Howard Junior School

Years 3 and 4 had an Ancient Greek Day when they were able to be soldiers for the day. They learnt facts about Ancient Greece, looked at swords, armour, artefacts, and they were able to learn about the experience that soldiers faced.

Pupils had the opportunity to design and create their own token, necklace and wear armour and use shields. It was an enjoyable day for everyone.

In Maths, we have moved onto multiplication and division, where pupils have looked at sharing, grouping and now looking at timestables. Pupils have had to reason and problem-solving involving sharing, grouping and their timestables. 

In Maths, Year 4 looked at adding 1s, 10s and 100s to numbers with up to four digits. 

In Science, pupils looked at the different teeth, the importance of cleaning teeth and the impact this can have on teeth if not done correctly. Pupils looked at how the brain and the mouth start the digestive process and explained this in their books. 

In English, we have started looking at newspaper reports, learning the skills that are needed for writing a report. Pupils worked in groups to find the shapes in the newspaper report from Jane Considine writing units. This unit focusses on the book Wizard of Once.

In Science, we started our new science unit based on classification, where pupils looked at understanding that we can classify animals and plants.

In History, we continued our learning about Ancient Greece. Pupils looked at different philosophers in Ancient Greece where they drew a picture, found out their relationship to other philosophers and what they believed in.

This week, we have had our PSHE and RE days.  We have also been focusing on our English, where we have edited and rewritten our story based on The Iron Woman.

In R. E, we have been looking at Buddhism, where the children have been learning about the story of Buddha. They retold the story of Buddha, decided which part of the story they thought was the most important and discussed whether it is possible for everyone to be happy. They have also discussed key messages from the story and the importance of speaking politely to others and how it makes people feel, as well as understanding that what people say is also important.

In PSHE, we have been looking at the unit Being Me in My World. Children have looked at becoming a class team, being school citizens, their rights, responsibilities and also democracy and how that is shown in school. Children have also looked at rewards and consequences, where they have discussed feelings associated with either getting rewards or consequences. They also look at how groups come together to make decisions and understand why having a voice and how democracy benefits the school community.