Class 4
Friday 17th January 2025
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon everyone!
A very warm welcome back after the Christmas holidays! We hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year! Thank you so very much for all your lovely Christmas cards, good wishes and very kind gifts too.
An enormous well done to every single one of the children in class 4 for their fabulous Christmas production. We very much hope you all enjoyed it as much as we all enjoyed rehearsing and preparing for it. The acting and singing was just beautiful and we are all extremely proud of all the children for all the incredible hard work they put into learning their lines. A massive well done class 4!
We have had a super start to 2025! Thank goodness the icy conditions have now disappeared; it did make last week a little tricky to say the least didn't it?!! The snow is beautiful, but the ice is a different story!!
This week has been fabulous; the children have enjoyed getting back into our usual busy routine! We have begun our new literacy text, 'The Secret Garden' and to say it is going down well is a serious understatement. The children have not only enjoyed listening to the story, but also watching the animated version of the film too.
This week, the children have thoroughly enjoyed their science lessons; we have created food chains and have also had great fun recreating the digestive system using plastic bags, tights and cups!! Most of the children loved sending the bananas and crackers along the digestive tract, others were a little more squeamish!! Below are a few photos taken this afternoon!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone. See you all again bright and early on Monday!
Mrs Matthews and the class 4 team xx
Week ending 13th December 2024
admin on: Class 4
Good evening everyone,
As always, we're all working incredibly hard here in class 4! The children are thoroughly enjoying rehearsals for the 'Peter Pan' performance and can't wait to show off their acting and singing skills to you all! The rehearsals are going really well; we have been very impressed with the hard work the children are putting into their roles and can't thank you enough for all your wonderful support with costumes and learning lines!
The children were treated to a pantomime themselves last week too! They thoroughly enjoyed watching the amazing pantomime 'Jack and the Beanstalk' on Friday; they absolutely loved every single minute!
The children have really enjoyed preparing for their Christmas performance at Greenacres Care Home this week too. They've loved practising carols and showing off their wonderful 'Peter Pan' singing too. They loved meeting the residents and were delighted to personally deliver their handmade Christmas cards to each of them. Below is a lovely photograph of the children following their performance!
Hope you have all had a wonderful weekend.
See you all Monday!
Mrs Matthews and the class 4 team
xx
Friday 29th December
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon everyone!
Christmas is approaching so fast isn't it? I can't believe we only have 3 weeks until we break up for the holiday. It's a fun and very exciting half term, but certainly a busy one!
We are all busy rehearsing for the Christmas performance; the children are working so incredibly hard with their singing and learning their lines too. Thank you so much for all your fabulous support at home too.
The children have also been working on writing short playscripts themselves. They began the week by working in small groups to role play one of the scenes in the book we are currently reading, 'The Dancing Bear'. Having worked on short sections of the playscript together, each of the children have now begun writing their own. They're already looking very impressive indeed. Below are some of the images the children created of the setting their playscript takes place in!
I have also added some of the gorgeous sketches the children have created in their art lesson with Dr Bamfield this week. They have been looking at the work of Richard Symonds; I think he would be very proud of their work too!
Science has also been busy this week; we've been investigating the effects of acidic fluids on our tooth enamel using eggs!! The children have loved it! We'll be having a closer look at the egg shells on Monday.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone and enjoy beginning to prepare for Christmas!
See you all on Monday,
Mrs Matthews and the class 4 team
Friday 15th November
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon everyone!
Can I just say, what an absolutely fabulous group of children we have in class 4 this year! Miss Monday, Miss Slade, Miss Francis and myself are already delighted at the progress the children have made since September. They all listen beautifully, work incredibly hard and really are a pleasure to teach.
The children have worked incredibly hard in all areas of the curriculum this week. Today, they have thoroughly enjoyed their outdoor orienteering with Miss Monday this morning; linking their activity with the geometry we have been focusing on all week. This afternoon, they have had fun using 'Audacity' on the laptops to record, play and delete audio of themselves. They have, as you'd imagine, enjoyed every minute.
They have also been busy in science; identifying, labelling and describing the roles of each of their teeth. The children have also been learning how best to take care of their teeth; they have created very informative 'Dental Hygiene' posters too!
In literacy, the children have worked particularly hard on poetry this week and last. Not only have they been enjoying reading a wide range of poems, they have been writing their own too. Below, I have added just a few photographs of some of the poems they have written. I have been so impressed with every single one of the poems the children have written; they've loved it! I wish I could add them all the the Blog! Do enjoy reading them at Family Sharing!
Have a fabulous weekend everyone!
See you on Monday,
Mrs Matthews and the year 4 team x
Friday 8th November
admin on: Class 4
Good evening everyone!
We've had a wonderful first week here in class 4; the children have come back to school with super enthusiasm (as always) and have worked so incredibly hard. Today they really enjoyed working on the flower beds at the front of the school with Miss Monday and Miss Slade to dig, weed and plant the remainder of the wonderful bulbs you all sent into school. Thank you so very much! We can't wait to enjoy looking out of the window in Spring to admire those gorgeous flowers (whilst working hard in class of course)!!!
Enjoy the photos below!
Mrs Matthews
