AUTUMN 1

What we will be learning in Autumn 1:

English - Into the Forest / Cloud Tea Monkeys 

Maths - Number and Place Value

Science - States of Matter

Geography - India 

Art - Abstract Art based on work by the Indian artist S. H. Raza

Computing - Digital literacy - staying safe online

Physical Education -

Religious Education - Hinduism

French - Playtime

Music - 

Values / attitudes - Self Manager / Respect 

Monday 18th - Thursday 22nd October 2020

Reader of the Week: Ermi

We have been working hard in English to create a non-fiction piece about a remote Indian village called Chembakolli. Over the last two weeks, we have been researching the tribal village and learning about subordinate clauses to help present our facts.

Take a look at some of our fantastic work by Lavae, Jasper, Tayla-Mae and Zaynab!

Monday 12th October - Friday 16th October 2020

Achievers of the Week: Amelia D, Zaynab and Jasper

Reader of the Week: Rowan

This week in Maths we started looking at addition using the column method. We've been adding together 4-digit numbers and looking at how we exchange values. For one of our activities, we got out the dice and worked with our learning buddies to roll for 4-digit numbers and then add them together.

Monday 5th October - Friday 9th October 2020

Achievers of the week: Eleftherios, Zidane and Elliot

Reader of the week: Arthur

To celebrate the wonderful Art and writing we have produced this half term, our work has been put on display in the Lower Wing. Well done to every one for creating fantastic abstract art and writing wonderful character descriptions of the Royal Tea-Taster from Cloud Tea Monkeys!

Monday 28th September - Friday 1st October 2020

In Art this half term, we have been studying work by an Indian artist, S. H. Raza. Using oil pastels, we created our own abstract landscapes using shape and symmetry. Here is some fantastic work by Judah, Ayaan and Ben.

Monday 21st - Friday 25th September 2020

In Geography, we are studying India. Over the last few weeks, we have used atlases to look at where India is in the world and the countries that surround India. This week, we learned about world's climate zones and how that might affect India's weather and landscapes. Take a look at some of this super work by Zaynab, Lavae and Tayla-Mae:

Monday 14th September - Friday 18th September

4S Achievers of the Week: Freya and Muhammad-Isa

4S Reader of the Week: Judah

In maths we have been focusing on using number lines and rounding 2 and 3 digit numbers to 10 and 100. 

Take a look at this great work from Ruby, Elliot and Riley!

Thursday 17th September 2020

Using the school's values (Aspiration, Courage, Equality, Love, Respect and Responsibility), we came up with our class's Learning Charter. We then talked about which value means the most to each of us and how we can show that value. You can take a look at our Learning Charter which has been stuck into out school diaries on page 7.

Monday 3rd September - Friday 11th September 2020

4S Achievers of the Week: Tayla-Mae and Riley

4S Reader of the Week: Amelia A

This week in English we have looked at the book Into the Forest by Anthony Browne, the tale of a boy who gets lost in a forest on the way to Grandma's house. 

Check our some amazing work on expanded noun phrases by Arthur, Zaynab and Jasper.

Thursday 10th September 2020

Our value for this half term is Respect. Today, we looked at what respect means to each of us and how we can show respect in different ways.