Spelling - expression, musician, reluctantly, group, scene, circle, solar, supermarket, bicycle, except, enough.

Homework - please speak to your adult about bringing materials to make aeroplane for Science Week next week.

We enjoyed the Secret Garden that was funded the PTA and we thought it was clever how the actors played different roles and changed  the scenes and sets.  Harrison thought the character were very humorous. 

Year 4 enjoyed creating and presenting the drama slot for our introduction of Caribbean history in preparation for our new topic about the Windrush.  Some of us said that we played effective European capturers and others enjoyed the acting in their role.

We were surprised the outcome of the story when the characters turned into wolves.  We were proud of our pieces of work because we all preserved.

Some of us found the Maths quiz quite fun as it was shorter and easier this time.

We also enjoyed French as we were learning about weather.

Spelling – bicycle, biplane, biped, bicentennial, biannual, bilingual, biceps, binoculars, bisect, biscuit, choose.

Talk homework – Talk to your family about Aspirations Day and what you learnt about the different jobs.

Reading 15 minutes / day   TT Rockstars   Purplemash - 2Type

We have had a very busy week.

We made vegetarian kibbeh for dinner last night after completing our cooking session in DT.

We thought Aspiration Day was fun as we met so many people who did different jobs. We enjoyed learning about the firefighters and the qualifications they needed to join the service.  We were excited to be a volunteer for the magician in assembly this morning.  We were excited to try on and examine the equipment from the RAF sergent.

We are enjoying using our Skills Builder skills, e.g., speaking and teamwork in our PE sessions whilst playing rounders.

In History, we used our imagination to draw our version of a Benin Bronze plaque.

Talk homework: - tell your family / carers about Ancient Benin and why not many people might have heard about this civilisation.

Spellings:  soluble, insoluable dissolve real reality realistic unreal realisation solve whose(who does it belong to)

TT Rockstars and Purplemash 2Type

Coronation song and music is attached below

Harrison enjoyed food tasting in DT and his favourite was the kiwi.  Jax liked the pomegranate the most.  Whilst Miss Harris challenged herself to try mango for the very first time.

Arya enjoyed bikeability as she thought she could ride one hand but she preserved and managed it. Omar was excited because he was able to ride his new mountain bike. Ethan A. enjoyed the camaraderie of the experience.  Ethan D was happy that he was to cycle in circles.  Mrs Hardy impressed herself with her tutoring skills.

Chase found PHSE interesting especially when thinking about our future jobs.

Alfie enjoyed playing our catching game in PE.

James did not know about Ancient Benin so he found that interesting and was proud of the paragraph he wrote.

Lucas and Dylan enjoying translating coordinates in Maths.

Talk homework - talk to your adults at home about our discussions about plastic free snacks and lunches.

We have had a wonderful week where we wrote letters explaining the issue with plastic and how we can proactively change this.

In Maths, we completed our lessons on fractions.  We can now add and subtract fractions with the same denominator and place them on a numberline.

In History, we walked around our historical village and discovered where Romans and Anglo Saxons once lived.  We measured out the Long Hall and it was huge!

Grafham visit - a final letter has been sent out regarding the visit.  Remember- lunch on Monday, no electronics, clothes for all season.

Have a lovely relaxing Easter break.

We have had a marvellous, creative week with lots of learning at school.

Talk homework - Tell your adults or family what improper fractions and mixed numbers.

Spelling - reluctantly, quickly, generously, unexpectedly, gently, curiously, furiously, seriously, victoriously, courteously, we're (we are)

TT Rockstars - times tables / Purplemash - typing   Homework sheets

During this cold week, we have been warmed by our story writing of the Anglo Saxon myth, Beowulf.  We watched the introduction and then created our own stories.

In Maths, we have learnt how to convert improper fractions to mixed numbers and visa versa.

In Art, we have used pointillism to paint a portrait.  There have been some amazing portraits.

Spellings - invention, injection, migration, stagnation, nomination, selection, completion, action, communication, hesitation, you're

Talk homework - share your ending of Oliver and the Seawigs with your adults.

TT Rockstars + Boomreader

We have and a busy half term.

Our Roman Day was a success! Thank you all so much for providing the children with such great costumes.  We used all our learning of the Romans and created a video that explained what happened in key Roman locations.

We completed our ending for Oliver and the Seawig and produced some amazing stories.

In Maths, we have completed multiplication and division and will be moving onto fractions next term.

Today, we had Hockey Interhouse with many Year 4 players taking part.

Hope you all have lots of rest and an enjoyable half term!