In our worship this week, we reflected on the Gospel story of Jesus blessing the disciples by helping them catch 153 fish, no less. We then reflected each day on our many blessings. We have thanked God for the good things He gives us every day, family, friends, food, shelter, learning and so much more!!
We have been truly blessed with the exciting week we have had in Year 4! On Monday, children worked enthusiastically to write their Viking non-fiction books with great success! Children have marked each others and given each other pointers for improvement. Now, in English we are deep into the Norse Cosmos - studying the Viking belief system. Wednesday saw the children working in small groups to create one of the Vikings’ nine worlds and then they produced some excellent setting descriptions - teamwork makes the dream work!!
In RE we have examined what happened at Pentecost. Children have worked in groups to perform and capture on camera freeze frames of the 6 main events. We are next starting to learn about the fruits of the Holy spirit and how they can bless us in our lives.
In maths, we have consolidated our skills in multiplying 3 numbers, division with remainders, long/short multiplication methods and all the language involved. Can your child tell you what a dividend, divisor, quotient, factor and multiple is?
In other news, we had a PE specialist come to teach us gymnastics on Wednesday. We then used our mirroring skills in our exciting PE lesson on Thursday - where we made Viking figureheads and began our dance of the Viking myth, ‘Thor and the Giants.’
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WE have learned about Emotional Well-Being this week. We have learned that (especially as we grow and change) we can have feelings and emotions that are difficult to cope with. We discussed that these tricky emotions can lead us to act in ways we are not proud of. We then examined what positive steps we could take if experiencing a negative emotion - like talking to someone we trust, taking our mind off things by helping someone else or playing a game etc. Children came up with so many ideas.
On a sad note, we are saying goodbye to Aviya today, who has been a lovely addition to our class. We will miss you Aviya and we wish you so much happiness in your new school.
Let’s Celebrate!
This week, our certificate winners are:
Aviya received a Roger Robin certificates for being such a caring friend and showing kindness to everyone. Your lovely smile lights up a room!
Daisy received a Bobby Bee certificate for her sheer enthusiasm and determination in all she does. You have so much energy for all your learning!
Our PE stars this week for excellent gymnastic partner work were Evan and Ruby-Lilly and Tabby and Christian
Notices
1. Food Technology is cancelled this year as Mrs Curtis is still off school. Our sincere apologies. Maybe you could have a go at creating these recipes in half term?
Please enjoy your weekend - I hope the sun stays shining and enjoy counting your blessings together!
Thanks so much for your continued support.
Mrs Lyons, Mrs Mather and Miss Woodrow.