Russet Class Blog
Year 3 & Year 4
Term 1
Week 3 and 4
We have had another couple of busy weeks with the children performing to their absolute best!
Both weeks have been full of healthy eating, finding out about our circulatory system and exploring more about the Stone Age to name a few! History was centred around the Neolithic village of Skara Brae which is found in Orkney, Scotland and is one of the best preserved prehistoric villages in Europe. The children found out what is was like to have lived there and then did their own detective work in asking questions about the village to research.
In science, the children discovered what the circulatory system does in our body. We found out about the function of the heart and then were very pleased to have scored 9/10 in a class quiz!
In Art this week the children really enjoyed producing pictures of Cave Art using charcoal. They discovered what it was like to produce images and drawings using different materials and then evaluated their work.
Our ‘recounts’ topic in English has now finished and we have now moved onto persuasive texts. The children have looked at the features of a persuasive text and are eventually going to produce their own pieces of persuasive writing about eating healthily and having a balanced diet.
Both Year 3 and 4 have now finished Place Value, which was our first maths topic. Place Value is such an important area to master and become confident in, as it shapes everything about the whole of the maths curriculum.
In PE, the children were lucky enough to have dodged the rain this week and be able to get outside and continue the ‘Netball’ topic. The children have looked at different types of throwing and were working on the skill of ‘pivoting’. They also enjoyed playing their own mini matches.
Russet Autumn1 Week 3and4
Week 1 and 2
A huge congratulations to Russet Class for coming back to school with such a great sense of maturity and enthusiasm to learn. I am so proud of the Year 4s in helping the Year 3s settle into ‘Junior School life’ and I am excited for the year ahead!
We had our SCARF session last Monday where Sue came in to speak to us about ‘How great it is to be me!’ The children were faced with different scenarios to discuss and it was wonderful to see them interacting with each other in such positive and thoughtful ways. The children were thrilled to be starting their PE lessons last Tuesday and have relished both the activities of Floorball and Netball and more importantly, working as a team!
The children have started the very important topic of Place Value in Maths and are working very hard. This topic forms the basis of every single maths lesson and it is encouraging to see the children working so hard and with such enthusiasm. In English, we started our ‘Recounts’ topic last week around our class text, ‘Stig of the Dump.’ The children are already keen to learn more about the main characters of Stig and Barney and are looking forward to writing a recount of when ‘the ground gave way’ and Barney fell into the pit and met Stig!
Our history topic this term is ‘Through the Ages’ and the children are already relishing learning about the Stone Age and how hunter gatherers survived in such a harsh and bleak environment.
How to eat healthily and have a balanced diet forms the first lessons of science this term where we are studying ‘Animals including humans’.
Until next time!