Spring Term 2 2024
Weekending 28th March 2024
The final week of a busy term.
In maths we have finished our fractions unit with Year 4 adding and taking away fractions with the same denominator. Year 3 have been looking at equivalent fractions.
English, we have completed our biography unit. We have researched about Nikola Tesla and then created a class biography using subheadings. We also performed the poem that we created on Spring.
We have now finished our RE topic on Easter and what Christians believe happened on Easter Sunday.
Today we have lots of fun with our Easter Bonnet parade and Easter egg hunt.
There is no homework as such but please keep going with TTRS and the MTC check. The link for this is:
https://www.mathshed.com/en-us/mtc
Also please keep reading!
Enjoy your Easter Break,
Rouen Gargan, Emily Green, Jenna Welch
Weekending 22nd March 2024
In English we completed our final biographies, choosing between Gandhi or Marie Curie. We learnt how to use the possessive apostrophe and then had to include at least two examples of these.
In maths we have continued looking at fractions, ordering them and comparing them, including whole number fractions.
Year 4 have continued to complete daily multiplication checks as well as TTRS. The link for this is:
https://www.mathshed.com/en-us/mtc
In PSHE, Trudy introduced the final three Decider Skills to help us manage our emotions and ensure that we react appropriately to different situations. In DT we finalised our lamp designs for the SoHo Lighting company, writing about what our inspiration was and why we had chosen that particular design. In French this week, we recapped the ten different fruits that we have looked at previously and learnt whether they were masculine or feminine, needing Un or Une. In Science we made our own switches out of card, split pins and a paperclip to control an electrical circuit, enabling us to turn a bulb on or off. In PE we continued to develop skills needed for football, including dribbling and passing and in RE we learnt all about Palm Sunday and Good Friday. Finally, in computing we finished our branching databases by classifying at least ten minibeasts and then allowing a friend to ‘test it out’ to make sure it worked.
Have a lovely weekend,
Rouen Gargan, Emily Green, Jenna Welch
Weekending 1st March 2024
In English we have continued looking at biographies including finding information out about our class mates and then using subheadings to organise this. We also explored not using the ‘real name’ that much instead substituting it with a pronoun.
Year 4 have continued looking at perimeters including those of regular polygons. We found out that if a shape is a regular polygon it will have equal sides and you can multiply the length of a side by the number of sides to find the perimeter. Year 3 have started looking at unit fraction. A fraction is when a shape or number is split into equal parts.
Year 4 have started doing daily multiplication checks as well as TTRS. The link for this is:
https://www.mathshed.com/en-us/mtc
In PSHE we thought about when we get angry and ‘the fizz’ and using STOPP to help control. The first S means, stop and take a step back. Within DT we found out about our SOHO lighting challenge and started creating designs.
Have a lovely weekend,
Rouen Gargan, Emily Green, Jenna Welch