Spring Term 2 2024

Weekending 28th March 2024

The final week of a busy term.

In maths we have finished our fractions unit with Year 4 adding and taking away fractions with the same denominator. Year 3 have been looking at equivalent fractions.

English, we have completed our biography unit. We have researched about Nikola Tesla and then created a class biography using subheadings. We also performed the poem that we created on Spring.

We have now finished our RE topic on Easter and what Christians believe happened on Easter Sunday.

Today we have lots of fun with our Easter Bonnet parade and Easter egg hunt.

There is no homework as such but please keep going with TTRS and the MTC check. The link for this is:

https://www.mathshed.com/en-us/mtc

Also please keep reading!

Enjoy your Easter Break,

Rouen Gargan, Emily Green, Jenna Welch

 

 

 

Weekending 22nd March 2024

In English we completed our final biographies, choosing between Gandhi or Marie Curie. We learnt how to use the possessive apostrophe and then had to include at least two examples of these.

In maths we have continued looking at fractions, ordering them and comparing them, including whole number fractions.

Year 4 have continued to complete daily multiplication checks as well as TTRS. The link for this is:

https://www.mathshed.com/en-us/mtc

In PSHE, Trudy introduced the final three Decider Skills to help us manage our emotions and ensure that we react appropriately to different situations. In DT we finalised our lamp designs for the SoHo Lighting company, writing about what our inspiration was and why we had chosen that particular design. In French this week, we recapped the ten different fruits that we have looked at previously and learnt whether they were masculine or feminine, needing Un or Une. In Science we made our own switches out of card, split pins and a paperclip to control an electrical circuit, enabling us to turn a bulb on or off. In PE we continued to develop skills needed for football, including dribbling and passing and in RE we learnt all about Palm Sunday and Good Friday. Finally, in computing we finished our branching databases by classifying at least ten minibeasts and then allowing a friend to ‘test it out’ to make sure it worked.

Have a lovely weekend,

Rouen Gargan, Emily Green, Jenna Welch

 

 

Friday 15th March
 
We had an exciting start to our week where we walked down to Cawsand Beach to take part in a beach clean. A big thank you to Rob from Beach Guardian for leading this. We learnt so much about the effects that plastic is having on the ocean and sea creatures.  Another big thankyou to The Bay for our hot chocolates at the end of our session!
 
This week we have finished our designs for our recycled light. We have also come up with a short story or poem to go with this. In Scieylnce, we have also our switches to put in a simple circuit in order to make a lightbulb work – we will be testing these next week!
 
Spellings and TTRS as normal for next week.
 
Enjoy the weekend,
 
Rouen Gargan, Jenna welch and Emily Green

 

Class Tamar's Beach Clean at Cawsand Beach
Week ending March 8th 
 
Another busy and exciting week. A big thank you to Rob for arranging our visit to the solar and wind farm on Wednesday, we had a fantastic time learning about renewable energy and why energy is important for our homes and community.
Thursday, World Book Day with everyone dressing up! We had a fantastic live broadcast from Michael Rosen which the children really enjoyed.
Friday! The Eden project. It was great to see all the links that the children made with our learning including the Stone Age.
 
Spellings and TTRS as normal for next week.
 
Monday, beach clean so sensible footwear and waterproof coats with school uniform.
 
Enjoy the weekend,
 
Rouen Gargan, Jenna welch and Emily Green
Whole school visit to the Eden project March 8th 2024
Class Tamar visit to Four Burrows Solar Farm 6th March 2024
Class Tamar visit to Four Burrows Wind Farm 6th March 2024

Weekending 1st March 2024

 

In English we have continued looking at biographies including finding information out about our class mates and then using subheadings to organise this. We also explored not using the ‘real name’ that much instead substituting it with a pronoun.

 

Year 4 have continued looking at perimeters including those of regular polygons. We found out that if a shape is a regular polygon it will have equal sides and you can multiply the length of a side by the number of sides to find the perimeter. Year 3 have started looking at unit fraction. A fraction is when a shape or number is split into equal parts.

Year 4 have started doing daily multiplication checks as well as TTRS. The link for this is:

https://www.mathshed.com/en-us/mtc

In PSHE we thought about when we get angry and ‘the fizz’ and using STOPP to help control. The first S means, stop and take a step back. Within DT we found out about our SOHO lighting challenge and started creating designs.

Have a lovely weekend,

Rouen Gargan, Emily Green, Jenna Welch

 

 

Week ending 23 February 2024
 
Firstly, thank you for everyone that continued doing TTRS over the break as well as reading every day. Very impressive, and it will make a difference. 
In English we started our topic on biographies, looking at a number of famous people include, Taylor Swift, Florence Nightingale, Usian Bolt and Simone Biles. we looked at fact files and how we could organise the information using sub headings. 
In maths Year 4 started looking at length and perimeter, with perimeter being the length around a closed shape. Year 3 have continued with length, including adding and subtracting lengths and comparing them.
 
We started our new topic on Energy for geography thinking about what energy we use in our homes and community. Within in RE we looked at the biblical story of Jesus in the temple.
 
Have a good weekend. 
 
Rouen Gargan, Emily Green and Jenna Welch