Croeso i Flwyddyn Pedwar

Teacher: Mrs Miles and Mrs Phillips

P.E. days - Wednesday and Friday (please come to school in P.E. kit)

Forest School - Wednesday afternoon, alternate weeks (Wk 1)

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Class update

Autumn 2024

21.10.24-8.11.24 

Welcome back to our second half of the Autumn term! We hope you had a good break and feeling refreshed for the busy term ahead! It’s been lovely to welcome everybody back and a particular welcome to Toby, who has joined our class. This week in maths we have got straight into reading from and plotting a line graph- these are a real step up from a bar graph, but the children have worked really hard and focused on accurate plotting. We are keeping mental maths on the boil too, with regular practise of place value, doubling, halving, times tables etc. In our Health and Wellbeing sessions, we have been discussing different emotions and what may trigger these for us. We likened our different emotions to a thermometer- at times we can feel red with anger and frustration etc. However, we can regulate ourselves to try and get back into the green, where we feel happy, calm and content. P.E will continue to take place on a Wednesday and outdoor P.E on a Friday where we are starting a block of netball now till Christmas-we will try and work outside as much as possible, so please ensure children are suitably dressed for this each Friday.  We were very impressed with the children's Literacy before half term- writing a short story with the use of place openers and adventurous vocabulary. In Literacy this week we have written Remembrance Day poems with an emphasis on the use of personification and rhyming words. These poems were quite poignant and emotional to read.  We also created sketch notes to illustrate our understanding of Remembrance Day. It was Divali during half term, so in Expressive Arts we used our knowledge of colour and symmetry to make Rangoli patterns. Forest School is starting to get a bit chilly now, so please can you ensure your child has warm clothing, together with wellies. We collected some sticks in the forest ready to make some Christmas decorations. (Not sure what yet, but you can guarantee a stick is always useful!). At Forest School, the children surprised us with their teamwork, strength and communication whilst creating a Sukkah. This is a temporary hut that is constructed for use during the week-long Jewish festival of Sukkot. Thank you for your support and have a lovely weekend. 

23.9.24-4.10.24 

Busy, busy, busy in Year 4 in the last two weeks. The children have used various materials to create some amazing Autumn Art, using the Zentangle technique. In Literacy, we have been identifying the language and text features of a diary to write an entry from the perspective of the boy in the picture book- Flotsam. We have also been looking at different emotions and using interesting adverbs to begin a sentence. Maths has seen a focus on finding differences and methods of addition, the children are really starting to show improved confidence in this area. Next up is time telling, so please have a look at analogue and digital time telling devices at home this weekend!  This week we have created an algorithm (a set of instructions), for a dance, which we then performed. We had great fun completing this together with keeping fit. We have made a good start to our new topic- Rivers and Mountains. The children have looked at various maps of the River Wye, identifying the source and mouth, together with different landmarks. In Forest School, we created Autumn decorations using natural materials which will enhance our classroom. The children are loving our Gardening Sessions where they have been able to harvest some of last Summer's produce. We have a lot of exciting things planned for the forth coming weeks with Mrs Cornish and her helpers. We have been recapping some French language this week, with a focus on greeting each other and saying goodbye. All the children sang beautifully at St Nicholas Church, we were very proud! Thank you for your support.  Have a lovely weekend.  

2.9.24-20.9.24 

What a lovely, sunny start to a new and exciting term. (We will forget about the weather in the 1st week). We hope you have had a lovely break from school routines and your family has had a chance to recharge their batteries. The children have settled in brilliantly and are adapting to new routines and expectations very well 😊. Our topic this term is- Rivers and Mountains. Initially, we will be focusing on our local rivers- River Usk, Wye, Monnow and Severn. We have been finding out about the Water cycle and how water constantly moves. Some of the concepts are quite tricky, so we created a storm in a jar to illustrate how clouds collect water before releasing the droplets as rain. During our first Forest School this term, we worked together in small teams in a race to construct a bridge and travel along without falling into a swamp. There was lots of collaboration and teamwork to achieve the result. Last week in Literacy, we focused on grammar and punctuation before commencing our class text- Flotsam. This week we have looked carefully at this beautifully illustrated book to show how the pictures show meaning. (Carefully looking for the clues). The children then created character descriptions using interesting sentence openers. We have started to create some Doodle Art. This is a form of meditative drawing that involves creating repetitive, structured patterns in a deliberate, focused way. Not only is it fun and relaxing, but it also has many therapeutic benefits. It helps to reduce stress, improves focus and concentration, and promotes feelings of calm and well-being. Just a reminder that home learning is uploaded to Google Classroom every Friday, including spellings. Thank you for your support.