What an amazing first half term we have had in 4A. 

We ended the half term by going on our first school trip. On Wednesday, we made the short coach journey to the Thackray Medical Museum. We started the day by taking part in a workshop called ‘say ahhh’ which was all about teeth and the digestive system. It was amazing to see how much the children already knew from our science learning this half term. We took part in an experiment that mimicked the way our bodies break down then digest food. In the afternoon, we got the chance to look around the museum. A clear class highlight was Disease Street. This exhibition took us back to the Victorian era and showed the children that during this time there wasn’t: clean water, sanitation or clean medical practices. 

In school, we continued our letter writing sessions during English. We wrote a letter from the perspective of a Roman soldier sending a letter back to a loved one in Rome. The children all worked really hard adding in fronted adverbials and subordinate clauses to uplevel their writing. I was really impressed with Phoebe’s, Parishy’s and Aydin’s writing who all produced strong writes this week. Keep it up!

On Thursday, we started our new Music topic ready for the next half term. We began by learning about the history of samba music. We found out that the style of music is popular in Brazil but originated in West Africa. We then learnt about the different types of instruments and that they are in the percussion family. 

Our TTrockstar of the week is Phoebe and our Lexia legend is Tahha. Tahha got a staggering 34 units completed! This week, we got 98% attendance which meant we weren’t just the best attenders in LKS2 but in the entire school.