Welcome to Class 4 Activities 2024 – 2025
Balancing in PE
We continued our gymnastics work with Mr Beveridge, working closely with our partner to keep our limbs straight and sturdy!
UNCRC Article 29 – education should fulfil children’s potential to the fullest.
Visiting our landmarks in Computing
We were researching physical landmarks in the USA using Google Earth! We dropped our pin in various places and explored the area around, discussing the geography and enjoying the viewpoints of famous lands.
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Homework due Friday 4th October
This week’s homework is continuing to enhance our sentences in Literacy! Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Speaking and Listening
We presented information we had found about the various people in Robin Hood’s band of Merry Men as part of our Literacy lesson. We loved sharing our ideas and even answered questions from our peers!
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Fact or Fiction
Today, we were using the iPads to research the characters of Robin Hood in depth. We learnt lots of things about the Merry Men and had to decide whether the information we found was fact or fiction.
UNCRC Article 17 – every child has the right to access reliable media.
Homework due Friday 27th September
This week’s homework is looking at continuing with our Science topic of All Living Things! Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Science HW due Friday 27th September 2024
Jeans for Genes Day
Today, we all wore our denim or jeans to raise awareness and money for Jeans for Genes – a fantastic charity that raises awareness of the daily challenges faced by those living with a genetic condition and helps to enrich their lives. We enjoyed discussing the charity in assembly and even designed our own jeans for challenge time.
UNCRC Article 23 – every child has the right to live a full and decent life with dignity and independence.
Gymnastics with Mr Beveridge
We’ve loved developing our partner work in gymnastics with Mr Beveridge! Each of us took turns showing off our balances and discussed tips and tricks to improve our form.
UNCRC Article 29 – education should fulfil children’s potential to the fullest.
USA flag
Izzy brought in an American flag that she got while she enjoyed a trip out at the weekend with her family! We loved hearing about the American delicacies that she tried too. Thanks, Izzy!
UNCRC Article 31 – children have the right to relax.
Homework due Friday 20th September
This week’s homework is looking at multiplication, preparing for our Multiplication Check in June! Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Numeracy HW due Friday 20th September
Native American dolls
A big thank you to Karen who brought in her Native American dolls to show her friends! She got these dolls while on holiday in the Grand Canyon when she was younger. A lovely link to our Cornerstones topic of Road Trip USA!
UNCRC Article 31 – children have the right to take part in a range of cultural activities.
Cornerstones Engagement
Today, we celebrated the beginning of our new Cornerstones topic ‘Road Trip USA’ by having our very own geographical scavenger hunt! We found tickets to several of the states in the US and tried to locate them on a map. Then, we learned the state names and which Native American tribes live there. We’re looking forward to learning lots about Native American history this half term!
UNCRC Article 31 – children have the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework due Friday 13th September
This week’s homework is continuing with fronted adverbials from our Literacy work! Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Literacy HW due Fri 13th September
Karate Superstars
Well done to Karen and Jake who both moved up a belt in karate! They both brought their belts into class and explained what they had to do to earn their new colour and the colour scale of the sport. Congrats Karen and Jake!
UNCRC Article 31 – children have the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Introducing Robin Hood
As part of our first Literacy lesson back at school, we discussed what we knew, what we’d like to know and what our opinions are of Robin Hood! Our Literacy topic this half term is ‘Robin Hood’ and we are so excited to learn more as the weeks go on.
UNCRC Article 28 – children have the right to an education.
Welcome back to Autumn 1!
Welcome back everyone! We hope you had a brilliant Summer break and are looking forward to learning lots of new things this term. This half term, our new Cornerstones topic is ‘Road Trip USA’. We’ll be ‘visiting’ all of the states of America and creating postcards along the way!
Just a few notes for your diary:
Homework given out on Mondays and is expected back in school on Fridays. Children’s homework can also be uploaded to DB. Spellings are given out on Wednesdays for our spelling tests on Mondays.
Swimming will begin again this half term for Class 4 on Thursday mornings! Please ensure that your child comes to school on a Thursday morning with appropriate kit. Swimming sessions will not begin until next week, Thursday 12th September.
Finally, PE kits! Please send in a PE kit on a Monday and leave it at school throughout the week. We will return this home on a Friday. Our PE days change each half term depending on available coaches in school.
If you have any questions please feel free to ask.
Many Thanks,
Mrs Edwards
