Weekly Bulletin - 27th September 2024

This Week In School…
Year 3 – have had a very busy week. Everyone enjoyed their first Zoom call with Farmer Nicola, who works in the Scottish Highlands, farming red deer and sheep. The children asked fantastic and very thoughtful questions. In English, they have been writing a diary entry based around 'The Tin Forest' text. They have been focusing on writing in the first person, in the past tense and in chronological order. In Maths, they have come to the end of their place value topic, focusing on counting in ascending and descending order and continuing number patterns. They have used a range of soft pencils to explore shading and tone, working with great care and attention to detail during their Art lesson.
Year 4 – have been working in groups to research plastic pollution. They have been very interested and shocked to find out so many facts about the problems with plastic. Using their research, they have started to write a non-chronological report about plastic pollution. In Maths, children have been working hard to identify numbers to 10000 on a number line. In Science, they used different equipment to take accurate measurements. In History, children explored the differences between Athens and Sparta, they also looked at different historical sources to understand what Sparta and Athens were like. In French, children have been learning how to say their name and ask someone what their name is.
Year 5 – have continued to write their narratives based on the video ' The Girl and The Fox'. They have also deepened their knowledge of coordinating conjunctions and fronted adverbials, which they have managed to weave in to their narratives so well! In Maths, the children have mastered rounding skills by practising rounding up to 1,000,000! They have continued to read their class book - The Adventures of Odysseus - and they exhibited their grasp of the character's emotions by doing freeze frames. In Humanities, the children have started learning about the Viking invasion and they wrote letters as Vikings - they were detailed and descriptive! The children explored more about their rights and responsibilities that children have and their contributions in class discussions were insightful! It has been a busy and productive week in Year 5!
Year 6 – have been researching global warming and climate change so that they can write a non-chronological report on the subject.  This is linked to their class book ‘Floodlands’ by Marcus Sedwick.  In Maths, they have finished the topic on place value and are beginning their new topic of the four operations. In Geography, Year 6 have used their understanding of the location of South America to make predictions about the climate. The children have also worked really hard in Science and have identified the key ideas of the theory of evolution.