Blog by Mr D Bamber

Four highlights from Year 4

1. We have learnt about our local community, voluntary teams and combat in Viking Britain.

2. There has been some wonderful multiplication maths.

3. It has been a quiet week because of the Y6 SATs exams - well done to them. 

4. We have been drafting our new…

“We played rounders in PE today. We did decimal numbers in Maths yesterday and myHappymind. We looked at the circulatory system in Science. In PSHCE we learned about our strengths and talents, along side our targets. Later in the week we looked at in Holy Trinity in RE.

Merit certificates…

Four highlights in Year 4 

1) We played Rounders and it was epic! 

2) We made textural art work with paint and sand. 

3) We learnt about friendships in My Happy Mind lessons. 

4) We have been listening to the Iron Man story and rounding 4-digit numbers to nearest 10, 100 and…

Top four moments in Year 4:

1. We have been learning some times-tables tricks and about ordering and comparing bigger numbers.

2. This week we have been researching the invasion of Britain by the Vikings. 

3. In Art and Design, we have been recreating the art work of William Morris.

4.…

World Book Day is a charity event held annually in the United Kingdom in March. On World Book Day, every child in full-time education in the UK and Ireland is provided with a voucher to be spent on books; the event was first celebrated in the United Kingdom in 1998. At Pool House, we all dressed…

We started to learn all about Robin Hood:

Here is some information about him: 

• He lived in Sherwood Forest as an outlaw. 
• He wore green, lincoln green, to blend into the forest.
• His biggest enemy was the Sheriff of Nottingham.
• Robin Hood was a famous archer.
• He stole from the rich…

Another busy week has gone by, and here is a short blog all about it. 

We have been doubling and halving decimal numbers in Mathematics. 

In Art and Design, we learnt more about specific colour blends. 

There was lots of fun in Science, as we experimented with liquids. 

In French, we…

This blog is all about the Spiderwick Chronicles. 

The characters are -

Mallory 

Jared 

Simon 

The Story -

Mallory, Jared and Simon move into their new home. 

Strange things start to happen. 

Jared gets the blame and finds a secret room.

The children find a field guide…

Welcome back to our (very wintery) spring term! We hope everyone had a relaxing and festive Christmas break.

This week we have begun our new story in English: The Spiderwick Chronicles. Using this text, we have discussed character features, asked questions about the text, inferred character…

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When we come.

We sang…

HOW TO MAKE THE PERFECT CURRY

1. Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan and very gently fry the garlic and ginger for about a minute, stirring constantly. Don’t allow them to brown.

2. Stir in the curry powder, chilli and tomato purée and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly…

The decorations have adorned the classroom and the carol singing is in full swing. 

These are the top five moments of the week - 

- Short division method (with remainders) in Mathematics

- We have conducted an experiment into teeth hygiene using eggs 

- We have been writing stories and…