Class 4 --- Marvellous Monkeys
Welcome to Class 4 - Marvellous Monkeys.
Our teachers are Mrs Woodward and Mrs Attenborough (Tues/Weds) and our Teaching Assistant is Mrs Llewellyn.
Autumn 2023
Our big question this term is:
What does it mean to be part of a community?
Our key concepts are:
community individuality pride
Let's look at some of our learning this term.
We have enjoyed visiting the school library.
Phonics Morning
Science
We used our sense of taste to investigate which jelly was the tastiest.
Maths
We have been using the 'greater than' and 'less than' symbols using objects.
Planting Project
We were fortunate enough to join in with a community planting project in Church Gresley cemetery. We learned about what a community is and how people get involved in their community. we really enjoyed 'being part of a community.'
Computing
We have been learning how to programme a Beebot.
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We have also made our own Mondrian picture using the software 2paint.
DT
We have learned how to manipulate clay to make a coil pot. These were inspired by T. G. Green's Cornishware.
PE
We have enjoyed using the climbing frame to balance and develop our core strength.
Spring Term 2024
Our big question this term is:
Are we all the same?
Our key concepts are:
belonging care diversity change
Art
We have been learning about warm and cold colours and how they are used in paintings.
Sharpe's Pottery Museum
Class 4 visited the museum to learn about the local history of pottery. The children enjoyed making their own mark in clay and finding items in the museum.
Library Visit
We visited our local library and read some books. Some children became members of the library and others remembered their library cards!
Science
We have planted broad bean seeds. We are going to observe their growth during this term.
Maths Morning
We enjoyed showing the parents our maths learning. we focused on place value and addition and subtraction.
World Book Day
We had a great world book day. We dressed up as a word, made toilet roll characters from the book 'The Cat in the Hat,' found rhyming words and read lots of books!
Geography
The children have enjoyed learning all about the continents!
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DT
We have been learning about mechanisms. We made sliders.
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Easter hats
What an amazing array of hats made for our Easter hat parade.