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Week ending 4^th April 2025

The children have had a great final week of the term. We have finished our castle structures by adding a facade to them using different methods including weaving strips of cardboard and adding a drawbridge. In English, we have been so impressed with their persuasive letters inspired by the book 'Street child'. The children wrote their own argument to persuade Jim to either stay on the streets or go back to the workhouse. Year 4 children had a wonderful time on their Grafham Water residential trip. We have been really proud of them this term and we hope that you all have a good break off. We look forward to seeing you back in school on Wednesday 23^rd April as Tuesday 22^nd   April is a teacher training day.

Week ending 28^th March 2025

In English, we have been looking at persuasive letter writing and using the Street Child to support our learning. The children have learnt how letters are structured by identifying the features found in them and have then used this understanding to write their own letters to Jim. In our grammar lessons, we looked at how to use the past tense appropriately and how to write sentences structured in different ways. They have really enjoyed hearing about Jim’s adventures and writing about them. In Maths, we have continued our learning on fractions. The children have worked hard to order and compare unit and non-unit fractions.  Next week is our final week before the end of term break. There is also the Year 4 trip to Grafham Water next week.

Week ending 21^st March

We have had such a busy week in Years 3 and 4. The children have been working really hard constructing their castles. They have shown great skill, patience and perseverance in joining materials together. We are really looking forward to seeing how they turn out when completed next week. The children continued their learning about fractions in Maths. This is such a tricky topic and we have been so impressed with their understanding. In English, we have been incredibly impressed with their writing. We have written setting descriptions, poetry and diary entries this week. The improvements that they have made in their writing so far this year have been fantastic.  On Friday, we loved seeing the children ‘dressed in their party outfits' for Comic Relief. We finished the day having a disco.

Week ending 14th March
It has been such a busy week in 3/4. In Maths, the children have started their unit of work on fractions. In English, the children have refined their skills of grammatical structure when writing. This included them writing sentences with a variety of fronted adverbials, subordinate clauses and adding more detail to their sentences using prepositions. In Geography, the children have enjoyed our new topic on Antarctica. They have spent some time looking at the physical and human features of Antarctica. In our music lessons, the children watched a silent short film and then mapped out a story. After that, they created a range of sound effects, using a variety of percussion instruments to create a composition based on the story. The children used layers and adjusted the dynamics to retell the story with effect.

Week ending 7^th March 2024

We have been incredibly impressed with the children’s efforts in their assessments this week. They have all worked extremely hard and should be so proud of themselves. In science, the children have been exploring how light reflects of different materials. In Maths, both Years 3 and 4 have continued to develop their understanding of measuring and calculating perimeter. On Thursday, the children enjoyed dressing up as their favourite book character for World book day.

Week ending 28^th February
We have had a fantastic week in Year 3/4. In our English lessons, we have been exploring and writing kennings. The children have enjoyed writing kennings about lots of different topics. In Maths, the children have continued to develop their understanding of measuring and calculating perimeter. The children have been really excited to start our new Geography topic on Antarctica. They spent time using the atlases to find lines of longitude and latitude and used these to plot where the seven continents of the world are.

Week ending 14th February

The children have had a great final week of the half term. In English, we have been so impressed with their stories inspired by the book 'Street child'. The children wrote their own part of the story to what they think would happen next. They made their stories exciting and showed great awareness of the reader. In Maths, the children have continued to develop their understanding of measuring and calculating perimeter.  For safer internet day, the children learned about how to stay safe online. The theme this year is “Too good to be true. How to protect yourselves and others from scams online.” This half term, the children have enjoyed our Art topic on prehistoric art. They have made their own paint using spices and then used them to create positive and negative hand prints. We have been really proud of them this half term and we hope that you all have a good week off.

Week Ending 7th February

We have had such a busy week in Years 3 and 4. In Maths,  the children have started their unit of work based on measuring. They have enjoyed practically measuring items using different units of measure. In our English lessons, we have been recounting  what has happened so far in our class text “The street child”. They have used amazing vocabulary and lots of different sentence types to make their writing fantastic. We have been incredibly impressed with their writing. The improvements that they have made in their writing so far this year have been fantastic. We are looking forward to their stories next week. In Science, the children have been learning about soil. The children know the four components that soil is made from and are able to describe the processes of soil formation.

Week Ending 31^st January
This week has been a busy week of learning for all of Year 3/4! In English, we have focused our learning on starting our sentences in a range of way. This has made our writing more interesting. In Maths, the children have further enhanced their understand of division. Some children have spent time looking at dividing 2 digit numbers by 1 digit. In our Science lesson, we became fossil hunters and  learned about the work of palaeontologists. The children are able to explain what fossils are and can describe the fossilisation process. The children have been researching significant people in science with a particular focus on Mary Anning’s contribution to fossils and palaeontology.

Week Ending 24th January

This week has been a busy week of learning for all of Year 3/4! In English, we have been planning and writing our own playscripts written around the silent clip, 'The wish'. In Maths, the children have further enhanced their understand of multiplication and division. Some children have spent time looking and multiplying 2-digit by 1-digit numbers and others have been exploring the 'short method' of multiplication and division. The children have spent time in Science learning about how fossils are formed. They then used plaster of paris  to create their own cast fossil.  In our History lesson, we travelled back into the Victorian time period and explored what working life was like for a poor Victorian child.

Week Ending 17th January

We have had a fantastic week in Year 3/4. In our English lessons, we have been exploring and writing play scripts. The children were able to link this new learning to the Christmas play that we performed. In Maths, the children have continued to develop methods for multiplication and division. In our History lesson, we travelled back into the Tudor time period. We role played being Tudor children and explored what working life was like for poor children. During our P.E lessons, the children have been working on their fitness and have enjoyed a circuits style workout.

Week Ending 10th January

Happy New Year! The children have had a great first week back. They have got stuck right back into their learning this week. In English, the children have been learning about how to vary pronouns to make their writing more interesting. They have also been writing sentences using lists of three to describe characters and their actions. At the end of the week, the children started to look at playscripts in preparation for next week's learning. In Maths, they have been deepening their understanding of multiplication and division using informal methods. They have also been looking at money and how to use it. Across the rest of the curriculum, the children had a great time learning about our new topic how children’s lives have changed through time. Our topic this term in Science is rocks. The children have learned to identify if a rock is natural or human made.