Class 4
Friday 5th November
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Good afternoon everyone!
It has been a strange week this week as we have missed so many of you! We are very much looking forwards to finally all getting back together later this next week.
We began the week with Halloween poetry; I was so impressed with the children, they are developing into very talented poets! We then worked on developing exciting descriptive writing using noun phrases with lots of interesting adjectives. I challenged the children to writing about the haunting setting shown; not the most relaxing setting!
In maths, the children have been working really hard at solving column additions and subtractions with 4 digit numbers. We have then worked on applying this learning to solving tricky problems. We'll be doing more of those next week as they're quite challenging!
The children began handball in P.E. this week and absolutely loved it; they're a seriously competitive group!! The children enjoyed ending their lesson by playing a mini tournament; I was very impressed with their skills!
The children thoroughly enjoyed their first visit back to swimming this morning too; Miss Hewitt and I were particularly impressed with the way they all supported each other too! Well done class 4!
As you may have seen in the newsletter, we will be running a range of fun activities for the children during the week of the 15th November for Children in Need. If you are in a position to donate, we are asking this to be done online via this link. Please don't bring any money into school. Thank you!
https://app.parentpay.com/ParentPayShop/Foc/Default.aspx?shopid=4743
Have a wonderful weekend everyone and see you Monday!
Mrs Matthews and Miss Hewitt.
Friday 22nd October
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Good afternoon everyone!
We both hope you all have a fabulous and well deserved half term break. You have all worked incredibly hard all half term and we are so proud of you.
We had a fantastic time in the forest yesterday. The children created some amazing sculptures using leaves and other natural resources found in the forest. They were inspired by the fabulous works of Andy Goldsworthy. Check out the photos below!!
Today the children had a super hour with their buddies in year 1; they worked on a wide variety of Halloween crafts and enjoyed getting to know them. We were so impressed how kind and helpful they were to their buddies too.
Enjoy the holidays and Halloween and we'll see you one week on Monday!!
Mrs Matthews and Miss Hewitt.
Friday 15th October
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Good afternoon everyone!
We've had another super week here in year 4! The children are so lovely and enthusiastic and working so incredibly hard.
Our visit to the forest on Thursday was so wonderful this week. As I am sure you have heard we are currently enjoying the book 'The Lorax'. The children worked in small drama teams in the forest to each re-enact a section of the story. They all worked together so well and absolutely loved acting out the story in the realistic setting of our forest (no longer endangered!!). We then sat in our gorgeous den area whilst the children took to the central stage, group by group and each performed their section of the story to the rest of the class. I wish I had videoed them as it was just amazing! They were all so confident and will clearly make fabulous actors and actresses!
Another great morning swimming today; I'm so proud of every single one of the children! They are all working so hard and swim so many lengths. I'm just surprised they don't fall asleep in the afternoon!!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
See you all on Monday!
Mrs Matthews
Friday 8th October
admin on: Class 4
Hello again everyone!
Friday again! Where does the time go?!
The children continue to work so incredibly hard and impress us every day! We have had another super swimming session this morning; all the children have worked so hard and are having great fun as they develop their skills. I'm so impressed with the standard of their swimming; I have a sneaky feeling we may even see some of them in the Olympics in years to come, never mind our inter-school gala!!
The children are loving our new text in literacy this week; 'The Lorax'! We had great fun re-enacting the story in the forest this week and can't wait to complete our rehearsals and watch the full performance on Thursday. We are all thoroughly enjoying our literacy lessons in the forest; so relaxing and theraputic for us all!
Our dance lessons are going incredibly well too; the dance coach is introducing the children to a new genre of dance every week. They're all loving it! They are now brilliant street, ballet, jazz and even tap dancers. It's amazing how well children can tap dance in trainers!!
Looking forwards to having the opportunity of speaking to you all at parents evening next week!
Have a wonderful weekend,
Mrs Matthews
Friday 1st October
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I can't believe we are already at the end of our 4th week in class 4! It is absolutely flying by!
Once again, the children have worked incredibly hard and are impressing us every single day. I am hoping next week we may have a full team, with no one needing to isolate; fingers crossed!!
The children had a fabulous swimming lesson today and all seem to be developing so much confidence every week. Well done everyone!
We have finally completed our newspaper reports this week; they are looking amazing! There are definitely a few 'journalists' in the making in year 4!! We had great fun role playing in the forest as well as the classroom; the children have become confident environmentalists too!
The rain prevented us going into the forest this week, so we brought the forest into the classroom! The children really enjoyed developing their drawing skills as they carefully sketched a variety of leaves and created artistic patterns too.
Here are just a few examples of their work;
Have a super weekend!
See you next week!
Mrs Matthews & Miss Hewitt