Class 4
Friday 10th February
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon everyone!
What a fast half term this has felt! The children have all been amazing and have had some great fun. Their enthusiasm for everything we do is just wonderful to see.
Rugby and hockey have been a great hit this week; we have played a mini tournament in each lesson. I am so impressed with the progress they have all made; what a sporty class we have!!
This week we have all made very tasty flatbread. The children have all loved every minute. They have flavoured their breads with wonderful herbs and have created very tasty flatbreads indeed! Miss Hewitt has been a fantastic assistant chef, supporting the children at their work!! Thank you Miss Hewitt (and thank you, too for my gorgeous sample!)
Science has been fun too. We have been tasting different materials to detect which one is the best insulator of sound. We wrapped hand bells in different materials and discovered the thick fabric was the most effective at masking the sound. Well done everyone!
Here are a few photos of the soup making last week!
Have a super half term holiday everyone.
See you very soon,
Mrs Matthews, Mrs Scott and Miss Hewitt x
Friday 3rd February
admin on: Class 4
Good evening all!
We've had a very exciting week here in class 4. I asked the children this afternoon which activities they had enjoyed this week and was overwhelmed by their responses. Between them, the children practically named everything we have done this week; I'm so pleased we're keeping the children enthused and happy in class!
We began the week with a very exciting Monday! We designed, prepared and cooked our own fresh vegetable soups. I must say, we were very impressed with all the soups made. The children worked beautifully in small groups; designing and cooking as a team. They absolutely loved their soups too; they thoroughly enjoyed 'seconds'!! I will post some of the photos I took early next week.
Science was fun and exciting too! The children worked in small groups to investigate whether a sound becomes fainter with increased distance. We used body percussion, musical instruments and even homemade 'telephone' lines using plastic cups and string. We used different lengths of string and compared them. The children loved it.
Hockey and rugby continue to be very popular too! The children took part in mini tournaments in both sports. They have learnt so many skills and are developing a good understanding of the rules of each game too.
The children thoroughly enjoyed their art lesson with Miss Monday earlier in the week too. They have created some beautiful abstract designs using the paints; well done everyone!
We are all continuing to enjoy 'The Secret Garden'; the children love joining me on the carpet to share more of the story; story time has always been a favourite of mine!!
We hope you all enjoy a lovely weekend and very much look forwards to seeing you all again on Monday morning!
Mrs Matthews, Mrs Scott and Miss Hewitt
Friday 27th January
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon everyone!
We've had another great week here in year 4. The children have been busy planning their soup recipes ready for an exciting cooking experience on Monday! It looks like I'll be buying all the vegetables in Aldi this weekend, so if you need any I'd go early!! We're really looking forwards to Monday; Master Chef here we come!!
The children are absolutely loving 'The Secret Garden'; they are totally transfixed when I read chapters to them. They were so excited to see the reveal of the actual garden; I'm enjoying seeing their reactions as much as they're enjoying the story. We do keep checking the facts in our book are correct by watching snippets from the film, but we're definitely reading it first (it's much more exciting that way)!! The children have written diary entries, character descriptions and are currently working on exciting descriptive sentences for the garden. They have worked together beautifully in small groups to create the most wonderful sentences. Below are just a couple of examples of the fabulous pastel drawings they have been creating this week.
History remains very interesting; this week the children learnt all about the Rainhill Trials, designed to find the best first steam locomotive back all those years ago. The children were so interested; they created brilliant newspaper articles on the trials or created a number of questions to use during an interview at the trials. We had a great afternoon.
In French, we have been learning how to count all the way to 100; focusing today on the multiples of 10 and solving number sentences!
We have been incredibly busy in maths; we have worked on fractions this week. We have added, subtracted, solved problems and even found the fraction of a number. The children have worked incredibly hard as some of the tasks have been very difficult.
Rugby and hockey continue to enthral the children. They have been focusing on attacking and defending in both. Today, in hockey we have progressed to playing mini games. The children have really impressed me, so next week we will certainly have a mini tournament.
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend. See you all on Monday morning,
Mrs Matthews, Mrs Scott and Miss Hewitt xx
Friday 20th January
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon everyone!
What a fabulous week we have all had in class 4. We are so proud of the children; in view of the icy conditions in the playgrounds, we have had to endure indoor breaks all week. This must have been so difficult for the children but they really have coped amazingly well! Don't tell them, but I think they deserve a special treat next week!!
It has been very noisy in science this week! We have been exploring sound and playing a wide range of musical instruments to check for the source of the vibrations. How we reached the end of the day without dreadful headaches on Tuesday, I really don't know!! It was very noisy, but great fun too!!We will be looking into 'dynamics' in music next week so I think earphones may be a good idea!!
The children are thoroughly enjoying 'The Secret Garden' in literacy and have been producing some wonderful work. Today they have been completing their diaries from Mary Lennox. That poor girl, she really wasn't happy on her arrival at Misslethwaite Manor!
The children continue to really enjoy our Friday morning hockey; they are developing some brilliant skills. Today we have focused on attacking, defending and scoring. Next week we'll definitely be ready for some matches. Rugby is going really well too; the children had great fun scoring their tries as they launched themselves onto the crash mat!!
We held our democratic vote today to elect our school government class representative; many congratulations to Abi on being elected. An enormous well done to everyone who worked really hard to prepare your fabulous speeches and stand for election. We were very proud of you all and the results were very close indeed.
Congratulations too to all the year 4 children who entered the boccia/boules competition at Holmfirth High on Tuesday; you were all amazing! It was so lovely to see so may of you there!
Have a super weekend everyone!
Love from Mrs Matthews, Mrs Scott and Miss Hewitt xx
Friday 13th January
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon all!
We have had such a fabulous week this week; fun and very practical! Not only have we had great fun as always in our rugby and hockey lessons, but we have been very hands on in our science and active in English too.
In science, we re-created the digestive system as we helped banana and biscuits travel through the stomach (a plastic bag) and the small and large intestines (tights). The children were horrified at the final result as we followed the food all the way to the end of the large intestine!! The children took on the role of our teeth with their fingers, added acid in the stomach (fresh orange juice) and used 'peristalsis' to help the food along. It was great fun and very messy; a great learning experience though!
We are now focusing on 'The Secret Garden' in our literacy and have had a super time re-enacting the roles of Mary Lennox, Basil, the Officer's wife and 'lovely' old Mrs Medlock! The children absolutely loved it; stage fright was certainly not a problem!!
Finally, yesterday we explored 'pitch' in music, as we played and examined both tuned and untuned instruments. The children developed an understanding of how instruments can be used to change the pitch of music.
Here are one or two photos!
Have a super weekend,
Mrs Matthews, Mrs Scott and Miss Hewitt xx
