Class 4
Friday 8th April
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon everyone!
We hope you all have a fabulous Easter break with your amazing children. We adore working with them all; they really are a wonderful team of children. We can't believe how fast the year is going!
We have had a super week once again! The children loved their rugby session outdoors today; thank goodness it was such lovely weather (unlike yesterday)!!
The children enjoyed an extra special session in the forest this week; they took part in a wildlife and rivers workshop and thoroughly enjoyed 3 fabulous activities. They went on a 'wildlife facts' treasure hunt/quiz, they used microscopes and magnifying glasses to examine a multitude of exciting river insects and enjoyed sitting in the shelter as they sketched healthy rivers and polluted rivers too. The afternoon was just brilliant and timed beautifully in view of the river work we will be doing at Cliffe House too!
Please do join me for a meeting on the first Monday back so I can answer any questions at all about our fast approaching visit to Cliffe House; we can't wait! The meeting will begin at 6pm. There is a letter in your child's bag this evening.
Thank you so much for sending your children in the colours of the Ukraine flag today; they all looked amazing in assembly this afternoon! The children absolutely loved the bun sale too; thank you so very much for all your kind donations and your wonderful cakes and buns- very tasty indeed!!
Please enjoy the photos below, showing a little snippit into our week!!
Have a super fortnight and a lovely Easter.
See you all very soon,
Mrs Matthews, Miss Hewitt and Miss Gee
Friday 1st April
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon everyone!
What an interesting week!! We've had sunshine (a little anyway), snow and hail to follow the fabulous warm weather we enjoyed last week!! Hence, we made a 'Winter Warmer' vegetable soup yesterday in our D.T. lesson! The children absolutely loved every minute and were totally amazing. They have insisted on bringing home the recipe so they'll be asking to cook it once again this weekend; so sorry!!!! You will adore it though; gorgeous and very nice with crusty bread! We do aim to bake some bread at a later date too!
The children worked in small groups to plan their soup together. They selected their own vegetables and the seasoning too. We were so impressed with their lovely teamwork! They then prepared all the ingredients and cooked their soup themselves (under the watchful eyes of myself, Miss Hewitt and Miss Monday). We discussed the science behind it too. The whole of KS2 smelt absolutely wonderful all day! The children then finally tasted their own soups and today evaluated their soups, deciding what they might change if they were to try again.
The children have also worked really hard with Miss Gee on their literacy this week. They have performed the most amazing role play surrounding Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; wonderful actors and actresses! I have a funny feeling we may see some of your children on the West End Stage in years to come!!
Here are just a few of the photos taken during our cooking morning yesterday!
Have a super weekend and see you all on Monday!
Mrs Matthews, Miss Hewitt and Miss Gee.
Choosing seasoning!!
Friday 25th March
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon everyone!
We've had a wonderful week this week! The children are absolutely loving our 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' text in literacy and were delighted to find real chocolate featured as part of our science yesterday!!
The children together made chocolate crispy buns during their practical science lesson!! The focus was to read and record the temperature at which water boils and also butter and chocolate melt. The children were so excited and thoroughly enjoyed learning as they baked! They practised their weighing skills obviously too!! Below are a few of the photos taken during the science session. Believe it or not, only one themometer perished!!!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
See you next week!
Mrs Matthews, Miss Gee and Miss Hewitt
xx
Friday 18th March
admin on: Class 4
Good afternoon everyone!
Once again, we've had a really lovely week with class 4; the children continue to amaze us with their hard work and lovely kindness. Today we enjoyed rugby outdoors in the gorgeous Spring sunshine. Not only did the children show super determination in the lesson, but also made us feel so proud with the wonderful way in which they supported each other.
We followed our rugby lesson with our Comic Relief egg and spoon race. This was such great fun and once again the children were fabulous; cheering each other on and demonstrating great resilience. Congratulations to our winner, Autumn and our runner-up, Noah! Well done everyone!
This afternoon we have been really busy with our science; we're conducting a number of investigations to help with our understanding of 'evaporation' and 'condensation'. It was great to see the children loving every minute of the practical activities; but we were definitely very busy!
Our 'Secret Garden' display is now complete and ,thanks to Miss Hewitt, is looking wonderful in the back of our classroom. Our next one will be 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'; we're loving this text and all the activities it lends itself to. A great choice of book I think!
Here are a few images taken from today's fun and also a little peep at our 'Secret Garden' display.
Friday 4th March
admin on: Class 4
Good evening everyone!
Wow! Another week has gone already! Where does the time go? The children have certainly settled back into things very quickly and are, once again, working incredibly hard.
We had a brilliant day yesterday for World Book Day. The children began by drawing a picture taken from their favourite book and telling others why they'd chosen it. We then read and focused our activities around the gorgeous picture book 'Molly and the Storm'. Although it unfortunately reminded us all of the dreadful weather and floods we've been enduring recently, it focuses on the fabulous qualities of kindness and thoughtfulness, especially for those in need. It helped us consider the extreme kindness being shown towards the families in the Ukraine at the moment. The children thoroughly enjoyed submerging themselves in the text as they created gorgeous pastel drawings of the setting and mapping the journey the family of mice take. The children then went on to create story maps and worked together to create 3D story boxes too. I was very impressed with the fabulous D.T. skills and team work the children demonstrated as they worked. Finally, the children enjoyed role playing the story too; we saw some very impressive acting!!
Here are some of the books the children said were their favourites;
Thank goodness 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' was one!!!!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
See you soon,
Mrs Matthews & Miss Hewitt