Year 3/4 had a lovely start to the morning with eating pancakes and sharing poetry books as part of our reading for pleasure. We enjoyed sharing these poems between the two classes.
Y4 had a great time yesterday immersing themselves in books at Jarrow library!
Year Four completed their Vista topic in our Time to Talk Day using all the knowledge they have gained, to research and produce a piece of landscape art focusing on creating an atmospheric perspective using different shading and colouring techniques. They chose which medium they wished to use to colour their drawing and some decided on watercolours, pencils, fine line pens or even pastels.
Once completed, the children wrote a statement explaining why they had chosen that particular picture and which techniques they had used, which they presented to parents and carers in our art gallery.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, Year 4 enjoyed participating in two raingarden sessions with John which were linked to our current topic ‘Misty Mountain, Winding River’. Our first afternoon involved us developing our understanding of what a rain garden is and how we were going to make our rain garden. Our second afternoon involved us creating our rain garden which we have built outside our Year 4 classroom.
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Year 4 created and followed some fabulous mummification instructions to the class. We even had our very own Mummified Podcast! Well done Year 4!
Emily has had a great start to half term after finding out she passed her dance exams, she received 92/100 for stage and 94/100 for tap. We are super proud! Well done Emily!
A huge well done to our Carter!! Man of the match.
First goal of the game ☺️ and a yummy 😋 ice cream 🍦 to celebrate!!
Zayn and Zaki visited family in London and Somerset, passing stone henge on the way. They spent lots of time with cousins and great granny and had lots of fun in the grounds of Maunsel house collecting sweet chestnuts, apples, feeding peacocks and seeing how the locks work in the canal. They also saw how cows like classical music…
Today we spent the day at Beamish for Helaynas 9th birthday. Its one of her favourite places in the world and made extra special today as its the first time she had visited the 1950s area and had her hair done 50s style and even found our house and bede burn on the map! She asked me to share a picture or two and hopes everyone is having an awesome summer break so far!
Welcome back, we hope you have had a fabulous festive holiday and we are looking forward to having your wonderful children back in school for a fun-packed term ahead. We hope they are keen to learn, have fun and achieve the best they can.
This half term our topic is Misty Mountain Sierra, where we will discover how these giants are formed as a fold, block, plateau or dome. We will follow the water cycles course from peak to valley and meet the exceptional tribes of the hostile Himalayas. We will plan an expedition, using map reading and orienteering skills where the children will investigate weather changes and habitats. Children will then get to use their creative skills to design and make a mountain range and weave like the Adi people.
Our English will link to our topic and we will explore the work of J. R. R.Tolkien and read The Hobbit, exploring the life of hobbits, wizards, orcs, dwarfs and goblins on their treacherous journey to find a gold ring and save middle earth. We will use this book to develop their writing, spelling and vocabulary and hope they enjoy the adventure.
In maths our focus is measure, where we will be learning how to find the perimeter of rectangles and rectilinear shapes. Please continue to work on times tables at home with your children. The National Multiplication Check for Year 4 will be in June for all pupils.
We ask that you read with your child for 15 minutes each day. Reading is vitally important to mental stimulation, knowledge expansion and helps improve writing skills.
Reading books are to be in school every day so that they can take part in our reading scheme Accelerated Reader.
Points to note:
- Swimming is Thursday afternoon
- P.E. is Monday afternoon
- Reading books and journals must be in school every day
- Please send water bottles to school for your child (plain, still water)
- Homework will be sent out on a Wednesday to be returned no later than the following Monday
- Please use WEDUC for any communication (or catch us on the door on a morning)
- Miss Summers will continue to work in Year 4 on a Monday and Mrs Peel will be in class Tuesday to Friday.
We are excited about the term ahead and can’t wait to get started!
Mrs Peel and Miss Summers.
