Spring Term 2 Week 2
The week began with a blast as Class went to York to find out more information on the vikings. Our overnight stay was packed with thrilling activities such as: visiting the Jovik centre and experiencing a ride through a model viking village; becoming archeologists by digging for buried historical…
Spring Term 2 - Week 1
It has been a wonderful start to the second half of the acdsemic year. We have fully embraced our new topic 'The Vikings' by immersing ourselves with Viking related texts such as 'Viking Boy' and 'Beowulf'. While exploring Beowulf, we have developed our desriptive writing and use of prepositional…
Spring Term 1 - Week 5
It has been a half term that makes me especially proud to teach Class 4. Their enthusiasm for learning is infectious. We have enjoyed learning about a great variety of math topics such as multiplication, division, ration and algebra. Our English lessons relating to the book The Explorer by…
Spring Term 1 - Week 4
It has truly been a week full of enrichment with most of the class representing the school in sport events against other schools. On Tuesday, a group of 9 went to Shobnall Leisure Complex to play football against schools in the Dove Valley Sporting Group. Notably, everyone showed great…
Spring Term 1 - Week 3
Another week seems to have just flown by - full of special moments and unforgettable moments. None more so than our KS2 trip to Young Voices at the Resort Arena in Birmingham. Our children from KS2 across the TTSMAT joined together with over 5,000 others to perform at a concert with famous guest…
Spring Term 1 - Week 2
It is hard to believe that we are at the end of the second week of spring term already! It has been a week that has seen some amazing outcomes for our Year 5s in their fractions unit of work. Year 6 have begun to explore ratio for the first time and shown a great ability to use their understanding…
Spring Term 1 - Week 1
It is always very exciting to begin a new term with a whole range of new topics to explore. In Class 4, we have begun our English unit based on the book The Explorers by Katherine Rundell whoch is set in the Amazon Rainforest. So far, we have made predictions and taken a closer look at the superb…
Autumn Term 2 - Week 7
The show today was certainly a spectacular way to end what has been a fantastic term in Class 4. The week has been memorable for many reasons. In English, we finsihed drafting, editing and publishing our newpaper reports based on the publication of Anne Frank's Diary. The headings, pictures with…
Autumn 2 - Week 6
It has certainly been a memorable week in Class 4! Knitting on Monday was certainly a test of our resillience but many 'pulled through' and managed to succeed. Some were so enthralled that they been knitting at break and lunchtimes. A massive thank you to all those who came to help out - it…
Autumn Term 2 - Week 5
Class 4 have shown great courage and resilience during the practice assessments that took place this week. Every single child tried their very best. On Tuesday, we visited Stoke City FC’s football stadium for a tour and academy experience in their training dome. The children thoroughly enjoyed…
Autumn Term 2 - Week 4
There's certainly a festive spirit beginning to take place in Class 4. Roles for our Christingle service have been handed out and are being learned, as well as preperation for next week's Christmas Fayre being well and truly under way. We started a new English unit based on a picture book called…
Autumn Term 2 - Week 3
Another week full of fantastic learning in Class 4. Namely, we finsished our writing unit based on an evacuee during the Second World War by drafting and editing a letter as if we were the main character in our story (Letters from the Lighthouse). In maths, we have shown great resillience and…