Living and learning: I take part in democratic decisions
This week has been a very special week at Scholes as we have held our Junior Leadership Team elections. All children were invited to prepare a speech – explaining why they would like to be part of the JLT and the changes they would implement. Lots of children did this and presented their speeches to their class on Wednesday. They were absolutely fantastic! Each class then had a voting slot on Thursday morning where they placed their vote into a box in the hall. The winner from each class was announced in assembly today – a huge congratulations to the winners and also a very big well done to everyone who took part and put themselves forward! You were all wonderful and should be very proud of yourselves!
It has been great to see all children taking part in the democratic process of an election and getting a great understanding of what it means to vote and how this system works.
3,4 A Class News
We’re drawing to the end of a busy week in Year 3 and 4!
As part of our Geography topic – Where in the world am I? – we went out into the local area to do some fieldwork. We investigated land use in our locality.
Help at home by quizzing your child on the five types of land use we’ve learnt about: agricultural, residential, recreational, commercial and transport.
This week, we also heard speeches from all the children who wanted to represent our class in the Junior Leadership Team, the JLT. We talked about democracy and carried out a class election. We will find out tomorrow who won the vote.
On Wednesday, as always, we enjoyed book club. This is our chance to enjoy our books and celebrate the reading records the children have brought in. We also heard some of the class share about what they’re reading and how they’d rate it. Below are some pictures from this session.
Help at home by regularly listening to your child read and discussing it with them.
Thank you for your continued support! 
3,4 C Maths, Topic and Book Club
What a great week of learning!
In Maths, Year 3 have continued to learn how to add three-digit numbers using the column method. In Year 4, the children have continued to round numbers; next week they will be starting a unit of work on addition.
In topic, we have applied our maths skills to identify and write grid references.
At home, use Times Tables Rock Stars and Numbots to improve fluency and recall of key facts. This will help your child in all areas of maths.
In Book Club, we celebrated reading, shared books and looked at some of the wonderful work completed at home as part of the reading challenge. At home, continue to read regularly with your child and make sure the book challenge is completed each week. Please ensure that your child brings their book and signed reading record to Book Club each Friday.
Well done 3,4 C.
3,4 B Class News
Another busy and brilliant week of learning in 3, 4 B this week!
In maths we have been working hard on rounding 4 digit numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000. We are now really confident with this skill and can even apply it to solve reasoning and problem-solving questions!
In writing we have been creating a character description of Podkin One-Ear. The children have showed off their super skills – using expanded noun phrases to describe and using fronted adverbials to start their sentences in different ways.
In topic, we have used grid references to locate specific locations on a map. We found it quite tricky at first but we persevered and now feel much more confident.
Well done to everyone who remembered their books and reading records on Wednesday. At home, you can listen to your child read and encourage them to play on Times Tables Rock Stars. Please let us know if you have any problems logging on.
Have a great weekend!
3,4 A Class News
In Science, we’ve been learning about different types of skeleton. Today we learnt about exoskeletons and classified different animals using a Venn diagram.
Help at home by quizzing us on these terms – see if we can give you a definition!
- exoskeleton
- insect
- invertebrate
Later on in the day, we went out to see if we could find any of these in the school grounds.
3,4 C Class News – Geography and PE
Our topic this half term is, Where in the world am I? This week, the children have enjoyed looking at a map of Scholes. We have discussed the different symbols that can be found on a map and why people use maps. Today, we have discussed and used the compass points.
In PE, we have developed control and accuracy when passing the ball in football.
Well done to everyone who remembered their books and reading records today. At home, you can listen to your child read and encourage them to play on Times Tables Rock Stars. Please let us know if you have any problems logging on.
Have a great weekend.
3,4 B Class News
A wonderful week of learning in 3,4B this week!
In Science we have been looking at animal skeletons and classifying them based on a range of different criteria. The children worked in pairs to do this and worked fantastically in a collaborative way – having great discussions and offering each other help and support when needed.
In Geography this week, as part of our topic- ‘Where in the world am I?’ we have looked at compass points and then applied this knowledge by looking at a map of Roundhay and deciding where locations are in relation to each other.
Help at home by regularly listening to your child read and discussing the content to develop understanding. Feel free to quiz us on the counties in the United Kingdom and the points of a compass too!
Living and Learning – Rights and Responsibilities
This week in Living and Learning, we have been talking about what rights and responsibilities are.
We discussed how a right is a moral or legal entitlement to have or do something and talked about the rights that we all have, such as the right to an education.
We have also discussed how a responsibility is an obligation to behave in a certain way.
For example, we have the right to be listened to. We have the responsibility to listen to others.
Help at home by asking your child if they can tell you some different rights and responsibilities.
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)!