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Cedar Wk 3 Summer 2 w.e 23.06.23
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
Hello
An exciting week this week in Cedar class. We have finished our carnival themed masks ready for the Yeadon Art Exhibition and the children used their British Values of democracy (as discussed in Mr Cooke's recent assembly) to vote on their favourite masks to be displayed.
Later this week, the children will be bringing home their own grown sunflowers from our plant unit in Science. If your child doesn't bring theirs home yet it will be because we are replanting some that failed initially to grow. The children have been enthralled with the plants' progress over the last few weeks.
I am so proud of the children who have shown the skills they have learnt, since September, in their Summer term NFER assessments (Maths and Reading). They are also currently midway through writing an historical fiction story linked to our Stone Age to Iron Age topic.
Finally, in P.E the children are showing how skilled they can be at rounders!
Have a good weekend
Mr Dring
Week 2 Summer 2 Cedar Class w/e 16.06.23
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
Hello
A busy second week whilst trying to stay cool in the Summer heat. Where possible, we endeavour to continue outdoor learning which enhances your child's learning experiences so we continue to ask that you send your child with sun hats (when appropriate) and if you want them to reapply their sun cream during the school day that you remind your child where it is in their belongings. Thank you.
In English, we have been focussing on writing direct speech using inverted commas in preparation for writing our own short adventure stories linked to our Stone Age to Iron Age topic.
In Maths, we have been trying to master reading both digital and analogue clocks. We are so proud of our Year 4 children who have now completed their statutory Department for Education Multiplication Check tests online. As this is not a school assessment we have no access to their results and we await their results that the government will release to us as part of their national release of data in the near future.
This week we welcomed some parent visitors who reiterated to the children the importance of staying safe online. This may lead to some of your children asking you further questions. Please take some time to discuss this with your children about what they are accessing online. Below are some links that may help you with this matter. Thank you.
Helpful Online Safety Information website
Have a great weekend.
Mr Dring
Wk 1 Summer 2 w/e 09.06.23 Cedar Class
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
Welcome Back
It has been delightful to hear the wonderful and exciting things the children have participated in and experienced during their holiday. This week, Year 4 children have been putting all of their hard work on their times tables to the test as they started to complete their statutory Department for Education Multiplication Check tests. I am so proud of all of the children for their focus on this. Well done children!
Meanwhile, Year 3 children have been learning all things money and time related. We have been focussing on understanding British coin and note values and their equivalent amounts e.g 100p = £1. We followed this with understanding reading analogue and digital clocks to the nearest 5 minutes and 1 minute.
Our sunflowers, you may have seen in our window, that we planted for our plant unit in Science this term are growing beyond our expectations and we are thankful to our children who have been tending and caring for them. All children have been tracking their progress and recording this information into a variety of charts and graphs.
This week in school we started a new PSHE related learning unit linked to the NHS Mindmate programme that focuses on children's mental health. In our lesson, we focussed on how we can often experience mixed or conflicting emotions at the same time, in relation to the same event. For example, we can be happy and sad if we score a goal but our team loses a game. We then discussed how we can use a range of strategies to support us and apply them to other situations we encounter in life.
Finally, this week the children attended an assembly focussed on the great opportunity they have in our school to learn to play a variety of musical instruments. If your child's letter didn't make it home or you would like further information then this link has further details. https://www.mfsf.org.uk/parentinformation
Have a fun weekend
Mr Dring
Wk 6 Summer 2 Cedar class w/e 26.05.23
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
Hello
We have been enjoying watching our sunflowers soar skywards, so much that we have already had to transplant them! Our favourite lesson this week was creating our own Strawberry smoothies and getting to taste them, yummy!
Wishing you and your families a happy, fun and safe holidays. I've included some links below regarding water safety, railway safety and online safety that you may choose to discuss with your children prior to the holidays starting.
https://www.rlss.org.uk/pages/category/water-safety-information
https://www.networkrail.co.uk/communities/safety-in-the-community/safety-education/
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/
In Summer 2, we hope to return to having a coached P.E lesson every Wednesday and a Friday P.E lesson taught by me.
Please note Year 4, if your child has successfully achieved their 25m skill during school sessions you will receive a letter soon explaining that your child will remain at school and participate in our class taught P.E lessons with their class peers.
Mr Dring
Cedar week ending 19.05.23 Wk 5 Summer 2
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
Hello
We have been exploring the Lascaux cave paintings/Skara Brae village in our Stone Age topic this week and started to create descriptive words and phrases that we could use in our English writing setting descriptions. This follows on from our explorations of Stonehenge in the virtual world.
In Computing the children have continued to use the programme Scratch to create coding projects and I was amazed by their skills and creative abilities already.
We were able to show off our Design and Technology skills too this week to some of the school's governors where we were exploring all things Strawberry using our senses as part of our Edible Garden unit. Yum yum!
Year 4 have continued to practise their mental maths times table recall in preparation for their upcoming Department for Education Multiplication Timestable Check.
Have a happy weekend,
Mr Dring