It has been an amazing week in Year 4! It feels lie we are really soaring with our learning! Children have enjoyed so much this week creating their own Brer Rabbit characters and then beginning to write their own stories. The quality of them is really good. We are just trying hard now to master the grammar skills we need for Year 4 and use them in all our writing. In maths. we have found equivalent fractions tricky this week - but we have got there in the end.

Most importantly, we have been on a journey through Holy Week together this week. It has been so hard, as a school, not to be able to share our Holy week journey with you in the form of class assemblies. We all miss that community reflection and sense of shared experience we get when as parents, teachers and children, we come together.

However, in class, imagining how Jesus felt every step of the way is helping the children develop their compassion and love for Jesus and others. Children asked questions such as, “How did God feel, seeing his only Son on the cross?” and “Did heaven open when Jesus died?” We have been role playing each part of the story, which we will share as a special video in next week’s blog. Yesterday, children wrote their reflections on the Crucifixion of Jesus and they were so very beautiful and personal to them.

Let’s Celebrate!

I would like to celebrate the growing maturity of all our children this week by awarding a Cooper Crab certificate to the whole class. They are so utterly focused and also have a real desire to do well. I LOVE teaching them!

I have also awarded this week a Bobby Bee certificate to Holly for trying so hard with all learning and being so enthusiastic!

Also, a Lizzie Ladybird certificate to Grace for doing her utmost to listen, contribute all the time and strive to improve in all she does. Well done to two lovely young ladies!

Music stars this week were Kiefer and Olivia.

PE champs this week were Max and Asher - super football and sportsmanship.

So far in year 4, these children have met their reading targets: Max, Harriet, Christian, Isabella, Saul and Mason. Well done!

Notices.

We have been busy competing in class houses this half term. Children receive learning points all the time when they display the attributes of our learning characters. They also get learning points for work in books.

Next week, the winning house will be able to come on the final day (Thursday) in their own clothes with maybe an element of their house colour eg a belt, cardigan, hair band if possible.

We will let the winning class house know via text on Wednesday.

We break up on Thursday for Easter at 3.30pm

Well Spring has finally definitely sprung! We hope you have a lovely weekend with your hard-working, lovely children. God bless,

Mrs Lyons, Mrs Mather and Miss Forster.