This week in English, we have been thinking about all of the traditional stories that we have read over the past few weeks. We have used the ideas in these stories to plan and write our own traditional stories. At the end of the week we self-assessed our work and also peer marked against our … Read more
This week in English, we have continued to look at a variety of short stories from other cultures. We have been looking for clues in the texts that tell us the origin of the story. Next week we will be planning, writing and assessing our own stories with a traditional theme. In Maths this week, … Read more
Welcome back and Happy New Year! We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas break. This week in English, we have started to look at stories from other cultures. We have read a few short stories, we have thought about the characters and have looked for clues about the cultural background. We will be continuing … Read more
This week in class 4 we have been very busy with our DT pop-up books. We started the week by looking at a variety of pop-up books. Then we learnt about pop-up and moving mechanisms and we had a practise at making these. After that, we thought of a simple Christmas story to use in … Read more
In English this week, we have been looking at newspaper reports. We wrote our own report based on the death of Tutankhamun. We have also been learning about the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb. In Maths, we have revised multiplying and dividing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/ma13tabl-game-tables-grid-find In Science this week we have been finishing off our electricity work. In … Read more
In English this week, we have started to look at newspaper reports. We have combined some of our English and History lessons this week and have written instructions for an embalmer mummifying a body. In Maths, we have recapped written methods for division and next week we will be looking at working on our mental … Read more
In English this week, we have been writing our own Egyptian Myths. We have also been working on editing and improving our work. Over the next few weeks, we will be looking at newspaper reports and recounts. We will be looking in particular at the discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb. In Maths, we have been learning … Read more
In English this week, we have been continuing our work on Myths. We have thought of our own mythical heroes and we planned our own Egyptian myth. Towards the end of the week, we started to write our own myth and we will be continuing with this next week. In Maths, we have been completing … Read more
In English this week, we have been working on Myths. We have thought about possible settings for an Egyptian myth and we have started to think about mythical beasts. Next week we will be planning and writing our own Egyptian myths. In Maths, we have been using kitchen scales to weigh items and we have … Read more
Welcome to Term 2! In English this week, we have started a new unit of work on Myths. We have looked at an Ancient Egyptian Creation story, a Greek myth and the Triumph of Horus. Next week we will be looking more at the features of myths and we will be starting to think about … Read more
