Living and Learning: Health and Prevention
In the first two weeks of this half term, we’ve been learning all about health and prevention during our Living and Learning sessions.
Our two weekly statements were:
- I know the importance of personal hygiene; including handwashing.
- I know the importance of sleep.
During these sessions, we explored the importance of personal hygiene and the effects it could have on us if we don’t have good personal hygiene. Help at home: see if your child can explain why good personal hygiene (including handwashing) is important).
We also discussed the importance of sleep and the negative effects it can have on us if we don’t get enough sleep and if we aren’t in a good bedtime routine.
We concluded that these two things can be linked as well – for example: a good bedtime routine would involve brushing our teeth for two minutes on a night which is an example of good personal hygiene.
Help at home: see if your child can list some positive effects of a good nights sleep.
Working with decimal fractions!
This week in maths, we’ve been learning all about decimals—especially how to recognise tenths and hundredths as a decimal. We explored how 1/10 is the same as 0.1 and 1/100 is the same as 0.01. We used number lines and place value charts to help us understand. The classes did a fantastic job connecting their knowledge of fractions to decimals. Well done, everyone!
Help at home by continuing to support your child access TT rockstars
Living and Learning – Year 3,4
This week during our Living and Learning lessons and circle time sessions, we have discussed:
- the allergies that people may have and some of the signs of an allergic reaction
- how allergies can be managed and treated
- how we can help people who have an allergy
We have also discussed the importance of hygiene and ways to be hygienic such as washing our hands regularly and cleaning our teeth.
A great start to the new term year 3,4! Well done.
Author Event
This afternoon, our school librarians were fortunate enough to attend an author event held at Allerton C of E Primary School. They met author, Dermot O’Leary, who discussed his inspiration and anwered questions.
Phase 3,4 DT – Cooking
This week, the children have been busy making bruschetta. In small groups, they practised cutting tomatoes, garlic and basil using the bridge method and the claw grip.
They discussed the importance of food hygiene and being safe when making food.
Overall, the bruschetta was a success and many children have already tried making it at home for their families.
Here’s the recipe. Why not make this recipe at home?
Phase 3,4 Reading records
Well done to everyone today who has remembered their reading record.
Here are some excellent examples of the reading record activities that have been completed at home.
Help at home by reading with your child regularly and encouraging them to complete the weekly reading challenge.
This week it is: Predict the Future.
Computing Creations
Our topic for this half term is Computing. We’ve been using Scratch to help with our learning.
So far, we’ve learnt…
- what a computer is
- what inputs and outputs are
- what a sprite is
- what a program is
- what logical reasoning is
…and we’ll continue our learning by using sequencing, decomposition and logical reasoning to create programs on Scratch.
Help at home: See which of our vocabulary (below) for this topic your child can remember.
Living and Learning – Friends and Family
Celebrating friendships and family in Year 3/4
This week, we’ve been focusing on the Living and Learning statement: “I recognise that friends and family are important.” We’ve had thoughtful discussions about what makes friendships special and why family support is so valuable.
Through discussion, we have shared examples of times when our friends and family have helped us and talked about ways we can do the same for others.
It has been wonderful to see the children reflect on the positive relationships in their lives and think about how they can continue to build strong friendships.
Help at home: Ask your child what is a happy and healthy relationship.
World Book Day – shared reading with 1,2B and 3,4C
We had a lovely time yesterday afternoon sharing books with children from different classes. 3,4C visited 1,2B and we partnered up to read to each other. There were lots of lovely conversations and some new friendships made whilst reading together.
Year 3,4 Class News – World Book Day
World Book Day 06.02.25
Yesterday, we enjoyed celebrating World Book Day by:
- reading extracts of our favourite books
- sharing books with each other
- designing a new book cover for our favourite books
- reading and sharing stories and books with Mrs Latham’s class
- joining in the BBC World Book Day assembly
- listening to our class novel ‘The boy at the back of the class’
Well done to everyone who has completed their reading record challenge at home this week! Help at home by continuing to read with your child regularly.
