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!