Weekly Bulletin - 23rd September 2022

​This Week In School…
Year 3 – have had a very busy week and have been working incredibly hard. They have used their knowledge of place value to complete calculations using the method of expanded addition in Maths, focusing on the correct layout of their work. In English, Year 3 became the old man from 'The Tin Forest' and have recounted the events of the story through a diary entry. They have imagined wide, windswept places and put themselves in the shoes of another person. In Humanities, they completed their topic by asking questions and exploring the impact of humans on the local area and across the UK. Year 3 have begun their Science topic of 'Plants' by looking at the parts of a plant and their functions. They have also set up two investigations and are looking forward to discovering the results next week!
Year 4 – have continued to write a non-chronological report about plastic pollution. They have worked very hard to include determiners, expanded noun phrases and have been trying very hard to use some of the Year 3/4 spelling words. In Maths they have counted in 25s, rounded to the nearest 1000 and have been ordering four-digit numbers. In Science, they have reweighed their investigation (do gases have weight?) and London class found that their bottle of lemonade had the biggest difference in weight after being left open all week. They are looking forward to their next experiment which involves changing the state of chocolate! Year 5 – have been using their place value knowledge to compare and order numbers all the way up to one million. They have also been tackling trickier problems in Arithmetic and have been challenging themselves to write the date in Roman numerals. In English, the pupils have finished their narrative, re-telling the story of ‘The Girl and the Fox’. They have impressed everyone with the amazing detail they have included in these stories. In Humanities, they have been focusing on rivers and how they can change. The children have been naming the different parts of river systems and can explain how meanders are formed. Year 6 – have worked really hard in Maths. They have started to think about the 4 operations and practised solving problems using written methods of addition and subtraction. In English, they have begun to write a narrative inspired by the short film 'Origins'. They have focussed on creating effective and engaging character and setting descriptions using features from the Y6 success criteria.