Week ending 15th March 2024

 Hello Year Four,

We have had a busy and productive week. It has been science week and the children have been carrying out experiments and working on projects.

The children had to create a tree using only two pieces of A4 paper. It was a challenge! They worked in pairs and the results were amazing!

The class winners were.....

NEXT WEEK

We will be focussing on maths and English next week as we will be spending a lot of time rehearsing for the KS2 production.

English

The children will be learning how to write a persuasive letter. They will be planning it, exploring the purpose of their letter, using appropriate arguments and language that features emotive writing, rhetorical questions, exaggeration and provokes sympathy.

Maths

We are continuing to work on perimeter. Next week we explore regular and irregular polygons and how to calculate their perimeters. Halfway through the week we will begin fractions. Firstly we will explore 'the whole' and move on to count beyond 1.

Spellings

Group One

you're

your

communicate

delicious

where

were

we're

wear

won't

believe

Group Two

you're

your

where

we're

wear

were

won't

tomorrow

massive

quickly

Group Three

where

want

were

needed

yellow

Please bring your children's costumes for the performance in next week, if you have not done so already. 

I wish you all a happy and restful weekend.

Ms Davis

Week ending 8th March 2024

 Hello Year Four,

This week we have been working on finding perimeters in our maths lessons.

For English the children have written a scene for a play, directed it, acted it and videoed it. They were very successful!

In history we are exploring the Anglo Saxons, Picts and Scots. This week we focussed on Sutton Hoo and the archeological dig that enabled us to learn so much about this period of time. The children were fascinated by this and produced some good work following their research.

As it was World Book Day on Thursday the children enjoyed describing their characters and explaining why they chose their books.

NEXT WEEK

Science week

As it will be science week next week we will be creating an object out of minimal resources, making string telephones to discover how sound travels and taking part in a workshop. 

Maths

We are continuing to focus on perimeter and next week we will be calculating the perimeters of shapes whereby some lengths are missing.

English

The main focus next week will be grammar, punctuation and comprehension.

PHSE

Next week we will be learning about healthy food and nutrition.

Rehearsals

We will be beginning to spend longer rehearsing for the KS2 performance.

Spellings

Group One

archeology

technology

worried

especially

already 

painfully

environment

excuse

whole

hole

Group Two

whole

hole

information

direction

answer

angrier

delivery

bubble

balloon

worry

Group Three

some

were

mum

help

don't

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend and a happy Mother's Day!

Ms Davis

Spellings for this week - test on Friday 8th March

 Hello Everyone,

I must apologise for not adding the spellings to the blog on Friday. 

Please find them below.

Group One

finished

weather

whether

who's

whose

missed

mist

trouble

country

partner

Group Two

with

where

laugh

laughed

quiet

quite

wear

metre

centimetre

people

Group Three

saw

with

where

said

for

Week ending 1st March 2024

 Hello Year Four,

We have had a fabulous week!

On Tuesday we went to visit Christ Church. The focus was on the church building and contents and praise and worship.

The children had a series of activities to experience that were linked to the theme. They learned so much and enjoyed it very much.

When we returned to school the children completed a project on churches and Christianity. They remembered so much from the visit and had fun adding photos to their work.

For maths we are working on measurement. We have learned to measure in metres, centimetres and millimetres. We are currently exploring perimeters.

In our English lessons the children have learned how to write play scripts. Some of the children are creating a puppet show of Alice in Wonderland and others will be acting a scene from the play.

We have also been completing a design and technology project. As you know from their home project we have been exploring shell structures and have been focussing on skyscrapers. Thank you so much for ensuring these were completed at home. The children have learned so much from this study.

This week they designed and created a skyscraper with set specifications. We were all amazed at how well they did. Most of the buildings met the criteria.

NEXT WEEK

English

The children will be working on comprehension next week. They will be learning to direct and film plays and puppet shows. Following this we will watch the performances and discuss the outcomes.

Maths

We will continue our work on perimeters, moving on to find the missing lengths in rectilinear shapes.

History

Next week we begin a new project in our history lessons as we explore life for The Anglo Saxons, Picts and Scots.

RE

The children will be reflecting on where they find safe sacred/special places to be in peace, quietly reflect and feel safe.

PHSE

We begin a new chapter in PHSE as we start 'Healthy Me.' We will begin by focussing on healthy friendships.

ART

In line with our design and technology project on buildings, we will begin to explore skylines. The children will experiment with paint, charcoal and pencil to create effective \London skylines. 

World Book Day

Next Thursday is World Book Day, so the children will be able to dress up as a character from a favourite book. They can also bring the book in with them. It will be a fun day as we explore books.

Have a great weekend!

Ms Davis

Week ending 16th February 2024

 Hello Year Four,

This week has seen us finishing lots of projects. We have completed our work on The Amazon Rainforest as the children compared the land use to that of our local woods. We were able to create a bar chart using the information from our questionnaires. The children then used the bar chart to answer questions.

We have completed our project on birds and the children found that the most common bird in our local area was a blackbird.

The children had a fabulous time on the walk and took many photos!

They also had a great time at the disco Thursday evening.

Spring Two

I will send more details of the topics and projects we will be working on next half-term.

Church Visit

On Tuesday 27th February we will be going to Christ Church as they will be providing a morning of activities and learning related to places of worship (which we are currently studying in RE.)

Holiday Homework

I have given every child a spelling and times table sheet for them to work on in the holidays. Some children still need to complete their home project on skyscrapers and some children have got geography they need to complete.

Spellings

Group One

optician

magician

politician

electrician

extension

confusion

exclusion

explosion

session

mission

Group Two

internet

cover

drawing

include

pupil

child

learning

writing

following

tasty

Group Three

about

saw

from

little

them

I wish you all a very happy half-term break.

Ms Davis

Week ending 9th February 2024

Hello Year Four,

We have had a busy week, despite not being able to go on our field work trip. I am glad we cancelled as the weather did not improve that day. I have re-scheduled the walk for next Thursday 15th February, so please ensure the children have an extra pair of boots and waterproof coat. They will need to bring their boots in a named plastic bag.

We have been working on division within 2 numbers this week in our maths lessons. 

For English we have begun a new project based on the story of Alice in Wonderland. The children have been reading the play script.

It was 'mental health week' so we did a lot of work on core strengths.

It was also 'safer internet day' so we looked at AI and how to stay safe online.

We had a meditation today and circle time. We discussed how we manage disappoitment and the children wrote about their personal experiences.

NEXT WEEK

English

We will continue our project on play scripts. The children will be writing a scene from Alice in Wonderland. They will be using scripts to set up props and act the scene. They will be videoing the scenes and analysing them.

Maths

We will continue to work on division and our times tables next week. There will be an end of topic assessment.

Science

The children will be experimenting with chocolate next week as they investigate the affect of water temperature.

Geography

Hopefully the weather will be appropriate for our field trip. Following this the children will be analysing data and assessing how it would affect people if the wooded area was destroyed. We will be looking at how this relates to areas within the Amazon Rainforest.

RE

We will be thinking about how we use certain places and spaces in our lives for prayer, reflection, peace and quiet. We will consider how this differs to going to a place of worship.

Spellings

Group One

space

envy

envious

courage

mountain

dangerous

famous

furious

spacious

poison

Group Two

danger

drive

pretty

greedy

clumsy

brother

different

hoping

scene

stage

Group Three

Mr

Mrs

Miss

went 

there

I wish you all a restful and happy weekend.

Ms Davis

Week ending 2nd February 2024

 Hello Year Four,

The week has flown by as we have been so busy!

We have continued to work on multiplication and division in our maths lessons.

For English we have been writing poems. We were inspired by the book 'The Tear Thief' as it is full of alliteration. I would like to share one of these with you.

                                                             Slowly she swooped silently

Up to the shiny silvery moon 

She swiftly skipped from house to house

Pouring them perfectly into a pearl-shaped pond

The majestic moon made her smile

By Olivia Sleet

The children wrote about their visit to the Hindu temple. They were given small photos that they took during the day to use within their writing. They were obviously inspired as they wrote pages!

Next Week

English

For English next week we will begin a new project. The children will be learning how to write play scripts. We will be using the story 'Alice in Wonderland.' The children will eventually perform using their own scripts and video record the action.

Maths

It will be our last week on multiplication and division. 

Please ensure your child works on his/her times tables at least three times a week.

Geography

Next Thursday we will be taking the children on a field trip. This will be covering aspects of our work in geography and a study in science.

We will be investigating a wooded area to find out what it is used for and who it would impact if it was removed or destroyed. It links in with our exploration of the Amazon Rainforest.

Science

We have been studying birds as part of the NSPCB project for children. Our field trip will include an observational activity of the birds in the area.

Spanish

 We will be continuing our learning of the Spanish names for family members.

PHSE

The children will be thinking about disappointment and how to manage this often difficult emotion. They will be given strategies to help when this feels overwhelming.

Spellings

Group One

international

intercept

interrupt

antibiotic

antidote

length

width

coffee

striped

caterpillar

Group Two

corner

forget

forgot

prefer

garden

only

shout

shake

shrink

shrunk

Group Three

came

about

them

then

there

Walk to the woods

As explained earlier we will be going on a short field trip on Thursday morning. The children will need warm coats and a change of shoes/boots (preferably wellington boots.) Please have these in a named bag as the dirty boots will need to be removed once we arrive back at school.

Home Project

For Design and technology this term we are focusing on shell structures. We have done quite a lot of background work already. 

The children will be designing and creating a skyscraper building, so I would like them to do some research before this begins.

They need to look online, in magazines, newspapers and books for pictures and photos of skyscraper buildings. They will need to write some facts about their findings, such as where the building is located, when it was built and it's height. They can include more information than this if they wish to. They can look at tall buildings in other countries and find out the differences in style and materials. They could go on a walk and draw or photograph tall buildings in our local area. 

If you need any further information on this research project please see me after school or email me.

I wish you all a happy and restful weekend.

Ms Davis