​This Week In School…
Year 3 – have finished writing their adventure stories and have worked hard to edit them. In Maths, they have begun to understand fractions including ordering and comparing fractions and identifying equivalent fractions as well as adding and subtracting them. Year 4 – have been looking at the exciting world of Norse myths. They have been focusing on character and setting description so that they are ready to produce an amazing Norse myth of their own next week. In Maths, they have been continuing their topic of fractions and have been applying them in word problems. In Science, they have completed their investigation into the weight of gases and have moved on to planning an experiment about melting points. Year 5 – have been writing a letter to Usain Bolt linked to their class story. In Maths, they have continued their ‘Fractions’ journey and have been cementing their knowledge of adding and subtracting a variety of fractions while in Art, they have loved creating their own Mehndi patterns for their India topic!
Year 6 – have edited and published their incredible stories linked to their class text, 'Rooftoppers'. In Maths, they have learnt about the different types of angles and have used protractors to measure them. They have begun their new humanities topic on the continent of North America and have looked at the vast range of climates it has. Most of the class decided they would like to visit Canada because of the snow!

​This Week In School…
Year 3 – have been busy writing their own adventure story using the book of Oliver and the Seawigs.  Year 3 have a great imagination and are coming up with fantastic ideas for their stories. In Maths, they have applied their increasing knowledge of times-tables to solve problems involving division and have revisited the formal method of division to solve more complex problems. They have also been on a long journey to Australia where they learnt all about the smallest continent but the largest island in the world.
Year 4 – have been busy finding fractions of a quantity as well as using fractions to find larger quantities in Maths. In English, they have all enjoyed writing their own travel brochures about Iceland (the setting of the class book). They have really enjoyed researching and learning about Iceland and now everyone would really like to go there!
Year 5 – have been writing a poem based on the story called 'Running on Empty' and have been practising using rhyming couplets. In Maths, they have been continuing to develop their fraction knowledge by understanding equivalent fractions, simplifying and finding fractions of amounts.
Year 6 – have been busy working on stories about a sinking ship, linked to their new book, Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell.  So far, everyone is very impressed with the writing that is being produced! They have started their new topic in Humanities - North America - and have been finding out about the features of that continent.  In Science, they have been looking at how the eye works.

​This Week In School…
Year 3 – have busy writing an informal letter to the Iron Man asking for his help to protect our school. In Maths, they have worked hard solving word problems involving capacity. They have also completed end of term assessments to show all their learning this term. Well done to all year 3s for an excellent first term with IVJS!
Year 4 – have been busy writing an adventure narrative about the journey of a plastic bag around the world. In Maths, they’ve looked at factor pairs and integer scaling. They even made cereal boxes in DT for their packaging project.
Year 5 – have been starting to write a newspaper article on Odysseus’ arrival home after his long journey. They have also been writing leaflets on all the information they have learnt about materials over the term! Their Greek clay pots are looking amazing and just need the finishing touches now!
Year 6 – have been working hard doing mock SATs in Grammar, Spelling, Reading and Maths to show us their fantastic learning so far.  In English they have been writing a diary entry from the perspective of a varmint, linked to their book 'Varmints' and in Science they have been exploring the characteristics of micro-organisms.

This Week In School…
Year 3 – have been busy working hard learning about capacity and converting millilitres
to litres, and vice versa. In English they have been very creative and written a poem
about the Iron Man using metaphors and similes.
Year 4 – This week, year 4 performed in Bah Humbug! A retelling of Charles Dickens’ ‘A
Christmas Carol’. In English, they’ve started planning an adventure narrative based on
their current book, ‘One Plastic Bag’. In Maths, they’ve been busy solving division word
problems. In DT, they have started planning their own packaging to a brand new cereal.
Year 5 – This week Year 5 have been creating their own Greek pots ready to decorate
them. In Literacy they have finished writing their diary entry imagining they were on a
boat with Odyessus on their way home. In maths Year 5 have moved onto shape and
working out the perimeter.
Year 6 – This week, year 6 have been publishing their newspaper reports about an
invasion of varmints and have now started their next piece of writing linked to the book
'Varmints', a diary entry. In Humanities they have continued to learn about South
America, this time focusing on the mountains of the region.

​This Week In School…
Year 3 – have been busy finishing writing up their diary entry about the Iron Man in English. They have used lots of description and used their feelings and thoughts to empathise with a character. In Maths, the children have been busy working out the perimeter of polygons.
Year 4 – have been busy preparing for their Christmas Production next week. In English, they have been writing instructions about how to make a robot from recycled items. In Maths, they have started learning about division. Year 5 – have been continuing their learning about the Greeks by writing a diary entry of Odysseus’ voyage back to Ithaca as well as learning about the Battle of Marathon. In Maths, they have been continuing to develop their arithmetic skills in division, learning the long method.
Year 6 – have been very busy creating Christmas crafts for the Christmas Fair; they have been very productive and have made Christmas cards, crackers, tree decorations, Olafs and snowy slime! They will be running stalls selling these at the Fair in the Upper School shared area on Saturday. As well as this, in English, the children have been continuing to write a detailed newspaper report about an outbreak of varmints and have been learning how to multiply and divide fractions in Maths.

​This Week In School…
Year 3 – have begun to look at how to find the perimeter of both regular and irregular shapes in Maths and have started writing diary entries from the perspective of the Iron Man in English. They have also had a lovely morning yesterday for British Values Day learning all about the law in relation to wildlife.
Year 4 – have been very bossy, they’ve been learning all about imperative verbs in preparation for writing instructions. In Maths, they have been putting their times tables to the test by solving multiplication calculations using both the expanded and compact method. For British Values morning, they focused on the Protection of Badgers Act 1992. Did you know they live in setts which they pass on to generation after generation? 
Year 5 – have been retelling a chapter in the story of Odysseus in English and have been looking at dividing by 10, 100 and 1000 in different contexts in Maths. PSHE has taught them a lot about road safety and they have also been finding out all about hedgehog habitats for British Values Day!
Year 6 – have started working on their new Power of reading book, Varmints in English.  Following their recent newspaper report writing, the children have identified aspects of the features and success criteria that they did not achieve and are now aiming to achieve these in a new newspaper report, this time linked to the new book.  In Maths, they have been learning how to add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers; and in PSHE the children have been finding out about basic first aid and what they can do in an emergency.

​This Week In School…
Year 3 – have continued and completed their newspaper reports on the IVJS “intruder”.  The children were amazing detectives and found lots of clues to help them discover who this mysterious “intruder” could be... You will have to ask Year 3 which famous person it could be! In Maths, they have been exploring measures.
Year 4 – have been trying to persuade people to recycle their plastic in a leaflet for their English project. In Maths, they have been using communicative and distribution law to help us solve multiplication problems. In Humanities, they have used their research skills to find out about different African countries. In Science, they have been looking at how low and high pitch is created. In Computing, they have been discussing how we can protect our computers against malware.
Year 5 – have been reading the story of Odysseus and The Cyclops, continuing the theme of ancient Greeks. In Art, they are beginning to design their own Greek pots whilst learning about the ancient Greeks in History. Phew! That’s a lot of information… I must admit, it’s all Greek to me.
Year 6 – have been finalising and publishing their newspaper reports about Kester's escape (linked to the book, The Last Wild) in English.  The children have also started their new Humanities topic about South America and their new RE topic, Rites of Passage.  They have started Guided Reading groups where they will be looking at the techniques required in order to make them more fluent readers and to improve their comprehension skills.  

This Week In School…
Year 3 – have discovered the mess left behind by a mysterious, fictional “visitor.” They have carried out their investigations using their Maths and English Skills to try and work out who it was. Hopefully, they will have concluded the investigation and worked out who it is next week!
Year 4 – have read One Plastic Bag in English and have started planning a leaflet about recycling and plastic pollution. In Maths, they have been working out the perimeter of different shapes while in Computing, they have learnt the importance of not replying to SPAM emails in the first of their online safety lessons.
Year 5 – have started to learn about Ancient Greece. In English, they have been writing a character description about Odysseus and in Humanities, they have been learning about where Greece is and learning some key facts.
Year 6 – have been incredibly busy!  At the start of the week, they were enthusiastically rehearsing their lines for their class assembly, which was presented to parents and the rest of the school on Thursday morning.  Everyone spoke loudly, clearly and with fantastic confidence.  Well done! During English, they have been writing a newspaper article reporting on a dramatic event which they have read about in the class text, ‘The Last Wild’.  In Maths, they have continued to learn about fractions and have been converting them to their simplest form.  On Friday morning, the whole school enjoyed the Primary Futures assembly, however, Year 6 were the lucky ones chosen to participate in a workshop with the volunteers!  During this session, they found out more about the volunteer’s jobs including what skills and qualifications are needed to succeed in these careers.