Week beginning 29th February (once every four years)
A busy week...
KS2 Disco: Tuesday 6pm- 7.30pm
KS1 Disco: Thursday 6pm-7.30pm
Book Fair arrives: Thursday
Sacramental programme Session 4: Thursday 6.30pm-7.30pm
Book day: Friday see letter and newsletter for more information.
Thank you so much to all the parents for attending the parents meetings. It was lovely to meet with you all and share with you the progress your child is making and praise all their hard work. Remember we are always available; drop in day is every Wednesday. 
English

Last week the children focused on word classes and commas in lists. We continued to develop on comprehension skills when reading short pieces of texts. This week we will continue with comprehension skills and grammar with apostrophes for possession, omission and the common mistake with it's and its.
Maths

In Maths Y3 revisited column subtraction. Y3 will begin shape this week. Y4 began a topic on shape, looking at the properties of 2D shapes including angles, perpendicular lines and area. They will continue with shape this week: focusing on angles.
Science

In Science through our topic on States of matter we will plan and carry out a fair investigation on gases; the children will then analyse their results and write conclusions.
Topic

This week the children looked at propaganda posters and their meanings and the campaigns they were promoting. The children really enjoyed this and made an excellent job of creating their own posters; they understood the need for eye catching posters and memorable catch phrases 

We will continue with our topic of WW2 looking at the evacuation campaign and the effect this had on so many children.
Well done to Rhys Davies who shared his project work which included an identity book and ration book from WW2

This week the children have worked extremely hard and impressed us all with their talent and commitment to learning.
Leaning their spellings and X tables is really paying off.  Test marks are definitely improving for many of the children.

In Maths the children in Year 3 have experienced a practical week where they have solved problems with measure.  In Year 4 the children have worked on improving their mental maths skills and skills in using short column multiplication.

In English we have been improving our knowledge of spelling groups.  The children are working hard to earn their pen licences. Some of there will be announced on Tuesday.  They acted as Grammar Gurus to identify common grammar mistakes and create an explanation to help younger pupils to use apostrophes correctly and verbs in the past tense.

The rugby training has finished and all the children will receive a certificate in a special assembly on Monday.  They all did so well.  The children who were selected for the tournament will go on Friday and return to school at 1:30pm.  There were lots of children who played very well but out of all the children the coach selected we had to pick out 10 names from a hat for Y3 and ten names for Y4. They will need their rugby kit and a packed lunch.

We have been bowled over by the projects that have come into school.  It is clear that the children have learned so much and had lots of support form home.  They have presented their projects with pride and confidence.  This has really been a priceless experience for them all; improving their speaking and listening skills, creativity and working with their families.  Thank you so much for your help and support.

More pictures to follow from all three classes. Well done all of you!