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Monday 23rd September

Posted: Sep 23, 2024 by: Elaine Matthews (Ematthews) 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!!)

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