Pelynt
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Class Blog for Class 4
Week ending 19th April 2024
Welcome
back.
The
children have settled back into class routines exceptionally well. They have
been enjoying the dry weather and being able to make the most of our large field
especially at lunch times.
On
returning to school, it was lovely to see all the children’s fabulous (finally
dry) prints that we created last half term based on Hokusai’s, 36 Views of Mount
Fuji series(pictured left).
During our
English lessons this week, the children have not only finished their final draft
of their newspaper reports, but they have also started a new learning based on
Beowulf. The children summarised the story using their computing skills to digitally create a storyboard along with designing their own story maps to help them to retell the story off by heart. This week
we have also been reminding ourselves of various word classes and their roles.
In our
science lesson this week, the children learnt about solubility. They made
predictions, carried out tests and reflected on their results.
During our PE
lessons this week, we thoroughly enjoyed beginning our focus of touch rugby
with Pro20. In our athletic lesson this week, we used the iPads to capture our
running technique and time across a distance which we hope to improve on other
this half term.
During
PSHE, the children learnt about mental health and the balance between
challenges and support.
We enjoyed
our Music lesson with Mrs Butlin and look forward to music with her during this
half term.
Homework
has been set on Mathletics and Spelling Shed. Please also remember to read
regularly and that we have Times Table Rockstar logins.
Points to remember:
PE on Mondays and Fridays
St George’s Day- red and white
mufti Tuesday 23rd April
Clubs start this week
SATs week- 13th- 16th
May
Residential- 12th-14th
June – full payment due
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Week ending Friday 22nd March 2024
This week,
the children have thoroughly enjoyed getting their teeth into their printing learning
journey. They made Styrofoam print blocks, string print blocks and sponge print
blocks. After experimenting with these different methods, each child decided
which they would like to use in their main art piece. They justified their choice
and shared top tips with each other. Many children loved what they had managed
to create out of a piece of sponge but decided that they will use a Styrofoam
print block as it would give them the chance to add more fine detail in their
print.
During
PSHE, the children learnt about wellbeing; they drew a wellness well and
thought about how positive and negative thoughts affect mental health and how
we can help ourselves and others.
In our
science lessons, the children learnt about materials and their properties. We explored
various properties including transparency, hardness, magnetism and finished by creating
an investigation to test electrical conductors and sorting these from electrical
insulators.
During our
English lessons this week, the children have been drafting a newspaper article
about an earthquake. They have learnt about speech punctuation and have used examples
in their articles.
Homework
has been set on Mathletics and Spelling Shed. Please also remember to read
regularly and that we have Times Table Rockstar logins.
Points to remember:
PE on Mondays and Wednesdays
Parent
consultations Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
Break up
for Easter on Thursday (school closing early)
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Week ending 15th March 2024
This week has been a busy one with lots of important learning taking
place across the week.
Year 5 children went to a ‘Life Skills’ event at Liskeard fire station
where they learnt lifesaving information from various emergency services and
companies like GWR. It was great to hear that some of the children went home and
taught their adults some of skills learnt like CPR.
During our outdoor learning time, the children learnt about pond life.
We noticed frogs, tadpoles and newts in our pond at school and learnt the life
cycles and animal groups of these creatures. We made our own wood slice life
cycles which we will give to the younger classes once they are varnished. We noticed
that the edges to our pond are quite open so we used other wood slices to carve
a danger sign to warn others about it. We chiselled into the wood slices which
we found particularly difficult. It made us wonder how ‘Hokusai’ our artist focus at the moment made the detailed wooden print blocks all
those years ago. In our outdoor session,
we also learnt about filtration and tried to improve the water quality of the
pond as it is looking quite murky. In groups, the children made water filters
using various natural resources that they found. There was a clear difference once
the pond water had been through the children’s filters. They noted how the water
still wouldn’t be safe to drink!
In PSHE, we continued our topic, ‘Healthy ME’. The children learnt
about exploitation, peer pressure and gangs. They learnt about what to do if
they are in a situation where they are being made to do something they don’t
want to do. They also learnt about, ‘Clever Never Goes,’ which helps children to
recognise specific situations that are unsafe and gives them the tools to
respond. This tied in well with year 5’s Life Skills trip
to Liskeard Fire station.
In our English lessons, the children planned a newspaper report about a
natural disaster. They learnt about direct and indirect speech and wrote
examples that could be used in their reports. Some children managed to change
the levels of formality between the various witnesses and experts in their
speech examples.
During our RE lesson, the children learnt about how Christians choose to
live their lives. We learnt about various parables including the ‘Foolish Builder’.
The children recreated this parable by attempting to build mini structures on
various foundations. All children were able to explain that the different
foundations they used represented Christians that followed Jesus’ teachings and
those that did not.
During our geography lessons this week, the children had a physical geography
focus. They learnt about tectonic plates, volcanoes and earthquakes and plotted
the ring of fire on a world map. After learning about how buildings are built
with special features in earthquake prevalent areas to try to reduce the impact
of the quakes, the children designed their own buildings with similar features
and tried to build these using spaghetti and marshmallows. They used a base of
jelly as their foundations so it was great fun testing their buildings against
an earthquake simulation! We got up to ‘8’ on our own Richter scale.
During our computing lesson this week, the children learnt how to create
a database of data in Excel. They researched the changing temperatures in
various countries across 20+ years to see if they could notice the effect of
global warming. The children learnt how to calculate the total and the mean in
their spreadsheet by typing in equations. They also learnt how to plot their findings
into various styles of graph.
Mr Hewitt came in and worked with some of our gifted artists to add finishing
touches to the school mural.
Homework has been set on Mathletics and Spelling Shed. Please also
remember to read regularly and that we have Times Table Rockstar logins.
This half term, if the children would like to make a volcano to ‘erupt’
in school. We will be erupting any volcanoes made in these last 2 weeks of term
so if they could be brought into school this coming week, that would be great.
Points to remember:
PE on Mondays and Wednesdays
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Week ending 8th March 2024
It’s been a busy week celebrating
St Piran’s Day and World Book Day. I always love seeing what characters the
children choose to come in as. We had a great time trying to guess each other’s
characters- some were much easier to guess than others. We needed clues for a
few outfits; some children had props to help us!
This week, the children have had
a poetry focus. They have been learning about imagery and writing poems that
create a vivid image for the reader. Many children had a metaphor focus and wrote
poems that rhymed whilst other children had a simile focus and experimented
with kennings too.
During our art lesson this week,
we learnt about the famous artist, Hokusai. The children learnt how he created his
prints and then made drawings that followed a similar theme to his artwork, ‘36
views of Mount Fuji’.
In our French lessons, we
started a new topic on healthy living and being active. The children learnt
French words for various healthy food and drink.
In PSHE, we continued our topic,
‘Healthy ME’. The children learnt about various types of drugs and their
effects on the body. They learnt about the different categories of drugs
including, prescribed, restricted, unrestricted and illegal. They then sorted names
of drugs into their correct categories and discussed why people might take
drugs even when they know they can be damaging to the body.
Homework has been set on
Mathletics and Spelling Shed. Please also remember to read regularly and that
we have Times Table Rockstar logins. This half term, if the children would like
to make a volcano to ‘erupt’ in school then we will be erupting them as part of
a science lesson in the last 2 weeks of this half term.
Points to remember:
PE on Mondays and Wednesdays
Outdoor learning day Thursday
Week ending Friday 1st March 2024
This week, we started our
new enquiry question, ‘Extreme Earth: how dangerous is it?’ The children thought
of many interesting questions that they’d like to know based on this physical geography-based
line of enquiry. As a starting point for this topic and to gain a better understanding
of what lies beneath our feet, the children created a model of the Earth with
the layers inside. After learning about the different layers of the Earth, the
children worked in a group to explain it to others. They used their models to
support them. Many children decided to share this information as documentary
hosts and created a short film of their explanations. In this lesson, the
children also attached the film to Seesaw and learnt that we can create a QR
code of our videos to put on display in class.
This week in our English lessons,
the children have had a poetry focus. They have been using imagery whilst
writing poems about volcanoes. Many children have also been trying to use
rhyming couplets in their poems too.
In RE, the children learnt
about Christianity and how Christians choose to live their lives. The children were
reminded of the story of Moses and the 10 commandments and compared these to
their own values.
In our art lessons this half
term, we have a new focus- printing. In this week’s lesson, the children searched
the school site to find items that they wanted to explore printing with. We discussed
artists that we’ve learnt about in the past who were print artists and touched
on key vocabulary that we might come across during this learning journey.
In our PE lessons this week,
we continued our focuses of Tri Golf and tag rugby.
In PSHE, we continued our
Healthy Me topic. The children became agony aunts, offering their advice to
various scenarios.
Points to remember:
PE on Mondays and Wednesdays
St Piran’s Day on Tuesday- wear black, white and/or gold
World Book Day on Thursday
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Week ending Friday 24th February 2024
This week, the
children have been editing and redrafting their stories set in The Amazon. We
have had a big focus on handwriting - not just in our writing books but across
the curriculum. The children have been working on improving their posture when
writing and focusing on how they are holding the pen/pencil. We are hoping to
improve our writing endurance and our presentation especially when writing at
length.
This week,
we answered our big question, ‘The Amazing Americas: how does the UK compare?’
The children reflected on this question by answering a sub-question about where
they would prefer to visit and why- thinking about the human and physical features
of each place and what might entice them.
In RE, the
children learnt about karma and what Hindus believe happens after death. They compared
this to other religions that they know of and thought about their own beliefs.
We finished
our architectural art focus this week. The children drew pictures of a house
that they would like to live in when they are older. They had to try to use what
they had learnt throughout their previous lessons to make the buildings look
three-dimensional. Once finished, we held a mini art gallery where the children
gave feedback to their fellow classmates.
In our PE
lessons this week, we particularly enjoyed Tri golf with Arena. We enjoyed
learning about the different clubs and taking aim at the various targets.
In our
French lessons, the children enjoyed using SeaSaw to record their work based on
celebrations and festivals.
In PSHE, we
started our new topic, ‘Healthy ME’. The
children thought about what they already know about leading a healthy life and
then they learnt about the other areas that we will be covering this half term-
including drug and substance misuse.
In our
computing lessons, the children continued their coding focus. They learnt how
to code using Microbit. Their ability to code astounds me. They learnt to code the Microbit to be used as
a dice, which they then used to play a game that they created; some children
even coded the Microbit to play rock paper scissors against them.
Homework has
been set on Mathletics and Spelling Shed. Please also remember to read
regularly and that we have Times Table Rockstar logins. This half term, if the
children would like to make a volcano to ‘erupt’ in school then we will be
erupting them as part of a science lesson in the last 2 weeks of this half term.
Points to remember:
PE on Mondays and Wednesdays
Week ending Friday 9th February 2024
It’s been an
incredibly busy half term. Thank you for supporting the children throughout. An
additional thank you to those who were able to attend our class assembly on
Monday. It was a lovely way for the children to share a summary of their
learning with you.
In addition
to our assembly, this week our year 6 children visited Looe Secondary
school for a computing session where they learnt more about coding. It was a
great transition experience for them and something we hope to do more of in the
near future.
We ended the
half term with a D.T construction project where the children teamed up with
other members of the class and designed and built a building to a specific
brief. They researched ideas and then used their recent art learning to draw a
realistic plan of their building which they constructed using card. They learnt
various fixing methods including how to use flaps, flanges, braces, and slots.
On Tuesday this week, it was Safer Internet Day. The children learnt about making a difference online
with year 5 children creating a poster to remind others of how to be kind and
stay safe on the internet.
We hope you
have a lovely half term.
Class 4 team
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Week ending Friday 2nd February 2024
Hello everyone!
What an incredible day we had on Thursday for our Wild Tribe outdoor survival
day. Some of our favourite learning activities were first aid, shelter building,
knot securing, whittling and fire making.
This week, the children also particularly enjoyed
their RE lesson, which was on Seesaw, where they learnt more about Hinduism and
mandirs.
We also took our geography learning onto Seesaw
this week. We improved our understanding of human and physical features. We
reminded ourselves of the terminology and looked at various examples which
might cause us difficulty when classifying. Later in the lesson, we located various
examples in the UK and North and South America. In addition, we took a closer
look at the countries Wales and Brazil which we will be comparing in more depth
this coming week.
In our PE learning, we had a mini tournament during
our table tennis lesson where we played competitive games against other members
of the class. In our Pro20 session, we learnt how to find space and protect the
ball.
During our English lessons this week, the
children have been learning to plan and develop their initial ideas. They’ve
learnt about the active and passive voice along with developing their understanding
of sentence structure including relative clauses.
In our science learning this week, the
children carried out the investigation which they planned last week. They were
surprised by their results. Some children extended their learning by thinking what
else they could investigate with similar resources. We hope to carry out a selection
of these investigations this coming week.
Points to remember:
- PE on Monday (1pm-2pm)
-Class 4 assembly Monday 2.30pm
-Year 6 trip to Looe Secondary School Tuesday
- INSET day Friday
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Week ending Friday 26th January 2024
One of our highlights this week has been the visit
from The Ocean Conservation Trust. They put on an amazing workshop teaching us all about the science of climate change which followed on
brilliantly from our recent climate change topic. We learnt about climate
heroes including seagrass and how we too can be climate heroes ourselves. Our favourite
parts of the workshop included learning about combustion, investigating pH levels,
the affect of pH on calcium carbonate and exploring Plymouth Sound via VR headsets.
This week has also been our maths enrichment week. We have had great fun with various maths challenges including discussing different methods to solve 'The Deca Tree' problem. We combined art with maths and learnt about circle vocabulary with Kandinsky's, 'Concentric Circles'. We even created a shape hunt for the rest of the school!
During our English lessons this week, the
children have been learning about descriptive devices and using these in their
own writing to describe the Amazon Rainforest.
During our science lesson this week, the children planned an investigation which we will carryout this coming week.
In our music lesson, we continued our
learning with Mrs Butlin.
During our art lesson, we continued to learn about drawing in one point
perspective. The children made great editions to their sketch books.
During PE this week, we enjoyed being competitive
in both our football and table tennis sessions.
Points to
remember:
- PE on Monday and Friday
- Our outdoor learning day is on Thursday 1st February.
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Week ending Friday 19th January 2024
Hello everyone!
This week, we delved deeper into this half
term’s big question, ‘The amazing Americas: how does the UK compare?’ The
children researched geographical information about North and South America so they
can compare these to the UK at a later date. They also revisited the meaning of
key geographical language including continent, country, county, state, region, city,
town, village, hamlet.
During our English lessons this week, the
children got creative and planned and wrote their own stories based on a selection
of pictures from our new class read, The Explorer’. This was a great opportunity
for them to continue to build writing stamina and to see what they had retained
from our last narrative unit of work. This week, we also had a grammar focus on
word classes.
In maths this week, yellow group learnt how
to use a written method to divide whilst purple/red group continued to learn
about ratio. Green group learnt to multiply using a formal written method.
During our science lesson this week, the children continued to explore scientific
electrical symbols. They made circuits from symbol diagrams and then drew their
own diagrams (using the scientific symbols) from circuits they had made themselves.
In PSHE this week, the children started to
learn about jobs. They discussed the importance of various jobs in society and
tried to determine the various salaries. We discussed what might impact salary
and also looked at job satisfaction.
In our music lesson, we continued our
learning with Mrs Butlin.
During our art lesson, we learnt about one-point perspective. The children were impressed with how they could make their own drawings look 3d. I was impressed with their efforts.
In our French lesson, we started to learn
about French speaking countries around the world.
During PE, on Monday the children enjoyed their session
with Pro20. On Friday, some children left us to take part in their cross-country
race. An amazing well done. What a great effort especially in the cold weather.
The children that remained at school, continued their table tennis focus. They
continued to develop their serve and their understanding of the rules of table
tennis.
Points to
remember:
- PE on Monday and Friday
- Our outdoor learning day is on Thursday 1st February.
- Please note the change in residential dates due to the new INSET day on
Friday May 24th
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