Blog Author: Streethay Primary

This half term, our focus has been on the story of 'Lost and Found' by Oliver Jeffers. Rabbits have been showing off their amazing writing skills. The children have learnt about the importance of capital letters, full stops and finger spaces in their writing. They also became 'Animal Detectives!'…

The children have been thinking deeply in computing about staying safe online and cyberbullying. This week they have considered different online cyberbullying scenarios and have thought about how they might help a target, both publicly and privately, in a safe way.

This week in Science the children have wowed me when creating their own branching keys to classify different leaves. They have worked hard to identify the similarities and differences between them and come up with suitable questions to sort them. Well done everyone!

The children have been exploring the art nad design this week by creating self-portraits by using a variety of materials to create faces that look like there own. 
 

In English, we have been trying hard to use expanded noun phrases and conjunctions in our writing. This week, we explained why Timothy and Tabitha decided to swap back places. 

LO: i can join in with number rhymes (counting patterns).

This week the Daisies have been exploring the number rhyme 5 little men in a flying saucer. The children have been using the rocket props to re create the actions while singing the rhyme. The children have shown good number recall and…

During our History lesson this week we explored how Muhammad's teachings had an impact on his followers. 

Our topic this term in geography is rivers and the children are enjoying learning all about the formation of rivers and the cycle of water around the world. With a focus on the river Indus, the children have began to look at the upper course of a river, where the source of a river starts and…

In PSHE this week, we talked with Mrs Machin about our rights and responsibilities in Year 4.

We also set ourselves personal targets within the afternoon and our future afternoons with Mrs Machin.

In writing this week, Team Hedgehogs used expanded noun phrases to create an effective description. We needed to improve the description of the Apollo 13 explosion from our book Counting on Katherine. 

We started by building word-banks of nouns and adjectives, before having a go ourselves. Some…

Orchard team have been super stars in gymnastics over the last couple of weeks. They have worked hard to create counter balances, rolls and shapes in the air (such as tuck and star) when performing a jump. They have also been challenged to include different apparatus in their routines, ranging…

In our RE learning, team Orchard have been exploring Muslim faith including their thoughts about family and community as well their belief in fasting and why they do this.