Blog Author: Streethay Primary

Orchard have been learning all about celebrating difference this half term. So far we have considered why the word normal means different things to different people and thought about why it is positive to be an individual.

The children have been practicing their formation and blending of CVC words such as pig and cat. 
They were able to complete this task by sounding out the sounds. 
 

LO: i can recognise and point/ get objects if i am asked abiut them.

This week the children have been working on their listening skills. The Daisies have been using this new skill when they are asked to tidy up, find and collect their coats/ water bottles.

Well done Daisies!

LO: i am developing in confidence to choose my own toys to play with, snack to eat and what to wear.

this week the Daisies have come into the room and enjoyed all the different activities we had set out for them. The Daisies have confidently chosen what areas to play at and have started…

In computing, Team Meadow have been learning about algorithms. The children created instructions on how to make a cheese sandwich, thinking about how these instructions would need to be written for a 'computer'. 

The children have been learning about orchestral instruments. They have been thinking about which orchestral instruments they could hear in different pieces of music. 

This term for Art in Team Badgers, we are exploring the art and expression used by the Ancient Egyptians. The children learned that the Egyptians didnt have white paper to write on, so they used a tea stain technique to create a more rustic, Egpytian style background. With their understanding of…

Orchard have begun their new unit in Geography this week all about deserts. They have been learning how to identify a desert and what the climate is like there.

This term, our unit in computing is iProgram using Scratch. For lesson 1- iMove, children have begun to understand the concept of instruction by explored the Scratch program, selecting a sprite character and using coding instruction to move the sprite across the screen. 

This week Orchard have begun their new French topic all about French football champions. We have started to learn some key vocabulary which the children will use throughout the unit and made some flash cards to help us retain the knowledge.

In preparation for our Remembrance Assembly on Friday, Team Hedgehogs painted some beautiful watercolour poppy fields. It was the first bit of painting we had done in Year 4, and we were really proud of the effects we were able to create. We also enjoyed seeing each other's paintings and seeing…

Over the half term, Daffodils have enjoyed learning lots of nursery rhymes. We have enjoyed favourites such as Humpty Dumpty, One, two buckle my shoe and five little monkeys.  We have also used playdough to develop our fine motor skills whilst we sing along to our nursery rhymes! Here we are…