Welcome to Year 3 and 4

We are Team Aveyard

               Miss J Aveyard   Miss C Sykes, Miss J Lindsay and Mrs S Herbert

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Weekly Message Summer 2 Week 6

This week we have been completing our work on poetry and finished off our unit with ‘My Shadow’ by Robert Louis Stevenson. We had great fun reading out the poem and creating our own shadows using torches to dramatize the stanzas of the poem.

On Tuesday we had airport day which was an amazing day where the children got to experience ‘flying’ to Australia, Spain China and Brazil. Everyone who took part said it was the best day they had had at school all year and everyone behaved impeccably.

Have a fantastic  happy summer and I will look forward to seeing you all back safe and sound in September.

Weekly Message Summer 2 Week 5

This week we have been working on classic poetry and writing our own seaside poetry based on a poem by Lilian Moore called ‘Until I saw the sea’.

In science we had loads of fun using magnets to try and find which was the strongest. We use lots of different magnets and tried moving different metal objects to find which ones would attract and which would repel.

Weekly Message Summer 2 Week 4

This week we have been working on information texts and researching our chosen topic in order to create our own. The whole class have planned and written some interesting information and presented their facts to a great standard.

In maths we have been working on division and some children have found it tricky because they are still not confident with multiplication facts. Please access BBC  Supermovers and TT rockstars as much as you can at home and practise as much as you can!

Weekly Message Summer 2 Week 3

This week we have been planning and writing our own bonkers stories in the style of Lewis Carroll who wrote Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The imagination and creativity which the children have used has been wonderful.

The year 4 children have completed the Multiplication Check this week. A lot of people were not looking forward to completing the task but they all showed true resilience and tried their best on the day. So well done to everyone!

Weekly Message Summer 2 Week 2

This week has been assessment week and everyone has been working really hard to show off their skills and knowledge.

In Science we have been learning about forces and on Thursday we did an experiment to learn about pushes, pulls and friction. We made some ramps using construction equipment and used cars and different materials to make a comparison.

We have also started preparation for Sports Day on the 28^th of June. We have been racing and learning about different athletic events so that we are all ready to impress.

Weekly Message Summer 2 Week 1

We have had a fantastic first week back at school after the half term break. We have carried on with our work on Alice in Wonderland creating alliteration potions and instructions. Our Vipers novel for this half term is ‘The boy at the back of the class’ by Onjali Q Rauf.

This week we have been getting creative and working on our entries for The Spirited Arts competition. The class have created some truly unique and wonderful pieces of artwork.

Weekly Message Summer 1 Week 5

This week we have been reading Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and writing some amazing opening paragraphs.

On Thursday we had a brilliant Jubilee craft day and enjoyed a picnic lunch on the grass. We also watched Trooping the colour from Windsor castle.

Weekly Message Summer 1 Week 4

This week we had a special visit from local author Ian Clayton who delivered a fantastic lesson about Yorkshire Poetry. Everyone wrote some brilliant poems and showed off their creativity and flair.

On Thursday we took part in the ‘Big Grow’ and followed an online lesson Hosted by Chris Collins, TV Gardener. The 45-minute sessions gave pupils the chance to design a garden, plant their own seeds and learn about how to keep their plants alive. We had great fun.

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Weekly Message Summer 1 Week 3

This week we have planned and written our own stories based on The Antlered Ship or The Barnabus Project , both by The Fan Brothers. All the children have work extremely hard on their stories and have produced some marvellous work .

This week we have also started to talk about British History and have talked about how Britain and British people were affected by WW2. We have also been working on map skills and discussing the different countries which make up Great Britain.

Weekly Message Summer 1 Week 2

This week we have continued working on stories by The Fan Brothers and have been making comparisons. On Friday we wrote our own stories based on The Barnabus Project which were amazing!

In Science we learnt about the work of Marie Curie and made our own X-ray pictures using black card and art straws, they looked great.

Weekly Message Summer 1 Week 1

What a fantastic first week back we have had! This week we have been studying two new books by The Fan Brothers; The Antlered Ship and The Barnabus Project. Both stories deal with issues around differences and realising that ‘nothing is impossible’ when you work as a team and feel included.

In Science we have started learning about famous scientists and inventors. We learned about famous ‘plant hunter’ Tom Hart Dyke who is an English horticulturalist. He is the designer of the World Garden at Lullingstone Castle. The World Garden contains around 8000 species of plants, many collected by Hart Dyke himself

Weekly Message Spring 2 Week 5

This week we completed the novel; The Firework-Maker’s daughter and then wrote our own versions in Big Writing on Thursday. They were fantastic.

In RE we were learning about what religion means to us and how the Queen and Christians celebrate Ash Wednesday and Maundy Thursday. We even watched the Queen’s first ever service that she held over 50 years ago when she became Queen.

Weekly Message Spring 2 Week 4

This week we started to read the magical story of The Firework Maker’s Daughter by Philip Pullman. We have loved listening to the adventures of Lila and her quest to find the Royal Sulphur and creating our own cave like the one the fire fiend Razvani lives in.

In forest schools we made clay pots in the style of the ancient Shang Dynasty and used the fire to set the clay. The weather was beautiful and we had a brilliant morning learning outside.

Weekly Message Spring 2 Week 3

This week we have continued our work on endangered animals and reading the story of Last by Nicola Davies. We completed our own reports on an endangered animal of our choice and researched information using the laptops.

We also started our China topic this week learning about The Shang Dynasty and how they wrote information on oracle bones.

Weekly Message Spring 2 Week 2

This week has seen that start of assessment week so we have all been working really hard to show what we can do and display the skills we have learnt this year. Everyone has worked really hard and tried their very best, so well done!

In forest schools the class make oracle bones similar to those used by The Shang Dynasty of china . Some of the examples made are incredible.

Weekly Message Spring 2 Week 1

Welcome back to school!

We have had such a lovely first week back reading the story of Last by Nicola Davies, which is based on the real-life story of Sudan the last male Northern White Rhino.

On Thursday we celebrated World Book Day and wore costumes and accessories from some of our favourite stories. We took part in a live lesson with famous author Michael Morpurgo in which he shared some great story writing tips.

Weekly Message Spring 1 Week 6

This week we have been reading and composing our own alternative versions of The Three Little Pigs. We have used out own imaginations to plan and then compose the stories showing off all our English skills in Big Writing on Thursday.

We have also designed and created our own version of a Mayan funeral mask using a variety of collage and design techniques, they all look amazing !

Weekly Message Spring 1 Week 5

This week has been all about Times Tables and learning the 3 and 4 times tables really well. We have used lots of different methods so the facts get ‘stuck in our brains’.

In English we have been reading and retelling  different versions of The Three Little Pigs for National Storytelling week, ready to write our own version next week.

 Weekly Message Spring 1 Week 4

This week we have continued our work on times tables and number facts so that they are secure and get 'stuck in our brains' we have been playing lots of games and learning mental strategies that we can use and then apply to our written maths work, ,

In Art/DT we have designed our own Mayan tiles using glyphs which was the Mayan version of the alphabet using pictures for word meaning.

 Weekly Message Spring 1 Week 3

This week we have been learning all about The Amazon Rainforest and the ancient Mayan Civilisations which are hidden deep in the forest and how scientist and archaeologists are using special cameras and lasers to try and find the missing temples and cities. 

In maths we have been working hard to secure the 4 times table number facts so that we can use it to find quarters of amounts with ease

Weekly Message Spring 1 Week 2

This week we have been learning about fractions and fractions of amounts, it has been a bit tricky but we are all deepening our understanding.

In PE we have been focussing on expressive dance to the James Bond theme tune. We have been working on freeze frames with our partners and different dance movements.

Happy New Year and welcome back to school

Weekly Message Spring 1 Week 1

We have had a fantastic week back at school and all the children have been working their socks off. We started our new topic of The Mayans and have been learning about the Ancient Civilisation and what might have been the main cause of their decline.

In maths we have been focussing on negative and positive numbers and how we use them to measure temperature which has come in handy this week with the chilly weather.

Weekly Message Autumn 2 week 7

What a fantastic last week of term we have had! Carols in the forest on Tuesday was magical and got us all into the Christmas spirit for a week of crafting and festive fun.

Every single child has worked their socks off this half term and we are very much looking forward to our next topic of Mayans. If you are yet to connect with the class on ClassDojo please can you do this over the break so that you receive class messages and homework tasks.

Have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year and we will see you all in 2022 from everyone in Team Aveyard.

Weekly Message Autumn 2 week 6

This week we have been learning all about Antarctic explorers and the race to the South Pole.  We have been focussing on Sir Ernest Shackleton and his Endurance expedition and discussing the climate and conditions which the crew had to survive in.

This week we finally got out class challenge to make ‘perfect attendance 100%’ so we will be celebrating with a movie morning on Friday and will be watching Mr Popper’s Penguins which is the book we have been reading in Vipers. Well done everyone for having improving attendance.

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Weekly Message Autumn 2 week 5

This week we sketched and painted our Icescapes in the style of Antarctic artist David McEown. We sketched and painted a scene of penguins walking from the water and across the ice.

Our book for this week is, Coming home by Michael Morpurgo. We have been talking about how the book makes us feel and how the author creates tension in the story.

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Weekly Message Autumn 2 week 4

This week we have been learning to tell the time using analogue and digital clocks. Any practise at home using different clocks would be great for us.

Please remember to bring PE kits on a Monday and take home on a Friday. We have PE every Wednesday but may have other competitions and events during the week,

Weekly Message Autumn 2 week 3

This week we have been learning about time and time differences of places around the earth. We have also learned about how long it takes for the earth to make a full turn on it’s axis and orbit around the sun.

In PE we are using our new skills to have full hockey matches and everyone is enjoying learning a new game.

Weekly Message Autumn 2 week 2

We have been completing lots of assessments this week and learning more about the Antarctic and famous explorers. We used google Earth to look at both Captain Scott’s and Ernest Shackleton expedition huts and learned about longitude and latitude lines on maps.

For Art we looked at the amazing work of David McEown and his beautiful expressive pieces of Antarctic Icescapes and the animals who live there

Weekly Message Autumn 2 week 1

This week we have started our new topic of Antarctica and have been reading some of our lovely new favourite five books.

We also started our Science topic of light investigating how lights are used in a theatre.

Weekly Message Autumn 1 Week 7

This week we have consolidated our learning about Romans by constructing our Roman chariots and watching Horrible Histories ;Rotten Romans.

We have all really enjoyed this half term’s topic and when we return we will be learning all about Antarctica and famous people who explored the unchartered frozen landscapes.

Weekly Message Autumn 1 Week 6

This week we have written our own diary entries from the perspective of the Roman Army and the Celts as the Romans arrived to first try and conquer Britain.

We have started using tuned instruments in our music lesson this week and have been performing our new songs as a group

Weekly Message Autumn 1 Week 5

This week we have been learning about the Roman army and why it was so successful at conquering countries to create a vast Empire.

We even learnt some Latin army phrases and commands and acted out some role play and made an army tortado which is Latin for tortoise.

Weekly Message Autumn 1 Week 4

This week we have been researching all about Roman Gods and Goddesses and creating our own fact flap posters displaying our findings.

In science we have been learning all about the skeleton and performed an experiment to see if the length of a person’s femur determined how far they could jump two footed

Weekly Message Autumn 1 Week 2

This week we have been learning all about the story of Romulus and Remus and the founding of Rome. We wrote our own play scripts to retell the story and then acted them out and filmed them!

For maths this week we focussed on place value and went outside to draw our own number lines on the playground

Autumn 1 Week 1

We have had a fantastic first week back at school and the whole class have settled in really well. This week we have been focussing on keeping safe and creating happy relationships as well as discussing different forms of bullying.

Our art focus this week was on drawing roman soldiers and creating a mosaic in the style of Paul Klee.

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