Term 4 Weeks 1 - 2

As one of the World Book Day activities we are holding a competition to paint a pebble and so we are setting this as the homelearning task for the first two weeks.  The larger the pebble - the better, or you may like to paint a group of pebbles to represent one or more characters from a well known story or book or perhaps the front cover.  Bring your pebble in by Friday 6th March at the latest and you may even win a prize!  We would like to keep your pebble at school and so if you can varnish it so that it can last outside this is even better.  Remember to name your pebble if possible. Here are some ideas...

Half Term 

There is no specific home learning task for half term but we are asking the children to find a "fastening" for finishing off their sewing project for the first week back if possible.  Items such as large poppers, an interesting and large button or duffle toggle or a selection of fabric ribbon would work well.  Please send in a small named bag on Tuesday 24th. Thanks 

Home Learning for Weeks 5 and 6 (to be completed by Monday 9th February)

The children are very much looking forward to showing you their dance performances on Tuesday 10th February at 2.30.  We have been rehearsing lots, but so that they are totally familiar with the music and steps, please can they listen and have a go over the next week to be super confident with their pieces.  Thank you - happy dancing!

Week 4 English research (due in Tuesday 3rd February)

For their next piece of writing the children are creating explanation texts about wildlife that is under the threat of extinction.  They will need to have completed some research about their chosen animal which could be a Giant Panda, Mountain Gorilla, Black Rhino or the Sumatran tiger.  They can bring in printed information that they have found from the internet but they will need to understand what they have printed, so please expect them to read it to you or discuss it with them.  They could copy out pictures or facts too but they do not need to write the explanation as this is what they are doing at school.  The following are sites that provide information but they could also visit the library for non-fiction texts about these animals.

Endangered Animals Facts For Kids: Information & Pictures

endangered species - Kids | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

10 of the world's most endangered animals | WWF

16 of the world’s most endangered animals

Home Learning Weeks 2 - 3

As our new Science unit is about sound, we would like the children to investigate how sound travels though vibrating waves.  If possible they could make an old style yoghurt pot telephone model as below and bring it to school to trial it out on Wednesday 21st January.  They can also investigate some other ways to create sound such as making a rubber band guitar or comb and paper instrument if they wish. Please click on the pictures below for further information.  They may also wish to create a diagram of sound waves to display on the working wall.  

Home Learning During Christmas Holidays and week 1

Well done to those that sung in our carol concert this week - you learnt the words and got the biggest cheer!

For our Church Worship on 14th January, the children will need to learn a new song. Please click on the link below:

Home Learning for Weeks 5 - 7

Thank you so much for the amazing and imaginative Christmas decorations that have been completed for last week's home learning.  They have been proudly added to the classroom decorations and Christmas trees but will be sent home at the end of term.

We are also all very excited about our Key Stage 2 Carol concert which is going to be held on Tuesday 16th December at All Saints Church.

We will be singing "We three kings" and so we would like the children to be as familiar as possible with the words.  Please can they practise their carol as much as possible at home in addition to the opportunities to rehearse at school. Please click on the document below.  We will send words home next week too.

Home Learning for Week 4 (to be given in by Friday 28th)

Its that time of year again - Christmas is coming!

We would like the children to create a new Christmas decoration for their year 4 classrooms.  It does not need to be very big but it could go on the windows, be hung from the displays or decorate the class Christmas tree.  When they are sent in by Friday, then they will brighten up the classrooms for the Christmas fair which is on Saturday 29th.  Below are some ideas for inspiration:

Home Learning Project - Roman Day

The children have written persuasive letters to Mrs Edwards in their English requesting permission to have a Roman Day on the final week of term 2.  For this they will need to be in some sort of costume or bring a prop for the day.  We would like you to consider this now, in case you wanted to order a costume but so that there is enough time for the children to create a prop.  The costume could just be a piece of sheeting safety pinned to form a toga or just a prop such as a laurel wreath crown, a sword or shield.  We will communicate the actual date as soon as possible so that you are aware of when this needs to be brought into school.  Below are some images to give you ideas.  

Happy creating!

Thank you so much for the hard work to create their last project - making habitats for endangered species. They are so creative and they thoroughly enjoyed proudly sharing these in class last week.  Over the next few weeks they will be writing persuasive letters to their families, so we are requesting please, for each child to bring in a 2nd class stamp before November 26th to enable them to post their letters.  

PSHE task to be handed in on Friday 14th November

We would like the children to create a poster to celebrate Friendship Week this week ahead, which is a national initiative with the theme for 2025 of 'The Power for Good'.  We will be discussing what makes a good friend and how we can support each other encouraging kindness in class and worships this week. The Newsround clip below will give them some ideas along with the pictures.

Science Task again!  To be handed in Monday 3rd November

The children have enjoyed their science learning so much this term and produced some amazing posters on deforestation and negative effects on environments.  However, they now have asked if they can do some further learning on habitats.  In science this week, they have researched endangered species and we would like them to create a mini habitat/biome that would be the perfect environment for that endangered species.  Today they had to discover what the living thing needed and the threats to its environment, so this will give them some starting ideas.  They can choose any endangered species they would like but these could include:

• orang-utans
• pangolin
• red panda
• whale shark
• California condor
• hawksbill turtle
• giant salamander
• ghost orchid

Here are some ideas of the type of model that they might make:

Science task (due in on Friday 10th October)

Last week's science lesson was about the effects of deforestation on the natural world.  The children learnt about the urban development needs to be considered carefully to minimise the negative effect on the environment, specifically the habitat of living things.  We discussed how new housing developments need to incorporate some wild areas for the wildlife to remain etc.  The task that we would like the children to complete was to create a poster that shows how these issues need to be considered.  They should have a plain piece of paper where they can draw their poster and we have received some thoughtful ones back to share with the classes.  Here are some examples:

Learn a poem to recite. (due Friday 3rd October)

Thank you for all your hard work creating posters for our new year group values - they are amazing.  We enjoyed sharing them together last week. You are a very talented group and we will display many of them, as well as use them in our Church service in Term 3!

On Thursday 2nd October it is National Poetry Day and we will be spending time, sharing, discussing and creating lots of different poems across the school.  We would like them to find a favourite poem and if they are brave enough, be ready to recite it or read it to the class and maybe even another year group or perhaps perform it in our Poetry Worship on the day.  If they do not want to read it aloud in front of an audience, then they may want to record it at home and email it to the office for their teacher's attention. We look forward to hearing all the fantastic favourites!

Here are some links for inspiration:

https://clpe.org.uk/poetry/poems 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z4mmn39

https://www.thepoetryofjosephcoelho.com/

https://poetrybyheart.org.uk/

https://poetrysociety.org.uk/projects/national-poetry-day/2025-play/

Art/RHE Task (to be completed by Friday 19th September)

Your first task this term is to create a poster or acrostic poem to display our new year group values of TRUST and COMPASSION.  You can choose one of these or combine them together on your piece.  Here are some images to give you ideas.  Happy creating!