Final Post for Year 3/4 2016!

We can't believe the year has come to an end.  It has been an pleasure for all of the staff to watch the children develop and grow.  They have achieved so much to be proud of over the year and have made us smile every day.  They have tackled new challenges with enthusiasm and confidence.  There are so many highlights and I have asked the children to share their best bits, they said...

• The Euro football tournament.
• Trip to Kingswood.
• Going to watch 'Cats'.
• Having great teachers.
• Doing the Salsa dancing during European week.
• The Christmas play.
• The Easter Service.
• The Viking visitor.
• Sports day. 
• Meeting new teachers
• Swimming lessons.
• Communion celebrations.
• Air raid shelter trip.
• Bike ability.
• World Book Day.
• Sports Relief.
• George Sampson dancing workshops.
• Rio football tournament.
• Warrington Wolves Rugby
• Football.
• First aid.
• Wake Up and Shake Up.
• St Vincent VIP
• Treat for for winning house teams
• Magical Maths Day.
• Viking brooches.
• Discos.
• Christmas party.
• Learning new things.
• Rounders.
• Basket ball.
• Music with Mr Griffiths.
• Spanish food tasting.

They have done so much, a great year full of enriching activities and new learning. Have a fantastic Summer and we look forward to seeing you in September, ready for another year of hard work, learning new skills and of course lots of fun and laughter!

Year 3/4 Team

Welcome back to the second part of the summer term!

What a varied and exciting first week back.  The children were certainly refreshed and raring to go.  It kicked off... (Euro 2016 pun). ..with Communion Mass preparation. Where Y3 and 4 sang their hearts out to get the hymns perfect for the Mass on Tuesday.  The readers bravely volunteered, practised and then took their readings home to make sure they were well prepared for the Mass.
The Mass on Tuesday went well.  It was lovely to have parents and the Y3s there to support the Y4 children as they celebrated with their school their recent Sacraments of First Holy Communion and Confirmation.  Fr Richard spoke to the children about the importance of the Sacraments and how his own were still very clear in his mind.  The children read well and the singing was gentle and beautiful.
The children all took part in the St Vinnie's Euro 2016 competition.  They all played very well and supported their friends in other teams throughout the day.  The finals will be played on sports day.  There will be other matches over the next couple of weeks for the runners up.
This week the children will all take part in a European week where they will research a country, look at money, time and statistics in Maths.  Complete a holiday brochure in English and learn more about Spain through language, culture, salsa dancing and food tasting.
Thank you to Erin and Philip who prepared a presentation from their holidays...both children visited Scotland.

They did a fantastic job well done!

Football Fun! The Euro Competition followed by the England V Wales game- a moment in History!

Welcome to the final week of this half term.
We have shared lots more fantastic projects and the children have learnt so much from listening to each other.

In topic this week, as well as the projects, we have looked at the water cycle in detail and drawn our own including key words.  The children were able to explain the cycle to their partners.  We have looked at Monet's work in detail and practised drawing a chosen section of one of his famous paintings. This week the children will use pastels and paints to produce their own Monet for display.

The children have explored the Pentecost in RE and created role plays to portray an understanding of the many emotions the disciples must have gone through.  The children presented these role plays and they they were news reported interviewing the disciples Peter and John. This linked in very well with the wonderful mass we celebrated together on Friday and we learned about The Holy Spirit and prayed for our mothers during the month of Mary.

In English we will continue to look at adverts and use persuasive language to plan our own advert with effective slogans and logos.

We will complete more problems with decimals in Maths and develop their skills in explaining their methods and creating problems for their peers.

We are looking forward to celebrating with the Year 4 children on Friday as they make their first Holy Communion and Confirmation.

Have a wonderful holiday and we look forward to seeing you back rested and ready for more challenges on Monday 13th June.

We didn't think the quality of the projects could get any better but the children and parents have stepped it up a level and produced some outstanding presentations: power points, posters, models and even film!

We have enjoyed our music lessons every Friday from a professional music specialist.  The 'Talk for Writing' poetry has continued to be a huge success.  The children have gained so many skills from it: Speaking and listening, new vocabulary. drama skills and they have all written their own poems.
On Thursday we had an assembly where the Y4 children shared their experiences form Kingswood with Y3 and they all received a certificate chosen by the staff for their skills and behaviour on the trip.  All of the Y3 chn expressed their keenness to take part in this fantastic trip next year.

Maths:

This week Y3 will continue with their work on fractions, adding and ordering them. Y4 will move onto decimal places and ordering decimals.

English:

The children will look at samples of persuasive language through various forms of media and begin to identify key features.

Topic:

We will continue to share topics projects and work on Monet in Art, looking at light and shade.

Have a great weekend and week ahead!  

What a wonderful week in Kingwood!

The children have had an amazing week on their residential trip. Every single child has learned so many new skills. They have all taken part in a variety of activities which has challenged them and given them the opportunity to work as a team, be resilient, be aware of the environment, gain in confidence and make new friends.
The children have all had a go at pushed themselves, facing their fears and showing a determination to overcome them. They have help each other and their behaviour has been outstanding even at bedtimes! They are a credit to St Vincent's. It has been a pleasure to take them away.
Despite the adverse weather conditions which were challenging at times, the children and staff have had a brilliant time. Thank you to all the staff who gave up their own time to make this trip possible.

We are looking forward to sharing our stories and picture with the other children. We are also excited to hear how the Y3 children got one with their work on the River Mersey.

Next week the Y4 children will deliver a presentation about their trip. Certificates will be awarded to the campers of the week!

We will begin researching Monet for our Art lessons linking with the topic of water. In Science we will be investigating the changing state of water.

English will be more poetry about monsters.

Y4 will do time in Maths.
Y3 will look at Fractions.

There will be a spelling test on Friday where the children will repeat the spellings from their assessment before the holiday.
The projects are also due in on Friday.
It will good to be back together as a team next week.

Please check the Twitter feed on the website for photos of the trip.

This week we had Merseyside gateway in doing an assembly.  It was so interesting finding out about all the different types of bridges and how the new bridge is progressing and how they are building each stage.  The children remembered so much information and asked relevant questions.

English:

The children were brilliant this week .  They managed to learn their section of the poem and put very creative actions to it.  Then we began to make a story map to help us remember the poem. The children really enjoyed this and will continue with is next week looking at monster poems.

Y3 will be working on their comprehension skills this week and grammar including apostrophes and spelling patterns.

Y4 will use their experiences at Kingswood to write reports, instructions and diary entries next week.

Maths:

Y3 will work on time this week and complete real life problems using timelines.
Y4 will continue with statistics this week before they go to Kingswood and complete a mental maths test.

Topic:

The children have all written their plan for the chocolate investigation which will take place this week, where the children will carry out the investigation to determine which temperature melts the chocolate most quickly.  They must ensure the test is fair and make observations to complete thier results table.  The children have discussed variable and they know everything has to be the same for each test apart from the change in temperature.

Y3
While the Y4 children are away the Y3 children will complete a mini project about the River Mersey.  They will use ICT to carry out their research and present their findings to their peers.

Y4 will leave for Kingswood on Wednesday at 12.15pm.  All the staff have made lots of preparations and given up their own time to make sure your children have a trip to remember.  Watch this space for photos and recounts from the children about their experiences.

Some of our poetry performances...

Have a great week!

Welcome back to the Summer Term

We have so much to do and look forward this term.


This week...

English:

This week we will be looking at poetry.  The children will learn a variety of poems and explore their different forms through performance, role play and story mapping.  They will use talk for writing to invent their own poems based on ones they have studied.  They will analyse the poems to develop their comprehensions skills.  They will complete their spelling assessment tests and bring home weekly spellings and English homework.

Maths:

Y3 will be practising timetables to aid multiplication of bigger numbers.

Y4 will be studying data handling, creating tally charts and interpreting data from a variety of graphs and charts.  They will have homework relating to this on Friday and x tables to learn for the 6 and 12 x tables and division facts.

Topic:

We will begin our topic on Water this term. The children have two weeks to produce a project to present to their class on the subject.  It can be on the water cycle, rivers, oceans, pollution, reversible changes of water, rainfall etc.  The projects can be in the form of a poster, model, written report, power point or report from a trip or visit.  Please hand in on Friday 6th May.


Please contact your child's class teacher with any medical updates for the trip to Kingswood or for any other information or questions. The trip is from Wednesday 27th April to Friday 29th April.

There is a FOSV cinema evening on Thursay 21st April 3-5pm.