Class 4
Friday 10th June
admin on: Class 4
Good evening everyone!
What a great first week back we've had! The children have worked exceptionally hard all week. Miss Hewitt and myself are savouring every minute with them all as we know the children will very soon be moving up to Year 5.
This week the children have been working incredibly hard on their science/D.T. task; we asked the children to design and create a 'buzzer game' or 'quiz' with a buzzer. It was a very tricky task, but it was really great to see the children working so well in teams and problem solving. It was great to see the children enjoying applying their skills in both subjects to one task; well done everyone!
Orienteering and athletics have been a great hit this week! The children loved the orienteering activities yesterday and today they have really impressed me with their relay racing and hurdles. We certainly have some great athletes in year 4! We can't wait for Sports Day!
The children have thoroughly enjoyed writing some wonderful thank you letters to the staff at Cliffe House this week; I am sure the staff will be so touched as the children have all written such lovely comments! I'll take all the letters up to Cliffe House next week along with a little thank you treat!
Hope you all have a super weekend; fingers crossed for good weather!
See you Monday!
Mrs Matthews &Miss Hewitt
Friday 27th May
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon everyone!
I hope you are all very much looking forwards to a restful week next week. Let's hope the weather is kind to us all and the sun shines all week.
The children have worked incredibly hard, as always! They have particularly enjoyed their science this week. We have been creating electrical circuits! The children have loved every single minute! They have enjoyed predicting whether circuits would work and have then created them and tested them! They have also conducted an investigation to determine which materials are conductors of electricity and which are insulators. They loved it!! I have added a few photos below!
The children have been very busy completing fact files on the Ancient Egyptians too! They have enjoyed researching using the computers and a wide range of non-fiction texts and have all developed a fabulous knowledge of Ancient Egyptian life.
We have all had a wonderful day today; celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. The children have thoroughly enjoyed creating fabulous collages of the Queen; they look amazing! They also created their own union jacks and loved waving them during our amazing 'Proms in the Playground'! The children have all worked so hard all week practising their song and performed it so beautifully today. Miss Hewitt and myself were so very proud of them all. The whole event was fantastic; a great memory for the children!
Have a super week with your lovely children!
See you on Tuesday 7th!
Mrs Matthews & Miss Hewitt
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
