Persuading and Problem solving

After a lovely week last week with iSingPop we have been continuing with very practical learning. The children have finished their radio adverts and have recorded them. I will try to upload these next week. The children did a brilliant job of including persuasive devices, being very expressive and also putting in a lot of creativity. Alongside the radio adverts we have been writing persuasive letters to 'Gobber' from How to Train You dragon to convince him that dragons make bad pets. The children have taken to this unit very well and we will be completing a hot write in the next few weeks.

Maths has been focused on addition and we have been looking closely at mental methods and problem solving...

The children did brilliantly in persevering with the problems.

During theme this week we have been finding out about the gruesome Saxon weregild which documented crimes and their punishments. The children then created their own weregild for Fordham School. The year 4s then looked at the mystery of Sutton Hoo before we start our work on the Vikings next week. 

Whilst the year 4s stayed in class, the year fives went to Stanway School for a taster day. Although I only got to see them briefly before the end of the day, they all seemed to enjoy it...

iSingPop

This week the children have been doing some fantastic singing and dancing thanks to the brilliant work of the iSingPop team. The children have worked tirelessly to perfect many songs and actions to match. They have been very enthusiastic and excited to perform in two concerts taking place this afternoon and evening.

During English we have switched our attention away from instructions and started to look at persuasive writing. We have been experimenting with some practical ways to learn about persuasion and have already all taken part in a class debate and started to write radio adverts.

The children have this morning completed their place value warm task and I am happy to report that they have all shown some form of progress! well done class 4. We will begin addition and subtraction next week. In theme we have been looking at the life of an ordinary Saxon and next week we shall be looking at Saxon law.

 

            Super Science and Perfect Parkour 

This week the children have continued their brilliant start to the year and have proven that they are capable of some fantastic work. We have finished our instructions unit in English and all of the children have improved from the cold write! Next week we will begin looking at persuasive letters. 

Our work on place value has continued in maths and we have started to look at word problems and problem solving. We will be continuing this into next week and will begin work on roman numerals. 
Theme has been a source of real excitement and interest in the class as we have finish our Saxon posters and started looking at what it was like to live in a Saxon village. 

Science is a subject that I love to teach and the children have really enjoyed it too. The year fours have been looking at electrical circuits whilst the year fives have been experimenting with friction.

The children have also been doing some fantastic dancing with Mrs Martin. They have been inspired by pakour and used music from James Bond, Pink Panther and Mission Impossible.

Notices:- Spellings have been handed out to the children to learn in preparation for a test in the last week before half term. Included on this list are the spelling patterns which we will be looking at in class, these will not be tested and are not expected to be learnt at home but any amount of extra work will help.

- Maths homework has also be handed to the children in the form of CGP targeted maths books. This homework will be set every Friday and will be due in on the following Thursday.

- I will be setting up and issuing bug club tasks next week.







 

Welcome to Class 4!

Welcome to Class 4! I am very excited to announce that all the children and myself have had a fantastic first week back. I am so please to have started my time as Class 4's teacher with such a brilliant group of children. Although it was only the first week, we have been very busy. Here is a glimpse of what we have been up to...

We are already half way through writing our 'How To Catch A Dragon' instructions which we will finish next week. The children have written a cold write, critiqued existing instructions, tried instructing each other (and myself)) to complete task and written the title, introduction and 'what you will need.

 As you can see the children have been working brilliantly and all settled in well.

During maths we have begun work on place value by looking at numbers all the way into the hundreds of thousands! The children have done very well in selecting their own challenges and completing a good amount of work. The children have also started using Jedi Mastery Robes for when they feel confident enough to teach something to the class.

During our theme lessons we have been looking at the Scots, Picts and Romans before delving into who the Anglo-Saxons were. We created timelines to get an idea of the chronology during this period in history and made posters warning our fellow Britons of the Saxon's arrival. 

Lastly, the children spent some time familiarizing themselves with all members of staff...

I am very happy and proud with how the children have settled in this week. It has not taken them long at all to show what a great class they will be. I would also like to say how excited I am for this year and say a big thank you to all children, parents and staff for making me feel so welcome.