This week the children made Christmas decorations out of wood slices that they prepared during their outdoor learning day last week.

During the week in our English lessons, we learnt to use accurate speech punctuation. The children wrote a dialogue between characters that had met for the first time in ‘Cogheart’ our current class read. Some children focused on placing the inverted commas accurately whilst others learnt how speech can be used to advance action, give description, and create an atmosphere.

In our maths lessons, red and yellow groups have been focusing on fractions whilst blue and black groups continued their learning about multiplication. The children particularly liked the edible elements to our maths learning this week.

This week, the children learnt about what school would have been like in the Victorian era. They compared this to what school is like now.

During our RE lesson, the children learnt about the Christian view of God and God’s Kingdom.

In our PE lessons, the children enjoyed continuing their football focus along with starting to put their recently learnt tag rugby skills into small sided games.

 Key points to remember:

-        PE Wednesday and Friday

-        Nativity costumes to be brought in at the beginning of the week 

On Friday we finished our week, with a fantastic outdoor learning day. Our learning was based on British wildlife. We learnt about where certain British wildlife lives and were fascinated by the intricacies of some of their homes. We built our own structures focusing on height, stability, creativity and teamwork. After this, we took part in a scavenger hunt where we found clues about British wildlife and had to guess the animals based on the facts that we found. We also had an owl focus; we played an owl-based teambuilding game and started to create owl decorations by cutting lots of slices of wood. Another highlight was our fire which we used to toast marshmallows on.

This week, 6 of our class represented the school at a Bridge Trust dodgeball tournament. We came 2^nd out of all the other schools in our trust! The children were amazing and showed fantastic sportsmanship throughout.

During the week in our English lessons, we have started a new learning journey based on the book we have been reading in class, ‘Coghearts’.

In our maths lessons, red and yellow groups have been focusing on fractions whilst blue and black groups have been learning about multiplication.

In our science lesson, the children have been learning about reflection.

During our RE lesson, the children discussed the world and the difficulties and hardships people face. We looked at various people who have dedicated their lives to help improve these adversities.

In our PE lesson with Arena, we have been enjoying putting the skills we have been learning in football into competitive situations.

 Key points to remember:

·       PE Wednesday and Friday

Wow! What a fabulous afternoon we had on Friday for ‘Children in Need’. We did a sponsored run, ‘Bearpees’ and played our own bingo which was led by our year 6 student council member. Thank you so much for all the very generous donations.

 This week we were also lucky enough to welcome the artist Sean Hewitt into class. He kick started a project with us which we will continue over the coming weeks. I won’t spoil any surprises on here just yet.

 It was antibullying week this week. In our PSHE lesson, the children learnt about bullying and the power of kindness. Hopefully the children came home talking about the powerful lesson we did for this.

 During the week, in our English lessons, the children edited and improved their descriptive stories which they redrafted and shared with an audience. The children gave each other both positive and constructive feedback to help them further improve their work.

 In our maths lessons, red group finished their focus on the four operations and have moved on to learning about fractions. Yellow group learnt about cubed numbers, and how to multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1000. Black group moved on to learning about area whilst blue group continued to learn about addition and subtraction.

 In our history lesson, we unveiled our new topic based on the Victorians. Each child thought of questions that they would like to know to be able to answer our big question this half term, ‘Which era would you prefer to live in- Victorian or Carolean?’ We took a brief look at what Victorian England would have looked like and devised a timeline showing key events. Some children focused solely on the Victorian era whilst others also included other important dates to see when the Victorian era was compared to other key dates we’ve learnt about previously.

 Key points to remember:

·       Individual and sibling photos Thursday 23^rd.

·       Our outdoor learning day Friday 24^th. Please wear suitable clothing to school.

·       PE Wednesday.

 We’ve had a busy week with most of our year 6 children achieving their various ‘bikeability’ certificates. They had a great time, practised lots of important bike riding skills and were superb representatives for the school whilst out riding on the roads.

We’ve also had our Remembrance service this week. Our class wrote the main message on the wreath that we laid outside the church. In addition to this, we wrote the names of those in service who died during WW1 and WW2 from Pelynt on wooden crosses which we also laid outside the church. After learning about Remembrance Day, the children started planning and drafting a poem based on the theme of war.

In the rest of our English lessons this week, the children continued drafting their descriptive narratives based on the film clip- Ruin. I am extremely impressed with this writing! They have all risen to the challenge.

In our maths lessons this week, red group have been solving multistep problems. Yellow group have been learning about factors, common factors, prime numbers and square numbers. Whilst blue and black group have been learning the formal written methods for adding and subtracting.

Again, this week the children have enjoyed their music lesson with Mrs Butlin. They have been learning to play various chords on the ukulele.

In our French lesson, we continued learning about the names of subjects in French. The children also learnt how to say they like, love, dislike and hate in French. They held conversations in French where they asked which subjects they preferred.  

During our science lesson, we started our new topic on light. The children learnt how light travels in straight lines and bounces off objects before we see them. They used iPads to film a documentary clip explaining how light travels and how we see.  

In our geography lesson the children imagined they could contact people from the past. They wrote a letter to people of the past explaining climate change and why it is important that we try to minimise the effects of it. In the letter, the children made suggestions to the recipient about what they could do to help.

Homework has been assigned on Spelling Shed and Mathletics. Any problems please don’t hesitate to ask.

Points to remember:

·       PE Wednesday and Friday

Wow! This week seems to have flown by.

We had a lovely outdoor learning day on Friday all focused on trees. We started off the morning by learning to identify trees by their leaves. Following this we learnt about the uses of trees including reducing soil erosion, reducing flooding and cleaning the air. We then learnt the differences between hardwood and softwoods and what these woods could be used for. Ideas included being used to make furniture, being carved into things, to provide shelter, to provide an energy source when used on a fire and used for making games with. With this in mind, we had ago at carving wood with hammers and chisels, we upcycled our wooden pallet benches with spray paints, made den shelters (checking they were watertight with a watering can), made a fire to toast marshmallows on and we designed and played a game that utilised materials from trees. A fabulous day with great teamwork and perseverance.

During our English lessons this week, the children continued writing their non-chronological reports based on the animals that they created. The children improved their understanding of sentence structure and punctuation and used this to write interesting passages. We also had a vocabulary focus where the children were challenged to use ambitious word choices.

In our maths learning this week, red group learnt to add and subtract large numbers along with developing their knowledge of factors and multiples. Black groups continued their learning focusing on place value whilst yellow group finished their place value unit and moved to addition and subtraction.

In our science lesson, the children learnt about how animals and plants are classified and then used liquorice allsorts to create their own classification key.  

In our art lesson, the children focused on their mastery of drawing. After learning various techniques, they drew some fabulous highland cows!

In PSHE, the children continued their learning about being a global citizens.

During our French lessons, the children continued their focus on reading, writing and saying various words linked to our topic.

During our PE session this week, in hockey the children were learning to intercept passes. They also worked on their push passes and controlling a moving ball.  

Class 4 team

Points to remember…

·       PE on Tuesday and Fridays - PE kits may be worn or brought in.

·       After school clubs continue this week although no football club due to staff training

This week, Class 4, along with the rest of the school, took part in a danceathon on world Fitness Day. Most of our class managed to ‘dance’ continuously for an hour!

In our maths learning this week, red group moved on to learning about the four operations whilst yellow and black groups continued their learning focusing on place value.

During our English lessons, the children have been learning about non-chronological reports. They learnt about the key features and their purposes and planned their own non-chronological reports using suitable organisational and presentational devices. We then had a big grammar focus learning about sentence structure and how we can improve our writing to include complex sentences- for this we were focusing on subordinate clauses.    

In our science lesson, the children recapped key vocabulary like living, non-living, excretion, reproduction, and energy along with recapping what living things need to survive. The children then used their sorting skills to investigate living and non-living things around our school grounds. After this, the children were given various scenarios and had to decide whether they agreed, disagreed, or partly agreed or disagreed with what was being said. They had to use their science vocabulary to justify their reasoning.

In our music lesson, we enjoyed listening to and appraising various genres of music. We discussed what we could hear and our likes and dislikes for each song. We noticed amongst the class that some children enjoyed the same music as us whilst others preferred different genres. This got us thinking about our music question for the half term, ‘How does music bring us together?’

In PSHE, the children continued their learning about being a global citizen.

In our French lessons, the children started to learn key vocabulary used to describe habitats in French. They improved their reading and writing skills too.

During our PE sessions this week, in hockey the children were learning to do push passes and how to control a fast-moving hockey ball. In basketball they were learning how to keep the ball away from an attacker along with learning key rules involved in competitive games. 

Class 4 team


Points to remember…

·       PE on Tuesday - PE kits may be worn or brought in.

·       Our class outdoor learning day is now on Friday. Children to come into school in suitable clothing. I suggest bringing coats and wellies too! The weather is so unpredictable. 

·       After school clubs continue this week.