21 Nov 2025 archive

Rapunzel, Rapunzel!

In English we have been reading an alternative version of ‘Rapunzel’ by Bethan Woolvin.  We have thought about Rapunzel’s character and used adjectives to describe her and the witch.  Next week we are planning to learn the story through actions and write it. In Maths we have been working with multiples of 10 to make …

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Circuits and Ice Cream Cones

What a busy week, Year 4! This week in English, we have seen spectacular performances of The Jabberwocky and written our own versions of the classic poem. In Maths, we continue to work on our times tables and we have been using our understanding of multiplication to learn about one-to-one and one-to-many correspondence. Gold Class …

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Dia de los Muertos and Debating

In English this week, we read the book The Dead Family Diaz – a beautifully illustrated story based around the festival of Dia de los Muertos.  We researched this joyful celebration which honours the spirits of the deceased.  We learned some of the Spanish words for the objects which form an integral part of the …

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A frosty week

Yesterday we were lucky enough to visit a local synagogue and learn so much more about Judaism! The children had brilliant questions for the Rabbi and we got to see so many wonderful Jewish artefacts! In Art, we have been looking and mixed media city and landscapes. The children are using visual notes during lessons …

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Which bowl is best for the job?

Hi everyone, In English this week, we introduced another version of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We compared the two versions and looked for similarities and differences. We explored all the characters and asked the children to describe them. We revisited adjectives and how we use them in our writing to improve it. The …

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Who has stolen our tears?

In our class this week we have had a theft, someone has taken our jar of tears and we needed to write a newspaper article to explain what has happened. We explored eyewitness statements and how to change these into speech using inverted commas. We also looked at features of a newspaper article and tried …

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