Class 4
Friday 6th October
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon everyone!
We've had another great week here in class 4.
The children have loved our new text, 'The Lorax'! We began the week by watching a short animation of the book and discussing the main characters. The children have drawn the most wonderful images of the Lorax and the Once-ler. They really are amazing artists! They have then worked together to create endless lists of fabulous adjectives to describe the two characters, before then writing wonderful descriptive extended sentences about them.
Maths has been as busy as ever! The children continue to keep practising everything we are learning through their daily 8 question starter! Active times tables keeps them all fit as they learn too! We have focused on calculations this week (addition, subtraction and multiplication) and today have concentrated on solving missing number sentences; a little trickier!!
Geography has involved the children using the atlases to find different locations in Britain. The children were amazed to find that for many places you could discover it's origins by looking at the name endings. They enjoyed listing those places that originated in Viking, Roman and Anglo-Saxon times and creating their own tables.
The children are continuing to thoroughly enjoy developing their skills in both netball and gymnastics and are having great fun using the running track every day. We've incorporated different ways of moving along the track this week too; exhausting but fun!!
This afternoon, we decided we were going to battle with the elements and venture outdoors for our art. The children thoroughly enjoyed working together to create fabulous Andy Goldsworthy inspired sculptures with leaves and other natural resources. Do enjoy the photos below!
Have a wonderful weekend; let's hope the sun shines as much as we have been promised!!
See you Monday!
Mrs Matthews x
Friday 29th September
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon everyone!
We've all had a great week here in class 4; busy as always, but full of fun and learning!
The children have amazed me with their acting skills again this week! We used role play to enhance our literacy earlier in the week. We have been focusing on the book 'Window' in order to inspire exciting descriptive writing. We then decided to write an informal letter of complaint to the council regarding the changes to the environment seen in the book! Obviously, we had to role play a meeting with the councillors first; the role play was superb and certainly inspired the children's writing. It was lovely to see!
In geography, we have been looking at arial views and OS maps to spot different land uses. It has been interesting to compare different areas. The children are becoming quite skilled at spotting the differences whilst developing their map skills.
In art, the children have continued to focus on natural resources and have created some lovely patterns using charcoals and chalks. Next week, we are looking forwards to going outdoors and creating some Andy Goldsworthy sculptures using a variety of resources in the woodland area. If the winds begin again I am sure we won't be short of plenty of leaves to help with those sculptures!!
The children are broadening their knowledge of animals and the different characteristics. Today, we have been focusing on using classification keys to allow us to accurately group animals using more scientific terminology.
Gymnastics and netball skills are developing week by week and the children are thoroughly enjoying using the running track every day.
We hope you all have a wonderful weekend.
See you on Monday morning!
Mrs Matthews and Mrs Scott x
Blog update; Friday 22.9.23
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon everyone!
I just thought I'd give you a little update on life in fabulous class 4! The children have settled in beautifully and continue to be an absolute pleasure to teach. They are thoroughly enjoying all aspects of each day and come into class with lovely beaming smiles, full of enthusiasm and keen to learn more!
Art has been great fun as we have searched for natural resources outdoors, even in the rain! The children have then created the most wonderful patterns with chalks and charcoals; a very artist class I think!
Our literacy has involved the outdoors too. Would you believe it was raining again when we ventured outside for inspiration for our descriptive writing? It's amazing how inspirational our outdoor area is for developing a bank of exciting adjectives and noun phrases!!
The children have all enjoyed reading everyday; in guided reading groups and independently too. It's so lovely to see how much progress the children are already making. We're all enjoying sharing our class novel too; 'Lucky Button', by Michael Morpurgo.
Science has been busy too! We're learning lots about animals and their habitats, particularly ways in which we classify them at the moment.
We've all been really enjoying our music; it's amazing how many versions of the song 'This Little Light of Mine' there are. So far, it seems the gospel version is most of the children's favourite; I think the fact that we are adding movement to the song is adding to the fun of learning!
Our running track has been a hit with both children and staff! Our extra daily exercise session on the track is getting us all fitter and fitter every day!!
P.E. has been great, as always! The children are focusing on netball skills with Mrs Kendall and gymnastics with me. We have been concentrating on developing routines involving symmetrical balances with partners. We have also introduced hoops, bands and balls; I have been amazed how creative the children have been. I don't think I'll be short of gymnasts when selecting for our gymnastics display this year!!
Enjoy the gymnastics photos!
Have a lovely weekend everyone,
Mrs Matthews x
Friday 8th September 2023
admin on: Class 4
What an absolutely wonderful start to class 4 the children have had this week! I feel very lucky to have such a fabulous group of children to teach this year!
Your children are all so incredibly well behaved, wonderfully polite and a real credit to you all. I feel very excited to have the opportunity of sharing lots of exciting topics and activities with them all. What a brilliant year we have ahead of us!
The children have settled into the routine in class 4 exceptionally well and have certainly deserved their whole class certificate this week.
Do enjoy the gorgeous weather this weekend everyone; it may be our last sunny one for a little while.
See you all on Monday!
Mrs Matthews
xx
Our Final Week!
admin on: Class 4
What a fabulous final week we all had here in class 4!
Our wonderful visit to Greenacres Care Home on Tuesday could not have gone any better! The children were absolutely fantastic; they sang and performed so beautifully and behaved just perfectly throughout our visit. We were so very proud of every single one of them. Well done class 4; you were superstars!! The residents were absolutely delighted with our choice of songs and joined in as the children sang. They even asked for an encore!! The staff were so very impressed and are keen to invite us all back!
Our final day was great fun! We had some wonderful science fun outdoors! We investigated how to create the biggest and longest lasting bubbles and went into the forest to investigate which were the most popular habitats for our minibeasts, insects and bugs!! We had a brilliant time!
I'll miss every single one of the children next year; they have all been brilliant! We have worked hard, but had great fun too!
Thank you so much for all your fabulous support this year and for your very kind and thoughtful cards and gifts too. Teaching here at Netherthong is an absolute pleasure; I love every minute!
Have a wonderful Summer everyone!
Take care too!
Love from,
Mrs Matthews
