What are we learning?
Thursday 28th March 2024
What a fantastic week we’ve had! We performed our Musical Extravaganza to parents/carers, and we were AMAZING!!
In English, we have finished reading ‘The Butterfly Lion’ and have created some blackout poetry.
In Maths, we have continued our work on decimals.
During swimming, we had our drowning prevention lesson.
Here are some pictures from the week:
Friday 22nd March 2024
We have had ANOTHER busy week. We have been practising for our musical extravaganza and did the dress rehearsal this afternoon. We also had the opportunity to hold the chicks!
As part of BSL week, we have been revising alphabet fingerspelling.
In Maths, we have been looking at hundredths as fractions and decimals.
In English, we have been writing informal letters in the character of Millie.
Here are some pictures from the week:
Friday 15th March 2024
This week in English, we have been writing our balanced argument, discussing whether the white lion should be sent to the circus.
In Maths, we have been looking at dividing 1 and 2-digit numbers by 10.
In Computing, we have been using Data loggers to collect data, such as the brightness, temperature and sound levels across the school and how they vary.
Here are some pictures from the week:
Friday 8th March 2024
This week in English we have been looking at balanced arguments in preparation to write our own balanced argument based on our class book, ‘The Butterfly Lion.’
In Maths, we have started our work on decimals. We have written tenths as fractions and have started to identify tenths as decimals.
In Topic, we have started look at different mountains across Europe!
Here are some pictures from the week:
Friday 1st March 2024
What a busy week we have had!
As part of Science Week, we have conducted a series of science experiments based on our previous ‘states of matter’ topic. We have made our own lava lamps and ice-cream! We also had a ‘Science of Magic show’ from Science Oxford and have learnt a few magic tricks of our own! We were also very fortunate to have Mr Isaac come into school to visit us and explain how his job links to science!
In English, we have been researching scientist, Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock and have created fact files about her.
In Maths, we have come to the end of our unit on Fractions. We have concluded by finding the difference between wholes and a fraction.
Here are some pictures from the week:
Friday 23rd February 2024
In English, we have been identifying the features of a non-chronological report. We have generated questions and answered in note form for our own dragons, and have written a draft version of our non-chronological reports.
We have also started reading our new class book, ‘The Butterfly Lion.’
In Maths, we have continued our work on fractions, adding two or more fractions and adding mixed number and improper fractions.
Friday 9th February 2024
In English, we have been looking at real-life stories from around the world. This week, we have been reading about the life of Michaela Mycroft, a young woman with Cerebral Palsy, who has been fundraising since the age of nine to help support young children with disabilities in South Africa. We have been writing letters to our friends as Michaela, recounting all of the achievements in her life.
In Maths, we are continuing our work on fraction, converting mixed numbers to improper fractions and vice versa.
During Children’s Mental Health Week, our focus has been on ‘Your voice matters.’ We have been discussing what the term mental health means, how we can promote mental health. We have also worked together as a class to think of ways that we can make a positive change as a school community.
Friday 2nd February 2024
In English, we have been writing our missing chapter from ‘The Firework Maker’s Daughter. We have described Razvani’s childhood and how he became to be the fire-fiend.
In Maths, we have continued our work on fraction. We have focused on looking at mixed fractions and fractions on a number line.
In Topics, we have been learning about earthquakes and what we should do if we are ever in one!
Year 3 and 4 girls also had the opportunity to attend the Girl's football festival at The Mandeville.
Here are some pictures from the week:
Friday 26th January 2024
In English, we have finished reading ‘The Firework Maker’s Daughter.’ We have started planning a missing chapter, focusing on Razvani, the fire-fiend.
In Maths, we have come to the end of our unit on multiplication and division. We have started looking at fractions!
In Computing, we have been creating algorithms for different letters using Logo.
We were also very fortunate to have author and zoologist Jess French visit us today to tell us all about her new book and how she was inspired to write it!
Here are some pictures from the week:
Friday 19th January 2024
In English, we have continued reading ‘The Firework Maker’s Daughter.’ We have been looking at the description of ‘The Ceremony of the Full moon’ particularly and have written our own descriptions using fronted adverbials and conjunctions.
In Maths, we have been dividing 2 and 3-digit numbers by a 1-digit number and have been using part-whole models to help us with this.
In Topic, we have been looking at volcanoes and key vocabulary we can use to describe a volcano.
Friday 12th January 2024
Welcome back and Happy New Year!
In English, we have started our new book ‘The Firework Maker’s Daughter.’ So far, Lila, the firework Maker’s Daughter, has run away to Mount Merapi to prove to her father that she is worthy of being a firework maker. The children made some brilliant predictions about what might happen to Lila along the way.
In Maths, we have continued our work on multiplication. We have been looking at multiplying 2-digit and 3-digit numbers by a 1-digit number using short multiplication.
In Topic, we have started our new focus, ‘Extreme Earth.’ We looked at the different layers of the Earth – Inner core, outer core, mantle and crust. We then went on to make our own mini Earth models using playdough to show the different layers!
Friday 15th December 2023
In English, we have been working on a film unit, ‘Treasure.’ We have been looking at the main character, Esther, and have described her personality and written a diary entry in her character.
In Maths, we have been looking at informal methods for multiplication, multiplying 2-digit numbers by a single-digit number.
In DT, we made, tasted AND evaluated our Greek dips. It was a very busy afternoon!
Here are some pictures from the week:
Friday 8th December 2023
In English, we have come to the end of our work on formal letters and have written a fantastic letter of complaint!
In Maths, we have continued our work on multiplication, multiplying by 10 and 100.
In Science, we have been looking at heating and cooling as part of our States of Matter topic.
Here are some pictures from the week:
Friday 1st December 2023
In English, we have continued our work on formal letters. We have planned our own letter of complaint and will begin writing this next week!
In Maths, we have continued our work on multiplication and played some multiplication board games to help us recall our multiplication knowledge quickly and fluently.
Friday 24th November 2023
In English, we have been looking at the features of a formal letter. We have looked at a letter of complaint written to RoboCorp Ltd. and responded to this using formal language.
In Maths, we have continued our work on multiplication, focusing on applying the 12x tables, and multiplying by 1 and 0.
We had a fantastic morning at the Multi-Skills festival on Thursday!
Here are some pictures from the week:
Friday 17th November 2023
In English, we have continued our work based on our class book and designed adverts for products to sell in ‘The Asphodel Fields.’ The children included some great alliteration and exaggeration in their adverts!
In Maths, we have continued our work on the times table, focusing particularly on the 7s and 11s. We have also looked at the division facts related to these times tables. As part of Outdoor Learning day, we took part in a Maths scavenger hunt. The children worked fantastically to solve the problems and really put their multiplication and division knowledge to the test!
We also had the opportunity to have a look at our school pond. Here are some pictures from the week:
Friday 10th November 2023
In English, we have been writing information texts based on characters from our class book, ‘Who let the Gods out.’ The children have enjoyed finding out about the different gods and goddesses.
In Maths, we have continued our work on the times tables, focusing on the 6s and 9s. We have also looked at the division facts related to these times tables.
In DT, the children taste tested a variety of dips for their DT project.
Friday 3rd November 2023
In English, we have been reading and analysing poems. We wrote our own poems using similes to create a powerful image in the readers' mind.
In Maths, we have finished our work on addition and subtraction and have now started on multiplying numbers.
In Science, we have come to the end of our topic on sound. The children designed their own instruments. We discussed how the pitch can be changed for their instruments.
During Black History week, we focused on artist Sonia Boyce. The children drew self-portraits and used oil pastels to create a background in the style of Sonia.
Here are some pictures from the week:
Friday 20th October 2023
In English, we have continued our work on fables and the children have written their own fables, including a moral.
In Maths, we have been working on subtracting two four-digit numbers with no exchange, with one exchange and then with more than one exchange. The children have shown great resilience with this!
We hope everyone has a relaxing half-term!
Friday 13th October 2023
In English, we have been reading Aesop’s Fables. Fables are short oral stories that teach us a moral. The children role-played different Fables in their groups. We have also been looking at using speech marks correctly and writing our own dialogues.
In Maths, we have been adding two 4-digit numbers with no exchange, with one exchange and then with more than one exchange.
In Science, we have continued our Sound topic and the children made their own String Telephones!
Friday 6th October 2023
In English, we have continued our work on the short film ‘Ruckus’ The children have written some fantastic newspaper reports and role played as eyewitnesses and journalists.
In Maths, we have come to the end of our unit on Place Value. The children have worked really hard on rounding to the nearest 10, 100 and 1,000. Today, we began our work on adding and subtracting 1s, 10s 100s and 1000s.
In Art, the children have painted their Greek pots!
In Science, the children made their own Pan Pipes. They then investigated how the pitch differs between the longest straw and the shortest.
Here are some pictures from the week:
Friday 29th September 2023
This week we have written character descriptions of the two brothers we have seen in our short film ‘Ruckus.’ The children have also written ‘Wanted’ posters for the thieving brothers!
We have continued reading our class book, ‘Who let the Gods out?’ We have got to the build-up of the story where Elliot, the main character, is on a mission to escape the evil Daemon of Death!
In Maths, we have been looking at Roman numerals. We have also started rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1,000.
The children are also getting on fantastically with their swimming lessons!
Friday 22nd September 2023
In English, we have completed writing our own Greek myths. The children really enjoyed making up their own heroes/heroines, mythical creatures and the quests that they had to complete. The children have had the opportunity to type up their Greek myths onto iPads.
In Maths, we have continued our work with place value, looking at the number line to 10,000 and finding the missing values along the number lines.
In Art, we have begun making our clay pots! Here are some pictures from the week:
Friday 15th September 2023
This week, we have been looking at features of a Greek myth. We have discussed how Greek myths typically have a god/goddess, magical creatures, and teach us moral lessons. We have begun writing our own Greek myths.
In Maths, we are continuing our work on place value. We have been using place value mats to help us partition numbers to 10,000.
In Science, our topic for this half-term is Sound. Here are some pictures from our first practical:
Friday 8th September 2023
In English this week, we started reading our class book, ‘Who let the Gods out?’ We began by focusing on the front cover of the book and discussed the different characters that were displayed and who they might be. Elliot, the main character, has the worries of the world on his shoulders… Will the Greek gods and goddesses be able to help him? The children have made some really thoughtful predictions about how the other characters in the book will help Elliot.
In Maths, we have been learning to represent numbers to 1000 and also partition numbers to 1000. We also moved a step further to identify numbers on a number line and estimate missing values on a number line. The children have been working really hard to ensure the presentation in their maths book is neat and tidy!
In Art, we have started to design our Greek vases, with a twist of our own modern patterns and designs.