Autumn Term 2 - Week 2
Yet another very positive week for Class 4! Their attitude towards learning has been impeccable and I am very impressed. In our writing unit relating to 'Letters From The Lighthouse' we have explored (through role play and exploring texts) the life of an evacuee during the Second World War. This…
Autumn 2 - Week 1
What a wonderful week we have had in Class 4 learning about all our new topics for this half term. On Monday, we began by asking questions and making predictions relating to our new story 'Letters from the Lighthouse' written by Emma Carroll. In the afternoon, we began our Space topic in Science.…
Autumn 1 - Week 8
It has been another week packed full of learning and creativity in Class 4. On Monday, our children enjoyed learning about influential black women of history in classrooms all around the school. Within these history lessons, topics such as discrimination, liberty, athletics and Pop Art were…
Autumn Term 1 - Week 7
It has certainly been a memorable end to the week! Thankfully, the strong winds were accompanied by a gust of effort from Class 4 in publishing our Charles Darwin non-chronological reports. They look absolutely superb! Our creativity skills have flourished when creating designs that represent the…
Autumn Term 1 - Week 6
This week has been allowed Class 4 to delve deeper into this terms topic of evolution and inheritance. Our English lessons have focused upon an adaptation of Charles Darwin’s ‘On the Origin of Species’. After researching his life, we created diary entries to replicate those he wrote on his famous…
Autumn Term 1 - Week 5
What a wonderful day to end the week! Class 4 thoroughly enjoyed a visit from the local library bus long with an active PE lesson focusing on health and fitness. In maths we have been recapping and developing our understanding of the four basic operations. Publishing their origin stories was a…
Autumn Term 1 - Week 4 - Class 4
Class 4 have had another wonderful week full of learning. A particular highlight was our orienteering lesson that involved using maps to find control points on the showfield. In science, we investigated Darwin’s theory of evolution by comparing the effectiveness of different beak-like utensils…
Autumn Term 1 - Week 3
Throughout the week, In English, we have been using our creativity to develop our descriptive writing. By building more specific expanded noun phrases and using advanced punctuation such as colons, we managed to create fantastic sentences. During our whole class reading sessions, we have had the…
Autumn Term 1 - Week 2
In Class 4, we have enjoyed our new English topic based on the book 'How the Whale Became' by Ted Hughes. So far, we have explored the text and made comparisons to different origin stories from the same book. In maths, both Year 5 and 6 have further deepened their understanding of place value in…
Autumn Term 1 - Week 1
What a wonderful first week of the new year in Class 4. I have been welcomed splendidly and really appreciate all the thoughtful comments and kindness shown to me. Throughout this week, we have bonded as a class and developed our confidence when speaking in front of others. We quickly grasped the…