Spellings: circle, century, centaur, circus, princess, voice, medicine, celebrate, celery, pencil, they're  

Spellings - caught, woman, potatoes, surprise, separate, group, height, through, particular, though, our (belonging to)

We had fun being acoustic engineers this week whilst making our string telephones in Science.

We watched the Year 2 and 3 performance and learnt about the need to protect habitat for our precious bees.

Our CLPE English book gives us lots to think about regarding rumours and how they can affect people negatively.

For World Book day, we visited Usborne book stand and wrote down our wish list where our £1 gift voucher could be used to contribute to purchasing.  A big thanks to the PTA for delivering us some delicious hot chocolate today.

Please remind your child to bring in a pencil, pen (if they have a pass), glue stick, whiteboard pen and a ruler.

Spellings: magician, dietian, muscian, policition, physician, beautician, technician, electritian, mathematician, optician, they're (they are)

TT Rockstars 5 -10 minutes daily

Reading - 15 - 20 minutes daily

Maths - a) 120 divided by 10    b) 12.3 divided by 100       

Their Maths assessment results have been given out and there will be another assessment next half term.  Please help your child to practise the question they got incorrect.

We have a fun week finishing off our pulleys in DT and our weave in Art.  We have also entered a poetry competition - so fingers crossed.

Hope you have a super half term.

Spellings - invention, action, completion, nomination, injection, hesitation, stagnation, migration, communication, selection.

TT Rockstars - keep practising!

Reading - 20 minutes a day to yourself, to someone else, to your pet.

This week, we walked down to the Marina and looked at the river nearby.  We show many features and show lots of physical and human features on our walk.

In DT, we have made pulleys to help as understand how the Romans were able to build their powerful empire.

Roman Day is on Wednesday 7th. It will be a fun day to explore the lifestyle of the Romans.  It would be great if you could help the children dress in Romanesqe clothing. Please do not buy anything new, a T-shirt with a scarf will be super. 

Many thanks for all your support.

Spelling words: breath, business, caught, difference, exercise, extreme, medicine, possession, thought, although

TT Rockstars - there is a tournament against Y3 starting on 21st January.

Reading - 20 minutes a day.

This week, we have had practical erosion experiment to see how rivers change the landscape.

In DT and History, we designed a pulley to help build a Roman town.

In Science, we explored how evaporation happens via heat and humidity.

The children have had a productive start of his half term and made good choices.

Please remind your child to bring in the following statinery to school - pencil, ruler, glue stick and whiteboard pens.

Spelling:  merriment, happiness, plentiful, penniless, happily, prettiest, nastiness, beautiful, pitiful, silliness, whole.

TT Rockstars - tournaments now back on!  There is one for Year 4s only and another one between Yr 4 and 5.

In Art, we are learning about weaving and we had an opportunity to create weave using paper.

In English, we have started a new CLPE reading book and it has been interesting been introduced to the new characters.

We enjoyed recapping on co-ordinates in Maths this week.