Weekly Bulletin - 4th October 2024

​This Week In School…
Year 3 – have continued their diary entry based on 'The Tin Forest'. They have used past tense, personal pronouns and fronted adverbials to improve their writing. In Maths, they have been using their knowledge of place value to build strategies to add and subtract mentally. In PSHE, they have been looking at what rights and responsibilities are both in school and in their local community. In Geography, year 3 explored the UK, looking at the countries, capital cities as well as other physical and human features.
Year 4 – have been continuing to research and write their non-chronological reports about plastic pollution. In Maths, the children have been learning Roman numerals and have been rounding to the nearest 10 and 100. Year 4 have been amazing scientists this week! They investigated how the temperature of water affects the time it takes for water to melt. In Geography, they explored oceans and seas and identified what oceans and seas surround Africa. In French, the children started learning numbers between 1-10.
Year 5 – have been engaged in a diverse range of activities. They have deepened their artistic skills by investigating various imagery to understand how space has been used. In Maths, they’ve practised their mathematical skills by adding and subtracting number with more than 4 digits. The budding writers among them have culminated their writing journey that was based on the thought-provoking video, ‘The Girl and the Fox’ and have published their work. Additionally, they have deepened their knowledge of physical geography learning about the Himalayan mountain range and delved into the world of science by experimenting materials that work best as thermal insulators. It has been exciting week for us in Year 5!
Year 6 – have been finishing their non-chronological reports about climate change and global warming.  In Maths they have continued with their topic on the four operations and have been using factors, multiples, prime numbers and squared and cubed numbers.  In Science, the children have been researching Charles Darwin in order to create a fact file about him. This week in History, they have used their Oracy skills to discuss the reasoning behind King Henry VIII leaving the Catholic church. In Design Technology, the children have looked at which world foods make up a healthy diet.