Autumn Term 2 2023

Weekending 15th December 2023

The last full week of a very busy term! We finished our topic on Multiplication  1 for both Years 3 and 4 and are now ready to start Multiplication 2 in the Spring. The TTRS is making a real difference. We also used atlases to find different capital cities in Europe as well as recap what ‘makes’ a capital city.

We have had a number of rehearsals culminating in two amazing performances, one in the evening and one in the afternoon. Our teachers are really proud of us using our confidence!

 

There is no home learning set, BUT please continue to read as much as possible and continue with TTRS.

 

Please see then link below for the book our class created with David Lawrence Jones and  Plymouth University.

 

Have a relaxing Christmas,

Rouen Gargan, Emily Green, Jenna Welch and Abbie Roach

 

 

Weekending 8th December 2023

On Monday, we had a visit from Daya, who taught us about Hinduism. We dressed in beautiful clothes and danced together. We finished our topic on light and dark in Science and used this knowledge to ask and answer questions on posters. Some of us also went to Bishop Cornish School in Saltash for a writing day too.

 

On Wednesday we had the most fantastic time at  Plymouth University with David Lawrence Jones, an author who is also the Chancellor of the Children’s University. We wrote sections for a book as well as creating illustrations. The book will be emailed to us, and we will post it on the website. We also had a tour of the university and saw the enormous wave tank where they test model ships as well as going to the library with 800, 000 books.

 

Thursday saw some of us go with Mr Gargan and Mrs Danson to Bodmin Leisure Centre for the final of the swimming competition. We had already competed in the rounds and progressed to the finals. There were eight schools from all over Cornwall, down as far as Lands End. The children were a credit to themselves in terms of our school values and brilliantly behaved. We achieved a third place overall which was fantastic. Friday, we created our Stop Go animations on the iPads. It was great fun as well as lots of learning! If you have an iPad, you can download 'Stop Motion' for free.

 

We know it is a busy time but please keep up the reading and the TTRS. 

 

Finally, we had an email from Plymouth University about your children,

       “…Please can I also add that it was a pleasure to work with the children

        today, they were by far the best behaved and politest group of children

         we have hosted for a long time. They are a credit to your school.”

Enjoy the weekend,

Rouen Gargan, Emily Green, Jenna Welch and Abbie Roach

 

 

Weekending 1st December 2023

Within our maths and English time, we have been doing our termly tests, finishing today with spellings.

In Science, we discussed how to keep ourselves safe from the sun linking to our light and dark topic. We continued in P.E developing our hockey skills and working as a team to defend and attack.

In DT, we started our juggling balls project. We thought about the features of juggling balls and followed a design criteria to create an annotated design around the theme of ‘The Circus’.

Enjoy the weekend,

Rouen Gargan, Emily Green, Jenna Welch and Abbie Roach

 

 

 

 

 

Weekending 24th  November 2023

In maths we have continued our topic for both year groups on multiplication and division. Year 3 have looked at 5- and 10-times tables whilst sharing and grouping the numbers and Year 4 have been concentrating on the 3-, 6-, 9- and 7-times tables and their multiplication and division facts. The TTRS weekly is really impacting so please keep the 20 minutes a week minimum.

We have continued with our topic of Stone Age Boy, writing Om’s diary about what happened after the boy disappeared. We effectively used conjunctions to describe parts of the Stone Age story. Within our distant writings, we used expanded noun phrases and similes.

In PE, we introduced defending and attacking into our Hockey topic. We have used stop go animation on the iPad to create a mini group animation. In RE, we watched the story of Rama and Sita and the importance of Diwali.

 

Enjoy the weekend,

Rouen Gargan, Emily Green, Jenna Welch and Abbie Roach

 

 

 

 

Weekending 17th  November 2023

In maths we have started our new topic for both year groups on multiplication and division. Year 3 have looked at arrays and Year 4 have been concentrating on the 3 and 6 times tables. The TTRS weekly is really impacting so please keep the 20 minutes a week minimum.

We have continued with Stone Age Boy, writing diaries and using expanded noun phrases to describe the cave paintings and the inside of the cave too.  

 

In RE we found out about the story of Brahma and the Hindu creation story which linked to AUM, the sound that Hindus believe started the universe. Within music did a ‘clap rap’ looking at rhythm and in science looking at reflective materials. We found out about what makes a reflective material and why.

Finally, a massive thank you as EVERYONE in the class has read nightly. Please keep this up as it has such an impact.

Enjoy the weekend,

Rouen Gargan, Emily Green, Jenna Welch and Abbie Roach

 

 

 

Weekending 10th  November 2023

Another busy week. We have continued with the Stone Age Boy in our English topic, writing diary entries from ‘the boy’s viewpoint’ and Om’s (the girl’s viewpoint). We sequenced the events using fronted adverbials as well as including information on how they might have felt.

I maths Year 4 have finished the short topic on area including comparing areas using squares. We have also solved word problems that involve addition and some subtraction. Year 3 have estimated answers and used complimentary number facts to 100.

In our geography topic we atlases to find were London was as well as different counties including Cornwall and Devon. We also found out where the River Thames is. We thought about why we wear poppies and what they mean. Finally in RE we looked at the symbol AUM.

Virtually everyone in the class read, fantastic! Please keep reading daily with your child. Also 20 minutes DOING times tables on TTRS now that we have the internet back.

 

Enjoy the weekend,

Rouen Gargan, Emily Green, Jenna Welch and Abbie Roach

 

 

Week ending 3rdth November 2023

Firstly, a thank you for all the parental support with reading and Times Tables Rock Stars. We have already begun to notice the difference in times tables!

Next week, Miss Abbie Roach will be joining us from Plymouth University for 3 months  which is really exciting.

Within English we have started our topic which is based on the book ‘Stone Age Boy.’ We have made predictions about the story and rewritten a paragraph using a thesaurus to improve the vocabulary choice. We also used shapes and different word sizes to create an effect. We also have started our new class book recommended by Jock which is ‘The Lost Whale’ by Hannah  Gold.

In Maths Year 4 have started finding area by counting squares and using multiplication with Year 3 continuing using column addition. Please keep up the 20 minutes with Times Tables Rock Stars.

We have started rehearsing and going through words for our Christmas production. In computing we thought about animation and how Walt Disney is a famous animator as well as making animations with a flip book. We started our new geography topic by thinking about what we knew about London.

Spellings are as normal this week alongside Times Table Rock Stars.

Enjoy the weekend,

Rouen Gargan, Emily Green and Jenna Welch