Class 4
Friday 14th May 2021
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Happy Friday everyone!
We have been immersed in all things Egyptian this week. Our minds are full of facts about Tutankhamun and the discovery of his tomb. We have used all of this information to write some non-chronological reports.
Well done for continuing to learn your times-tables; keep it up, a little practice each day will go a long way!
On Wednesday we were very lucky to take part in an author event organised by Read in Holmfirth. We met Tim Tilley, the author of Harklights, currently children's book of the month in Waterstones. He told us all about how his childhood in the woods inspired him to write this fabulous story. The book looks wonderful and I'll certainly be purchasing a copy.
We have also created some amazing art work based on the headdresses worn during Ancient Egyptian times. The photos will follow next week on their own special blog!
Well done to everyone for keeping the Mathletics trophy for another week. Let's make it a month next week.
Have a wonderful weekend and keep working hard. We are all really proud of how much effort you are putting in at home and it is being noticed around school too. Well done.
Class 4 Team
Friday 7th May 2021
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Yet another amazing week in Year 4. You have worked hard on your times tables and multiplication and we have really noticed this. keep it up. I also need to mention the amazing Mathletics from you this week. We have kept the trophy for another week. I wonder if we can go for a run of 3?
We have been continuing our work on the Ancient Egyptians and this has flowed over into our Literacy, when we have been taking notes about King Tutankhamun. What an amazing hoard of treasure was found 99 Years ago!
Our Canopic jars are coming on a treat, as are our Egyptian Headdresses. In PE we have had our coach in and despite the weather (rain and hail) we have begun to learn some batting and bowling skills in cricket.
The children have been busy in the gardens again with Mrs Pearce. Lots of planting and digging going on now. We can't wait to see how things grow.
Have a fantastic weekend everyone. Don't forget that your homework is on Teams (including your spellings) and you have two Mathletics assignments to work through, so have a go and keep up with your times tables. You are impressing us!
Have a lovely weekend, keep safe and we will see you all next week.
Class 4 Team
Friday 30th April 2021
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We have had a little of everything this week! We have sun, wind, rain, sleet and some very chilly weather, especially during our fantastic PE session with our coach!
We have had yet another busy week in Year 4. We completed reading our book about the Sphinx. It was a lovely book and got us all thinking about the Ancient Egyptians, adventures and how we remember members of our family too.
In History we have been continuing our interesting work on the Ancient Egyptians. We learnt about pyramids this week. It is amazing to think of the incredible things that are hidden beneath them!
Mrs Pearce has been working hard in the garden with the children. The flowers are just beginning to bloom and the leaves are appearing on the trees, which is lovely to see.
Busy bees!
In Maths we have been looking at times tables, fractions and decimals. See if you can challenge yourself to write your times tables down as quickly as possible. I also MUST mention the fantastic work on Mathletics this week! So many children have been busy on it and Mr C had to give out lots of certificates and I gave out so many house points! Well done for getting us the trophy back. I wonder if we can keep it for another week?
We finished our Friday with a 1 mile run around the school grounds. Miss Watkins even ran a few laps with her ribbons! Well done. I hope they made it to the 1 million miles mark with all of the school children in the country.
Have a wonderful Bank Holiday weekend.
Class 4 Team
Friday 23rd April 2021
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What a lovely, sunny week we have had - let's hope the sunshine is here to stay for a while!
We have had another busy week in class 4. Our book, Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx, has got our imaginations working and we have produced lots of super diary entries. Everyone is trying hard to remember to keep checking sentences to make sure they are the best they can be!
Addition and subtraction using the formal column methods have been our focus in Maths. Mrs Cooper's group have been outside in the playground using chalks to help them remember addition facts.
On Monday afternoon, we took advantage of the sunshine and spent some time on the field playing a bushcraft game. Did you know a stick can be a toothbrush, a golf club and a steering wheel? We didn't either but we do now!
Computing was fun this week. We have started using a Purple Mash program called Logo and enjoyed typing in commands for the computer to follow.
We have also become Royal Embalmers and mummified our own Pharaohs (or tomatoes!). Here are a few pictures of the process:
We had so much fun. We will have to wait and see what might happen with them over the next few weeks.
We also had our sports coach in of Thursday and had a fantastic time outside in the sun running around the school field.
Have a fantastic weekend in the sunshine and see you all next week.
Class 4 Team
Friday 16th April 2021
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I can't quite believe we are already a week into the summer term... where is this year going?
It was lovely to greet such smiley faces on Monday morning and hear all about your Easter adventures.
We made a start on our new book in English, Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx. We have been concentrating on writing super sentences using the correct punctuation. Commas are proving a little tricky but we'll get there! Try looking for commas in your reading books to see how they are used.
I am very impressed with the hard work in maths this week. We have been learning all about negative numbers. Well done everyone!
Arjeta spoke to the class all about the Muslim celebration, Eid. She told us all about fasting during Ramadan and what this means to Muslims. Thank you Arjeta for a really informative and interesting presentation.
Isla brought in the time-capsule that she made during lockdown. With a little help from Emma and Mrs Pearce, she buried it in a secret location on the school grounds (ssshhhh!).
Mrs Pearce was very impressed by our team of enthusiastic gardeners who helped her tidy up the flower beds and vegetable patches outside our classroom window.
I felt so proud of our class during our PSHE lesson. The theme was well-being and we thought about how we could take care of ourselves and each other. We then gave lovely. kind comments to other people - something, that as a class, we do really well.
We have also begun our wonderful topic all about Ancient Egypt and have created a mini museum in class with a few artefacts.
A great start to the new term - keep up the hard work! Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the sunshine.
Class 4 Team