Today we started our sponsored walk from school to the North Pole! Every child needs to walk 2 miles a day. Please support pupils by sending in sponsor forms. We really challenged ourselves today! Well done LKS2 for showing great perseverance.
In Year 4, we were given the opportunity to trial our final product. We then reviewed it and chose our favourite activity! We are super excited to share our final product with the school community.
Today I had the pleasure of teaching in Year 4. We were writing the introduction for a formal letter and I was really impressed by the way in which the pupils carefully selected ideas from their support sheets to help them. We worked hard to ensure that our spelling was accurate using the support sheets to help us. I was also blown away by the pupil’s prosody when reading their work aloud at the end.
For our next writing unit, we will be constructing a letter to the Romans to tell them all about Christmas. However, yesterday we received a letter from a Roman citizen called Marcus. He told us about their Roman celebration Saturnalia. We then had a go at making sun decorations, writing menus for a feast and creating small gifts. This helped us to understand the festival Saturnalia.
Year 3 and 4 have had a great time rehearsing for their dance show. They have been rehearsing challenging lifts. Get ready to be blown away at the showcase in a couple of weeks!
In writing, we took on the role of Romulus for our hot seating activity. After he and his brother had a disagreement, we thought about what he would say to his people. Everyone used great expression and strong, loud voices. We are looking forward to showcasing our independent writing this week.
In Year 4 this week, pupils have began to explore area. We used post it notes to understand that area is the amount of space inside a 2 dimensional shape. Well done Year 4 for your hard work. You are flying in maths this week!
In year 3, 4 and 5/6 this week, we have been grappling with getting ourselves logged on to our Google accounts but then taking it one step further by joining our Google classroom. This is a tool that was used during lockdown so children could access learning online and submit it to their teacher. Being able to access Google classroom will allow children to develop their computing skills and complete some of their learning online. It also encourages children to remember their details especially their passwords. Some children were able to show their resilience and patience while we got everyone to the same point before moving on.
This week, Year 3 and 4 have started a new unit which will focus on online safety. Both crews focused on how to be able to identify fake information and decide whether information is opinion, beliefs or fact. We used Sky News Kids which has a section on fake news or fact and this really did open the children’s eyes to the fact you can’t believe everything you see online. We discussed the importance of using reliable sources for information or to fact check things when we are unsure.
Some pupils in Year 4 have been selected to participate in the Chapter One – Book Club. The first session was today and they throughly enjoyed themselves. This club will help to boost confidence and enjoyment in reading.
