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Class 4 Newsletter 6.2.15
Newsletter February 6th
Posted On 06 Feb 2015
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Theatre Royal workshop
We had a fantastic morning at the theatre. We were trained as story tellers then got into groups to create a story based around an object. What fantastic imaginations you have class 4!
Posted On 05 Feb 2015
Map making
Well done Class 4 for your great map drawing skills that you displayed in our topic lesson on Monday. We talked about who would need a map and what type of information is shown on one. You then had a go at drawing a map of the Isle of Coll. Most of you included a key to show what...
Posted On 05 Feb 2015
Music making
Today we sang a song about Noah’s Arc and then added muscial sound effects with persussion instruments. They sounded great!
Posted On 30 Jan 2015
Cold places
We have been learning about how plants can survivie in cold places and designing our own. Can you remember how plants are adapted to living in the arctic?
Posted On 23 Jan 2015
Don’t give up!
This week in our PHSE lesson we looked at the story of Helen Keller. When she was two she was very ill and this illness left her blind and deaf. Instead of giving up Helen tried hard to do things that other people did despite finding them challenging. Can you think of something...
Posted On 16 Jan 2015
Polar animals
We have been learning about how animals are adapted to living in cold places. Can you name an animal and describe how it has adapted?
Posted On 15 Jan 2015
New Year resolutions
Welcome back. We hope you had a lovely break. This week we will be talking about New Year resolutions. Have you made any? What are they? Why not ask your parents if they have any? Mine is to drink more water! You can help me by reminding me at school! Mrs Hearson
Posted On 06 Jan 2015
Musicians in class
We were treated to some violin playing in class this week – it was fantastic. If you play an instrument please bring it in and share some music with us.
Posted On 18 Dec 2014
Christingles
Today we have been looking at Christingles and what each part represents. We discussed that this is what Christians believe but that other religions believe different things and have different celebrations.
Posted On 17 Dec 2014
Key stage 1 Christmas party
What a great party we had today. Lots of fantastic dancing, games, delicious party food and a special visitor! Can you guess who it was? Look at our photos to give you a clue!
Posted On 15 Dec 2014
Half term highlights
What a busy half term we have had in class 4. What has been you favourite bit?
Posted On 13 Dec 2014
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Just to say……
…a really , really big thank you to the children who came to sing at the PTA ‘Bit of a Do’. You were amazing and added a special sort of sparkle to the evening! Well done. Ms Lamb
Posted On 09 Dec 2014
Nativity
It’s our nativity this week. We are so excited! We’d love to know what parents thought of it. Please reply to our blog and we will read them out in class.
Posted On 09 Dec 2014
Chocolate truffles
Hope you all enjoyed eating your chocolate truffle that you made in class on Monday. Can you think of adjectives to describe how they tasted?
Posted On 03 Dec 2014
Games with university students
We had a fantastic sessions with St John’s students doing lots of exciting shape activities. What activity did your group do? Did you enjoy it?
Posted On 28 Nov 2014
A little maths challenge…
If the answer is 20, what is the question? Can you think of four possibilities using each operation- add, subtract, multiply and divide? Ask a parent to help you.
Posted On 24 Nov 2014
Blogging
We are so impressed to see so many of you blogging! How do you do it? I’m doing this blog from my phone but at school I blog from the laptop.
Posted On 24 Nov 2014
alphabet data handling
Today we looked at our names and found the most common letter was a. Can you look at some different words and see if the most common letter is still a? How about a list of animals or people in your family?
Posted On 21 Nov 2014
Enrichment day sewing
Hope you are all looking forward to our art/DT enrichment day on Tuesday. We will be sewing in the afternoon and making felt animals. The design sheets you did last week were great so I am looking forward to some wonderful felt mice. Don’t forget to ask if your mum, dad or...
Posted On 16 Nov 2014
Animals
We had a fantastic time yesterday making animal homes in the wildlife area. Today we looked at what we already know about animals. We will look at what we thought in a few weeks time and assess if our knowledge has improved. What would you like to learn about animals?
Posted On 14 Nov 2014
Animal habitats
We have been designing animal habitats this week. Which animal have you designed a home for and why? Remember to collect things to bring in such as sticks, logs, feahers, leaves etc
Posted On 07 Nov 2014
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Half term holidays
Hope you all had a safe Halloween last night and have not had chocolate for breakfast! Looking forward to seeing you all on Monday morning and hearing all your news.
Posted On 01 Nov 2014
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Half term
I hope you are all having a lovely half term. What are you all up to? I’m off to Northumberland tomorrow to visit my mum then I will be trick or treating on Friday with
Posted On 28 Oct 2014
Pirate and explorer enrichment day
We started our day with some fabulous pirate music! Here we are making collages of pirate faces. These pirates look a bit too nice! I though pirates were meant to be mean! Here are some examples of the art we did in class 4. Watch out for our photograph in the press!
Posted On 17 Oct 2014
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Maths websites to try at home
Mr Hodge has been looking up some great websites to use at home which are excellent for practising your maths. Great to fill in some time over half term! http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/3-5-years/counting http://www.maths-games.org/counting-games.html...
Posted On 15 Oct 2014
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Shape hunt
Well done to the children who went round school today looking for 3D shapes. You spotted so many and were able to tell Miss Savoia the names of the shapes.
Posted On 14 Oct 2014
Pirate Day
Next Friday (17th October) is our Pirate Enrichment Day. Are you coming in fancy dress. What is your costume going to be?
Posted On 10 Oct 2014
Pirates
We have really got into the swing of our pirate topic this week. Have you seen our fabulous pirate ship which Mr Stoner buit for us? We have started to plan some great stories which we will be writing next week. I can’t wait to read them!
Posted On 03 Oct 2014
Beanbag maths
This week we have been problem solving. We pretended we were at the fair – you get 3 beanbags and can throw into a choice of four buckets with different scores – how many different totals can be made? What is the highest total? We did some super recording and teamwork...
Posted On 26 Sep 2014
The senses
We are going to be learning about the senses in the next few weeks. Do you know the five senses and which part of the body is used for each? What would it be like if one or more of your senses didn’t work? We will be finding out what it would be like if we could not see...
Posted On 17 Sep 2014
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Library books
Hope you enjoy reading your library book this week. Please remember to bring it in tomorrow so you can get another one. Why not tell us about your book on this blog? We would love to learn about your favourite stories and characters.
Posted On 14 Sep 2014
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Library
Today was our first visit of the year to our school library. Everyone enjoyed looking at the books and choosing one to take home. Make sure you share your book with your family and bring it back next Monday so you can get another one. Please leave us a comment to tell us what...
Posted On 08 Sep 2014
What a busy first week!
We hope you all enjoyed your first week in class 4. We really enjoyed getting to know you all a little better and were very impressed with how you all settled in and did everything we asked you to do. You all got on so well and during our maths problem solving session – you...
Posted On 06 Sep 2014
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Welcome to Class 4
Hope you have had a great holiday. Where did you go? Did you go to the seaside and have fun digging in the sand? If you would like to draw a picture of your days out please bring it in for our working wall.
Posted On 01 Sep 2014
Enterprise Week
Well done Class 4 for raising the most money during enterprise week. We made £495! It was a super team effort with everyone doing their bit. A huge thank you to parents too, who helped on the stall, donated ice cream and lollies and sponsored our van. We couldn’t have done...
Posted On 16 Jul 2014
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Sports Day
We had a fantastic sports day on Tuesday morning. Well done everyone for joining in and trying your best.
Posted On 16 Jul 2014
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Just one cool ice cream…
Our ice cream is doing a roaring trade. We have already been out to buy extra stock!! Have you bought one yet? Don’t forget lots of other classes are selling fantastic goodies too. It’s all for the same cause- to buy iPads for school.
Posted On 08 Jul 2014
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Tour de France
Did you see the Tour de France race come through York today? Hope you enjoyed all that went with it. Why not leave a message to tell us what you saw?
Posted On 06 Jul 2014
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Filey Trip – we had lots of fun!
We all had a fantastic time today in Filey. We went paddling, built sandcastles, had a picnic, then finished it off with a delicious ice cream. What was your favourite part of the day?
Posted On 03 Jul 2014
Filey Trip
Tomorrow is our trip to Filey. Remember to come prepared – you will need: packed lunch waterproof (but hopefully you won’t need it!) back pack extra drink sunhat/glasses towel lots of energy!!
Posted On 02 Jul 2014
Ice cream, ice cream!!
We have had lots of fun today creating our own TV adverts for our Epic Ice Cream stall. We are getting very excited and have spent ages planning and preparing. Tomorrow we are ordering our stock …any requests?
Posted On 26 Jun 2014
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Science enrichment day
Well done to all the budding scientists in Class 4. We had a great day extending our knowledge about forces. We made and flew paper aeroplanes, tested objects to see which would float and which would sink and finished the day with an explosion! Can you explain to your parents...
Posted On 19 Jun 2014
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Looking forward to Filey
I did a trial run if our trip to Filey today with my girls. It was fabulous and they think you’ll have a wonderful time. The beach is perfect for building sandcastles! I can’t wait!! Mrs Hearson
Posted On 15 Jun 2014
Walk around the Groves
Well done to you all for your fantastic maps you drew after our walk around the local area on Monday. All of you managed to get the route right and some of you added a key to show what the letters on your map meant. Here are a few photos of us on our walk. Tell someone in your...
Posted On 10 Jun 2014
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Pushing and pulling
Today we discussed how pushing and pulling were forces and we thought of objects which needed a push or pull (or both). Have a look around at home – can you find any more?
Posted On 05 Jun 2014
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Class newsletter 02.06.14
Please find the class 4 newsletter for week beginning 02.06.14 homework 2nd June Mrs Carr-Brion and Mrs Hearson.
Posted On 02 Jun 2014
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Routes to school
Hope you have all had a lovely week off despite the weather earlier in the week. Don’t forget that we will be looking at which route you take to school this week. As you come to school tomorrow think carefully about which streets you come along and which way you turn then...
Posted On 01 Jun 2014
Rain, Rain go away…
Isn’t this weather just miserable! What have you been doing this half term? Our next topic is Journeys. Have any of you been on a journey or going somewhere this holiday? I have walked to my allotment and been for a run but that is it so far. I have spent most of the time...
Posted On 28 May 2014
Art Enrichment Day
We had a fabulous time doing lots of different art activities throughout the day. The morning was spent creating our own book cover design for ‘Little Rocket’s Special Star’. We also did pastel galaxies, charcoal pictures, collages and painting. The highlight...
Posted On 24 May 2014
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Space competition – design a space meal
Space Meal Competition To bring an end to our exciting topic we would like to invite you to enter the BBC radio 2 space meal competition. The UK Space Agency has launched a competition for school children between the ages of 3 and 9 to design a British-inspired, balanced and...
Posted On 24 May 2014
Blast Off…
We had a fantastic time this afternoon making our space rockets. Thank you to all the extra helpers we had – we couldn’t have done it without you. I bet you can’t wait to see the finished rockets – they will be coming home next week!
Posted On 15 May 2014
Little Red Riding Hood
We hope you enjoyed the production of Little Red Riding Hood that we saw on Tuesday morning. It was told from the point of view of the wolf. Please tell us what you thought. Was the wolf a good or bad character in the story?
Posted On 08 May 2014
Bank holiday
Hope you are all enjoying the long weekend. I drove a long way to meet my husband’s family yesterday. Today I might go on a scarecrow hunt (see photo) around Haxby and Wigginton. Why not let us know what you are doing? Mrs Carr-Brion
Posted On 04 May 2014
Relationship web
Today we discussed relationships and why different people are important to us. We passed the string around and each time said why someone in class 4 was important. Please reply to this blog and tell everyone about another person in your life who is importnat and why.
Posted On 23 Apr 2014
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happy holidays
We hope you are all having a lovely Easter Break. What have you been up to? We’d love to know! I have been away visiting some friends in Switzerland. My children have not been in an aeroplane since they were very small so it was very exciting and they really enjoyed hearing...
Posted On 14 Apr 2014
Maths enrichment day
We have had a day full of exciting maths today. We started off with a maths trail on the school field then we wrote our own stories about a ‘Remainder of one’. In the afternoon we did some maths art- making pictures using numbers. Maths is everywhere- not just in our...
Posted On 02 Apr 2014
Outer Space
After Easter we will be looking at stories with a fantasy setting. We have spotted lots of you looking at space related books such as Dr Who and Star Wars so we thought this would be a good fantasy setting for stories and a theme for our topic. What do you know about space...
Posted On 31 Mar 2014
Sport Relief Run
A huge well done to everyone who ran the mile tonight. We had over 100 parents and children take part and we have raised lots of money for Sport Relief. Well done.
Posted On 21 Mar 2014
Spring!
Spring has arrived. What have you spotted that show spring is here? Can you hear birds tweeting, see daffodils growing and what about blossom on the trees? Let us know please.
Posted On 20 Mar 2014
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A squash and a squeeze
We have been doing some investigations in science today to see how we can change different materials by twisting, bending, squashing and stretching. We then recorded our results on tables and wrote down our conclusions. Great detailed scientific recording class 4, well done.
Posted On 13 Mar 2014
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Class 3 and 4 Newsletter Monday 10th March
Class 3 and 4 Newsletter 10th March
Posted On 06 Mar 2014
World Book Day
We have had a fabulous day. We started the day with a parade in the hall. Following that we did some reading with class 9, some prolem solving in maths based on Jack and the beanstalk, then this afternoon we made World Book Day plates and wrote in character about who we were....
Posted On 06 Mar 2014
World Book Day – This Thursday!
Have you all got your costumes ready? We can’t wait to see all the different book characters. I have roped my Mother in Law into doing some sewing to help me with my costume – she’s at it right now! Myself, Ms Savoia and Mrs Chambers are coming as a three,...
Posted On 03 Mar 2014
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Posted On 28 Feb 2014
Breakfast- what is your favourite?
Next Monday we will be looking at how important it is to have a good breakfast. What do you have for breakfast? Is it the same thing every day? What about the rest of your family? Do they have different things from you? May be you could write a list of different food and drink...
Posted On 27 Feb 2014
Class 3 and 4 Newsletter February 24th
English We will begin a unit on traditional tales this week. We will look at the tale of The Three Little Pigs from different points of view. We will also write a short dialogue between the wolf and one of the pigs. What is your favourite traditional tale? Why not ask the...
Posted On 25 Feb 2014
BBC News – Education
- One-word Ofsted grades should stay, says governmentThe government says the judgements are useful for parents, after MPs called for them to be scrapped.
- 'I get overwhelmed by the noises and crowds of school'Newman College in Oldham is one of many schools struggling with the legacy of the pandemic.
