​This Week In School…
Year 3 – have been writing letters to the princess from the story of the Singing, Ringing Tree while in Maths, they have been interpreting data and graphs.
Year 4 – have been looking at the features of a narrative and planning to write the next chapter of Noah Barleywater Runs Away. In Maths, we have been solving lots of word division problems. In Science, we have been investigating how a plug keeps us safe. Donaldson Class took on the role of news reporters in computing and Dahl put on an amazing class assembly about the importance of recycling. In Humanities, we have journeyed to the Egyptian afterlife and encountered a few year four mummies.
Year 5 – have been composing an email based around their class book, Cosmic in English while in Maths they have been tackling decimals, fractions and percentages and how to convert between them. In Science, they are looking at the planets in our solar system and investigating different time zones.
Year 6 – have read a good deal more of their book, Rooftoppers and have been planning and starting to write their own endings to the story.  In Humanities, they looked at crime and punishment during the Tudor, Early Modern and Victorian periods.  The children have continued to look at electricity in Science and have learnt how to draw diagrams using the correct electrical symbols.

​This Week In School…
Year 3 – have finished writing their stories about the Heavenly Elephant and been working very hard learning to tell the time. They have also started looking at different types on skeletons in Science!
Year 4 – have been using their multiplication knowledge to solve reasoning problems and word problems in Maths. In English, they have finished writing their newspaper articles about Noah's trial. In Science, they have been busy making different electronic circuits and testing to see if they were complete or incomplete circuits.
Year 5 – have been continuing to learn about Space and the different planets and are getting very excited about their Virtual Reality visit. They have completed their leaflets on 'EPCOT' in America and have really enjoyed learning about the place. In Maths, Year 5 have started to move onto learning about decimal numbers and understanding where they fit on a number line.
Year 6 – have been investigating the relationship between the amount of batteries in a circuit and the brightness of a bulb. They enjoyed making their own circuits and drawing the diagrams of their creations.  In English, the children have been completing and publishing their newspaper reports linked to the book they have been reading.  In Humanities, they have looked at crime and punishment during the viking, anglo saxon and medieval periods!

​This Week In School…
Year 3 – have started their new history topic, The Victorians. They have worked in groups to create timelines of key events in the Victorian era. In Maths, they have been learning to place fractions on a number line while in English, they have been beginning to write their own stories about the Heavenly Elephant!
Year 4 – have started reading their new Power of Reading book, Noah Barleywater Runs Away. In English, they sent Noah to trial for the crime he committed in the book (they found him GUILTY!). In Maths, they have been using their multiplication knowledge to solve scaling problems and find connections between times tables. In History, they travelled back to Ancient Egypt to begin their Egyptian project.
Year 5 – have started to read their new book - 'Cosmic'. Children are very excited about the topic 'Space' and are currently researching the different planets and planning a leaflet about visiting 'EPCOT' in America. In Maths, children have been consolidating their understanding of mixed and improper fractions.
Year 6 – have spent some time going over the tests they completed the week before half term, in order to address any misconceptions.  In English, the children have started work on a newspaper report linked to our book, Rooftoppers, which they are continuing to read.  They have started a new topic in Humanities - The History of Crime and Punishment - and have enjoyed finding out about crime and punishment during the Roman period.

​This Week In School…
Year 3 – have written a message in a bottle using the Oliver and the Seawigs book and it’s characters. In Maths, they have been revising addition and subtraction methods.  They have also worked hard in Art to complete a fantastic Monet display using all their artwork this term.
Year 4 – have been writing a narrative poem about Arthur's journey to Asgard in English. In Maths, they have been focusing on decimals, transferring their skills and applying their knowledge to money based word problems. In Humanities, they had a great time cooking and eating a Moroccan Harira soup! Meanwhile, in Science, they have been learning all about the water cycle and producing a piece of cross-curricular writing in the form of a diary entry.
Year 5 – have been learning about the link between fractions and decimal numbers in Maths. In History, they have been creating a leaflet about everything they have learnt in their Ancient Greeks topic. In English, they have been creating a newspaper report on Usain Bolt’s Career and how AJ ran at the Olympic stadium.
Year 6 – have been working really hard during their mock SATs week to apply the skills that they have learnt over the past term.  Well done everyone for showing such hard work and determination – you were amazing!

This Week In School…
Year 3 – have been busy learning all about angles and turns. In English, they continued and completed their instructions on how to make a dazzling seawig.
Year 4 – have started planning a narrative poem based on their Power of Reading text, Arthur and the Golden Rope. In Maths, they have been dividing 1 and 2 digit numbers by 10,100 and 1000 as well as rounding decimal numbers to the nearest whole number. In science, they’ve been experimenting with the different states of matter of water.
Year 5 – have been writing newspaper reports about AJ going to the Olympics in English. They have also been multiplying mixed number fractions and converting fractions into decimals in Maths.
Year 6 – have completed this half term's Humanities topic by looking at the different time zones across North America and comparing them to the rest of the world; they worked hard on some tricky maths questions linked to this.  In Science the children have been investigating reflective surfaces and they have continued looking at freedom and justice in RE.  During English, the children have started writing a persuasive letter as if they were one of the characters in our book, 'Rooftoppers'.

​This Week In School…
Year 3 – have continued their learning around fractions and have been finding unit and non-unit fractions of numbers, applying this to a range of problems. In English, they have begun writing instructions for Oliver on how to create an amazing seawig! They have also worked hard across the curriculum, learning about reflection in Science, Africa in Humanities and impressionism in Art!
Year 4 – have finished writing their own Norse Myths based on the story of Thor and his Mighty Hammer. In Maths, they have begun working on finding the decimal equivalents of fractions. In Geography, they have looked at Eastern Africa and have produced lots of work based around the country of Tanzania and the different things you can see and do there.
Year 5 – have been writing a book review on their class novel, Running on Empty in English. They have also been looking at multiplying fractions in Maths. Year 5 have also thoroughly enjoyed their morning on Thursday where they made houmous and falafel, everyone tried it and surprisingly, most loved it!
Year 6 – have been empathising with the main character of their class text ‘Rooftoppers’ in order to write a diary entry from their perspective. In addition, they have been practising their P4C skills and have been discussing the idea of true happiness. In Maths, they have been converting between different units of measurement and have been practising applying this skill to word problems.

​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.