Term 3 Week 1

It has been a busy week back and the children have been enjoying starting their learning on natural disasters. Our Literacy learning this term will be based around the book, Blue John by Berlie Doherty. It is about a magical child born from the heart of the glacier and the gold of the sun inside a cave. We are using this to inspire our non-chronological reports on caves which we will write over term. This week we have looked at the different features of a non-chronological report and had a go at our own with our Cold Writes. 

In Maths this week Year 4 have been looking at multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100. Year 3 have been looking at multiples of 10, and how to use repeated addition to solve multiplication problems. 

In Computing we have been building on our coding skills from last term and looking at programming hardware. We did this by using the MicroBits to practice some basic coding and getting used to using the hardware we will be using for the term. In Art we were learning about great artists in history and we looked at Hokusai to do this. We talked about what we liked and disliked about his art work and thought about the themes and techniques he uses. In Music we are learning to identify changing dynamics in music. We did this by listening to a rap song and thinking about how they change the rhythm and volume. We learnt that piano means to play quietly and forte means to play loudly. 

We hope you have a lovely weekend, 

Mr Saunders, Mrs Hendry and Miss Parkes.