This week, Class 4 have been learning all about length. We compared and ordered objects using their length and measured in both non-standard and standard units. We then used our knowledge of length and measuring to solve some problems.
On Monday, Class 4 got to taste the different fruits from the story Handa’s Surprise. We had tried some of the fruits before but the guava, passion fruit and avocado were new to us. We were all very brave and had a taste of all the fruits – some of which Read more…
Over half term, the children in Class 4 were asked to research Africa and to produce a piece of homework that showed what they had learned. Take a look at the some of the fantastic things the children brought in this week. Holly and Scarlett even worked collaboratively on theirs!
Today, the children in class 4 have been partitioning two-digit numbers into tens and ones. They looked closely at the digits and worked out their value so they could correctly make the number from the base-10 equipment. Filip even challenged himself by partitioning 100.
Today, the children in Class 4 have been working in pairs/small groups to solve a problem. They used the strategy of simplifying a promblem to sort out the information and used one clue at a time to work out what order the singers in the X Factor queue should be in. Read more…
This week we had our first class assembly in Year One. We used our assembly to showcase all that we had been learning about our local area. The children worked hard to learn their lines and project their voices across the hall. We hope that all the parents and carers Read more…
The children in Class 4 have continued to explore their local environment this week, by taking photographs of interesting things they have seen around school. When they returned to class, they used the Pic Collage app to arrange and present their photographs. Here you can see some of their creations.
Class 4 are really enjoying their ‘Reading Buddy’ sessions with Class 12. Their buddies are helping them to learn their key words and help build up their fluency in reading.
As part of their topic work on ‘Materials’, Class 4 have been investigating which materials are magnetic and which aren’t. They discovered that all the magnetic objects they found were made of metal, but that not all metals were magnetic. They used this this knowledge to create their own magnetic Read more…
This week, Class 4 have been using online maps to explore the local area. Great fun was had locating their houses and using ‘street view’ to make their way to school.