We have been exploring the artist, Peter Thorpe, he’s an American artist who creates abstract art about space. We have started to generate out own ideas in the style of Peter Thorpe.
Out of this world 🪐☄️🚀
Category : Curriculum
Getting creative 🎨✨🧱
Look at some of our wonderful creations! We’ve been getting experimental, using the craft resources, as well as the stickle bricks to make wonderful, imaginative creations.
Experience day!
Today we started our new writing block with an experience lesson. First, we completed a jigsaw of the front cover and blurb of our new book “Flood”. Then, the children took part in a silent conversation. They annotated the photos from the book with what they noticed, how they might feel and what actions might be happening. The children came up with some fantastic ideas and I was blown away with what they noticed! They even came up with some interesting wonders based on the pictures in the book! I can’t wait to see the ideas they come up with when we start to write our narrative!
Fiction or non fiction?
Today in our book talk reading lesson we looked at the features of fiction and non fictions books. We worked in pairs to group the features and had a fantastic discussion around them. We linked them to previous books we have read and our class shared read.
MTC Testing! ⏳
As some of you may be aware, all year 4 pupils will be completing their MTC (Multiplication Tables Check) over the next 2 weeks (05.06.23 – 16.06.23), with the first round of testing starting tomorrow.
The purpose of the test is to determine whether pupils can recall their times tables fluently, which is essential for future success in mathematics. It also enables us, as teachers, to identify those pupils who have not yet mastered their times tables, so that additional support can be provided.Â
Testing will be done in no particular order so please don’t worry if you child comes home and says that they have not done the test yet but their peer has. As long as they complete it in the two weeks given then this is fine! ☺ For some children who we feel could benefit from any extra little practise this week they may not set their test until next week.
If you have a child/ren who are in Year 4, then they will be practising their timestables lots in school this week and may come home and share their practise scores with you (they will not know their final test scores until next month). If their score is below 25 (the pass mark) then it might be worth doing an extra little practise with them at home this week. Below are some useful links that you could use, or you could simply chant times tables together, write them down or do a quickfire test!
Useful links:
www.ttrockstars.com
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
To make you aware the MTC test is a timed test where children are given 6 seconds to answer a multiplication question. The test comprises of 25 questions and to pass children are expected to achieve 25/25.Â
Here is a link to a practise test that children can have a go at:
If you have any questions or concerns then please do not hesitate to pop into school and either speak to myself (Mrs Elmer) or your child’s Crew Leader.Â
Many thanks for your continued support.Â
Fly on the Wall in Crew Boswell
Ever wanted to be a fly on the wall? Here’s what you’d be seeing in Crew Boswell at the moment: interpreting pie charts with percentages. Just imagine the hum and buzz of concentration, focus and helping each other to go with it!
Pyjamarama Day!
On Friday 16th June 2023 we will be celebrating Pyjamarama! At Carcroft Primary School we really value the importance of reading and we are going to take part in this special day to celebrate the love of books and reading.
Children will be spending the day reading, enjoying, and sharing stories all in the comfort of their pyjamas, to encourage children to read for pleasure.
During the school day each crew will participate in a range of exciting activities including sharing their favourite books, listening to other children and staff reading their favourite books, reenacting stories through drama and lots more fun activities! We hope that these will support our drive to maintain, promote and engage our children’s interest in reading. Each Crew Leader will create a blog at the end of the day so that you can all see the exciting things that your child/ren have been getting up to throughout the day!
As part of this exciting day we are asking for the children (and staff!) to come to school dressed in their pyjamas or comfy clothes! As always please make sure that these are appropriate for the school day. Children are welcome to wear their slippers but we would advise that children bring these in a separate bag and then change into them once inside the school building.Â
For this occasion we will not be asking for any donations.
In preparation for the day it would be lovely for you to share some of your favourite stories with your child/ren and also encourage them to share theirs with you, and if they don’t have one maybe discuss what books they love to read or share some books together.
As part of this day, and in connection with Father’s Day on Sunday 18th June we would like to welcome all male family members into school, such as a dad, grandad, papa, uncle, brother, whoever is important to your child/ren to share a book together. For every crew this will be at 2:30 until the end of the day. We hope to see as many of you there as possible!Â
We look forward to seeing your child/ren dressed in their pyjamas for this special celebration!Â
Reading continues in MI
Today in our reading lesson we consolidated our learning with an entry ticket. Children had to write a post code home as the main character thinking about his feelings as he arrived at Camp Green Lake. We even tried to include some Y6 writing features! We then read the next part of the text before completing a crossword activity around vocabulary. Finally we worked in mini crews on some book talk questions where we used the text effectively to support our answers. There was some great text marking in MI today which helped us when skimming and scanning for answers.
Pie charts in MI
Today we explored pie charts in our maths lesson. There were some great discussions on how we go about answering some of the more challenging reasoning and problem solving questions. I really praise the collaboration from everyone 🙂
