Developing control and co-ordination.
Hockey dribbling exercises have been helping Year 4 to further develop their control and co-ordination during team sports.
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Dissecting Owl Pellets in Nature Club
We have been lucky enough to have a Nature Club member (Dustin) bring in some owl pellets for us to look at. It was time well spent pulling them apart to see the tiny treasures inside and gain a deepr understanding of how other creatures exist along side us. Mr Hopegood :)
Year 3 Spellings w.c 31.03.25
Please practise these spellings at home as the children will assessed on them on Friday. We will also be working on them every day in school but any further practise at home will always help. Statutory Spellings- Challenge Words address busy business heart fruit breathe strange complete extreme forwards
Year 4's visit to Mountfitchet Castle
Although we arrived at Mountfitchet Castle later than planned Year 4 had an excellent and informative time. We were particularly pleased with the levels of sensible engagement with interactive exhibits, good and polite behaviour and amazed that no-one fell over! Thanks to all the staff that were supporting and Mr Murphy for his broom.
Measuring using Cubes
Today in maths, the children were measuring the length of objects using cubes. The children had to measure the objects carefully.
Weekly Round-Up 27.3.25
We have had another busy week with the addition of a visit to Church, card-making for Mother's Day and some litter picking! B ook focus : we have been reading a rap this week: The Three Billy Goats Get Rough Rap. Tomorrow, we are going to act it out. Maths focus : sorting (same and different), doubles, odd and even numbers. PE focus : gymnastics, using apparatus to develop balance, control and coordination. We are also working on our jumping so that we are landing safely on our feet, with bendy knees. PSHCE/The Natural World focus: caring for our world. We have talked about other ways we can care for our world, using this brilliant book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmNcToKvVZ4 . We were a clean up crew and went litter picking on the pavements around school. We have daily Phonics, handwriting, reading and writing sessions.