Class 4
Week ending 19th May
admin on: Class 4
Good evening everyone!
We have had a super busy week both this week and last.
Our music lessons this week and last have been very noisy, but lovely at the same time! We are planning to go along to one of our local residential homes and entertain the residents with a few cheery songs. The children are so excited and absolutely love practising. We aim to show off our singing later in the next half term.
We have also been learning all about 'pentatonic scales' and have been beginning to learn to read some music too. The children will even be having a go at composing some of their own music this next week. They have loved using the glockenspiels whilst trying some of their own improvisation.
Our Ancient Egyptians topic continues to be popular in class 4 too. The children have loved learning all about the life of the ancient Egyptians and are keen to learn all about Tutankhamun's tomb this week. We are even using clay to create some sculptures of pyramids, canopic jars and perhaps even some mini death masks on Monday!
The children are loving the science topic too; we have been looking at electrical appliances at home and in school and have very much focused on safety around electricity this week. Next week we will be creating electrical circuits, before then looking at insulators and conductors of electricity.
Boxercise continues to be very energetic, fun and certainly a hit with the whole class. The lessons are such good fun. The children took part in a very energetic circuit training session this week; each exercise boxercise related of course. I haven't quite recovered myself yet!!
Below are just a few photos of the children. You'll notice I have added a photo taken during the Stephen Mulhern 'Read' event; it was absolutely brilliant! Rosie was even selected by Stephen to take part in a magic trick; Netherthong are famous at last!!!
Have a lovely week and we'll update you on events this week in class 4 on Friday!
See you soon,
Mrs Matthews, Mrs Scott and Miss Hewitt xx
Friday 5th May
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon everyone!
Thank you everyone for all your super hard work, smiley faces and beautiful singing this week! What a lovely day we have had today! We have been focusing on King Charles' Coronation today and have thoroughly enjoyed a special whole school singing event this afternoon. The children have been rehearsing 'Close to You' by the Carpenters all week and were amazing during their performance in the playground! Well done everyone! The sun even came out for us all too!
The children have begun creating wonderful fact files on King Charles and his coronation; they're loving designing a full 'two-page spread' of interesting facts, interesting information and images. They have loved it! We will continue to develop these further next week, but will also be working on writing formal letters to King Charles himself; very exciting!
Our Ancient Egyptians topic continues to really interest the children, as does our text 'The Egyptian Cinderella'. The children loved their Egyptian art session with Miss Monday on Tuesday afternoon; very impressive art work, as always!
P.E. was another highlight of the week. The children absolutely loved their first 'boxercise' session; they were exhausted afterwards, but loved every minute!
French this week has involved the children beginning to read the time in French! The children found this a little tricky initially, but we're definitely getting there! More practice needed on Thursday I think, but it's certainly coming!
Here are a few photos taken on the playground today as we waited for our turn to show off our singing; well done class 4, you were fabulous!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone; see you Tuesday!
Mrs Matthews, Mrs Scott and Miss Hewitt xx
Friday 28th April
admin on: Class 4
Good evening everyone!
We've had another super week in year 4! The children continue to work incredibly hard, whilst having great fun as they learn!
We are working hard to perfect our singing ready for our whole school singing celebration in the playground on Friday. The children seem to have developed a keen ear for 'The Carpenters'! They are thoroughly enjoying practising their song and today sang it beautifully (brought a tear to my eye); perhaps they'll all be singing for you at home too!!
We began the week with some wonderful art; the children are enjoying completing their Egyptian patterns, ready for creating their Egyptian headdresses. They are looking fabulous already!
In our PSHCE lessons, the children have created ornate 3D pyramids and have filled them with wonderful positive comments about themselves. They have then written equally positive comments for others in class. The children have loved doing this and are enjoying keeping these on their desks and reading the notes whenever they need to.
The Ancient Egyptians topic has well and truely began! The children are thoroughly enjoying our new text, 'The Egyptian Cinderella'. Earlier in the week, they used role play to develop a deeper understanding of the text and today we have been comparing it to the well known fairy-tale of 'Cinderella'! History is becoming very exciting too; we have been considering what we already know about Ancient Egypt and what we'd like to learn over the next few weeks.
Have a super extended weekend everyone! See you next week!
Mrs Matthews, Miss Hewitt and Mrs Scott xx
Friday 21st April
admin on: Class 4
Good morning everyone!
Welcome back to our Summer Term! I cannot believe we are already beginning our final term together in year 4! What a wonderful class of children we have in year 4; let's have a fantastic final term together!
This week, we began the week in style!! Art involved creating wonderful Ancient Egyptian patterns ready for decorating the Egyptian headdresses we will be displaying in the next few weeks.
Tuesday was certainly a big hit!! As our science afternoon involved using thermometers to compare the melting and boiling points of different materials, we based our lesson around creating beautifully tasty chocolate crispy buns!! Whilst learning how to use a thermometer and comparing boiling points, the children really enjoyed baking!! Who can blame us when Easter was only a week or so ago!!
On Thursday, our Sports Partnership coordinator joined us to lead some wonderfully active maths lessons. Whilst practising their addition, subtraction and multiplication, the children enjoyed lots of fun, physical activities in the sunshine on our playground. They all loved every single minute (as did I)!!
Music was fun on Friday too; we were learning about 'Pentatonic Scales' as we compared the melodies of very different pieces of music from around the world. I was delighted to see the children thoroughly enjoyed every minute, especially as they were then able to create their own pieces using the glockenspiels; what a beautiful ending to our week!!
Enjoy your weekend everyone! See you on Monday!
Mrs Matthews, Mrs Scott and Miss Hewitt xx
Friday 31st March
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon everyone!
It is so lovely to be back in class this week; the children have been so wonderful and welcoming (as always) and have really kept me smiling! Thank you so much for all your lovely messages and words of support.
We had a super busy week! We began with some relaxing 'seascape' artwork and forest activities before we began our week of quizzes on Tuesday. I'm so sorry to have returned to school and immediately begun testing, but amazingly the children have seemed to enjoy them!!
We have kept busy in geography this week; the children went on a fact finding mission to complete very interesting and colourful posters all about the longest rivers in the world. Currently, our classroom is decorated in facts about the Nile, Amazon, the Ganges and lots more!! Today we have been learning all about the different physical features of rivers.
We have very much linked our learning in science to our geography too; the children have recreated the water cycle whilst growing cress. Today, we have observed evidence of the 'evaporation', 'condensation' and even the 'precipitation' processes. Who knew you could learn so much from growing cress on a window ledge!!
We have been perfecting our vaulting skills in P.E. today; we have been focusing on perfecting the 'squat on' and also those dismounts. The children have used a variety of different dismounts and have shown some super control on their landings too.
French was fun this week; we focused on healthy/unhealthy foods and sports too. We use a 'Eurostars' program in French which involves some super activities; animations, vocab word bank games and quick whole class quizzes. The children loved it this week.
As you can see, they have worked extremely hard and certainly deserve a great Easter break!
Enjoy the holidays everyone! Keep your fingers crossed for good weather; you never know, we may be dusting off the garden furniture and enjoying the sun!!!
See you very soon,
Mrs Matthews, Mrs Scott and Miss Hewitt x