Hello everyone!

We have completed our first full week back at school and what a busy week it has been! In Maths, we have been refreshing our knowledge of numbers up to 1000 and the place value of each digit. We have also been rounding numbers to the nearest 10 and 100.

In Literacy, we have started our unit on setting descriptions. We looked at the features of a setting description and then retold the text verbally and then in written form.

On Monday, the children started a block of whole-class music lessons where they will learn to play the ukelele. The ukeleles are provided by Shropshire Music Service and will be kept in school. The children were fantastic during their first lesson where they learned about pitch, tempo and dynamics. We’re not allowed to sing sadly so the children use body percussion skills to help them show the beat.

Similar to last year, the children have PE on a Thursday afternoon with Mr Lloyd. This term, they are doing invasion games. Apologies for the mix-up with Monday – the children will not be doing PE on a Monday at the moment but will be doing so in the near future. We will keep you informed when this begins!

We have started our new topic on ‘Fairgrounds’ this week. The children looked at different fairground rides and thought about how the rides work. We also started our Art unit on L.S. Lowry and his painting ‘Fun at the Fair, Daisy Nook’. We discussed his use of tone and shades and looked at some of Lowry’s other works too.

New spellings are handed out on a Friday and then the children are tested on the following Friday. Due to the current situation, we are changing our reading books on a Tuesday only. Children are more than welcome to bring their book back in to school if they finish it before then and they can read a book from home for the rest of the week.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Brunyard and Mrs Martin

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Sycamore Class! We hope you’ve all had a wonderful summer break. It has been good to see the children getting back in the swing of things in school – they’ve adapted brilliantly to the new procedures and habits in school.

This week, we have been thinking about our Class Charter and working out what we can remember from the last time the children were last back in the classroom!

As they did in Year 3, the children have PE on Thursday afternoons. They will need to have clothing for both indoor and outdoor PE as the weather becomes colder and wetter. They will need to arrive to school in their PE kits on Thursdays. Children also need to make sure that they take their earrings out before they do PE. This is for their safety during those lessons. Children are very welcome to have their water bottles in class – we encourage them to drink as much water as possible throughout the day. We would also like the children to bring in their reading books each day. Due to current procedures, we will be changing reading books on a Tuesday only. We know that this is not ideal but we hope that children will have enough time to read their new book and, if they choose, can read a book from home as well. Homework takes shape in the form of the project sheets which are similar to those from last year. This will be checked each Friday. The children will also be given spellings and will be tested on those on a Friday.

I think that you children have settled in very well so far considering the vast amount of time they have had away from school. It has been fantastic meeting them all and I am sure that we will have a great year this year!

I hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Brunyard and Mrs Martin

Hello everyone,

I hope you’re all keeping well. I cannot believe that we are at the end of the school year. It has been such a bizarre year and I never imagined in September that the year would end up like this. It has been wonderful teaching you all – you have all worked so hard and I am proud to see the progress that you are making.

Thank you to everyone who has sent me work via our class email address. I know that it has been difficult trying to work and concentrate in different cicrumstances.

Finally, I wish you all the very best for Year 5 and beyond. Keep working hard and be kind to everyone! Enjoy the summer holidays and we will see you all in September.

Take care,

Mrs Brunyard