On Thursday, 4T had an amazing time on our visit West Yorkshire Playhouse to watch the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

In English, we have written our final stories using a mystery object as inspiration. I have been really impressed with how everyone has been using the language and grammar features that we have been learning about over this half term. In Maths, we have been consolidating our knowledge of column addition and subtraction and using this to solve missing number problems. Our recognition board focus has been ‘being thankful’ which is linked to the collective worship theme this week.

In History, 4T have been learning about why the Romans wanted to invade Britain and why their first two attempts were unsuccessful, before successfully conquering Britain on the third attempt. We enjoyed creating stop motion animations to show these invasion attempts. In English, everyone has been working hard to write their own version of a creepy story opening using a photograph as inspiration. We have been focussing on the 11 and 12 times tables in Maths and the related division facts to solve problems.

This week has been National Anti Bullying Week. The theme was #choose respect. We have been learning how we are all unique and how to increase our self esteem with positivity. I have been so impressed with how hard everyone in the class has worked to practice and perform our Stop Bullying Rap.

In Writing, we have been creating openings toolkits by looking at the features in our model text. Everyone has been working hard to ‘magpie’ ideas to use in their writing to make it descriptive and interesting to the reader. We have continuing our multiplication and division topic in Maths, by focusing on the 7 and 9 times tables and the related division facts. In Science, we have started our new topic about sound. We have been learning how sounds are made and how we hear them.

We have had a fantastic start back after half term. In maths, we have started our multiplication and division topic by learning about the 6 and 9 times tables and the related division facts. For writing, we have been describing snowy settings by thinking about what we would be able to see, hear and touch. We are also learning our model text, Alma with actions.
I have also been really impressed with the different ways in which children in 4T have completed their Roman projects at home. Thank you for sharing them with the class.

4T were very excited to be visited by a Roman solider this week for a Roman workshop. We used drama and role play to learn about Roman society, gods and entertainment.

4T also used a lot of creativity to finish our Roman shields by adding patterns and details. Well done to all of 4T for working so hard this half term.

It’s been another really positive week in 4T. I have been really impressed with the collaboration skills shown by everyone helping each other to make our Celtic shields. The cardboard was quite tough to cut but with perseverance and help from our classmates, we have completed the first step in making them. Our recognition board theme has been acts of kindness and it’s been lovely to see how kind and helpful people have been to others this week.

Thank you to all of the parents who came to parents evening on Wednesday. The online appointments will be on Monday.

We were very excited this week to welcome Reverend Dave to our class. He talked to us different parts of the church and what his job involves. He then spent time answering all of the questions we had prepared for him. It was really interesting insight into the life of the church.

4T have shown great collaboration in reading this week. Working in teams, they answered a series of questions by reading an information text about the Roman army. We then used these questions to do a quiz quiz trade activity to see what information we had remembered. We were also able to use what we’d learnt to label the armour of a Roman soldier.

4T have been excitedly monitoring our eggs as part of science experiment about the affect of different drinks on teeth. Surprisingly, we found that the eggshell with the most damage was the one in Diet Coke. Most of us had predicted that coke would be the worst. We found that water and milk are the best drinks for our teeth.

4T have been ACE Scientists this week to investigate the effect of different types of drinks on teeth. We set up an experiment using eggs, as the shell is similar to tooth enamel. We put the eggs is milk, water, Diet Coke and coke. We have written predictions about which will drink will affect the shell the most and the least. We have been monitoring the experiment throughout the week and will have the final results next week.