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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…

This week, Team Badgers have concluded their RE learning with a class assembly on the festival of Diwali. They impressively role played and told the story of Rama and Sita, as well as the festive activities of diya lamp making and rangoli patterns. They also learned about the celebration over the…

This week in PE, Team Badgers have been developing their team building skills focusing on their communication and movement to complete tasks in orienteering. They have been out on the field finding hidden cones and numbers to work out the clues as a group. Great communication everyone!

In computing this term, Team Hedgehogs have looked at different ways of staying safe online. We have looked at making sure we can find information we can trust, as well as how we would give credit for information we find online. We also discussed cyberbullying and learned some top tips for staying…

Orchard have really enjoyed their music learning this half term where they have explored dynamics, pitch and texture. Along with appraising the work of classical composers, they have worked together in small groups to improvise and then create group compositions. 

Orchard have been working exceptionally hard on their DT project this half term. They have designed and made their own waistcoats and this week have completed them. We are so proud of what they have accomplished and the super craftsmanship they have displayed. Well done everyone!

In science this week, Team Hedgehogs became poo detectives! We had to study pictures of different animal poo samples, and see what evidence we could find in there. This helped us decide on their diet and then we had to choose which of the 10 animals could have made the poo! It was disgusting,…

the children have been doing "talk for writing" this morning where we acted out and spoke all about Rubys feelings. 

This week during our PSHE session, we have been defining the terms bullying and cyberbullying. We have also been playing the role of an Agony Aunt and giving helpful advice to others. We explored how our learning charters at Streethay ensure that that we are kind and welcoming…

Our music lesson this week involved us working as part of a pair to compose a piece of music in a particular style - a funeral march. 

We used standard notation to notate our piece of music and then we performed our piece of music.