In celebration of pancake day, class 4 have been exploring why we celebrate pancake day and how it is celebrated around the world. We learnt that in some countries such as Sweden, sweet pastries are eaten rather than pancakes. We then discussed what our favourite pancake toppings were and used this to design our ‘Dream Pancake’. It was then only right that we were able to try some and just as we predicted…they were delicious!
In Year 1, we have been learning all about Chinese New Year. We learned about how people get ready for Chinese New Year and how they celebrate. We then used our new knowledge to teach our adults and other children in the school all about it in our class assembly!
This week the adults of children in class 4 were invited into school for a very exciting maths morning! The children thoroughly enjoyed showing off their super maths skills through a range of different place value activities!
In Class 4 this week we have been reading ‘Handa’s Surprise’ by Eileen Brown. Today we tried some of the fruits that Handa puts into her basket for her friend, Akeyo. We tried;
🍌banana
🍊tangerines
🥑avocado
🥭mango
🍍pineapple
Some of the fruits we had never tried before but we really enjoyed some of them – others not so much! We then described the taste and textures using a range of different adjectives like smooth, soft, juicy and sweet.
In computing this half term we will be looking at ‘Grouping Data’. As an introduction to this, we started by looking at labels. We discussed where we might find labels and why we use them. We then used labels to help us group objects together🍎✏️🧸
This week Class 4 performed our Christmas show for our adults. We did such an AMAZING job and the children did so well remembering their lines, songs and actions. Well done Class 4!!🤩
This week the adults of children in class 4 were invited into school for a reading morning! The children really enjoyed showing their adults some of the phonics activities we do in class and showing off how amazing their reading skills are!!📖🌟
This week Class 4 enjoyed a fantastic morning learning hula hooping skills with Hoopstarz! We started by learning how we need to stand and move our bodies in order to hula hoop well and then learned some new moves to add in, including:
🌟The 360 Spin
🌟The Angel of the North
🌟Spin the Penny
We had so much fun learning a new skill!
In our Jigsaw session this week, class 4 have been looking to answer the question ‘What can I do about bullying?’ We recapped upon what bullying is, what it looks like and how it makes people feel before discussing who we can talk to if we are worried about bullying and some of the ways we can help someone who is being bullied. Take a look at some of our wonderful ideas!
This week Class 4 were lucky enough to take part in the tennis festival at Temple Park. Lots of us had never played tennis before so it was wonderful to try something new. We had great fun and learned lots of new tennis skills, including:
🎾 Forehand hit
🎾 Backhand hit
🎾 Serving
🎾 Volleying
…and we even played a game on floor tennis!
