15 June 2018
In Living and Learning this week, Year 3/4 have been looking at ‘Who’s in our family?’ Children have been learning about the way they grow and change throughout the human life cycle.
We discussed the ages of our own family members and at what stages of the life cycles they were.
This week’s homework is Creative and due in on Thursday 14th June.
To design an Egyptian mask. Here are some ideas: –
Think about colour, patterns, symbols and any added extras.
We will be making paper mache masks in school in the next few weeks to recreate our design.
Year 3/4 children really showed off their dance moves this week in an afternoon of Street-dance. Led by Rhinestone Dance leader, Rebecca, the children oozed confidence, energy and rhythm.
For the next 6 weeks, the children will learn individual and group routines, with a group performance (including all 3 classes) by the end of the block.
Remember your dancing kit everyone!
The annual survey of parents and carers is open for you to tell us your views. Thank you to the parents and carers who have completed a survey so far.
We’ve extended the closing date for the survey to 22 June to give even more of you a chance to tell us your views.
Thanks
At Scholes (Elmet) Primary, we’re always keen to hear your views.
Visit the survey site and respond to a series of statements – either agree / agree strongly or disagree / disagree strongly (or say that you don’t know). There’s also the opportunity to add any comments you may have. The survey should take you about five minutes – maybe a bit longer if you add lots of comments. The survey is open until 11 June.
Thank you for sharing your views.
25 May 2018
Straw instruments.
In Year 3/4, we’ve been learning about how sounds are made from vibrations. On Friday, we made simple musical instruments out of straws.
All you need is: a straw, a scissors and a big breath. Just make a small, triangular cut at the top of one end of the straw. You can cut holes to change the pitch of the sound – a bit like a recorder.
Our own straw orchestra!
This week, we made string telephones to help us understand that sound travels in a series of vibrations.
We used paper cups and some string, but our investigation would work with empty yoghurt pots if you’d like to try this at home.
Here are a few photos of our successes: 
The children are loving learning about sound!
Spelling homework
This week’s spelling homework is to learn words with the ‘k’ sound but spelt using a ‘ch’. We saw a fantastic range of words in homework review on Thursday, from alchemist to cholera– well done! As always, learning these words in a context of a sentence will help children to remember them.
Our new topic, Sound, has kicked off with a sound survey walk around school this afternoon. We predicted that our Nursery area would be the noisiest and the field would be the quietest. But, after our sound walk we discovered that Nursery was one of the quietest areas in school!
We are learning that vibrations make sounds.
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The children discussed the most important sounds that we hear and and prioritised them using a Diamond 9 grid. Many children said that fire alarms and sirens were the most important sounds. Parent voices and teacher instructions were thankfully not too far down the list!
Investigate words with the ‘k’ sound but spelt ‘ch’. Create a list of words that have these sounds and spelling pattern.
Here are some examples: