have really taken to both sports and have worked amazingly well in their teams as they've begun to develop a wide range of skills.
Have a wonderful extended weekend everyone!
See you bright and early on Tuesday,
Mrs Matthews, Miss Hewitt and Miss Gee
Friday 8th April
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon everyone!
We hope you all have a fabulous Easter break with your amazing children. We adore working with them all; they really are a wonderful team of children. We can't believe how fast the year is going!
We have had a super week once again! The children loved their rugby session outdoors today; thank goodness it was such lovely weather (unlike yesterday)!!
The children enjoyed an extra special session in the forest this week; they took part in a wildlife and rivers workshop and thoroughly enjoyed 3 fabulous activities. They went on a 'wildlife facts' treasure hunt/quiz, they used microscopes and magnifying glasses to examine a multitude of exciting river insects and enjoyed sitting in the shelter as they sketched healthy rivers and polluted rivers too. The afternoon was just brilliant and timed beautifully in view of the river work we will be doing at Cliffe House too!
Please do join me for a meeting on the first Monday back so I can answer any questions at all about our fast approaching visit to Cliffe House; we can't wait! The meeting will begin at 6pm. There is a letter in your child's bag this evening.
Thank you so much for sending your children in the colours of the Ukraine flag today; they all looked amazing in assembly this afternoon! The children absolutely loved the bun sale too; thank you so very much for all your kind donations and your wonderful cakes and buns- very tasty indeed!!
Please enjoy the photos below, showing a little snippit into our week!!
Have a super fortnight and a lovely Easter.
See you all very soon,
Mrs Matthews, Miss Hewitt and Miss Gee
