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Cedar w.e 20.12.24 Week 7
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
Hello
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our Seasonal Showcase - we are so proud of every child who all sang and contributed to making it a great success. The children love to see you all and haven't stopped talking about how you asked for an encore and clapped so much. It ha been great for me as their teacher to see the progress they have all made already this year in boosting/developing their confidence to share their ideas to ever increasing audiences.
We hope you liked the children's Coco Chanel (Art) inspired hats they brought home yesterday - they have really immersed themselves in our European Artists unit this term. They were also very enthusiastic to take part in our class debate about whether the Ancient Romans had a positive or negative impact on Britain and presented some very persuasive arguments.
Finally, a thank you to you all for the support you give your children and for always communicating with us promptly so that we can ensure we are meeting all fo your child's needs.
N.B - new year - Year 4 no swimming until the second week back as the leisure centre is not open to schools in Week 1.
Please all have a happy, safe and fun Christmas holiday and we look forward to sharing more of your child's learning in the New Year
Mr Dring and the LKS2 team.
Cedar Week 6 w.e 13.12.24
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
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We have had an action packed week with enthusiastic rehearsing of our poetry, singing and narration for our Seasonal Showcase, completing our final Science investigations into evaporation and sketching portraits linked to the artist Salvador Dali. Our next Art project is to create hats inspired by another European Artist - Coco Chanel.
In Computing we evaluated our latest Roman stop motion animations with added effects and also discussed how to create 'help not harm' when online.
Thank you to everyone who was able to contribute a donation to the class party food ready for next Friday. A reminder for all children we will have Sam our coach for PE next Friday (20.12.24) but there is no swimming.
Have a great weekend
Mr Dring
Cedar Week 5 w.e 06.12.24
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
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This week the children have wowed me with their resilience whilst undertaking their end of term reading and maths assessments. I look forward to their results. Our Year 4 children have also continued to practise their times table skills ready for the DfE test in 2025.
In English, we have continued to hone our descriptive writing skills in finalising our written winter/seasonal poems.
Thank you for everyone who was able to bring in a cereal type box for our Art lessons - I'm sure the children will love to tell you how they used it as part of our European Artists unit over the couple of weeks.
Finally, Cedar class will be welcoming Mr Turner, a student teacher, as an additional adult who will be joining us for Spring half term as part of his university training placement.
Have a wonderful weekend
Mr Dring
Cedar Blog Week 4 Autumn 2 w.e 29.11.24
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
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In English we are busy planning and drafting our seasonal poems ready for our LKS2 Showcase in week 7 - I can't wait to see the finished pieces. During Science, we have completed another States of Matter investigation whilst in PSHE we have explored how to be respectful during shared discussions both in and outside of school.
The children have asked if grown ups at home will continue to support them build confidence with their times tables - particularly 6,7,9,11,12 in Year 4 and 3.6,4.8 in Year 3. Please ask if we can support you with ideas on how to do this. The DfE have confirmed Year 4 children will be required to sit the statutory Multiplication Tables Check in Spring term whereby they have 6 seconds to read, answer and type their answer to 25 random times table questions.
Thank you to everyone who has been able to donate either through the purchase of raffle tickets or small jars/bottles/chocolates - we do appreciate it.
Below, is a further link to the digital safety leaflet to support parents with their child's use of 'Fortnite.'
Have a delightful weekend
Mr Dring
Cedar Blog Week 3 Autumn 2 w.e 22.11.24
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
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We've had a fun week exploring our senses to help us write our descriptive poetry including discovering what pine trees smell like, what footsteps in snow sound like, what unwrapping Christmas presents feels like and what walking through a snowy blizzard looks like. In conjunction with this, we have had a lot of opportunities to practise our songs for the LKS2 Christmas showcase. We can't wait to share with you our singing and our own written winter poetry.
In Science, we have continued to investigate the three main states - liquid, solid and gas and will be conducting our own experiments next week that we have planned. In Maths both year groups have developed and honed their times table and division skills. This is a key life skill to provide the children with the best opportunities in later life so if you get a spare 5 minutes please support your child with anything from 0x,1x all the way up to 12x. Thank you.
Have a lovely weekend
Mr Dring