It has been another great week in 4DA with plenty to celebrate! 

Our writing has continued to focus on wintery sentence structures which have been fantastic. Excitingly, the first pen licences of the year have been given out. I don’t think it will be long at all until the next batch are despatched with the ever-improving presentation! Our maths lesson have on different times tables, including the 3, 6, 7 and 9s.

Our history topic has turned to British shores as we have been exploring the Roman invasion of Britain. We have been looking closer at which emperors took on the Celts and how many attempts it took to actually grasp a foothold on Britannia! 

Have a good weekend everyone and look forward to some creativity next week!  

It has been a fun filled and hardworking first week back after half term ! 

Our writing topic has seen us focus on snowy sentence structures, building up to our wintery story opening topic in a few weeks. I have been blown away with the vocabulary and phrases that have been used to create such fantastic sentences across the class! Our maths topic has seen us focus on a few different times tables. We have explored different facts relating to the 3,6 and 9 times tables and noticed some interesting patterns within them. 

On Friday, the class settled down for their library session with Mrs Whitley and enjoyed the peaceful time searching for new and interesting books to read. We are very lucky to have such a nice space to explore and enjoy our reading! 

Have a good weekend, everyone!

And just like that, the first half term of the year comes to an end – but what a good start it’s been! 

We finished the half term by planning and writing out hot writes in writing. We write a letter home to our families as if we were Roman legionary soldiers, telling them all about the day in the life of a Roman soldier. There were plenty of tough days had by the class which included building bridges, walking up to 30,000 Roman paces, taking night watches and even fighting in deadly battles. 

Our art and DT project tied in with this nicely as the children of 4DA painted and put the finishing touches on their Roman shields. I have been very impressed with how symmetrical the designs are and the level of detail that has gone into them. 4DA are going to make a very well organised and matching army when we fight off the Celts! 

I hope everyone has a superb half term!

It has been a very ancient week in year 4! Let me tell you all about it.. 

In writing, we have started to write our next shared write. We are creating a letter from the point of view of Lila from our class novel, the Firework Maker’s daughter. We have been talking about the journeys that she has gone through in order to become a firework maker, including being captured by pirates, scaling mountains and finding the Fire Feind’s grotto. 

Our week started in very exciting fashion, with a Roman soldier coming in to visit us! He taught us all about the life of Romans, what a bustling street in Ancient Rome would look like, discussed the gods and goddesses and experienced live entertainment from the colosseum. This helped inspire our art and DT project which we started production on. Our Roman legionary shields have been cut and designed as we close in on our Roman/Celtic battle.. 

Have a lovely weekend, everyone! 

It has been another exciting week in 4DA, including a fascinating trip to Adel woods to bond with the wildlife. 

Our writing lessons have seen us learn a new model text, based on Willy Wonka’s day at the chocolate factory. The children have once again blown me away with how confidently they have learnt the text and the actions. Maths has seen us shift to subtraction as the children have been practicing how to use the column method for numbers up to 10,000, including exchanges. 

Excitingly, the children spent a morning with the roots and routes teachers in Adel woods. The children explored the different senses in the forest and created expressive dances and descriptive poetry in their session. We have also dug deeper into Roman life as we have explored the different classes of Roman society. There were certainly plenty of takers for role of Emperor for 4DA and not so many for slaves.. 

Finally – BIG NEWS. After coming second in every TT Rockstars competition so far this year, 4DA managed to be victorious over the other Year 4 classes this week! I am incredibly proud of the efforts that the children have put into their times tables as we managed to accumulate over 36,000 correct answers in a single week!

Have a great weekend everyone!

It has been another superb week ion 4DA this week with plenty going on!

Our first writing topic of the year has come to an end with the children producing their very own brilliant warning tales in our hot write. I have been so impressed with the creativity and the resourcefulness from the class. Our maths topic has seen us venture onto addition. They have blown me away with how solid their column addition strategies are.

In Science, we explored the digestive system, learning about the different organs involved and their specific roles. One of the highlights was an experiment where we made our own “poo”, simulating the process of digestion and mimicking how each organ contributes to breaking down food. It was a fun and messy way to understand how our bodies work.

Finally, 4DA have kick started their design and technology project by designing their very own Roman Shields. We looked closely at the symmetrical design of the shields and the children have produced some fantastic sketches – ready to start creating next week!

Have a good weekend and get on TT Rockstars to bring the year 4 trophy home!

It has been another fantastic week in 4DA with the students working extremely hard and impressing with their superb attitude towards their learning. 

The children of year 4 have taken the next step along the writing process, as they have planned their own warning tale. The warning tale will see 2 main characters stumble across some trouble in a nearby lake, which they have been warned not to venture near. Our maths lessons have looked deeper into place value. The students have explored and ordered numbers up to 10,000. 

Our history topic has seen us take a closer look at the expansion of the Roman empire throughout its history. The children used atlases to identify the different countries that Rome conquered in Europe, Africa and Asia. Science has also seen the children explore teeth. In particular, they have set up an experiment that will explore the affects of different liquid on teeth and the imporance of brushing them to keep them clean! 

Have a great weekend everyone and make sure those teeth are brushed well! 

It has been a fantastic first full week back in 4DA!

We kicked started our first writing topic this week by learning the text “Keep off the Tracks”. The students have shown a huge amount of enthusiasm when learning the text and definitely helped me out when I forgot the words..

Our maths topic has continued to look at the place value of numbers. We have spent the week partitioning and flexibly partitioning numbers up to 10,000 and spent plenty of time practicing our times tables. I am already blown away with the early progress and the amount of correct answers on TT Rockstars!

In the afternoons, we started our Romans topic by exploring the myth of Romulus and Remus. The myth explains how Rome was originally founded, nearly 3,000 years ago. 4DA were also introduced to one of my favourite PE games, “Crossover Ball” (in-between fire alarms). I was incredibly impressed with not only the skills on show, but the teamwork, togetherness and positive attitudes throughout the lesson.

Have a super weekend, everyone!

We have had a fantastic first week in 4DA! I have really enjoyed getting to know everyone and getting ourselves back into our daily routines. 

The children have been working incredibly hard in many different subject areas. In our English sessions, we have been learning ‘The Book’ by Michael Rosen. I have been blow away by the children’s enthusiasm and ability to learn the poem so quickly. Within our Maths learning we have been looking at place value by using base ten to create 3-digit numbers.  

A couple of key things moving forward: P.E. will take place on Fridays so the children will be able to come into school wearing their P.E. kits. Reading scheme books will be given out next week and we will be expecting the children to read at least three times every week.

I hope everyone has a brilliant weekend!