21st September

We have had another great week of learning and building new relationships. The children have all settled in well to their new classes and year group. We are very impressed how motivated the children are and their positive attitudes when facing new challenges.

We have looked at more projects that have all been of a very high standard. The children have brought home their first set of homework. Some of it will be challenging but with support your child should be able to complete it. If they have found any part difficult this will be addressed in class lesson time. Could we ask that homework is returned by Wednesday to ensure it can be checked before sending the next homework out on Friday?

English

This this week we have explored the features of Viking myths and compared main characters; looking at their similarities and differences. The children have been encouraged to look closely at the descriptive language used and are beginning to collect examples for their own writing. This week the children will take part in role play to make predictions about myths and begin to use a storyboard to identify key parts of a myth. They will also develop their speaking and listening skills though oral story telling.

Science

This week we have entered the world of sounds and begun to really listen to sounds around us in our everyday life and compared these sounds. The children are beginning to think about how sound is made and the vocabulary we use to describe sounds.  This week we will be looking at identifying how sounds are made, associating some of them with vibrating and recognising that vibrations from sounds travel through medium to the ear.

Maths

In Maths we have looked at basic skills and how we set out our calculations. We are practising our number bonds to 10, 100 in Y3 and in Y4 100, 1000 and beyond, using patterns to help us with larger numbers.  We have looked at rounding to 10 and 100 with up to 4 digit numbers.  We are developing the methods we use for addition and moving towards using more effective methods such as column addition.

Topic

In Topic we are beginning to look at the everyday life of the Vikings. This week we will be learning about Viking homes, what the houses where called, materials that they were made from and describing what they were like inside. Some children will compare a Viking house with a modern home and others will create a plan of a typical Viking house.

Looking forward to a great week ahead!