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The Final Week! 18.07.25
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
Hi everyone,
It’s been a busy and exciting term!
It has been a pleasure getting to know the wonderful children in Cedar. They’ve made our time together truly enjoyable.
We’ve now completed our cushion project, and the children are so excited to take them home. They’ve worked incredibly hard and should be very proud of what they’ve achieved—learning how to design and sew their own unique creations from start to finish.
In Maths, we’ve been revisiting key concepts: Year 3 have been consolidating their understanding of fractions, while Year 4 have explored position and direction.
In English, we published our set of instructions on how to sew a cushion. The children have worked hard on this and used their knowledge from the DT lessons to aid their writing.
The homework project was a success! Thank you to all those who came in to support the children - we appreciate your time.
It has been a joy teaching Cedar this term, and we wish all the children the very best as they move into Year 4 and Year 5.
We hope you all have a wonderful summer break, whatever your plans may be.
See you in September 2025!
Miss Maher and Mrs Ward
The penultimate week! 11.07.25
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
It has been a very busy penultimate week in Cedar class. The children have been to visit their new classroom and have met their new teachers. We had a few nerves but they have all coped very well and the new teachers had very positive things to say about the visits.
In English we have been thinking about the features of instruction writing as we prepare to write instructions on how to make a cushion.
In reading we have been practising reading poetry aloud and the children have worked in groups to practise and perform their pieces.
In maths, Year 3 have been revising some key learning to get them ready for year 4 and Year 4 have been learning about coordinates.
In Science, we conducted an experiment to find out which liquid had the most detrimental effect on egg shell as this is made of a similar material to the enamel on our teeth – the results are yet to be observed but the egg in vinegar is looking (and smelling) pretty awful.
In Art the children have been sewing their cushions. They have worked very hard to thread the needles, sew carefully, cut the felt and stuff the cushions. This has been a really challenging task but we are so impressed with the perseverance that we have seen. Cushions will be coming home soon so look out for them!
It is looking like another very hot weekend – take care and enjoy the warm weather and we will see you next week.
***School disco Tuesday 3:30 – please check you emails/messages on parent pay.
Thank you, Mrs Ward and Miss Maher
Blog 4.7.25
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
This week in Cedar we finally found out what happened at the end of 'Stig of the Dump.' The children have really enjoyed this story and have hopefully felt a sense of achievement in finishing a chapter book. This story has linked well with our History learning and this week we completed our pre-history timeline by finding out about the changes in Britain during the Iron Age. The children have engaged really well with this topic - they have remembered lots of facts and have asked lots of interesting questions.
In Science, we have been learning about our different teeth, the different layers of our teeth and how to look after them. The children were horrified to learn about germs on their teeth and the build up of plaque so rest assured that they will all be keen to brush their teeth twice a day with no arguments!
Don't forget the 2nd market day for the Year 6 Grow a Fiver project - this will take place on Wednesday after school in the school hall.
Have a great weekend and we will see you on Monday.
Mrs Ward and Miss Maher.
Cedar Tree - Week 15
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
On Monday we finished our assessments and the children all worked very hard and tried their best. In History we have continued with our topic and have been learning about how life in Britain changed during the Bronze Age. The children were really interested in Stone Henge and we had lots of discussions about where it came from and what it was made for.
We had a Mindmate assembly on Tuesday which was all about change, primarily transition as we think about moving up to our next classes. Some of the children said they were feeling anxious about this and we had some good discussions about how we can cope with change. In class we have been practising managing small changes by sitting next to different people for some of our lessons.
In writing we have published our non-chronological reports and we are really proud of the effort that the children have put into this piece of work - we will share some these in next weeks blog.
To finish off our week we have had 'Make the Rules' day and the children have enjoyed coming in the favourite clothes, bringing teddies and treats to eat and drink.
Have a lovely weekend and we will see you on Monday!
Cedar Tree, week 14 -20/06/25
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class