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A brilliant week of learning in Dolphin Class!

Our morning sessions have been mostly taken up with our end of term assessments this week. These assessments help us to identify gaps in learning, which we can then use to plan for the next term's learning.

We did however, manage to squeeze in…

This week has been an extra busy week as Y4, along with other year groups, have completed their first NFER Assessments for the year. I am so so proud of Y4 Manatees as they have approached their assessments with determination and excellence. They have given these assessments their absolute best…

We have continued our learning about Autumn this week. We read the story 'Leaf Man' and consolidated our learning by discussing the signs of Autumn, using the new vocabulary we have learned. 

We enjoyed creating our own leaf art, using leaves we found in our outdoors environment. 

In…

This week has been slightly different due to NFER assessments but Stingrays have shown great flexibility and hard work in adapting to our different routines. Well done Stingrays!

Maths 

This week in Maths on Thursday we focussed on multiplying three numbers together. The children found this…

This week we have had a very exciting week in Jellyfish class. On Thursday it was the 1st of December and when we walked into the classroom we have a special visitor! An Elf! So far he seems very cheeky as he was trying to change the day on Thursday and on Friday he even attempted one of our…

English

In English this week the children have begun to research Pirates as part of their preparation for writing a non chronological report. The children have learnt about the text features that make up a non-chronological report and will use this knowledge next week to create their own. The…

Year 6 made salsa as part of our Global Foods topic in DT - lots of fun was had as you can see!

In our History topic (Islamic Civilisation) we learnt about Abd-al-Rahman and his mosque in Cordoba. We put him in our hot seat and asked him about his journey over!

Today, we analyzed Wilfred…

In English, we’ve been working on war poetry. Specifically, we have been studying Dulce et decorum est. First, we had to understand the events and conditions of WW1 so we gathered information about the war. We created mini factfiles about the war and Wilfred Owen (our poet). 

We were all…

English

This week we have finished writing our missing poster for Mother Owl. The children blew us away with their independence and the skills they used. Many included the conjuction 'and' which is a new skill to them. We then moved on to instruction writing, where we have identified features…

This week we have finished writing our missing poster for Mother Owl. The children blew us away with their independence and the skills they used. Many included the conjunction and to extend their sentences. This is a new skill we have learnt. 

We then moved onto instruction writing, where we…

Take a look below at some of our fantastic learning that has taken place this week in Y4 Manatees!

Grammar

In Grammar this week, we have focused upon past perfect tense. We learnt how to use past perfect tense in sentences using the auxiliary verb 'had' alongside a conjunction. This is a…

This week we have read the story leaf man to end our topic of 'Autumn'. The children have a good knowledge of seasonal changes and celebrations that take place in Autumn. The story has helped us to see the journey of a leaf during Autumn and to recap the environmental changes.

The children have…