Another great week was had by all in 4A! We have started to plan our own warning stories having learnt the model text. The children have come up with some amazing ideas and their stories already sound incredibly gripping. I am really looking forward to next week’s writing sessions and sharing some of the children’s writing.  Every Friday, we have our library spot which allows us to enjoy our school’s fantastic library. We have also started a weekly book club in that time – which lets us talk about a book we enjoy and recommend it to our friends. Thank you to Grayson and Karyn who both recommended a David Walliams book (Gangsta Granny and Billionaire Boy.)

Our history topic is really coming to life. This week, we learnt about the class system in Ancient Rome and the way different jobs fell into three main categories: patricians, plebeians and slaves. We also did some excellent research to learn about different aspects of their daily life. 

On Tuesday, all of KS2 were incredibly lucky to have a visit from up and coming musician Nath Brooks. He played a couple of tracks which really showcased his amazing singing. I have shared his latest single called ‘School Gates’ which was written about his own experience at school. 

Special shootouts go to Phoebe, Olivia, Laith, Robin, Emilia, Matas, JJ and Elsie who have completed all their sessions on TTrockstars with many more not far behind.

As part of our Science topic we have been learning all about the human body. We are incredibly lucky to be taking part in beats, bones and bodies which allowed us to look at the digestive system through movement and dance. This week, the project saw us imagine ourselves as different parts of the digestive system. 

In our science learning in class we began an experiment looking at the effect different drinks have on our teeth. We put a boiled egg in a glass of milk, water, Diet Coke and coke to mimic the effect they have on our teeth. We made some observations about their colour on Thursday and Friday. The plan is to observe them after the weekend, hopefully my classroom doesn’t smell too bad!

In Writing, we are in the imitation stage so we have been learning our model text called ‘Keep Off the Tracks.’ We all really enjoyed acting out the story – which helped us understand some of the more tricky vocabulary. The children drew out their story maps and it would be great if they could practice the story at home.  

During our computing sessions, we looked at being good digital citizens and how to stay safe online. As part of our learning, we played on interland – which is a game designed by Google that teaches the children about ways to make good choices online.

We have had a fantastic first week in 4A! I have really enjoyed getting to know everyone and getting ourselves back into our daily routines. 

The children have been working incredibly hard in many different subject areas. Within our Maths learning we have been looking at place value by using base ten to create 3-digit numbers. We also took part in our first session of Maths karate which allowed us to practice the four different operations. Our first Year 4 wide TTrockstars competition has begun and at the time of writing 4A are in the lead. Keep it up! 

In History, we started our new topic ‘The Roman Empire,’ which will take us all the way through till Christmas. We began the topic by splitting ourselves into different countries that were each given a selection of resources. We then set up a trading forum where we were able to barter in order to get different resources for our country. Once trading finished Mr Ash took on the role of the Roman Empire and told countries that they needed to give away resources to different countries and then to him. Although we all thought this was really unfair, it did demonstrate the power that big empires had over other countries. 

A couple of key things for next week: P.E. will take place on Wednesdays so the children will be able to come into school wearing their P.E. kits. Reading scheme books were given out this week and we will be expecting the children to read at least three times every week.