Autumn Term 1 - Week 6
This week has been allowed Class 4 to delve deeper into this terms topic of evolution and inheritance. Our English lessons have focused upon an adaptation of Charles Darwin’s ‘On the Origin of Species’. After researching his life, we created diary entries to replicate those he wrote on his famous…
Autumn Term 1 - Week 5
What a wonderful day to end the week! Class 4 thoroughly enjoyed a visit from the local library bus long with an active PE lesson focusing on health and fitness. In maths we have been recapping and developing our understanding of the four basic operations. Publishing their origin stories was a…
Autumn Term 1 - Week 4 - Class 4
Class 4 have had another wonderful week full of learning. A particular highlight was our orienteering lesson that involved using maps to find control points on the showfield. In science, we investigated Darwin’s theory of evolution by comparing the effectiveness of different beak-like utensils…
Autumn Term 1 - Week 3
Throughout the week, In English, we have been using our creativity to develop our descriptive writing. By building more specific expanded noun phrases and using advanced punctuation such as colons, we managed to create fantastic sentences. During our whole class reading sessions, we have had the…
Autumn Term 1 - Week 2
In Class 4, we have enjoyed our new English topic based on the book 'How the Whale Became' by Ted Hughes. So far, we have explored the text and made comparisons to different origin stories from the same book. In maths, both Year 5 and 6 have further deepened their understanding of place value in…
Autumn Term 1 - Week 1
What a wonderful first week of the new year in Class 4. I have been welcomed splendidly and really appreciate all the thoughtful comments and kindness shown to me. Throughout this week, we have bonded as a class and developed our confidence when speaking in front of others. We quickly grasped the…
Class 4 - Summer 2 - Week 7
What an incredible week for the year 6s in Borth. We had an amazing time. On Tuesday, we travelled to King Arthur’s Labyrinth where we went down into the caves. Once we arrived in Borth, we played games on the beach.
On the Wednesday, we drove into Aberystwyth and played in the arcades. The…
Class 4 - Summer 2 - Week 6
It has been a week of preparing for our play in Class 4. We have been practising lots ready for our performance in front of parents next week. On Thursday, we had our dress rehearsal to the rest of the school which went really well.
Year 5s have been converting measurements in maths like…
Class 4 - Summer 2 - Week 5
In Class 4 this week, we have been focusing on our play. The stage is up, props are made and we have been practising our words and songs ready for our dress rehearsal next week.
In maths, we have been looking at converting measurements and using fractions within this for example finding 2/5kg…
Class 4 - Summer 2 - Week 4
We have had another brilliant week in Class 4 topped off with sports day.
In maths this week, year 5s have been looking at negative values and working in sequences through zero. Year 6s, have been working out prices of products and using this information to problem solve.
In English, we have…
Class4 - Summer 2 - Week 3
This week in Class 4, we have been working hard to get ready for the Summer Fayre. The year 6 pupils have put a lot of effort into making all the games ready for everyone to play.
In maths, we have been problem solving with decimals and multiplying/dividing by 10,100 or 1000. We have also…
Class 4 - Summer 2 - Week 2
Week 2 has been extremely busy but also absolutely fantastic. At the beginning of the week, we looked at transparent, translucent and opaque objects in Science. We discussed how shadows were created using these objects.
Wednesday was our Greenpower Race Day and it went exceptionally. Our pupils…
