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.

This Week In School…
Year 3 – have been working really hard this week on their assessments in both Maths and English. They have also completed their final art piece based on the works of William Morris by using printing blocks.
Year 4 – have worked very hard this week on their assessments in both Maths and English. They have also been very busy publishing their best pieces of English work for display. In RE, they have used the knowledge they have learnt this term about different places of worship to create their own religious building. They feature iconic features or Christianity, Sikhism, Islam and Buddhism. In PSHE, they have assessing the best ways to prevent the spread of infection, especially the spread of flu.
Year 5 – have been learning how to read timetables and how create their own graphs in Maths. In English, they have been writing their own narratives based on the mythical creature the Kraken while in Science, they have focused on different methods of separating materials.
Year 6 – have been busy completing lots of work for the half term.  In English, they have learnt about features of a play script and have been turning part of the Last Wild story into a script.  In Humanities, the children have been finding out about the culture of Brazil and in Science they have been looking at how humans have evolved.  The children have looked at the different types of creation stories in RE and have specifically looked at the Finnish and Maori creation stories.

This Week In School…
Year 3 – have started to write instructions on how to care for a Tiger using their English based text - The Tin Forest.  In Maths, the children have started to learn multiplication methods and have been busy multiplying by 10 and 100.
Year 4 – have been creating their own scripts based on the book Varjak Paw, ready to perform next week during their English lessons. In Maths, they have continued to look at subtraction and have extended their learning through solving word problems. In Science, they have been investigating food chains and comparing food chains from different ecosystems. In Humanities, they are consolidating their learning about Ghana by creating information leaflets.
Year 5 – have been finishing their newspaper reports on the refugee crisis affecting Syria while in Maths, they have been focusing on reading and interpreting line graphs. In Science, they have been looking at reversible and irreversible changes.
Year 6 – have been either enjoying this lovely weather in Sussex on their PGL residential trip (see next week’s bulletin for more) or been taking part in a load of fun activities here at school. The Year 6s who stayed with Mrs Bowden have been spending the week finding out about life during World War 2 including a trip to the local church to find out all about our local history.

This Week In School…
Year 3 – have been practising using formal method for addition and subtraction for a variety of problems in Maths, including money problems. They have also been working hard to finish their letters to Dominic Greeve, MP regarding climate change and the need to prevent further destruction of our environment.
Year 4 – have been using their knowledge of newspaper features to write our own based on their book 'Varjak Paw'. In Maths, they have been using addition and subtraction operations to help use solve problems which include money. In Art, they have been creating Benin clay art using the African Savannah as inspiration. In Science, they have been comparing the types of teeth of different animals and coming up with scientific reasons why animals have different teeth. In Humanities, they have continued to look at Ghana and this time, have focused on Ghana as a tourist destination.  For the Big Soup Share, year 4 created a delicious mushroom soup!
Year 5 – have been focusing on multi step word problems which involve both subtraction and addition in Maths, In English, they have used their knowledge of the refugee crisis to write a newspaper article. In Science, Year 5 have been investigating how materials dissolve to form a solution while for the Big Soup Share, they made a festive pumpkin soup and even roasted their own pumpkin seeds!
Year 6 – have been focusing on Art and have looked at the work of artists Leonora Carrington and Diego Rivera.  As part of these lessons, the children have all made their own dream catchers (which were very good!) and have started work on drawing a person they are amazed by.  In English, they have been publishing their first person escape stories while in Maths this week, they have been looking at methods for solving division calculations.

This Week In School…
Year 3 – have been looking at the formal method of subtraction in Maths. They have also been writing a formal letter to our local MP about starting a campaign to protect our environment from climate change – very important stuff! They have had a fantastic afternoon getting ready for the end of the year by designing Christmas/Winter cards that will be available to buy at the end of the month!
Year 4 – have explored the structure of a newspaper and we have started to employ those features in our own writing. In maths, we have used column addition to work  out single and multi-step problems. In science, we have concluded our investigation on tooth decay and have found that blackcurrant squash did the most damage to our eggs. In humanities, we have been looking at the economy of Ghana and how trade and exportation helps to improve a country's economy.
Year 5 – have been finishing their narrative writing and have written some amazing sentences!  You will be really impressed when you come and see their work! Lots of children in Year 5 have completed their Bikeability course and are now ready to ride the streets of Iver!  Watch out!
Year 6 – have been writing their own escape stories, linked to their book, 'The Last Wild' in English.  So far the stories are great and everyone is looking forward to reading them all once they are finished.  They have had a focus on RE this week and the children have learnt about creation stories and beliefs for different religions.

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Year 3 – have completed their poems describing the Tin Forest and have used some fantastic descriptive language. In Maths, they have been using and applying the expanded method for addition
Year 4 – have been consolidating their place value knowledge by solving reasoning problems and have begun working on adding numbers with up to 4 digits in Maths. In English, they have finished writing their adventure narratives about Varjak Paw’s quest to find a dog and in Science, they have begun learning about teeth and what each type of tooth is for! In French, they have been learning how to count all the way to 100 in tens!
Year 5 – have continued learning about China and it's land use in Humanities. They have been tackling tricky trial and error problems in Maths and focusing on negative numbers.  In PSHE, Year 5 have been learning about how to keep their bodies healthy while in English, the classes have been looking at different sentence openers to help them write a narrative based on The Journey.
Year 6 – have been focusing on their Humanities topic of Brazil.  They have learnt about the physical geography of the country, the Amazon Rainforest, deforestation, urbanisation and what it is like to live in one of the Brazilian cities.  In English, the children have started reading 'The Last Wild', by Piers Torday, which will be the basis of their writing for the next few weeks.  They are starting with writing an escape story and are in the process of planning this at the moment.

This Week In School…
Year 3 – have worked hard in Maths to solve problems using the expanded method of addition. In English, they have explored poetry and begun to plan a descriptive poem about the changes of the Tin Forest.
Year 4 – have started planning an adventure story about Varjak Paw’s journey outside of the house. In Maths, they have been working hard rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100, and 1000. They have used this skill to estimate the answer to addition and subtraction problems. In Art, they have looked at Tingatinga art and have planned and drawn their own versions ready to paint next lesson.
Year 5 – have been rounding and ordering numbers in Maths, have written some wonderful poems based on their class story, have been sewing and stitching some lovely pieces in their DT lessons and even started their new Humanities project based on the country China! What a busy week!
Year 6 – have had a busy week this week, with a visit from representatives of Heathrow Airport to deliver a coding session to the children on Tuesday morning; and also with a visit from Zoo Lab this morning as part of their Science topic, Evolution and Inheritance.  As well as these two enjoyable events, the children have also been working hard on their writing as they have been publishing some story openers for a variety of genres.  Year 6 have had a focus on Science this week and the children have been learning how different organisms adapt and evolve to suit their habitats.

This Week In School…
Year 3 – have settled well and are working hard on writing a diary entry using their text based story, The Tin Forest. In Maths, they have been working on their number bonds and adding and subtracting in 10s and 100s. In Science, they’re looking at plants and will be growing their own ones in the week!
Year 4 – have started the new term positively and have been working really hard from day one. In English, they have started reading the first book of the year, Varjak Paw. They’ve started writing an informal letter from Varjak to his grandfather, Elder Paw. In Maths, they have been refreshing their knowledge of place value and have been working with four digit numbers. In Science, they have been learning all about the digestive system and what each part does. They’ve even carried out an experiment visualising the digestive process and ended up making “poo”!
Year 5 – have been looking at Place Value and can now read really large numbers accurately.  They have started looking at The Journey in Literacy and will be writing a poem over the next couple of weeks based on it.  They have been enjoying reading and listening to some amusing poems too!  They have also started learning about China!  Ask Year 5 what they have learnt this week!
Year 6 – have started their year with a great attitude to learning and have already been working hard.  In English, they have been writing story openers for different genres and in Science, the children have started their topic on Evolution and Inheritance.  They have also started their new Humanities topic - Brazil.

​This Week In School…
Year 3 – have been looking at perimeter in Maths and using their measurements to plan out a suitable cage for a dinosaur! In English, they have been completing their instruction manuals about how to build a den. They have also been looking at ancient Stone Age cave paintings in Art, creating their own using pastels.
Year 4 – have worked really hard to complete their final narrative of the year. Their fantasy stories tell the tale of three children's journey to a new land and the events that take place on their battle to return home. Not only have they published their story but they have also designed a front cover and a blurb to accompany their writing. In Maths, they have continued to work with coordinates and have been looking at translation of a shape on a grid and plotting coordinates to form different polygons.
Year 5 – have finished up their news report videos in English and watched them as a year group (they are absolutely brilliant). In Maths, they mastered decimals and finished off their last learning objectives of Year 5, woooo! In DT, they tried and evaluated delicious breads and came up with ideas of how they could change it next time! Overall they've had a fantastic week wrapping up all of their subjects (and having a little fun in-between).
Year 6 – have had a huge week and should be very proud of themselves after their fantastic performances for their end of KS2 production.  We are certainly very proud of them all for all the effort they have put in and it has been great to see them singing, dancing, acting and even performing circus tricks as they showed us their Greatest Show!  In Humanities the children have been finishing off their information leaflets about the Mayan Civilisation; and in Science they have completed an investigation measuring their heart rate before and after exercise.