Year 3

It has been a busy week with new topics commencing and new challenges across all subjects. 

In Art, the children have finished exploring the work of contemporary artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby and created their final pieces. Inspired by her unique collage style, we created our own self-portraits using tissue paper, magazine clippings, newspaper, and even personal photographs, just like Njideka does in her work. The results are absolutely stunning and reflect each child’s individuality and creativity.

Next we plan to start a topic on sandwiches in DT. The children are thrilled to discuss their preferences in food and what makes them healthy and strong. 

Our new History topic has taken us back in time to Ancient Egypt! We had a wonderful visit to a ‘tomb’ where the children became mini archaeologists, discovering artefacts and investigating why Egyptians were buried with these special items. This experience has sparked so much curiosity and excitement—it’s been lovely to see the children so engaged!

In English, we continue to dive into the story of Rhodopis. The children wrote wonderful pieces describing Rhodopis, focusing on personality as well as appearance. The children are now planning their own alternative versions of the story. Which animal will steal Rhodopis’s precious jewels? Will she still meet the Pharaoh? We’re looking forward to seeing how their creative stories unfold!

In PE, a real highlight has been starting our preparations for the Festival of Sports. The children have been practising relays, long-distance running and other fun team activities. There’s a great sense of energy and teamwork as they get ready for the big day, we can’t wait to cheer them on!

We were so proud to share our learning with you during our recent class assembly. The children were thrilled to perform, sing, and teach you some of the fascinating things we've been learning about. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did, it was a very special moment for all of us!

                     

                     

This week: 16.06.25

Spelling rule: sound sure, e.g treasure

Key words: 

Maths: turn, clockwise, anticlockwise          angle, right angle, acute, obtuse          horizontal, vertical 

Science: adaptations, environment, survival

History: Ancient Egypt, artefacts, archeologists

Maths facts: telling the time

 

Next week: 23.06.25

Spelling rule: sound sure, e.g treasure

Key words:

Maths: parallel, perpendicular, sides, vertices, lines of symmetry, polygon faces, curved surfaces, edges        prism

Science: genes, variation, identical

History: Pyramid, civilisation

Maths facts: telling the time

 

Key dates: 

1st July - Bread Making day

4th July - Synagogue trip

9th July - Y3 & Y4 Festival of Sport 1.45-3pm

 

Year 4

This week has been right out of the English summer term playbook: assessment week with a backdrop of searing temperatures.

The children have fared very well, tacking their papers first thing in the morning and respecting that other classes around school have been doing the same. 

Carnelian enjoyed their morning library time this week and used it as an opportunity to relax deeply with their friends and immersing themselves in a book. 

Enterprise day took place for the first time on the field. The cohort enjoyed taking a close look at what the stallholders had to offer (and some especially enterprising children had made publicity posters to promote their games and activities. 

French has been a particular hit in class recently with children readily entering into role play of shopper and shop-keeper. Félicitations à tous! 

The children enjoyed working in small groups to re-cap their learning about the characteristics of living things, consolidating knowledge that they first encountered in Year 2!  One big difference is that they are able to explain what the different processes mean (based on the MRS GREN acronym). See if your child(ren) can remember! 

We are looking at the 24 hour clock in maths and it is apparent that many children have found it challenging to tell the time on an analogue (clock face with hands) timepiece. This is partly due to the proliferation of digital watches, but also linked with children’s increasing use of voice-activated technology: ‘Siri? What’s the time?’. If you are able to, please take a moment to look at an analogue clock with your child(ren) with reference to a ‘real world’ event. This will help consolidate telling the time as a practical skill. 

                     

   

w/b 23.06.25

Adding the suffix

-ous (Words ending in ‘y’ become ‘i’ and words ending in ‘our’ become ‘or’)

 

various

furious

glorious

victorious

mysterious

humorous

glamorous

vigorous

odorous

rigorous

 

Key words: 

Biography, Invaders, settlers, Anglo-Saxons, East Anglia, o’clock, quarter, 24 hour clock, Judaism, Hinduism

 

w/b 30.06.25

 

Adding the suffix-ous (Words ending in ‘e’ drop the ‘e’ but not ‘ge’)

 

famous

nervous

ridiculous

carnivorous

herbivorous

porous

adventurous

courageous

outrageous

advantageous

 

Key words: 

possessive apostrophe, contraction, analogue, mandir, torah, puberty, menstruation, sanitary towel,

 

Key Messages: 

• Friday 27th June - Non-Uniform Day - PTA 

• Friday 27th June - Summer Fete

• Tuesday 1st July - Vineyard’s Got Talent Final

• Monday 7th July - Inset Day (no school)

• Tuesday 22nd July - Last Day of school (pick-up, 1:30)