English: This week we have been focusing on grammar. We have spent some time learning about the present perfect tense. We have been learning how to spot it in sentences, how to say it and how to write it. The children have tried really hard with this but have found it quite challenging so it is something we will be revisiting.

Maths: This week we have continued our work on fractions. The children have solved some problems involving finding fractions of amounts and have been comparing fractions. Some of the year 4 children have been writing fractions as decimals and have learned how to round a decimal to the nearest whole number.

Science: We have been carrying out our investigation this week and have written our results and conclusions.

Geography: We have continued our work on settlements this week by finding out how the names of places in the UK can give us clues to who settled there originally. The children have practised their map reading skills and have labelled some of these places on their own map of the UK.

PE: The children have enjoyed playing rounders this week as well as continuing their Tennis lessons.

RE: The children have been planning their art work based on the Christian Creation Story.

Well done for working hard this week Class 3! Have a lovely weekend!

English: We have continued our work on diaries this week. The children have spent some time writing a diary entry as Arietty from The Borrowers, describing what it is like to live in the forest school area. They have been practising their proof-reading skills and have had a go at editing and improving their work. Towards the end of the week they were set an independent writing task, to write a diary in character as the giant from Jack and the Beanstalk, explaining his side of the story. This was an opportunity for the children to apply and use the features they have learned independently.

Maths: We have continued our work on fractions this week. The children have been adding fractions with the same denominator and some of the Year 4 children have been adding fractions which total more than 1 whole. We have done some mental maths practise this week and the children have completed a test to use and apply what they have learned this year. Although this was quite challenging, they all worked very hard and tried their best.

Science: We were very excited this week to have our first lesson in the Eco-room! The children had great fun demonstrating the function of water within a plant through creating human models. We then moved onto planning an investigation to see if the temperature of a room effects how quickly a plant takes in water. We will be setting this up and carrying it out next week.

Geography: We have continued our work on ‘Settlements’ this week with the children identifying from different pictures the best types of settlements and giving reasons why.

RE: We have continued our work on creation and have read the story of creation from the Bible. The children are now working towards creating some artwork to express one part of creation that amazes them.

Just a little note to say a huge WELL DONE to Class 3 on sports day. You all did so well and your attitude and good sportsmanship was fantastic!

English: This week the children have been learning about diaries. We have read some examples of diaries and spotted some of the features within them. We are going to be writing our own diary in character as Arietty from The Borrowers, writing about what it is like to live in the school wildlife area. We have verbally planned and written some ideas down this week, ready to write it on Monday.

Maths: We began the week with some work on multiplication and division. The Year 3 children were learning how to use their multiplication skills to do some scaling up word problems. The Year 4 children were learning about factors – what they are and how to find them. We then all moved on to learning about equivalent fractions. At this stage the children are using visual images to find equivalent fractions but some have begun to see the pattern in the numbers already, which is very impressive.

Science: We have started our new unit on plants. The children have learned the names of different parts of the plants and have created a leaflet explaining their function.

D&T: We have continued to make our packaging for our confectionery product.

PE: We have spent some time doing sports day practise this week as well as having our usual tennis lesson.

RE: We have begun our new topic on ‘creation’ – the children have done an activity where they have gone outside to notice and appreciate things in nature.

Just another note to say well done to all those children involved in the choir competition this week. You have worked very hard and done yourselves and us proud!

English: The children have been doing work linked to the General Election. They began the week with a reading activity, learning what the General Election is and what some of the parties manifestos were. They then formed their own parties and came up with a name, logo, slogan and manifesto. They used these to create posters and write some speeches for their campaign (please see post below for photos).

Maths: We began the week by revising the grid method for multiplication with some children progressing onto learning the column method for short multiplication. We have now moved on to learning the bus stop method for division, first with no remainders, then with remainders and finally when carrying is involved. We have been so impressed with how well the children have picked this up – well done Class 3!

D&T: The children have begun to  make their packaging – this will be finished off over the next couple of weeks.

Geography: We have started a new geography topic called ‘Settlements’. We have thought about what early settlers would have needed and looked for when deciding on a place to live.

RE: We have finished off our work on ‘salvation’ and will be starting a new topic of ‘creation’ next week.

Other things that the children have done this week include filling out a pupil survey about our school and practising for the Concord College Choir competition next week.

Have a lovely weekend all!

English: As you are aware from previous posts below, the children have had a great week doing some work linked to the borrowers. They have planned, designed and made a house for the Borrowers to live in outside and have written a letter to Arietty to try to persuade her to choose their house to live in. If you haven’t seen the photographs yet, do scroll below to previous posts to see how much the children were enjoying themselves. Next week we will continue to read some more of the Borrowers story and do some independent writing linked to this.

Maths: We have been revising lots of different skills and concepts in maths this week. We began the week by revising our knowledge of how to give directions – linking it to right angles and degrees in a turn. We have also played some games where we have had to apply our column methods. To end the week we have re-visited multiplication. We have gone over how to do a sum such as 40 x 4 by doing 4 x 4 then making our answer 10 times bigger. Next week we will continue with multiplication, going over the grid method and we will be doing some work on the bus stop method for division as well.

Please continue to support your child with learning their times tables as this will help them in our lessons. 

Science: This week we have learned about the water cycle. We have described the different stages and have been using the scientific terms to describe this process.

D&T: The children have been finalising their designs for their packaging which we will hopefully begin creating next week.

Music: The children have continued to learn about singing games, linking it to rhythm and pattern.

PSHE: The children have continued to discuss feelings and how people feel in different situations. They have discussed how to deal with feelings of frustration and disappointment.

PE: The children have continued with their swimming and tennis lessons this week.

Have a lovely weekend!