Year 3

Year 3 have certainly started to get the festive feeling this week with their exciting craft making sessions. Our candle holders are looking beautiful and we are looking forward to selling them at the fair this weekend! We had an absolutely brilliant time at Butser Ancient Farm where the children learned about what life was like in prehistoric Britain.  We got to explore the structures of typical dwellings, as well as taking a closer look at the tools that would have been used in their daily lives. We got to make our own art with flint, chalk and natural dye from plants, as well as some beautiful copper jewellery. The children were really able to envision what they have been learning about this term. Thank you to the volunteers who supported us, very much appreciated! In maths this week, we have been practising our 3’s, 4’s and 8 times tables, using inverse to check our answers and applying our division skills to word problems. This is a great way to help the children to develop their reasoning skills which they are doing a fantastic job at.

Key Messages

• Key vocab: Shade, shadow, reflect, light source

• KIRFs: Counting forwards and backwards in 3s, 4s and 8s

• Spellings: -ion: action, invention, collection, education, attraction

Other messages: Please remember purple homework spelling books are to be brought to school on Mondays, and reading records every day but most importantly on Mondays for stamping! Thank you

Year 4

This week we  have been continuing our topic of multiplication, looking at the factor pairs of a range of numbers. In addition to this, we have been multiplying 3 numbers together and exploring commutative law. In English, we have begun to plan and write our letters inspired by The Matchbox Diary. The children have been using a range of descriptive language in their writing such as fronted adverbials and expanded noun phrases. In science, we used Digimaps to track animal migrations, applying our understanding of the movement of animals due to seasonal changes.  In PSHE, we have had many discussions about our preconceptions of different people and how our thoughts about something can differ based on our experiences. In addition to this, we created our own pair of odd socks in support of Anti Bullying week in our school. In History, we have been considering the success the various Roman invasions into Britain and learning more about Julius Caesar.

Key Messages

• Key vocab: Informal, Emotive. Multiplication.  Commutative. Islam. Judgment. 

• KIRFs: please continuing doing TTRS regularly - our focus in the 9 times tables.

• Spellings: Words ending in zhun spelt -sion. Confusion, discussion, Collision