We really enjoyed exploring two characters from our new text in English today. As a class, we discussed the two major events in Edward’s life and came up with some adjectives. We then hot-seated each of the characters and explored their perspectives and how they might be feeling.
This week Year 4 are concentrating on their 9 times tables.
Please encourage your children to practise them as much as possible.
TT Rockstars: https://ttrockstars.com/ (their logins are in the front of their reading journals)
The children are also taking part in a Year 4 Viking Academy Trust-wide competition on TTRS called Top of the Rocks. Let's get RAPS to the top of the leader board!
Hit the Button: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button (also brilliant for number bonds)
Last week, we were lucky enough to see some Hindu religious artefacts. Saanujan, from Team Cialis, brought some religious objects in from home to show the class and to tell them more about Hinduism. It was great to hear his experiences and to see some real life Hindu objects rather than pictures.
Thanks to Saani and his family for letting us see these special objects.
This term in computing, we will be learning about animation. This week, the children learnt about animation before computers. We explored flipbooks and thaumatropes.
As a mini-challenge, I have asked the children to try and make a flipbook at home and bring it in. Each flipbook brought in will earn a superstar learner card and will be displayed in the classroom.
For inspiration see: (172) How to MAKE A FLIPBOOK - YouTube.
This week Year 4 are concentrating on their 3 times tables.
Please encourage your children to practise them as much as possible.
TT Rockstars: https://ttrockstars.com/ (their logins are in the front of their reading journals)
The children are also taking part in a Year 4 Viking Academy Trust-wide competition on TTRS called Top of the Rocks. Let's get RAPS to the top of the leader board!
Hit the Button: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button (also brilliant for number bonds
Our next read together session will take place on Friday 26th January at 2:40pm.
We would love to see as many adults as possible coming to read with us!
As part ofpersonal development week the children revisited their learning on democracy. They really enjoyed working together to plan their video, write their script and then film short videos explaining what democracy is and how it works.
Happy New Year!
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas break! It's always a busy time of year seeing friends and family but also a time for a much-needed rest after a long autumn term.
The spring term is always an exciting one and we have lots of exciting things planned, so please keep an eye on the class blogs!
This term we have PE on Mondays and Tuesday. You will need your outdoor PE kits on Monday and indoor kits for Tuesday. Please could you also ensure that your child brings a coat every day.
Team Chamberlain loved decorating their gingerbread biscuits. Some (many) will not be making it home!
I'm sure you will all agree wit me that Year 4 did themselves proud today in their Christmas Performance. All the children performed so well and pushed themselves to read their line clearly and to smile and show you all the handwork they had put in. And to those children that weren't so confident to read but still helped their classmates in organisation and singing loudly! WELL DONE EVERYONE!
This afternoon, we celebrated our performance with our party. The food was great (thanks parents!) and fun was had by all whether they wanted a calm afternoon film or a dance.
As many of you know, Brooklyn, a member of Team Welvens (Green Room), is courageously battling terminal brain cancer. His journey began on the 13th October when he was diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Glioma (DIG), an aggressive childhood cancer affecting the brain stem. During each of our RAPS year group Christmas performances over the coming few weeks, there will be a collection bucket to raise funds. The funds raised will address immediate needs such as hospital food and travel costs for the family, ensuring Brooklyn’s siblings can maintain a sense of routine and creating lasting memories for the family. Alternatively, please do donate directly using the link Mr Budge previously shared at
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Our Christmas party is next Monday afternoon and we would love some food donations.
Please send your child in with some food that is suitable for sharing, such as sausage rolls (vegetarian as well as meat); chips and dips; fruit (grapes, dried fruit etc.); biscuits; crisps and any other party food.
Due to allergies, please do not send your child in with any NUT or EGG products.