It has really been a week of using our imagination this week in Year 4! We have written amazing stories about the Dragon Slayer which I am looking forward to you reading on our book afternoon. We have started our Anglo-Saxon topic - finding out what happened when the Romans left and how the Anglo-Saxons managed to take over. Then we created our own Anglo-Saxon community where each child in class is part of an Anglo-Saxon family. They re-enacted a typical Anglo-Saxon day to music and they were immersed in what life would have been like for our early creators of England - or Angle-land!
Then of course we had World Book day! WOW! what an effort we all went to! Children had a lovely time reading to the Year 1 children and making up their own stories with their own characters featuring in them. They enjoyed re-telling this story whilst acting it out. In the afternoon we read and figured out Anglo-Saxon riddles! Very exciting!
Also, using less creative and more analytical skills - children have moved from thinking about life in volcanic areas (and the advatages of this) in Geography, very nicely onto different types of rocks. Children classified rocks according to their properties and then made close observational drawings before naming 6 main types of rock.
We have been gaining a deep understanding of the relationships between our times tables this week - focusing on the 3x and 6x table. Children have been busy constructing the 6x table and noticing patterns. They have also had a test on all their times tables so far. Ask them how they did.
Let’s Celebrate!
This week, our certificate winners are as follows:
A Cooper Crab certificate goes to Tabby for giving your best focus to all work and really challenging yourself to get onto all the extension tasks.
A Sadie Spider certificate goes to Leo for trying so hard and being determined with all work you carry out. You are a hard worker and it shows in the quality of your work.
Swimming stars were Millie, Edi, Molly-Ann and Betsy
Notices
IMPORTANT NOTICE: SWIMMING CONTINUES on Mondays - prompt at 8.30am but we are also going on Thursday at the same time too starting next week Thursday 10th March. Please be prompt at 8:30 at St Patrick’s Road gate. This will be their second PE slot - so no PE on Wednesdays and Fridays.
NEW NOTICE - No swimming this Monday due to burst pipe at St Annes YMCA pool Hoping it will be fixed by Thursday.
SCHOOL TRIP NEWS - Tuesday 29th March. We are walking through St Annes square and onto the beach to examine rocks, look at buildings and find fossils! There will be no cost to this trip but we are hoping to have our lunch on the beach, so a packed lunch in a plastic bag will be needed. They will be using the plastic bag to carry their rocks back to school.
Parent meetings begin next week - Please be prompt so we can have our fully alloted time slot.
Friday 11th March at 2:30 is an opportunity to come into school and have a look at your child’s school books in the hall. I look forward to seeing you and I know children are very proud of their books.
DURING LENT - WALK AGAINST HUNGER.
After much thought we have decided that our almsgiving through Lent will focus on CAFOD’s Walk Against Hunger and we will be praying for all those around the world who are in desperate need. The children will be asking you to sponsor them as each class tries to walk at least 200K (125 miles!) over the next five weeks in our lead up to Holy Week in school. You can do this by donating on ParentPay which will be live from today. If every family donates at least £5 in sponsorship we should be able to head towards that magical £1000 for this very worthy cause. In the past a few families have collected Lenten alms with wider family and friends and passed on the donation to our chosen charity so we will put this item on ParentPay showing a range for the amount to be donated but there are no expectations and all donations are gratefully received. Below are some of the items and support which CAFOD is hoping to provide:
£12 can buy ingredients to make a highly nutritious sesame seed paste so a new mum can help her malnourished child grow big and strong
£20 can fund expert nutrition and healthcare classes for new mums and dads in rural communities
£200 can feed ten malnourished children sesame paste for a week, helping them grow big and strong
£500 can provide an entire community with pepper seeds for planting season
£600 can help local experts deliver a highly effective door-to-door campaign in rural communities, training people in proper sanitation, hygiene and nutrition
We have decided as a class that collectively we are going to try to walk at least 1500km as a class - all the way to Poland in fact to raise money to fight against poverty and hunger. We will be walking around the playground each day but also round the block twice a week too!
Attention Year four… Art News
Year four, after we finish our Money Containers topic, we are moving on to Textiles and we will be tie dyeing a tshirt. So you will need to bring in a white tshirt, put your name on the label and bring it to school as soon as possible, we start the week after next. It can be a new one or a school or home tshirt that has gone a little grubby, it must not have any designs on it though. The good news is, that after we have finished with it in art, you can wear it to school with your PE kits on PE days to show off your creativity.
Have a lovely weekend and thanks so much again for such a super effort on World Book day!
Mrs Lyons, Mrs Mather and Miss Woodrow.