6 years ago
Posted on 07th Sep 2018 by Mrs Thomas

Class 3 weekly update

Welcome back! Class 3 have had a great start to the new term and have all settled in well.

English – We have been focusing on using the correct punctuation in sentences – capital letters, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks, commas and apostrophes. They have also been introduced to their novel study “A balloon for Grandad”.

Maths – We have started a new unit on ‘Place value’. This week the children have been working on counting objects to 100, representing numbers to 100 and using tens and ones in a part whole model.

The children have also enjoyed sharing their ‘Holiday memories’ and talking about what they have done over the summer holidays which has been lovely.

Spellings – to be tested on Friday 14th September.

7.9.18

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Thomas

6 years ago
Posted on 17th Jul 2018 by Mrs Thomas

Celebration assembly

Thank you to those that have brought in costumes for the celebration assembly on Thursday. If you haven’t already brought a costume in can you please bring it it tomorrow.

Many thanks,

Mrs Thomas

6 years ago
Posted on 13th Jul 2018 by Mrs Thomas

Class 4 weekly update

English: The children have completed assessments in english (writing and reading) this week. They have worked hard on these – well done!

Maths: They have been converting units of time (years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes) and looking at timetables. They have also completed a maths assessment.

DT/Art: They have been making Greek head dresses for the celebration assembly next week which look great! In DT they have been looking at Greek food and what they ate in Ancient Greek times. Next week the children will be tasting some Greek food and designing and making their own flatbread with a twist.

Science: They have been doing work on light and how it travels. The children had lots of interesting discussion about this.

There will be no spellings or homework for next week.

Please could all children keep practising the song and dance for celebration assembly next week. I have been really impressed by how quickly they have learnt all the lines by heart and they all sound wonderful! Thank you for all your hard work so far with this.

Please could you bring in Greek toga style costumes by Monday for the assembly. As mentioned in the letter a white sheet with something to tie around the waist will be perfect, or even a large white shirt/tshirt.

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Thomas

6 years ago
Posted on 06th Jul 2018 by Mrs Thomas

Class 4 weekly update

English – We focused on Chapter 19 this week and discussed what happened with Elliot and the wishing pearl in the story. The children talked about whether a wishing pearl would be a good or bad thing and explained their reasoning. They then planned and wrote a debate discussing all the reasons for/against a wishing pearl and shared them with the rest of the class. They had lots of great ideas to share!

Maths – This week we have been working on converting units of measurement. The children have looked at measures including kilograms/grams, kilometres/metres, millimetres/metres, millilitres/litres. They have also been converting metric and imperial units of measure.

Topic – The children worked in groups to research an aspect of the Greek Olympics, looking at the different sports they did and the celebrations/entertainment. They will be presenting their findings to the rest of the class next week.

RE – We have been looking at the ten commandments and what they mean. The children then made up a modern set of the ten commandments relating to how to live in the world today.

Spellings – To be tested on Friday 13th July

06-7-18

Homework – Solving measuring problems (in their homework books).

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Thomas

6 years ago
Posted on 29th Jun 2018 by Mrs Thomas

Class 4 weekly update

English – We read the Greek myth ‘Pandora’s Box’, which is linked to the characters in our class novel. The class were introduced to a fancy looking box and discussed if they would be tempted to open it like the character in the story. The also talked about what might be inside. They then looked at features of an email and planned, drafted, edited and published their own email explaining an apology from Pandora.

Maths – We have been continuing with work on coordinates this week. Year 4’s have been focusing on moving points on a grid and describing the movement (left/right, up/down). Year 5’s have been focusing on translation (movement) on a grid and translation with coordinates.

Topic – Comparing government in Ancient Athens compared to government in modern Britain. Many of the children were able to discuss what happens in today’s government which was interesting to hear.

Spellings – To be tested on Friday 6th July.

29-6-18

Homework – (for Year 4’s only) English: using apostrophes for missing letters and to show possession.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Thomas

6 years ago
Posted on 22nd Jun 2018 by Mrs Thomas

Class 4 weekly update

English – Writing events of Chapter 16 from the perspective of either the character Millicent or Colin. We discussed the key events in the chapter and made a plan of our first person narrative, making notes on the events/feelings of the characters and recording a range of cohesive devises to use in our work. Then we wrote a first draft of our narrative and edited and improved our ideas. The children all worked really hard to include all the features we discussed.

Maths – We have started a new unit: ‘Position and Direction’. Year 4 children have been describing position and drawing on a grid using a set of coordinates. Year 5 children have been looking at position of points/shapes in the first quadrant and reflection of points/shapes with coordinates.

Topic – We continued to compare schools in Ancient Greece and modern Britain. The children did further research to find out lots more interesting facts of their own to compare schools.

RE – We discussed the behavior of Adam and Eve and whether what they did was right or wrong. They also talked about the part of the story where they ate the fruit is known as ‘the Fall’. The children then used the events in the story to produce the front page for the ‘Eden Times’ newspaper to describe what happened.

Spellings – To be tested on THURSDAY 28TH JUNE due to Year 5’s going to Arthog on Friday.

Spellings 22-6-18

Homework – Maths work on coordinates / angles.

Well done Class 4, you’ve all worked hard this week! It’s great to be back and lovely to see you all.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs Thomas

6 years ago
Posted on 15th Jun 2018 by Mrs Thomas

Class 4 weekly update

English – We have been focussing on the character Zeus in our class novel – the king of the Greek gods! The children started by creating mind maps to sort facts, opinions and key characteristic of Zeus using evidence in the story to support their ideas. Then they ordered some of the key events of his life on a timeline and added descriptive phrases to this. They used the information gathered to draft, edit/improve and publish a biography about Zeus. Some of the key features they focussed on were ensuring they wrote in past tense, use of third person, ordering events in chronological order, using time connectives, paragraphs, emotive language and quotes.

Maths – Year 4 children have been looking at time this week and solving problems involving hours/minutes/seconds, years/months/weeks and using analogue to digital time (12 hour and 24 hour). Year 5’s have been continuing to solve problems about properties of shapes – calculating lengths and angles in shapes, regular and irregular polygons and reasoning about 3D shapes.

Topic – They have been comparing schooling in Ancient Athens with schooling in modern Britain. They researched some information and came up with lots in interesting facts and comparisons.

RE – They used the timeline of the Bible (the ‘frieze’) and found the events of creation, God and the ‘Fall’ through the images shown. Then they listened to the story of Adam and Eve and discussed the hidden meaning/message in the story – temptation! Then they worked in groups to take on the roles of the man, woman, snake and God with one person interviewing each character. They thought very hard to think of interesting questions and answering in role.

Spellings – To be tested on Friday 22nd June.

Spellings 15-6-18

I hope you all have a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing you all very soon.

Mrs Thomas

6 years ago
Posted on 08th Jun 2018 by Mrs Thomas

Class 4 weekly update

English – We have looked at the key features of a newspaper report and planned and written our own reports based on the wedding of Zeus in ‘Who let the god’s out?’ We have focussed particularly on ensuring the headline is short and snappy, effective use of paragraphs to describe what happened and included quotations, captions/photos, facts and opinions using the text to support our ideas.

Maths – Year 4’s have been finding lines of symmetry and completing a symmetrical figure. Year 5’s have been calculating angles on a straight line and calculating angles around a point.

Topic – We have been understanding the factors that decided the power of the Ancient Greek city states. The children were split into groups to plan an argument for one of the opinions, e.g. the long walls, navy, army, slaves. They used information in groups to plan their argument and presented this to the rest of the class.

RE – We started our new topic ‘What do Christians learn from the creation story?’ The children discussed what ‘temptation’ means and discussed/wrote about who is being tempted and by what.

Art – Designing and making a Greek patterned tile in a mosaic style.

Spellings – to be tested on Friday 15th June – Spellings 8-6-18

I hope you’ve all had a good week – I’ve heard that you have all been working very hard!

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Thomas

6 years ago
Posted on 29th May 2018 by Mrs Thomas

Class 4 spellings and homework

Hello Class 4,

I hope you are all having a great half term so far. Thank you for your lovely card and get well messages, they made my day when I read them all. I’m trying to rest as much as I can and look forward to seeing you all after the holidays.

Mrs Thomas

Spellings – to be tested on Friday 8th June

25-5-18

Homework – Greek half term homework

Half Term Homework

Our topic this term is all about ‘Ancient Greece’. Your task is to research any aspect about the Greeks using books, internet, own knowledge etc.

Ideas for research:

Food
School
Olympics
…..

You can choose how you produce your findings – e.g. poster, leaflet, booklet. Make it as interesting and informative as possible and include some illustrations too.

We look forward to seeing all you projects after the holidays!

6 years ago
Posted on 25th May 2018 by Mrs Thomas

Class 4 Weekly Update 25.05.18

English

This week the children have studied different aspects of grammar including active, passive and modal verbs. They have also worked hard to complete their half-termly reading and writing assessments.

Maths

As well as completing their maths assessments, children have practised measuring angles and using what they have learnt to solve problems involving angles. Some children have also looked at the properties of quadrilaterals and other 2d shapes.

In RE, we have continued our work on Pentecost. We have looked at the symbols of the Holy Spirit: wind, fire dove and water.

Art

Class 4 have done some beautiful artwork of Greek gods and goddesses using chalk pastels which we hope to get up on display when we return to school after the break.

History

Earlier this week, we investigated Ancient Greek clothing.

Well done Class 4 children for your hard work this week.

Acorns

Willow

Birch

Hazel

Maple

Rowan

Oak

Mrs Thomas

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Class 4 Weekly Update 25.05.18