Week beginning 5th October

We have had a fabulous week of learning this week in Y3/4. From making telephones to drumming skills and descriptive writing that would give JK Rowling a run for her money! We are very proud of the children's efforts.

English

The children have studied a variety of descriptive text and highlighted the relevant sections that create atmosphere, tension and vivid scenes. They were then able to steal these ideas and up level other pieces of text. The final paragraphs they produced were of a very high standard. This week they will develop this further with their work on adverbs they will produce their own descriptive text. These will be shared with their peers. Children will then be able to up level their work and make it even better.

Maths

The children have looked at systematic approaches when recording answers to ensure they don't miss one. They have used number lines to explore rounding to the nearest 100 and 1000. They have added the correct missing sign in number stories. This week we will look at the patterns in numbers with a focus on multiplication. We will tackle investigations to give the children the confidence to approach a problem and try various approaches to solve it.

Science

We had a fantastic investigation outside in the glorious sunshine. The children had to make a cup telephone and make observations about how the sound traveled from one cop to the other. The groups worked very well as a team and noticed that when the string was tight the sound was higher than when the string was loose. We compared this to a guitar and a ruler on the desk. They also noticed that when someone held the string the sound stopped travelling. We also looked at how sound travels through different objects such as water.

Looking forward to another week on  learning journey in Y3/4.