Author: Mrs Lake

Today, we’ve celebrated World Book Day. The children have dressed as a character from their favourite book – the costumes are fabulous! Well done, everyone.

We’ve celebrated reading by:
– sharing our favourite books
– listening to the class novel
– listening to stories and extracts read by different members of staff in assembly
– taking part in the BBC Live Assembly
– reading and sharing books with KS1 children
– completing a range of reading-based activities

Help at home by visiting the authorfy website and discovering a new author. Remember that it is free for everyone to use this year!

Every week, on a Friday,  Year 3 and 4 children enjoy a Book Club session. During our sessions each week, children share their reading record activities, enjoy reading for pleasure and share favourite books they have read.

In our Friday Book Club sessions, we often use Authorfy. Authorfy is a website that we use in school to enrich the children’s reading. We’ve watched interviews with authors that we’ve learnt about and we’ve completed 10 minute challenges. It’s also a great place to look for inspiration of what to read next.

Authorfy is free for the National Year of Reading 2026!

Help at home by visiting the Authorfy website and exploring the different sections. Can you and your child complete a 10 minute challenge together? Can you find an interview from your favourite author? What book will you read next?

 

A massive thank you to all the Year 3 and Year 4 children and their families for an amazing autumn term.

What a fantastic final week we’ve had. On Thursday we saw some fantastic inflatables that Mrs Pennock brought in for us, enjoyed our delicious Christmas dinner and partied in the hall!

We’ve all enjoyed finishing out art sculptures and making some Christmas crafts to take home too.

Thank you so much for all of the lovely Christmas cards and gifts. I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas break.

Merry Christmas

Mrs Lake, Mr Wain and Mrs Wadsworth

Last week, Years 3 and 4, had a fantastic afternoon with Skipping School leader – Chris.  Chris took the children through each step, such as how to hold your skipping rope in a smile shape and when to jump after the rope clicks the floor. They then worked up to doing complicated straddle jumps and crossing the skipping ropes! The children were great and were really resilient (as it can be quite tricky!) while working together and encouraging one another.

Some of Year 4 will be participating in the Skipping School Competition after Easter which is all about getting moving and having fun while doing so! We will be practicing the skipping skills we learnt today, up until that point.

Help at home by getting the children skipping.

In writing, we have been writing newspaper reports.

The purpose of a news report is to tell the reader information about something that has happened.

We read a twisted version of the traditional tale The Three Little Pigs called The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig. We thought about how the original tale had been twisted and how we could twist our own version.

We thought about what a good newspaper looks like. The children took on the role of a journalist adding catchy headlines and informative sub-headings.

Help at home: ask your children to tell you the story of the three little wolves and the big bad pig. Can they do it like a news reporter?

This week, our L&L statement was: I know that rights come with responsibilities. This week, our Living and Learning statement is I know that rights come with responsibilities.

We have been learning that rights are the things that everyone deserves (like being safe, cared for and listened to) and responsibilities are the things we should do to make sure we and others can enjoy those rights (like following rules, showing respect and helping others).

We’ve had brilliant discussions about how we all have rights, however these come with certain responsibilities. We came up with some rights we have within school and the responsibilities that come with these:

• We have the right to learn and go to school. We have the responsibility to help others learn while at school and be good learners.
• We have a right to eat lunch but a responsibility to be respectful and polite to the lunchtime staff.
• We have a right to use the classroom equipment but a responsibility to look after it.
• We have a right to playtime but a responsibility to play safely and respectfully.
• We have the right to feel safe and a responsibility to make others feel safe.

We watched this video https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zqgm7yc#zmghp4j and discussed what rights and responsibilities that we have at school and at home.

Help at Home: Talk to your child about their rights and responsibilities at home. For example, they might have the right to play with toys but the responsibility to tidy them away afterwards. Sharing examples together will help to strengthen their understanding.

 

This week, we’ve been learning about maps as part of our Geography topic – ‘Where in the world am I? We have been using an atlas to find the page that will support our learning the best. We have looked at maps showing the main cities in The United Kingdom and maps that show the highest mountains and longest rivers in The UK. We found out that The River Severn is the longest river in The UK and Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in The UK and Scotland.

Help at home by quizzing your child on their United Kingdom knowledge. How many rivers, cities and mountains can they name? Have a look at an atlas or google earth to locate some of them.

 

The children have enjoyed looking at different structures. We discussed what a structure is and looked at some famous structures.

   

We discussed that structures are a combination of materials and/or parts to create  a 3D shape.

The children in 1KN have enjoyed exploring making structures using different materials.

This week, ask your child what a structure is. You could also discuss some of our topic key vocabulary: freestanding, base and stable