In English we have been looking at ‘slam poetry.’  The children wrote their own poems about Bicton School.  We have been thinking about what makes our school special in PSHCE and these ideas helped us write our poems.

In maths we continued our work on shapes and looked at multiples of numbers and numbers with common multiples.

In geography we did some follow up work from our trip last week.  We discussed what makes Shrewsbury special and what we knew about these features of Shrewsbury.  The children worked in groups to try and persuade the rest of the class that a particular feature of Shrewsbury was the best one.

We wish everyone a happy half term and will see you all next half term!

Following interviews for Mrs Chadwick’s position, we are very pleased to have appointed Miss Eleanor Carr who will be teaching Class 4 alongside Mrs Foster after half-term. The children in Class 4 enjoyed a Maths lesson with Miss Carr earlier this month and she will be spending time in Class 4 to get to know the children before we break up.

Many thanks

English

This week Class 4 have been learning about the features of biographies and autobiographies.  They have also looked at different word endings, many of which are in their spellings this week. The children are also practising varying the types of sentences they use in their writing.

Maths

In Maths Class 4 have been practising different methods of subtraction.  They enjoyed making ‘maths museums’ one day to show us what they know already.

Science

The children are continuing to enjoy the electricity topic.  They have tested a range of materials to see which ones conduct electricity.  I also set them the challenge this week of making their own buzzer games!

Geography

The children finished their maps of the school grounds.  We explored Shrewsbury using Google Maps this week in readiness for our visit there next Wednesday.  The children used the computers to make their own maps of Shrewsbury, adding images and text boxes of points of interest.

ICT

The children have been exploring the Purple Mash games and activities.

We are looking forward to you seeing all the exciting work they have been doing when we see you at Parent’s Evening soon.

English

In English we have been working on the ‘Just So’ stories by Rudyard Kipling.  Today we began planning ideas for our own Just So stories ready for writing them next week.

Maths

The children have been learning about decimal numbers and how to order them, place them correctly on number lines and understand the effect of multiplying or dividing them by 10 and 100.

Geography

Following our walk around Bicton last week we focussed on map skills this lesson.  The children worked really hard to produce maps of the school grounds using aerial photographs.

Linked to this, in Art the children have been collaging pictures of things that they see on their journey to school using a variety of materials.

Science

Continuing with their work on electricity, the children made their own circuits this week and learnt how to draw circuit diagrams.  They also had to test a variety of circuits to see if they worked or not and make predictions about what might happen each time.