Class 4
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
Friday 25th October
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon everyone!
We've had a great week this week! We've been as busy as always and have had two extra special events this week too. I thought I would post a few photos to give you a little insight into the fun we've had!
Today, the children have been planting bulbs at the far side of our playground; a wonderful event organised by Dr Bamfield, whose husband also very kindly joined us all and worked incredibly hard preparing the ground for the whole school to plant a bulb each. We are so very grateful to him and also our school government for all their hard work designing their posters to advertise the event to everyone in school. Thank you so very much for your incredible kindness in donating so many wonderful bulbs. Year 4 had so many; thank you so very much for your kind donations. We have quite a number left and so planting will continue further around school. We can't wait for Spring to see the colourful array of flowers that will be springing into life!
Earlier in the week we were also treated to a fabulous and very inspirational presentation by Sarah Morrell, Esme's mum. She led a wonderful interactive session for the whole of Key Stage 2, sharing her love of writing and giving the children a wealth of ideas to inspire their creative story writing. Thank you so much Sarah for taking the time to prepare and present an amazing session. We all loved every minute; staff and children alike!!
Here are a few photos!
Have a wonderful half term break everyone. See you in Autumn 2!!
Mrs Matthews and the year 4 team
Friday 11th October
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon everyone!
We've had another great week here in class 4!
The children are thoroughly enjoying focusing on 'The Lorax' in English at the moment. They have particularly enjoyed role playing conversations between the Lorax and the Once-ler! They have then been working really well together in groups to plan a persuasive letter to the Once-ler to insist he stops destroying the environment. Next week, the children will be writing their own versions of a persuasive letter to him.
In science, the children are becoming very skilled at using those classification keys. Today, they were using one to help them identify different animals they may not have otherwise recognised. The children have loved our animals topic. Next week, we will be using the same technique to identify different plants and trees too.
P.E. has once again been very busy! On Wednesday, the children enjoyed yoga and mindfulness! I was very impressed with their balance and stamina! Gymnastics this week involved working in pairs to create sequences; the children used synchronised rolls/cartwheels or developed other interesting ways of performing movement and then included one of their paired balances before finishing with another synchronised movement. The class then performed beautifully for each other. I was so impressed; the progress the children are making is so lovely to see.
Computing was very exciting for the children this week! We focused on websites this week; particularly how content is found on different websites and why different media may be used. The children then worked together to create images and sounds that could be added to a website. They absolutely loved it! Below are photos I took in class as they worked enthusiastically creating exciting musical content.
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Keep your fingers crossed for lovely Autumn sunshine!
See you Monday,
Mrs Matthews and the class 4 team x
Friday 4th October 2024
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon everyone!
It has been another wonderful week here if class 4! The children are all working so incredibly hard and it really is an absolute pleasure teaching and getting to know every one of them!
The children were very excited this morning to find our new text in literacy is 'The Lorax'! They thoroughly enjoyed sharing the first half of the cartoon version of the story today. The story links beautifully with our learning in many other areas of the curriculum; in PSHCE, geography and science to name just a few. The children have really understood the concept of taking real care of our environment and the text links perfectly with this. I am sure the fabulous descriptive writing the children have been working on in these last few weeks will really help as they write a persuasive letter to the Once-ler later next week. The children are really looking forwards to the role play we will be sharing on Monday as preparation for planning their letters!
In science, we have been using classification keys to identify a wide selection of animals. The children have really enjoyed this and are developing a great understanding of how animals can be grouped.
The children enjoyed developing their skills as they used atlases to locate a number of 'settlements' and then carefully plot them on their own blank maps of the UK. It was great to see the children working really well with their partners to solve problems together and find the solutions. I have to say, I think we have a really thoughtful class of children who can work incredibly well together.
P.E. was great too! The children thoroughly enjoyed further partner work as they created fantastic paired balances and developed short routines, incorporating polished starting and finishing positions, as well as two of their best balances. These took a little practice, but wow, what a result! The children were amazing! Please have a look at just some of the balances they created, before then performing as a class in two halves. They were all brilliant!
Please enjoy the photos below; some of our gymnastics and some taken whilst developing extended noun phrases out in the woodland area.
Have a lovely weekend everyone. See you on Monday!
Mrs Matthews and the class 4 team!
xx
