3,4C Class News – Science and Reading
Wow! Another fabulous week of learning, 3,4 C.
In Science, the children have been learning the names of some of the bones in the human body – skull, spine, femur, pelvis and ribcage. This week, we have looked at the function of these bones within the body.
During reading lessons, we have focussed on the skill of retrieving information accurately from a text. We have enjoyed reading about the capital cities of the countries in the United Kingdom and retrieving facts about each of them.
Book Club was today. Well done to everyone who remembered their book and reading record. The children enjoyed celebrating reading, sharing books with each other and persuading others to read their book. At home, keep reading regularly. Please make sure that your child brings in their completed reading record activity and their book next Friday.
Well done class 3,4 C.
3,4 B Class News
This week in maths we have continued to work hard on understanding the place value of different numbers. We have looked at the different ways that numbers can be represented, compared and ordered. We have also learned new mathematical vocabulary – ascending, descending, most significant digit and least significant digit.
In writing we have focused on the ‘must dos’ for writing. These include:
- Capital letters at the start of a sentence
- Punctuation at the end of a sentence
- Capital letters for proper nouns
Our topic this half term is ‘Where in the world am I?’ and this week we have used maps to locate specific countries, counties and cities.
Help at home by regularly listening to your child read and discussing the content to develop understanding. Feel free to quiz us on some of the new vocabulary we have discussed this week too (initiative, specific, pace)!
3,4 A Class News
This week we’ve been learning about maps as part of our Geography topic – ‘Where in the world am I? We’ve looked at what is a compass is and how we can use one, how to work out which direction we are travelling in and how the key works on an Ordnance Survey map.
Our reading lessons have also tied in with this topic, looking at texts about the four different cities of the United Kingdom to practise retrieving information to answer questions.
Help at home by regularly listening to your child read and discussing the content to develop understanding. Feel free to quiz us on the countries in the United Kingdom and the points of a compass too!
Phase 3,4 reading
Reading books and library:
By now, your child should have brought home a library book.
Each Friday, they will be set a reading challenge which is noted on the weekly homework sheet. Details of ideas and what to do for each task can be found in the reading records.
Your child will have the chance to change their library book each week. They are more than welcome to keep the same book until they have finished it. All classes will visit the library on Wednesdays.
Book Club:
Your child will need to bring their book and reading record to Book Club each week. The reading record must be signed by an adult to show that your child has been reading at home.
Book Club days:
3,4 A – Wednesday
3,4 B – Wednesday
3,4 C – Friday
E- books:
Some children will continue to read the e-books. In this case, you will be notified by your child’s class teacher.
If you have any further questions, please ask your child’s class teacher.
3,4 C Class News
What a fabulous first week back! The children appear to have settled into 3,4C. We have been really impressed with the excellent learning attitudes so far.
This is some of the learning we have covered this week:
- In PE, the children particularly enjoyed learning how to play three new games that will become a common feature of our PE lessons.
- In Writing, we have been practising using the correct punctuation and using neat handwriting when writing sentences.
- We have visited the library and made sure everyone has a reading book. In reading lessons, we enjoyed reading about animals at the zoo. Here are some of the book marks that we have made to use in our reading lessons.
At home, you can help by reading regularly with your child.
Well done, 3,4C!
Living and Learning – rules
Throughout the week and during our Living and Learning lessons and circle time, we have discussed the importance of having rules and following them. We have talked about our school rules and what the rules look like and sound like in our classrooms and throughout the school. We have also discussed what would happen if we didn’t have rules.
3,4 A Class News – Food Technology
3,4A had a great time making savoury scones today. We talked about how we would stay safe and then worked through a recipe, discussing the different ingredients, steps and techniques we needed to use. The scones were a great success and (almost!) everybody enjoyed them. Later on, we completed an evaluation of our work and thought about what we would do differently next time.
Help at home by asking the children about their learning. The children were enthusiastic to tell us about other baking they had previously done at home so it was great that we had a class of budding bakers already!
Living and Learning – Being Healthy Week
It’s not even Friday yet and we have packed a whole host of things into Being Healthy Week! Activities have included our soggy sports roundabout on Monday, working on personal active challenges in P.E, an active ‘imoves’ assembly, mindfulness and meditation, a session on balancing offline and online activity and a visit from D:Side to teach us all about the effects of alcohol as part of our health education.
Please help at home by asking your child about their learning. Thank you for all your support!
Relationships Education
For the last few weeks, our Living and Learning lessons and circle times have been all about happy and healthy relationships between our friends, peers and families.
Here we thought about different words that we associate with families and we read some texts about how not all families are the same and that is ok. The children enjoyed sharing special members of their family.
We have already learnt about consent in terms of permission seeking when online but here we thought about it when we are with others. We practised showing how we give and don’t give consent and how we can also change our mind if we want to.
Finally, you will have seen the children have brought home the NSPCC Pants Underwear rule. We revisit this important learning every year.
Living and Learning (Being Healthy week) : Soggy Sport Roundabout
A big THANK YOU to everyone who came to support our rather wet Sport Roundabout afternoon today.
We all still had fun, despite the rain. The winning team was France – but check out where your team came.
Another THANK YOU for sending children in fantastic coloured clothes to match their country team too.
1st France
2nd England
3rd Nigeria
4th Spain
5th Italy
6th Portugal
7th Germany
8th Colombia
9th Norway
10th Netherlands
11th Argentina
12th Brazil
