Every day is a fresh opportunity!
A massive well done to all the Year 4s this week who completed their Multiplication Check. All the children tried their best and were proud of their efforts – we can’t ask for more than that!!
If you want to try an example of the text…click the link below…6 seconds per question is very quick!!
The children have made a great start to the half term. We have been busy in English working on the features of Newspapers, in Maths the year 4s have begun to tackle time and the Year 5s have been looking at angles and in History, we have begun to explore our key question ‘How did the railways change the lives of British people? – It’s all go!!
Extend your learning at home…
English – Can you identify the features of a newspaper? Look at the information on this website, can you complete the quiz?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z2yycdm/articles/z2gk9qt
Maths – Year 4s can you practice telling the time? Use this game to practice your skills.
https://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L9643/index.html
Maths – Year 5s can you find any angles at home? Are they obtuse or acute? Try out this game to consolidate your learning more
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/470/Angle-Alien-Attack
Our artist this term is called Michelle Reader, she uses different materials such as metals and plastics that are no longer needed to make her artwork.
Have a look at the video below to hear her talking about her artwork.
This week we looked closely at her artwork and created some fab artist profiles about her. Next week we are going to create some similar pieces using her style. In order to do this, please bring any materials you have at home into school from Wednesday onwards. I can’t wait to see what we can create.
This week we finally finished reading our class text Secrets of a Sun king. We have all loved the text so much, we actually felt quite emotional when we finished it and many of us think there needs to be a Secrets of the Sun King 2! We got so so so much from the story and completed some amazing pieces of work – our next class text has a lot to live up to!!! Well done class 4 – your love of reading has been visible for all to see!
I can’t believe it is already Summer Term, the time is just flying by!!
This term our theme is all about Intriguing Inventions – we will be looking at Inventions that changed the world, The United Kingdom, Sculptures and Structures, the artist Michelle Reader and the history of the Railways.
Check out of curriculum map to find out more…
Class 4 have had another very busy week, in English we have been exploring poetry by Pie Corbett, in Maths the year 5s have been exploring decimals and percentages and the year 4s have been looking at fractions, we have continued to learn about sound in Science with everyone making their own pan flute to explore pitch and we have also learnt more about Egypt in our Geography work.
Homework
Next week we are going to complete our Design and Technology topic. This term, we are going to research, design, make and evaluate our own Egyptian Jewellery, for example, necklaces, bracelets and cuffs.
For homework can you complete some research into the type of jewellery they had, remember we saw some on our trip at the Art Gallery?
You may want to have a search around at home for any resources that you could bring into school for your jewellery. I will bring some pasta that I thought we could thread, we have some paper plates and we will also have the art straws that we can use. I look forward to seeing our finished designs!
Class 4 had great fun during Science Week, we enjoyed a visit from Mr Carey to find out about pH levels, we looked at STEM careers, we made a walking rainbow, we used the microscopes and we explored wind power – making straw rockets, windmills and wind turbines. It was great to see so much teamwork, conversation and scientific language in the classroom.
We had an amazing time at Feren’s Art Gallery at the opening day of the new Discover Ancient Egypt Exhibition. It was fantastic to see so many hands up when the children were asked questions and they clearly enjoyed the visit. It was the perfect end to our history topic.
Gosh Class 4, we have had such a busy two weeks, so busy I ran out of time to actually write a blog post last week!!!
What with World Book Day, Jar making, swimming, the excitement of the Secrets of the Sun king, researching Tutankhamun, making Egyptian death masks, sound experiments in science and planning a school trip – it really has been none stop!!
So, next week looks just as busy…it’s Science Week!
Mrs Platten has spent lots of time planning a fun week for us and we can’t wait to get started…in fact we were lucky enough to get an early start to the fun on Friday afternoon. The year 5s joined in an interactive science session and the year 4’s researched STEM careers – we were surprised to see so many jobs linked to Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.
Homework
One of the activities we are going to carry out next week is making a wind turbine. Please bring in any materials that you think will be useful, due to our busy week (swimming and school trip) we will need to be ready with our ideas on Tuesday and finish them on Friday!! Can you make any ideas or prototypes at home?
School Trip – I hope everyone is excited for our trip on Thursday, we are very lucky to be getting a sneak preview of the display – it hasn’t even opened to the public yet! I hope we will find out lots more about Ancient Egypt – it has clearly been a topic that we have all loved! Please remember school uniform and a small rucksack to carry your packed lunch in. I am looking forward to a great day!
Final message – Please bring your balloon powered car, if you have made one, into school on Friday and we will test them to find a winner!
Check out the STEM blog via the school website for more information.
We have had another busy week in Class 4 this week, from biographies in English, to Egyptian Gods in History, from exploring sound in Science, to looking at how to stay healthy in Jigsaw. The week has really had it all – some of us even fitted in a bit of swimming as well!
Here some of us are working out how many times we would need to walk around the track to walk 1km!
I was really impressed with all the board games that people made over the holidays as well, I can’t wait to play them all soon.
Cardboard
Please send any unwanted pieces of cardboard or larger boxes into school for Friday. The card doesn’t need to be too thick because i would like the children to cut it themselves and the pieces need to be bigger than their head!!??!! I wonder what we are going to get busy with this time!?!
Homework
I am not going to set any homework this week, because you will all be busy with your World Book Day ‘Book in a Jar’ Competition Entries. I can’t wait to see what you think of, I had bought a big jar to do mine in, but Maisie has pinched it because her school are doing the same idea!!
Below is some inspiration
Have fun creating your designs!