Class 4
Monday 23rd September
admin on: Class 4
Good evening everyone!
A very warm welcome to class 4! I can't believe we have already been back in school 3 weeks! It really has flown and feels very much like our Summer holidays are a distant memory now the Autumn weather has kicked in!!
Your fabulous children have all made a really wonderful start to class 4. As you know, we have been delighted to welcome 4 new class members to our team and class 4 have made each of them feel very welcome. The children have all settled beautifully and are already working incredibly hard. I'm so proud of every single one of the children.
Our team of adults in the classroom has also grown this year. Miss Francis and Miss Slade are both new to our school and have joined us here in class 4. Their fabulous support has already proved to be invaluable! Miss Robb joins us at times during the week too.
The children have been working on developing their descriptive writing in our English sessions and thoroughly enjoyed our visit down to the woodland area earlier last week to help them develop their ideas. Using their senses, the children worked in small groups to create extended noun phrases, before then writing lovely descriptive paragraphs. Today we have begun to develop further noun phrases whilst sharing the text 'Window'. Next week, we will be moving onto share 'The Lorax', as we link our learning to our science and geography topics.
In science, we have been focusing upon animals and their habitats and later this week will be beginning to classify animals according to different characteristics. We will be looking at a number of vertebrates and invertebrates.
In geography, we have been looking at settlements and which needs are the most important to consider when choosing a settlement site. Today, we have been comparing different sites in terms of basic needs.
P.E. has been busy over the last couple of weeks! The children are really enjoying developing their ball skills as they work towards becoming more confident in netball skills. They have also been working hard in gymnastics; focusing on paired balances, movement and sequence development. This week, we will be moving onto using the benches and floor beams as the children further develop their routines.
The children are thoroughly enjoying a daily shared story-time just after break each morning. They look forwards to sitting together on the carpet and listening to a story each day. It allows the children a little settling down and relaxation time before active times tables practice in maths!!
We are delighted to have begun our 'My Happy Mind' sessions each Thursday afternoon this half term. The children are not only learning all about how their brains function, but will be learning how to maintain a 'happy' and healthy mind. We will be looking at different relaxation techniques as we continue with the sessions each week. Our music lessons are equally relaxing this half term too; we have been learning to sing 'This Little Light of Mine' and have been developing different ways of moving as we sing too! I'm very impressed with the super singing and dancing this year in class 4!
Hope you all had a lovely weekend and are keen to have another fun-filled week in class 4!
See you tomorrow,
Mrs Matthews, Miss Slade, Miss Francis and also Miss Robb (the A team!!)
Friday 14th June
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon everyone!
We have had a super week this week and last week too! We have been busy designing and working on completing the 'buzzer games' in D.T. and science- a joint project. The children have really looked forwards to today as they have loved putting their designs into practice. They have been working in small groups on their games and each of the children will be inviting their buddies to come and play on their game when it's completed.
We have really enjoyed practising for sports day this week; the children have loved working in relay teams to complete sprints, hurdles and obstacle courses. It's looking like it will be a super event for you to enjoy!
The children really enjoyed their additional yoga session this week; incorporating yoga positions, games and relaxation too! Below are just a few photos taken on the whole school yoga day! Thanks so much to our Sports Partnership for the great sessions.
I have also added a photo of just some of the completed Egyptian canopic jars- the children absolutely loved decorating them. We will send them home next week.
As we have now started our new 'Romans' topic, we have been sharing a lovely Roman myth, 'Romulus and Remus' this week. In groups, the children have been busy re-enacting different sections of the myth this week. I was so impressed how well they worked together; they have some seriously good acting skills too!
We have been busy problem solving in maths today; applying the multiplication and division practice we have worked on this week. Again, I have been really impressed with the understanding the children have developed.
You will be delighted to know all the children have now completed their 'Multiplication Check' test; the results will be known soon and will be sent home along with the reports.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Mrs Matthews
Friday 24th May
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon all!
Class 4 have had a lovely week this week! We began on Monday by creating Ancient Egyptian artefacts with clay. The children absolutely loved it! They have sculpted the most wonderful canopic jars and vases. When the children have carefully painted them, I will add a photo to the blog for you to see. They'll be brilliant!
After completing their research using non-fiction texts and the com0puters, the children have now finally completed their wonderful Ancient Egyptian fact files. They are absolutely fabulous! I am so proud of the children for all their super hard work. You couldn't hear a pin drop in the classroom this morning whilst the children were adding their finishing touches!
Yesterday, the children enjoyed their last badminton session. After practising serving and returning the shuttlecocks and then having rallies with partners, the children enjoyed lots of mini tournaments. Each of the children had the opportunity of playing many matches and also umpiring for their peers too. They really didn't need me at all!! The children have thoroughly enjoyed using our fabulous new badminton nets!
Today, we have enjoyed a full afternoon of science. The children were very excited as they have been creating their own electrical circuits, using bulbs, switches, motors and buzzers. They have then carried out a fair test to sort materials according to whether they were 'conductors' or 'insulators' of electricity.
We very much hope you all have a wonderful bank holiday weekend and a lovely week next week. Let's keep our fingers crossed for more weather like last weekend!
See you all a week on Tuesday!
Mrs Matthews and Mrs Pearce xx
Friday 17th May
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon everyone!
It's been another fun and busy week here in class 4. The children have been working incredibly hard on their Ancient Egyptian adventure stories and have now finally completed their final drafts. I can't wait to read them all this weekend.
The children are loving the Ancient Egyptian topic. They have worked exceptionally well in small groups today as they researched Ancient Egyptian topics. They loved the large collection of non-fiction texts we shared and particularly enjoyed using the computers to further develop their research. Next week, we will be beginning to create exciting Ancient Egyptian fact files; I can't wait! The children are keen to continue researching and then also add exciting photographs and images to illustrate their facts.
Badminton continues to go from strength to strength! The children played mixed doubles in a very exciting mini tournament earlier this week. I am absolutely amazed how quickly they have all developed some superb badminton skills.
Maths has been quite tricky at times, but the children have continued to persevere and have now developed some super confidence in converting units of length, capacity and mass. Today proved a little harder as the children were then applying their knowledge to solve estimating problems. Keep practising on Mirodo everyone and this will get easier and easier!
We have continued working hard on our reading every day; the children all continue to work in a small group with me every week, thus providing them with the opportunity of reading 1 to 1 with me and in some cases with Mrs Pearce too. They also work on comprehensions on a daily basis; believe it or not, even these have at times focused on the Ancient Egyptians! We've read about Egyptian life and Tutankhamun too; there really isn't much we don't know about the Ancient Egyptians here in class 4!
Please enjoy some of the photos from today's research activity.
Enjoy your weekend,
Mrs Matthews and Mrs Pearce xx
Week ending 10th May
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon everyone,
We had another wonderful week in class 4 and ended the week on a great big high with our singing performance in Holmfirth Parish Church. What a wonderful way to open the Holmfirth Folk Festival! The children were all absolutely amazing! We have been practising each of the songs for a number of weeks now and it was so worth it! The children were all brilliant. Phil Needham, the organiser and musician, even commented on how well the children sang; I was so very proud of every single one of them. Please enjoy the photos taken during the event in the church on Friday afternoon.
The children have all been very busy working on their Egyptian adventure stories this week; we are looking forwards to reading their final drafts on Monday. The children have certainly risen to the challenge of creating their very own exciting stories.
Class 4 are very much enjoying our Ancient Egyptians topic; they have finally all completed their headdresses and will be using clay to recreate some of the Egyptian artefacts next too. Each of the children are thoroughly enjoying creating fact files as they research the lives of the Ancient Egyptians.
Badminton has certainly been a hit in P.E. Now the children have developed more confidence in their serving and returning skills, they have loved using the nets and playing doubles matches. Next week we will try a mini tournament; it should be fun as the children are becoming more and more skilled and certainly more competitive.
We are all looking forwards to practising orienteering skills on Monday afternoon. Fingers crossed, we will have some more dry weather!
Hope you are all enjoying a wonderful weekend!
See you on Monday,
Mrs Matthews and Mrs Pearce
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