Term 6 Week 3 – Ufton Court
What a week! Year 4 had a fairly relaxed start to the week with acting out the playscript for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The children picked their parts and split into groups. In art, we looked at runes and the children had a go at writing their name and making some of their own runes. […]
Term 6 Week 2
Year 4 have been exploring the depths of the character Demetrius from the story of A Midsummer Night’s Dream this week. The children wrote some amazing character descriptions and made good use of alliteration and similes. We are linking literacy to DT this term and the children have been designing a set for the story. […]
Term 6 Week 1
The children returned to school with much enthusiasm and got stuck straight into our new story…A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The children did well to wrap their heads around the twists and turns of this magical love story. As well as listening to the story, we made predictions, discussed the characters and created our own versions […]
Term 5 Week 6
The whole school participated in a theme day this week. Each year group looked at a particular country, learnt some interesting facts about the geography of the chosen country and then created some art work inspired by that country. Year four’s chosen country was China. We looked at a map to find out where in […]
Term 5 Week 5
This week, the children have been enjoying retelling the story of Beowulf and Grendel In maths, year 4 continue to apply their prior knowledge to new learning. Next week, we will begin our final preparations for the MTC check which is taking place after half term. This will involve the children completing soundchecks as well […]
Term 5 Week 4
A shorter week, but still packed full of learning! Tuesday, the children dove into the story of Beowulf and Grendel by acting out parts of the story. The children really enjoyed the role play. We then mapped it out to make sure we got it all in the correct order. We watched an animated version […]
Term 5 Week 3
Year 4 enjoyed beginning their soap sculptures this week. We used cocktail sticks and paper clips as tools to gradually carve away the excess soap. These are shaping up nicely and will be continued next week. In literacy, we have finished publishing our Michael Morpurgo biographies and have been reading the first story of Beowulf, […]
Term 5 Week 2
Year 4 took a break from their usual timetable and enjoyed a trip into space on Tuesday afternoon. A planetarium was set up in the hall, courtesy of Science Oxford, and the children spent a wonderful hour stargazing. We looked at some constellations, comparing different ones from around the world – there’s almost always a […]
Term 5 Week 1
This week, we have concluded our Roman topic by looking at Hadrian’s Wall and the withdrawal of Rome from Britain. Our next history topic will follow on from this to look at the Anglo Saxon period and the Viking invasions. In maths this week, Y4 have begun looking at money. With an increasingly digital world, […]
Term 4 Week 5
In our last week of term, year 4 have finished off their explanation text about teeth and then got a bit more creative…we went back to thinking about Tomas and Flicker and what we would like to grow on a magical plant. The children thought about what the plant would look like and how the […]
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