English – We focused on Chapter 19 this week and discussed what happened with Elliot and the wishing pearl in the story.  The children talked about whether a wishing pearl would be a good or bad thing and explained their reasoning.  They then planned and wrote a debate discussing all the reasons for/against a wishing pearl and shared them with the rest of the class.  They had lots of great ideas to share!

Maths – This week we have been working on converting units of measurement.  The children have looked at measures including kilograms/grams, kilometres/metres, millimetres/metres, millilitres/litres.  They have also been converting metric and imperial units of measure.

Topic – The children worked in groups to research an aspect of the Greek Olympics, looking at the different sports they did and the celebrations/entertainment.  They will be presenting their findings to the rest of the class next week.

RE – We have been looking at the ten commandments and what they mean.  The children then made up a modern set of the ten commandments relating to how to live in the world today.

Spellings – To be tested on Friday 13th July

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Homework – Solving measuring problems (in their homework books).

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Thomas

English – We read the Greek myth ‘Pandora’s Box’, which is linked to the characters in our class novel.  The class were introduced to a fancy looking box and discussed if they would be tempted to open it like the character in the story.  The also talked about what might be inside.  They then looked at features of an email and planned, drafted, edited and published their own email explaining an apology from Pandora.

Maths – We have been continuing with work on coordinates this week.  Year 4’s have been focusing on moving points on a grid and describing the movement (left/right, up/down).  Year 5’s have been focusing on translation (movement) on a grid and translation with coordinates.

Topic – Comparing government in Ancient Athens compared to government in modern Britain.  Many of the children were able to discuss what happens in today’s government which was interesting to hear.

Spellings – To be tested on Friday 6th July.

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Homework – (for Year 4’s only) English: using apostrophes for missing letters and to show possession.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Thomas

English – Writing events of Chapter 16 from the perspective of either the character Millicent or Colin.  We discussed the key events in the chapter and made a plan of our first person narrative, making notes on the events/feelings of the characters and recording a range of cohesive devises to use in our work.  Then we wrote a first draft of our narrative and edited and improved our ideas.  The children all worked really hard to include all the features we discussed.

Maths – We have started a new unit: ‘Position and Direction’.  Year 4 children have been describing position and drawing on a grid using a set of coordinates.  Year 5 children have been looking at position of points/shapes in the first quadrant and reflection of points/shapes with coordinates.

Topic – We continued to compare schools in Ancient Greece and modern Britain. The children did further research to find out lots more interesting facts of their own to compare schools.

RE – We discussed the behavior of Adam and Eve and whether what they did was right or wrong.  They also talked about the part of the story where they ate the fruit is known as ‘the Fall’.  The children then used the events in the story to produce the front page for the ‘Eden Times’ newspaper to describe what happened.

Spellings – To be tested on THURSDAY 28TH JUNE due to Year 5’s going to Arthog on Friday.

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Homework – Maths work on coordinates / angles.

Well done Class 4, you’ve all worked hard this week!  It’s great to be back and lovely to see you all.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs Thomas

Hello Class 4,

I hope you are all having a great half term so far.  Thank you for your lovely card and get well messages, they made my day when I read them all.  I’m trying to rest as much as I can and look forward to seeing you all after the holidays.

Mrs Thomas

Spellings – to be tested on Friday 8th June

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Homework – Greek half term homework

Half Term Homework

Our topic this term is all about ‘Ancient Greece’.  Your task is to research any aspect about the Greeks using books, internet, own knowledge etc.

Ideas for research:

• Food
• School
• Olympics
• …..

You can choose how you produce your findings – e.g. poster, leaflet, booklet.  Make it as interesting and informative as possible and include some illustrations too.

We look forward to seeing all you projects after the holidays!

English – Analysing features of a poem.  Then planning, drafting and editing rhyming poems based on one of the characters in our class novel study.  The children were asked to include features such as alliteration, similes, metaphors and personification.  They came up with some great ideas to describe the character of Patricia!

Maths – Year 4 have been identifying angles and comparing and ordering angles.  Year 5 have been measuring angles in degrees and measuring with a protractor.

Topic – Comparing the two main cities in Ancient Greece – Athens and Sparta.  The children did their own research to compare both places to find the differences and similarities.

Spellings – To be tested on Friday 25th May

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Homework – In books.  Using commas in sentences.

We have had a lovely day doing lots of ‘Royal wedding’ based activities.  Photos to follow.

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Thomas