Weekly Bulletin - 13th January 2023

​This Week In School…
Year 3 – have been completing their newspaper about the intruder that visited the school. They have used commas for lists, capital letters and speech marks to ensure that their newspapers inform the people of Iver. In Maths, Year 3 have been developing their multiplication skills using column method to multiply 1-digit by 2 digits and have even challenged themselves by multiplying 1 digit by 3 digits. In humanities, year 3 have been exploring the 7 continents and the 5 oceans as well as locating different seas. They have investigated mountain ranges and researched the highest peaks in the world. They have also written fact-files about the world's major rivers completing their humanities topic this term. In PSHE, they talked about their dreams and aspirations for the future.
Year 4 – have been working hard in English to write some challenging animal riddles. These have been tricky to solve and are leaving their teachers very confused as to what animal they have been describing! In Maths, they have been working on solving problems that require them to either multiply or divide a number by 10 or 100. In Science, they have investigated how circuits work and had to make several different circuits to test whether they were complete or incomplete. Their enthusiasm for this lesson was lovely to see. In Humanities, they have started learning about some of the natural disasters that have happened to Africa and are working together to perform an interview where they will tell each other what has happened to their town or village. Keeping with the same continent in Art, they began their unit on African art by looking at traditional African crafts and have produced their own paper beads made in traditional ways. Using the templates to cut the paper the correct shape was tricky but they persevered and have some amazing paper beads to show for it.
Year 5 – have started their new topic on multiplication in Maths. They have been multiplying 4-digit numbers using their formal method and have done extremely well remembering each step. In English, they have watched a great video that told the story of Rock, Paper, Scissors. The children worked hard to describe each of these characters in detail and produced some very creative character descriptions as a result. In Humanities, Year 5 are diving into their topic on the Mayans and got to see some exciting pictures of the amazing Chichen Itza. Later in the week, the children practised their French vocabulary, describing the weather they could see outside.
Year 6 – have begun writing their own narratives inspired by the story of Skellig by David Almond. They have worked hard to build atmosphere and suspense into their writing and create engaging setting and character descriptions. They have begun their new geography topic about North America and have been fascinated by the continuous eruptions of the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii.