In English, we have looked at a poem, 'Still I Rise', by Maya Angelou. The pupils have learnt what the shapes are and have been looking at creating a poster all about the author of the poem.

In PSHE, we have looked at friendships and how we make different friendships and why it is important to have different friendships.

In History, we are looking at the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire, where this week's focus was on the Punic wars where pupils wrote about when they happened and what happened. 

In R.E we have been looking at Buddhism. We looked at three different stories throughout the unit. In this lesson, the children have to look at which story they are going to choose and write about what the story teaches people, how this story can make the world a better place, why it was their favourite story and how it makes a difference to Buddhists.

In English, we have started planning and writing our story based on 'The Whale'. This week, pupils have recapped skills that we have used in our sentence stacking lessons using their whiteboards to create sentences with the skills that we have looked at.

In Maths, we have been looking at multiplying without and with exchanging using the column method. 

In Science, we have been looking at how people have changed the local environment. The children have been discussing Florence Field and the impact this will have on our local area.

In English, we have been continuing with our sentence stacking lessons, where we have been looking at things, including feelings, cohesion, adjectives, inverted commas, fronted adverbials and more. We took on a challenge as part of an experience day when the children had to problem-solve to create a boat that would float for 20 seconds. 

In Maths, we have looked at efficient multiplication, where children have been partitioning numbers and then multiplying the numbers by a single digit and adding the answer together. Pupils have looked at reasoning and problem-solving and identifying other efficient ways to work out the calculation.

In Religious Education, we have continued to look at Buddhism. This week focused on The Buddha and the Angry Elephant, where pupils answered questions based on a story which looked at selfishness and compassion.

In PSHE, we have looked at dreams and goals and this week focused on disappointment, why we might be disappointed, advice to give to people when they are feeling disappointed.

In Science, we have identified what an ecosystem is, the importance of an ecosystem and what happens if a living thing or non-living is no longer in the ecosystem.

In History, we looked at Pompeii and the eruption at Mount Vesuvius. We discussed the evidence left behind and why this is important. We looked at what Pompeii was like before the eruption.

We have had a busy first week back at school. The children have been swimming this week, where they all worked very hard. 

In English, we have been looking at 'The Whale', where the children had an experience day when they researched different whales and created posters. The children have also looked at the main character of the book, which is Lucy, and identified from her appearance what an adventurer/explorer would look like and bring to support the adventure.

 In Maths, the children looked at the 11 timestables, 12 timestables, multiplying and dividing by 1 and 0. 

In Science, the children have started a new unit of work based on Ecology. This week's focus was to research different habitats, looking at the animals and plants that live there, the weather and more.

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.