Meadow 4

This week in our literacy sessions we were looking at rhyming. So we decided to make a class rhyming poem about our literacy text, “When the Mountains Roared.” We then put it to drumming patterns. It was really good fun.

In our literacy sessions we have been looking at the features of a non chronological text. We have been using what we’ve learnt to create interesting animal reports. The children have really enjoyed finding out strange and exciting facts about their animal. The animals were chosen from ones mentioned in our current literacy text. Take a look at what we’ve done.

Our home learning leaflet is now on the website or take a look here for some ideas. We look forward to seeing what you all create.

Welcome back everyone, I hope you all had a really good break and spent time with family and friends.

This term we will be exploring the topic, “India.” We shall be using the book “When the Mountains Roared,” by Jess Butterworth for the stimulus for all of our literacy work.

We will also be developing our geography skills, finding India on a world map as well as finding major rivers, cities and land forms. In art we will be exploring pattern and in dance we will be trying out Bhangra dancing. In science , states of matter will be explored. We have a lot to look forward too. It’s going to be an exciting term!

Wow, what a talented bunch you all are! You really entertained the whole school this morning with your singing, dancing and joke telling. You need to all feel very proud of yourselves. And not forgetting a special well done to our fabulous hosts, Nylah and Mary.

During this last week of the Christmas term we have been using our DT skills to make a Christmas box that we can put some flapjack in. We have looked at nets of various shapes, discovered that boxes can be made from a flat piece of card and worked out how to stick the flaps or tabs together. Finally we made flapjacks. They tasted delicious!

What a lovely evening we had at St Peter’s Church singing and performing in our KS2 carol concert. The children were absolutely brilliant and we hope we filled you all, parents and the community, with love, joy and bit of that christmassy feeling. Well done Meadow 4 you were all amazing and we are all so proud of you.

We’ve had a lovely day in Meadow 4 today. We’ve been shopping at the Secret Shop, decorating our kindness buckets, I wonder whose will be the first one to be filled? decorating a little Christmas tree and opening the first door of the advent calendar. We listened hard to hear Santa’s elves jingly bells but we haven’t yet!

We welcomed Tracy in to Year 4 from the Earth Energy Education team. She taught us lots about Solar Power and the importance of renewable energy and what non-renewable energy sources are. We enjoyed investigating circuits, using buzzers, lights and motors powered by solar cells.

For our science topic this half term we are looking at electricity. We will be creating circuits, using bulbs and motors. We will also be seeing what materials are good electrical conductors and which are not.