Class 4
Friday 28th April
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Good evening everyone!
We've had another super week in year 4! The children continue to work incredibly hard, whilst having great fun as they learn!
We are working hard to perfect our singing ready for our whole school singing celebration in the playground on Friday. The children seem to have developed a keen ear for 'The Carpenters'! They are thoroughly enjoying practising their song and today sang it beautifully (brought a tear to my eye); perhaps they'll all be singing for you at home too!!
We began the week with some wonderful art; the children are enjoying completing their Egyptian patterns, ready for creating their Egyptian headdresses. They are looking fabulous already!
In our PSHCE lessons, the children have created ornate 3D pyramids and have filled them with wonderful positive comments about themselves. They have then written equally positive comments for others in class. The children have loved doing this and are enjoying keeping these on their desks and reading the notes whenever they need to.
The Ancient Egyptians topic has well and truely began! The children are thoroughly enjoying our new text, 'The Egyptian Cinderella'. Earlier in the week, they used role play to develop a deeper understanding of the text and today we have been comparing it to the well known fairy-tale of 'Cinderella'! History is becoming very exciting too; we have been considering what we already know about Ancient Egypt and what we'd like to learn over the next few weeks.
Have a super extended weekend everyone! See you next week!
Mrs Matthews, Miss Hewitt and Mrs Scott xx
Friday 21st April
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Good morning everyone!
Welcome back to our Summer Term! I cannot believe we are already beginning our final term together in year 4! What a wonderful class of children we have in year 4; let's have a fantastic final term together!
This week, we began the week in style!! Art involved creating wonderful Ancient Egyptian patterns ready for decorating the Egyptian headdresses we will be displaying in the next few weeks.
Tuesday was certainly a big hit!! As our science afternoon involved using thermometers to compare the melting and boiling points of different materials, we based our lesson around creating beautifully tasty chocolate crispy buns!! Whilst learning how to use a thermometer and comparing boiling points, the children really enjoyed baking!! Who can blame us when Easter was only a week or so ago!!
On Thursday, our Sports Partnership coordinator joined us to lead some wonderfully active maths lessons. Whilst practising their addition, subtraction and multiplication, the children enjoyed lots of fun, physical activities in the sunshine on our playground. They all loved every single minute (as did I)!!
Music was fun on Friday too; we were learning about 'Pentatonic Scales' as we compared the melodies of very different pieces of music from around the world. I was delighted to see the children thoroughly enjoyed every minute, especially as they were then able to create their own pieces using the glockenspiels; what a beautiful ending to our week!!
Enjoy your weekend everyone! See you on Monday!
Mrs Matthews, Mrs Scott and Miss Hewitt xx
Friday 31st March
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Good afternoon everyone!
It is so lovely to be back in class this week; the children have been so wonderful and welcoming (as always) and have really kept me smiling! Thank you so much for all your lovely messages and words of support.
We had a super busy week! We began with some relaxing 'seascape' artwork and forest activities before we began our week of quizzes on Tuesday. I'm so sorry to have returned to school and immediately begun testing, but amazingly the children have seemed to enjoy them!!
We have kept busy in geography this week; the children went on a fact finding mission to complete very interesting and colourful posters all about the longest rivers in the world. Currently, our classroom is decorated in facts about the Nile, Amazon, the Ganges and lots more!! Today we have been learning all about the different physical features of rivers.
We have very much linked our learning in science to our geography too; the children have recreated the water cycle whilst growing cress. Today, we have observed evidence of the 'evaporation', 'condensation' and even the 'precipitation' processes. Who knew you could learn so much from growing cress on a window ledge!!
We have been perfecting our vaulting skills in P.E. today; we have been focusing on perfecting the 'squat on' and also those dismounts. The children have used a variety of different dismounts and have shown some super control on their landings too.
French was fun this week; we focused on healthy/unhealthy foods and sports too. We use a 'Eurostars' program in French which involves some super activities; animations, vocab word bank games and quick whole class quizzes. The children loved it this week.
As you can see, they have worked extremely hard and certainly deserve a great Easter break!
Enjoy the holidays everyone! Keep your fingers crossed for good weather; you never know, we may be dusting off the garden furniture and enjoying the sun!!!
See you very soon,
Mrs Matthews, Mrs Scott and Miss Hewitt x
Friday 3rd March
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Good evening everyone!
We have had another great week here in class 4. We began by focusing on some relaxing artwork on Monday; recreating some of the work of David Hockney. The children enjoyed copying his 'swimming pool' pieces and his 'beach' scenes; once again, we were very impressed indeed!
Science was particularly good fun on Tuesday! We began an investigation to calculate if gas had a mass at all and to then compare the amount of gas in different fizzy drinks. We are looking forwards to completing our investigation and recording our results this week.
'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' has remained a hit in our literacy lessons this week! The children have written some beautiful character descriptions of Charlie Bucket and have created fabulous 'persuasive posters' advertising Wonka Bars! I would certainly buy one! Next week we will be working on writing persuasive letters to Mr Wonka to allow Charlie a free pass into the factory!
Gymnastics was once again a great success today; the balances the children are creating in their paired work are brilliant; photos to follow next week! Well done everyone for your super swimming on Wednesday too!
Yesterday, we had a wonderful World Book Day! The children all looked very comfortable in their pajamas, whilst we staff looked 'very interesting' in our wide array of character costumes! The children loved sharing their favourite books with their buddies; it was so lovely to see how nurturing the children are with each other. We shared lots of story times throughout the day and told the children all about our favourite books too. Enjoy spending your tokens and don't forget your Readathon Challenge!
Have a super weekend everyone and we'll look forwards to seeing you all on Monday!
Mrs Matthews, Mrs Scott and Miss Hewitt x
Friday 24th February
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon everyone!
We have had a great first week back; the children have returned refreshed, enthusiastic and ready for another action packed and exciting 6 weeks!
This week we have begun our new text; 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'. The children are loving it! Earlier in the week the children worked in small groups to role play the beginning of the story, as Charlie returns home to see his family and enjoy cabbage soup!! The children were amazing. They have been working hard today to write their own versions of the conversation Charlie may have had with his family, particularly good old Grandpa Joe! They have been focusing on ensuring the conversation is presented correctly and with accurate punctuation.
In art, the children have begun to create their own version of one of Claude Monet's famous 'Water Lilies' paintings. I have been amazed by the wonderful work the children are producing; they're developing into super artists!
Maths this week has centred around 'measuring'; we have explored lengths, capacities and masses, working practically in pairs and small groups. I have suggested the children keep practising measuring at home too; using measuring jugs at bath time to practise measuring capacities and helping with baking etc. We have extended this learning by moving onto converting measures too; a little tricky at first, but the children have made so much progress and now have a much clearer understanding.
The children had their first swimming lesson on Wednesday morning and were so keen to tell me all about it on their return! Understandably, there were mixed emotions the day before, but it does seem they have thoroughly enjoyed their first lesson. If you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to ask.
The children were all amazing in their 'Sports Acro Gymnastics' lesson with me today. They worked exceptionally well in pairs, performing routines with super balance sequences. I'll take some photos as they develop their balances further and add some to the blog for you to see.
Have a fabulous weekend everyone!
See you on Monday,
Mrs Matthews, Mrs Scott and Miss Hewitt xx