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Cedar week 3 - beginning 14.11.22
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
Hello,
Congratulations to our very active Year 3 and 4 children who participated in the football and cross country at the end of last week - you represented our school excellently. Thank you also to those grown ups who were able to kindly support us on the day too.
This week in P.E we have continued our Year 3 skipping practise and our Year 3/4 Netball invasion game unit. It was great to see the children applying the skills they had already learnt in previous sessions/years and then develop this further this week. A reminder that our units this half term are outside so please make sure your child's P.E kit is appropriate for the colder, wetter weather we can expect and that the school's safety policy is that no jewellery (watches/earrings) to be worn during the sessions.
In English, we are starting to draft our time travelling adventure stories and I have loved listening to the shared ideas of the children as they excitedly write their new creations! In Maths, both year groups are focussing on using column addition and subtraction methods.
Two reminders this week - firstly, the children are not in school this Friday and secondly, homework is due in by Wednesday every week to allow time for it to be checked and ready for new homework to be issued on Fridays (Thursday this week).
Lastly, thank you for the final confirmations for the Year 4 residential, I visited the centre yesterday and can't wait to share the experience with your child in March. As stated in our letter previously, we will hold a meeting in school nearer to the date to give you any extra information you may require and answer any other questions that you may have.
I hope that you enjoy a happy and safe Children in Need weekend.
Mr Dring
Cedar Class - w.b 07.11.22
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
Good afternoon,
What another exciting and busy week in Cedar class. We have had lots of different activities both in class and outside of the classroom (including successful cross country runners and footballers)
In English, we have been excited to start planning our adventure stories using a variety of descriptive devices such as similes and speech. We have focussed on answering, proving and explaining in Maths where we have to add and subtract with exchanges from our tens, hundred and even our thousand place value columns. Our Year 3 children will start their skipping training on Friday whilst the Year 4s continue to develop their swimming skills.
Thank you for everyone's support where possible with enthusing the children to support the Poppy Appeal and we held 2 minutes silence today to mark this national event.
In History and Geography, we have continued with our Ancient Roman topics and the children have been in awe of the events in Pompeii in 79AD(CE) so I apologise in advance if you get lots of questions about this over the weekend.
Thank you to everyone who has responded to our Year 4 residential letter so we can book your child's place.
Mr Dring
Cedar Class w/b 31.10.22 Autumn 2 Week 1
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
Hello.
Wow what an amazing start to our Autumn 2 term.
The children have been very busy learning about how to write adventure stories in English and in particular how to use inverted commas (speech marks) to show direct speech. We have had a busy week of physical activity this week too with our free Northern Ballet workshops on Thursday, followed for our Year 4s with their Autumn Skipping Festival Competition training in the afternoon. In addition to this, on Friday Year 3 continued with their PE lessons with me whilst the Year 4 recommenced their swimming lessons.
In History and Geography, we have continued with our Ancient Roman topics and it's been lovely hearing from children who were able to visit some ancient sites during their half term holidays last week.
Thank you,
Mr Dring
Cedar Blog Week Ending 14/10/22
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
Hello,
Thank you so much for taking the time to attend your child's Parents' Evening - it was great to be able to share all of the wonderful things the children have achieved already this year with you.
This week, the children have enjoyed adding the final decorations to their Roman oil lamps and are looking forward to showing you their creations. During our History lessons we have been learning about the construction of Hadrian's Wall and we used a range of atlas maps and Google Earth perspectives to map it's full extent. Can your child tell you the years it was started and completed?
In Maths, we have been rounding to the nearest 10, 100, 1000 in Year 4 and adding and subtracting 1s and 10s to 3 digit numbers in Year 3.
In English, we have been rote learning our performance poem 'The Ning Nang Nong' and learning how to use similes to in written poetry about trees and the changing seasons.
Year 4 please look out for your letters coming very soon regarding the residential - any questions please just let us know at school so we can help you.
Weekly Update w.e 07.10.22
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
Good afternoon
We have been busy learning about numbers up to 10,000 and Roman Numerals in Year 4 and numbers up to 1,000 in Year 3. In History we have been learning about Boudica's rebellion, about the 5 different enquiry types in Science and how to mix and explore secondary colours in Art.
This week, the children were able to bring home their 'Roman' coins that they earnt as 'pay' for fulfilling their roles as Roman soldiers at Murton Park. Once decorated fully, the children will also bring home their Roman oil lamps that they created from a single ball of clay.
Next week it is Parents' Evening and also the children will have the opportunity to vote for their School Council representative on the 14th October.