Class 4
Friday 12th February
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon everyone!
What a wonderfully relaxing end to our 6th week in class 4! This week has been 'Children's Mental Health Awareness Week' and just now, considering the continuing epidemic, it remains a the forefront of all our minds. The children were almost asleep by the end of the day yesterday! We had a fabulous session in the forest before lunch. The children thoroughly enjoyed decorating the woodland with lovely bright colours; creating natural wind chimes and adding flashes of colour to branches and trunks. It felt like our magical 'secret garden'!
We continued with our relaxing theme after our maths in the afternoon too! We practised a number of effective relaxing breathing techniques; the children tried them all and found each of them so calming as they focused purely on the different techniques they were learning. We will keep practising those so they become 2nd nature. As I discussed with the children, learning relaxation techniques is invaluable in life for all of us. Miss Hewitt and I thoroughly enjoyed joining in! We tried meditation and yoga once again too. A number of the children have suggested we begin our yoga club at school again. I will certainly speak to Mrs Lindley again as yoga is one of her many skills!
The children have absolutely loved sharing 'The Secret Garden' with us this half term. We finished reading the book this week; the children clapped to express how much they'd enjoyed it as I completed the final page!! They have really loved it! Their writing has been wonderful to see too and the progress they have made is superb. Well done class 4. I have added a couple of examples below!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
See you soon,
Mrs Matthews & Miss Hewitt xx
Friday 4th February
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon everyone,
We have had a great week, once again, here in class 4. We have been lucky enough to have 2 golf lessons this week as Rochelle is in a competition in Kenya next week. We wish her the very best of luck. I am amazed at the progress the children are making in their golf; they are putting, chipping and driving beautifully. They have even been landing the ball straight down the 'fairway' and at some distance too. Both the girls and the boys are really flourishing and loving every minute. Below are a couple of photos of Rochelle demonstrating for the children.
The children have completed their gorgeous 'Secret Garden' paintings and this week have produced some amazing album covers too.
The children are loving developing their writing as we continue to be inspired by our text, 'The Secret Garden'. Amelia pointed out this week that she was so excited when she awoke in the morning as she knew we were writing up our descriptions of the garden into our literacy books; just what all teachers love to hear Amelia!
Science has become very exciting just recently; we have begun conducting a number of investigations to explore sounds. On Monday we are investigating which material will reduce the sound in a container the most effectively! Very exciting! If you have any egg boxes, polystyrene, wall paper, fabric etc please send it along on Monday!!!!
Here are a couple of photos of Rochelle showing the children how to perform 2 of the shots they were making this week!
Have a fabulous weekend!
Mrs Matthews and Miss Hewitt
Friday 28th January
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon everyone!
Another great week here in year 4! The children are thoroughly enjoying 'The Secret Garden' and have created some beautiful watercolour paintings of the garden in bloom. They've all really enjoyed completing their masterpieces! I hope you'll agree they're wonderful! We're creating a display of their paintings so you'll be able to take a look yourselves! I've attached a few below.
P.E. continues to be very exciting! The children are loving the golf and are developing some super skills. We're very lucky to have Rochelle joining us until the half term. I'm even getting inspired to take up golf myself! There will be an additional golf lesson next week as Rochelle is in a competition abroad the following week so please can the children wear P.E. kit Tuesday, Thursday and Friday next week! Also, please could the children who brought PJs this week to swimming do the same next week; thank you.
The children continue to work extremely hard in all areas of the curriculum. They are particularly enjoying our science this half term; we have been investigating 'sound' and what makes it louder this week. Next week we will be exploring how and why a sound gets fainter!
I'm going to leave you with just a few of the children's watercolours!
Have a wonderful weekend,
Mrs Matthews and Miss Hewitt
Friday 21st January
admin on: Class 4
Good evening everyone!
We've all had another super week here in class 4! The children continue to work incredibly hard in all areas and really do make Miss Hewitt and myself very proud to be teaching them.
Well done to the children who joined me for the boccia event on Tuesday evening; the event was great fun and the children were all amazing! What a credit you all were to Netherthong Primary!
In art this week we have enjoyed having a first attempt at recreating popular album covers; the children were amazing, such fantastic artists. I have suggested the children bring a copy of their favourite album cover so they can recreate it using paint next week.
We are thoroughly enjoying 'The Secret Garden'; we have enjoyed role play and the children are producing superb writing too. Next week we'll include some art work surrounding the story too!
In maths we have been focusing on measuring; weighing, measuring capacities and lengths etc. The children have also been developing their skills at reading different scales too; a little tricky initially, but they're mastering it now!
P.E. continues to be exciting! Rochelle and myself took the children outdoors this week and we were so impressed with the shots the children were making with their clubs. They're becoming more and more accurate and are developing more skills each week.
The children continue to make super progress in their swimming too. Please can your child bring their pajamas next week if they haven't previously done so. Thank you!
Here are just a few photos of the art the children were enjoying this week! Can you spot the bands/artists?
Have a wonderful weekend!
Mrs Matthews & Miss Hewitt
Friday 14th January
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon all!
We've had a wonderful week this week! The children completed some fabulous water colour paintings on Monday; practising their brush strokes and techniques further. I have attached some photos of their work for you to enjoy. I would love to put on a photo of every single child's work, but I think that might be a little tricky!!
The children are thoroughly enjoying their fabulous golf lessons with Rochelle Morris; we're all learning some great skills! Next week we will be outdoors so do remember your winter woollies!!
This afternoon we have had great fun using practical resources to recreate the digestive process from the mouth, right through to the final destination!!! The children thoroughly enjoyed having a go themselves- great fun and rather noisy, but super learning!
We hope you all have a wonderful weekend and a well-earned rest.
We'll look forwards to seeing you all bright and early Monday morning!
Love from,
Mrs Matthews and Miss Hewitt x
