This Week In School…
Year 3 – have been looking at money and how to find correct change in Maths. In English, they have been writing narrative poems.
Year 4 – have been writing a letter to their new teachers in English. In Maths, they have been recalling facts about division and multiplication as well as looking at different strategies. They have even had a teaching take over day where the children became the teachers!
Year 5 – have had an exciting week filming and editing their very own news report which included: news readers, reporters and witnesses, as well as creating their own props for the 'show'. In Maths, they have been revising through adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions.
Year 6 – have been working hard on their Leavers' Assembly this week, as well as putting on their final performance of their production, Cinderella Rockerfella.  They did a great job and everyone really enjoyed the show - well done Year 6!  They have also done a bit more work on transition ready for their move to secondary school and we wish them all the best for this new stage in their education.

This Week In School…
Year 3 – have been writing Gregory Cool's biography from researching the book Gregory Cool.  In Maths, they have been revising all the concepts taught in Maths throughout the year, concentrating mainly on time and roman numerals.
Year 4 – have been working on their creature poems in English. In Maths, they have been applying their understanding of money to reasoning problems.  They have also continued to build their bug hotels in DT/Science. 
Year 5 – have been growing their brains this week in Maths when investigating percentages and fractions of amounts. In English, they having been finishing off their news script which we will perform in class next week. 
Year 6 – have finally performed their production of Cinderella Rockerfella for the rest of the school (and Year 2 children from the Infant School) as well as the first performance for parents on Tuesday afternoon - which was great!  Well done Year 6.  Everyone is looking forward to the final performance next Wednesday evening. The children have also been undertaking some transition work in preparation for their move to secondary school and have started working on their Leavers' assembly, still lots going on in Year 6!

This Week In School…
Year 3 – have been revising time in Maths and in English, they have been completing instructing manuals on how to build a den for Gregory and Lennox, based on the book Gregory Cool.
Year 4 – have been looking at ordering money in ascending and descending order, rounding to the nearest pound and pence and placing money values on a number line. 
In English, they have been looking at poems and creating their own creature/monster poems.
Year 5 – have been multiplying and dividing large numbers in Maths this week. In English, Year 5 have been planning and starting to write up a newspaper report on 'The Princess' Blankets'. We've been practicing very hard on the production songs that we will be singing.
Year 6 – have spent much of the week in final rehearsals for their production which takes place next week.  They are all working really hard to fine tune and polish their performance.  They also had a day at their secondary schools this week in preparation for Year 7 in September and all came back with lots of exciting things to look forward to. 

​This Week In School…
Year 3 – have been working extra hard as it has been assessment week and have gotten to show all they have learned in Year 3.
Year 4 – have been working on writing informal letters in the role of the characters from the text Mouse, Bird, Snake and Wolf. In Maths, they have been learning about how to write amounts of money in decimal notation, converting from pence to pound and vice versa. 
Year 5 – have finished their alternative endings to their story and included most of the features of writing in English. In Maths, They have been looking at volume and capacity. They have been doing research on mountains types and have found some interesting facts about them.
Year 6 – have had a busy week continuing with rehearsals for their end of year production, preparing scenery and producing ticket and programme designs, as well as starting to sort costumes for the production.  They also worked hard at the end of last week, helping to run the Summer Fair!

This Week In School…
Year 3 – have been consolidating their learning and revising multiplication and division in Maths. In English, they have been completing their non-chronological reports on Tobago.
Year 4 – have begun planning and writing an informal letter in the role of one of the characters from the text they are reading. In Maths, the children have been learning about decimals including how to round and order decimals.
Year 5 – have been trying an alternative ending to their story based on 'The Princess' Blankets' in English. In Maths, they have been using their reasoning skills to solve perimeter and word problems. In Geography, they have been looking at the features of a mountain.
Year 6 – have been working hard in rehearsals for their end of year production and it is gradually taking shape.  They have also been very creative and have produced some lovely painted plant pots, into which they then each potted a plant ready for selling at the Summer Fair.  The children have also had a fun sports day and inter-house athletics challenges.

This Week In School…
Year 3 – have been writing reports about Tobago as they have read the book Gregory Cool which is about a boy who moved to Tobago. In Maths, they have been recapping the column method for addition and subtraction while both classes have been practising for their upcoming class assemblies!
Year 4 – have been writing their balanced argument in English and in Maths, they have revised dividing by ten and hundred.
Year 5 – have been revising factors, multiples and prime numbers in Maths this week. They have also completed their poems based on 'The Princess' Blankets'. In Humanities, they have been locating mountains in the UK, as well as learning about contour lines on a map.
Year 6 – have been continuing to rehearse their end of year production, Cinderella Rockerfella.  They have also been finalising their Community Cards and have started writing non-chronological reports about the environment.  Some of the children have also received visits from the Year 7 teachers they will be having in September.

This Week In School…
Year 3 – have worked hard learning about angles and turns.  In English, they have been busy writing a non-chronological report about Tobago using their new book for this term - Gregory Cool.
Year 4 – have begun reading their new text 'Mouse Bird Snake Wolf' by David Almond and have started writing a balanced argument in English. In Maths, they have revised their understanding of 'Time' including calendar facts and converting from analogue to digital.
Year 5 – have been working hard learning about measurements and converting them too! In English, they have started planning their poem based on their new half term book called 'The Princess' Blankets'. We have also been learning about mountains and mountain ranges in Humanities.
Year 6 – have been writing some fantastic fantasy stories about a dragon slayer - their writing has really improved over the year and we are looking forward to reading the final stories.  The children have also started rehearsing their end of year production and provided a great afternoon tea for local senior citizens as part of their Community Card scheme.  So many of the guests commented on how polite and friendly the children were and we are very proud of them all!

This Week In School…
Year 3 – have been finding the perimeter of squares, other quadrilaterals and regular polygons.  In English, they have continued writing their story about The Heavenly Elephant.  They have also continued writing and retelling the story of the Heavenly Elephant from the perspective of the Elephant.  
Year 4 – have been looking at time, they have been reading analogue and digital clocks and converting 12-hour time to 24-hour time. In English, they have completed their narratives for the next chapter of Edward Tulane.
Year 5 – have been learning about metric and imperial measurements in Maths. In English, they have finished their newspaper article about the missing spaceship. In Humanities, they have been looking at how land use changes over time. 
Year 6 – have had a fun science day to mark the end of SATs week last Friday, now Year 6 are back to working hard on their writing this week.  They have been writing their own poems about Spring at IVJS and have impressed us with some of the great imagery they have been using.  We also held auditions for parts in this year's end of term production and we were amazed by some of the singing and acting ability of the children.

​This Week In School…
Year 3 – have been learning about the properties of 2D and 3D shapes in Maths. They have also started to explore perimeter, finding the perimeters of rectangles. In English, they have started to retell the story of the Heavenly Elephant from a different perspective.
Year 4 – have learnt about statistics and handling data in Maths. They have also learnt to draw and interpret both line graphs and bar charts. In English, they have begun to write a continuation of the adventures of Edward Tulane. 
Year 5 – have been learning about translation and rotation of shapes in Maths. In English, they have begun to write a newspaper article about a missing spaceship based on their class reader. They have also been planning routes using co-ordinates in Humanities.
Year 6 – have been sitting their SATs.  They have started each day with breakfast in the Diner, enjoying their teachers serving them!  We are so proud of them all and of the effort they have put in working towards the tests - well done Year 6!

This Week In School…
Year 3 – have finished writing their letters to the princess about the singing ringing tree. In Maths, they have worked on applying formal methods for calculations to a range of problems.
Year 4 – have been finishing off writing biographies in English. In Maths, they have learnt about translation, coordinates and the properties of 2D shapes. 
Year 5 – have completed their persuasive argument based on their reading book in English. In Maths, they have done some exciting things with shapes and polygons including creating their own 3D models. In Science, they have been observing their sunflower seeds developing and have done research on the potato plant. Humanities has proven to be interesting as they are learning about co-ordinates and using maps.
Year 6 – have spent a busy week doing their final preparations for their SATs next week.  They are working really hard in reading, grammar and maths - nearly there now Year 6!  They also had a visit from a community police officer on Wednesday, as part of their community cards project in PSHE.