Weekly Bulletin - 24th January 25

This Week In School…
Year 3 – have had a great week. In Maths, they have been using the bus stop method to divide 2-digit numbers, with a focus on remainders. In English, they have started to write a narrative about 'The King who banned the dark', focusing on setting and character descriptions. They had an interesting Zoom call with Farmer Nicola, who farms in the Scottish Highlands. The children were able to ask her lots of questions and learnt about how she cares for her animals. In art, they have started a new topic about sculpture and used cardboard to investigate folding and joining techniques, without using any glue or tape. In PE, they are enjoying their hockey and dance units, expressing the roles of the characters from Matilda using dance moves.
Year 4 – have started the week with looking at toys from over the years and completing their analysis of them. This is to help them with the planning and making of their own electrical toys coming up in the next few weeks! In Maths, Year 4 have been learning how to divide 2-digit and 3-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers. Although this was quite challenging for them, they persevered really well. Well done Year 4! In English, they have just completed writing their non-chronological reports about cats. In Science, they have looked at the differences between conductors and insulators, ready for their investigation next week! In History, they had the chance to compare the lives of the rich and poor during Roman times.  
Year 5 – have written exceptional setting descriptions about a magical planet and a setting of their choice - the descriptive language and the success criteria they used blew us away! The young mathematicians have concluded their second unit on multiplication and divisions and have now started fractions. In Guided Reading, the children have continued to read their class book Cosmic, the predictions they made using inferencing skills have been fantastic! In Science, the budding scientists learnt the difference between mass and weight and carried out an experiment using force meters. The highlight of the week was when Reverend Rob and Reverend Sarah spoke to Year 5 about prophets in Christianity. The children's questions and enthusiasm were exceptional! 
Year 6 – have continued to use their imaginations in English to write a story about finding something strange having moved home, taking inspiration from our book, Skellig, by David Almond.  In our science topic on light, the children have been learning about the eye and how we see things.  In geography, we have been looking at the climate in Brazil; the children have used graphs to interpret the weather and climate in different areas of Brazil.  Some children even used Excel to create their own graphs showing the climate in particular areas.  We had a great lesson in art this week when the children used their drama skills to re-enact a painting by John Singer Sargent entitled 'The Front Line'.  The activity helped the children to empathise with injured soldiers on the front-line during World War 1.

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