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Cedar Week 6 Autumn 1 w.b 09.10.23
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
Hello
This week we are continuing to explore the different bones in a variety of animals as part of our Science unit. The class 'glow in the dark skeleton' caused quite a stir on Tuesday morning! In writing, the children are mid way through drafting and editing their own recounts of our trip to Murton Park and these will soon some of these will be going on display in the corridor of school to celebrate their developing descriptive writing skills.
Year 3 and 4 both have free access to Timestable Rockstars to practise their mental maths skills. The Department for Education has just released the latest details for the Year 4 statutory Multiplication Timestable Check (M.T.C) that all eligible Year 4 children have to take in early 2024. They are given 25 onscreen timed questions from any timestable up to 12x12=144. They are given 6 seconds to read, answer and type their answer. This is a Department of Education requirement test that school administers on their behalf and we do practise with the children however we have found those that are most confident to answer the questions also practised at home previously.
Year 3 appear to be continuing to enjoy their weekly Cooking lessons and make us all hungry when they return with their creations.
Year 4 - please keep a look out for your child's Residential letter - it should have been sent by the time you read this blog. If you Haven't received it - please contact the school office. We will hold a residential meeting for you nearer the time, but if you have any questions or concerns do let us know as soon as possible so we can support your child in being able to attend this to create memories of a lifetime.
Thank you for helping your child practise the class common juicy mistakes. This week we have continued to practise our Year 3 and 4 spellings so I have included these again for your reference if your child would like to practise at home too.
200 Common Exception word spellings
I look forward to seeing you at parents' evening next week - please contact the school office if you haven't received your link yet.
Have a wonderful and happy weekend.
Mr Dring, Mrs Wakefield, Mr Fones, Mrs Sanderson
Cedar week 5 Autumn 1 w.b 02.10.23
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
Hello
This week we are exploring different descriptive writing devices such as expanded noun phrases. We will use these in our second piece of assessed writing - a recount of our trip to Viking Murton Park. Thank you for helping your child practise the class common juicy mistakes. This week we have found our Year 3 and 4 spellings trickiest so I have included these for your reference if your child would like to practise at home too.
200 Common Exception word spellings
Apologies if you have had issues using last week's link to our trip photos - the link below has been updated so it should now take you straight there.
Murton Park Photos 2023 Year 3 and 4
I look forward to seeing you at parents' evening soon - please contact the school office if you haven't received your link yet.
Have a delightful weekend.
Mr Dring, Mrs Wakefield, Mr Fones, Mrs Sanderson
Week 4 Cedar Autumn 1 w.c 25.09.23
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
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We have had a great week celebrating our writing skills in our first piece if assessed writing - a Viking information text. Each child will receive individual feedback and targets based on this piece of writing that we will help them develop before the end of this half term. The most common juicy mistakes as a class (both Year 3 and Year 4) has been the following - if you could support your child with these at home as well that would be lovely, thank you.
* of/off, where/were, when, who, our/are, there/their/they're
* confusing th for f and vice versa for example fings instead of things
200 Common Exception word spellings
Year 3 are loving their weekly cooking experiences and Year 4 are also enjoying their weekly swimming opportunities (please support your child to be able to independently change by labelling their clothes to reduce the number of children going home wearing another child's clothes). Thank you.
In Music, we are learning about This Little Light of Mine.' In Computing, we are continuing to learn about animations.
Murton Park Photos 2023 Year 3 and 4
Have a wonderful weekend.
Mr Dring, Mrs Wakefield, Mr Fones, Mrs Sanderson
Cedar Week 3 Autumn 1 w.c 18.09.23
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
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Firstly, a huge thank you to you all for ensuring your children were able to attend out trips this week - I do greatly appreciate the earlier start for everybody and the adjustments you will have made to pick up at a later time. Both Year 3 and Year 4 children were a credit to the school and Murton Park even let us do 'extra' immersive Viking experiences because the children had been so attentive. Thank you children. Photos of the trip will soon be uploaded but please bear with us as we have to check photo permissions etc and with over 1,000 images to check it does take some time to upload. I do hope you have enjoyed hearing about the children's experiences from them when they got back home.
We have also been busy preparing for our first piece of assessed 'published' writing and the children will be using their Viking knowledge to complete that next week. In Maths, we have been working on place value up to 1,000 and 10,000. In Science, we have been learning about all things bone related - even that Skull originates from a Viking word!
Please have a happy, safe and fun weekend.
Mr Dring
Cedar Week 2 Autumn 1 w.c 11.09.23
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
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What an amazing week of adventure! We have all been learning Lacrosse for the first time, about raiding Vikings, place value up to 1,000 or 10,000, reminding ourselves how to use description and intonation to inspire our readers or listeners. We focused on our speed and accuracy recall of our 2x tables and it's the 5s next week. The Department for Education end of Year 4 assessment expects all children to be able to recall any 0x1 to 12x12 within 6 seconds.
Reminder it is the Year group 4 trip on Wednesday and Year group 3 trip on Thursday. Please make sure your child arrives promptly from 8am outside their usual classroom as the bus is due to depart before the start of the normal school day. Unfortunately, we are unable to wait for any latecomers because the coach has another booking after dropping us off. Ensure your child is dressed appropriately in their school uniform, comfortable outdoor shoes and waterproof coats etc for the expected weather and have their packed lunch - unless you have already asked us to provide it as part of the FSM scheme. We are due back by 4:30pm but as we can not control traffic, please be aware the school office will contact you if there are any delays en route back.
I would personally like to thank you for your patience as we implement new school systems but also your regular communication to ensure that between us we are providing your child with the best start in life that's possible.
I wish you all a happy, fun and safe weekend.
Mr Dring