Class 4
Friday 28th February
admin on: Class 4
Here are just a selection of photos of some of the fun and practical activities we have all enjoyed this week (not forgetting the soup-making just before the holidays).
This week the children have thoroughly enjoyed 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' role play in small groups during literacy sessions and are loving sharing the book.
Science this afternoon involved a whole class investigation to determine which of our 6 selected materials proved to be the best insulator of sound; it took us a while, but we managed to order the materials from the most effective insulator to the least effective.
We are currently working on measuring at the moment in maths; measuring lengths, capacities and masses. Earlier in the week we enjoyed working both indoors and out using 30cm and 1m rulers, as well as the trundle wheels. Thank goodness the weather has been kind to us this week!
Do enjoy the photos above!
Have a great weekend everyone.
See you Monday,
Mrs Matthews and the year 4 team.
Monday 10th February
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon everyone,
We've all been very busy here in class 4 and had lots of fun.
The children are thoroughly enjoying our 'Secret Garden' literacy focus and have created the most wonderful diary entries, descriptive pieces and illustrations too! They're particularly enjoying our daily 'story time' session after playtime as we continue to share the book together.
Science is great fun too! The children have loved carrying out investigations surrounding sound over the last 2 weeks.
D.T has certainly been a firm favourite though! Last week, we all made humous and tested a range of fresh vegetables. This week, it's vegetable soup we will be designing, preparing and evaluating! We can't wait! Shrove Tuesday is quickly approaching too; I know 34 children are very keen to try their hand at pancakes too!! We'll see!!
Well done to the wonderful group of year 4 children who represented Netherthong beautifully in Bradford recently. Ten of our children took part in a workshop to help design a new book for the 'Cones' series. We are delighted to say that their design using an 'Online Safety' theme won 2nd place in the competition; we are very proud of you all! Well done! Below is a photo taken in assembly back at school.
Enjoy the photos below; some action photos from our cooking this week!
See you all tomorrow,
Mrs Matthews and the class 4 team
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
