Today in maths, the children were learning how to find half of a shape or object.  To find half of a shape or object, it has to be split into two equal parts. 

  We have had a busy few days in Year 4. On Monday, we were joined by The Two Johns who spoke to us all about internet safety and how we can make good choices online and when using our devices. Yesterday, we had the opportunity to make our way to the wildlife area to see where the trap camera and been placed. This camera has been loaned to us by Colchester Zoo. We then managed to look at some of the videos it had captured. It was really cool! Today, we have been keen to start our D&T project. We started by learning about the new project and then we started to collect and gather research about Roman catapults. 

 At the first sign of Summer Year 5 has started to learn cricketing skills. Today's initial session was dividwed into four discrete games aimed at developing different skills around retrieval, co-ordination, team work, reacting to changes, accurate throwing and bowling. Reaction and retrieval Teamwork and co-ordination Aiming, bowling, teamwork Accurate throwing, teamwork and competition Mr Hopegood :)

S tory focus : Cottonwool Colin by Jeanne Willis and The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright.  Literacy focus : we have daily Phonics and handwriting sessions.  We now have a Literacy session where we discuss a picture, compose sentences and then write them.  We also have individual reading sessions, practising our blue Phonics book or reading books.  Maths focus:  doubles; composition (including odds and evens); counting  We noticed that some Numberblocks have a flat, even top and that some have an odd block. We could also see doubles within some Numberblocks (even numbers).  PE focus : we have started a new unit called Crawl, Climb, Collect. We have to practise our bear crawls which is fantastic for developing our core strength, as well as for crossing the midline.  Understanding the World focus: baby animals (linked to Spring) and animal classification/grouping. We had a special visitor - Ziggy the Bearded Dragon - which was a lovely starting point f...

 Today, we continued our exploration of using the computers to make sound and music.  We placed squares onto a chart creating different tones and pitch.  We also chose which group of the orchestra played the music - woodwind, percussion or strings. We challenged ourselves to write our names and see what they sound like!