Robin Class

Week Beginning 31st March 2025

What a superb performance by our Year 4s with the monumental support of our Year 3s! A huge well done to all of you for learning lines, singing and acting on stage! You should all be proud of your performances. Well done!

A big Happy Easter to all of you. Make sure say thank you to your friends and loved ones for all they do for you over the Easter break. Be safe and have fun!

I look forward to continuing our learning together after Easter.

Week Beginning Monday 24th March 2025

This week we have been very busy in preparation for our Year 3/4 Production! We have done many rehearsals and the children are ready to sing their hearts out next week.

Whilst practising their character roles and songs, the children have also been:

learning how to collecting data in Computing - using data loggers - by looking at sensors;
developing a plan for their end of term writing about an 'animal park' that they created themselves in the classroom. They are writing a persuasive letter to get local residence to come to the grand opening.
they have continued their tourism learning in Geography by analysing graphs/tables about the changes to visitors in Britain compared to local countries;
and much, much more!

Week Beginning 17th March 2025

This week, the children are preparing for their upcoming performance of 'You Are Special' by learning when to come on and off stage. All the children have worked so hard to remember their lines! They should be so proud of the progress and team work that is going into creating this little production. Well done Year 4! As well as this, they have been:

learning all about inference and retrieval questions. They have focused hard on these two different question types and are beginning to use the text efficiently to find the answers to their questions.
learning how to add and subtract fractions. The children need to continue to use diagrams to support their understanding!
working hard on their handwriting. The children are learning how to form their letters accurately, ensuring their ascending and descending lines are long enough!
working on their spelling families.

A super week, Robin Class. Thank you for all of your efforts!

Week Beginning 10th March 2025

During Performing Arts Week, we have all enjoyed:

creating still life artwork using shades and tints. Using paint was great fun!
meeting Rock Kidz who visited us on Monday 10^th March. They turned our school hall into our own concert venue and allowed us to experience the amazing world of live music. The KS2 workshop that followed was energetic and engaging. We ended with a celebration assembly to really share the message of 'You are Awesome So Be Awesome' (YASBA) to reinforce the positive mental health and self-esteem message of the whole day.
our visit on Tuesday 11^th March from Rock Steady who shared rock/ pop band instruments in a whole school assembly before leading KS2 in a workshop to create our own band - with 2 vocalists, a lead guitar, a bass guitar, 2 keyboard players and a drummer.
Jack Stinton from JSDC leading a whole school dance assembly on Thursday 13th March with follow up workshops for each class on Thursday and Friday. We appreciated Jack's enthusiasm for dance which taught us that dance is for everyone.
Finally, on Friday 14^th March, we were treated to a Classical Music Assembly, where a Woodwind Quartet played for us and shared their incredible instruments, knowledge and skill within this genre of music.
A huge thank you to all our visitors for enriching our week with performing arts.

Year 4 have also been working hard on their production, remembering lines and learning songs! We are getting excited to share it with you soon!

Week Beginning 7/3/25

Robin Class have had a very busy week - we couldn't fit everything in! Here are a few highlights of our super week:

We made pancakes (And ate them of course!) and wrote our own instructions on how to make them.
We have been learning our songs for production.
Robin Class have had another lesson on tourism in Geography and learnt what it means to be a tourist.
As part of World Book Day we celebrated by having a snuggle up and read session, got involved with a Scholastic's event about Mighty Myths and completed a 'draw along' activity! We even had a World Book Day Maths lesson and learnt about fractions through a story - Pezzetttino by Leo Lionni.

Week Beginning 24/02/25

Robin Class have had a super first week back after half term. Here are a few things we have learned:

How to classify animals into different groups in Science. We learnt how organisms need to be able to do the 'seven life processes' to be classed as a 'living thing'.
In Geography, we learnt about the seaside town Llandudno in Wales and how it has a pier, amusements and a promenade. The children created posters to advertise going to this seaside town!
We tried to improve our ball skills in our Tennis lesson this week. The children had to control the ball on the racket and complete different tasks.
We enjoyed the story 'You Are Special' and wrote a character description all about Punchinello.
We began learning about Shapes with Mrs Woodman and Fraction with Mrs Spencer. The children are working hard to learn about fractions beyond a whole.
In Guided Reading, we also continued our text The Firework Makers Daughter! We are getting so close to the end...

A super week! Well done Robin Class.

Week Beginning 25/11/24

Robins had another great week this week, completing some amazing work about dragons! We started the week looking at examples of dragons and books and stories, before designing our own. The children were incredibly creative! We then wrote descriptive paragraphs about our dragons, using well crafted language. In maths, we focused on times tables multiplication and division, particularly on the 3, 6, 9 and 7 times tables. We had a lovely afternoon doing Christmas crafts around the school, with children in Robin Class producing wonderful items, which are now being displayed all around the school. We continued our topics of population, the Romans and the birth of Jesus in geography, history and RE respectively. Well done for another fabulous week!

Week Beginning 18/11/24

After last week's brilliant Roman trip at Ely Museum, we stepped into the shoes of a Roman soldier this week, first researching and then writing about their daily routine. We learned that soldiers would be in the army for at least 20 years and they would be expected to march over 20 miles per day carrying 20-30kg of equipment, before settling down for the night by watching gladiators or playing board games. In maths, we focused on times tables, particularly the 4s, 3s and 6s, with the children becoming very excited by the McGrammar songs for each of these. We continued our topics of Population, the Romans and The Birth of Jesus in geography, history and RE respectively, before practising our passing skills in PE and designing a podcast during computing.

Have a lovely weekend!

Week Beginning 11/11/24

The highlight of this week was our wonderful trip to Ely Museum. The children got to handle a life size replica of Roman armour, authentic pottery (some of which was found in Stretham!) and various other artefacts. They had a series of workshops, from Roman education, to hygiene, to seeing a real Roman tomb and creating Roman sculptures. We also celebrated Kindness week this week, writing poetry for how we can be kind to one another. These turned out very well and we are very impressed. Many other kindness activities were completed during the week. We did a lot of work recapping the 8 times table in maths. The children should be fluent with the 2, 5, 10, 3, 4, and 8 times tables before starting Year 4, so please practise with your children at home if they are not confident with these.

Week beginning 4th November

This week, the children have been working on group performances of In Flanders Fields, a poem written by World War I poet, John McCrae. We are so proud of their courage, expression skills and use of intonation which they used to create beautiful performances. Here are the videos of our performances. We also held a minute's since on Monday to commemorate those that have lost their lives in conflicts.

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Week Beginning 21/10/24

Robin class had a lovely final week. In English, we finished our Lighthouse Narrative writing, with the children using amazing descriptive language to create vivid retellings of the story. In maths, we focused more on column subtraction, building up our confidence and then using it to check addition calculations. In DT, we finished our Roman pavilion structures, adding cladding to our designs. These are very impressive! We continued our topics in history, geography and R and W, before wrapping up this term's music by arranging a Buddy Holly song. Well done again for a wonderful week and have a lovely half term!

Week beginning 14/10/24

The children were brilliant as ever this week, really wowing in their English work. On Monday the children wrote a character description for their film stimuli 'The Lighthouse', before planning a long write on Tuesday and then creating similes and metaphors to put into their work on Wednesday. Mr Sweeney taught the children English on Thursday and Friday and he was blown away by their writing, as they completed their first two paragraphs of the piece. In maths, we started our new unit on addition and subtraction, learning how to complete column addition questions, before starting column subtraction without exchanges on Friday. In music, we created our own arrangements of 'Rock around the clock', then presenting these in front of the class. We continued our topics of Romans, Rhine and Mediterranean and The Family of Jesus in history, geography and R&W respectively.

Well done to everyone for another great week!

Week beginning 07/10/24

This week, the children applied themselves to their learning brilliantly! In English, we finished off our Romulus comic strips, before completing a series of lessons of sentence structure and enhancing description, finishing off by writing a setting description on Friday. In maths, we focused on rounding, doing this to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000 and completing our final week of place value in maths. In geography, we started learning about the Mediterranean sea, the strait of Gibraltar and what a peninsula is. In computing, we furthered our knowledge of what a network is, acting out the different parts of one. We continued with our structures in DT, which are looking very impressive now.

Well done and have a lovely weekend!

Week Beginning 30/09/24

This week, the children started making some wonderful comic strip versions of Romulus and Remus, based off the style of Marcia Williams, the children had to split the story into parts, before practising their summarising skills for each, finally adding speech bubbles. These look amazing so far and we can't wait to see how they turn out after next week. In maths, we continued with our unit on place value, focusing on partitioning numbers. In DT, the children continued to create their structures, which are starting to take shape. We practised our throwing skills in PE and started to learn 'Walking base line' in music, playing it on the glockenspiels. We continued our topics in history, geography and R&W.

Week beginning 23/09/24

This week was harvest week, and Robin Class did a wonderful job becoming fully immersed in it! We baked apple crumbles on Monday morning (and tasted them of course!) before writing a recipe on how to make them. The children then added designs as as well as useful tips. These recipes turned out wonderfully and we had lots of fun showing them in assembly. We continued with our focus in maths, particularly focusing on representing numbers up to 1000. We continued with our humanities subjects, before starting to create some wonderful pavilion structures in DT. We did a golden mile run in PE, which pushed the children, but showed them that they are very capable!

Well done for a fabulous week!

Week Beginning 16/09/24

The children had another wonderful week in school, having fun and producing some brilliant work. In English, we wrote letters for younger siblings or aliens, explaining our world to them. There is a lot to explain when you break it down! In maths, we finished our unit on fractions and started a new unit on place value, focusing on thousands. In PE, we had a mini Olympics as part of our fitness, testing our sprinting, throwing, balance and long distance running capabilities. We continued our topics of the River Rhine, Romans and The Family of Jesus in geography, history and R and W respectively. We began exploring how the internet works in computing and continued our topic of structure in DT. Well done for another brilliant week!

Week Beginning 09/09/24

What a wonderful first full week for Robin Class, who all came in with a super attitude towards their learning. In English this week, the children focused on the book 'Here We Are', a book that explores the concepts of understanding a new place and setting and how important it is to be kind. This English unit was a whole school focus and the Year 4 children produced some fabulous 'How to be healthy' leaflets. In maths, the children explored fractions, culminating in finding unit fractions of an amount on Friday. We started the topics of Romans, the River Rhine and The Family of Jesus in history, geography and R and W respectively. The children particularly enjoyed making structures from cocktail sticks and sweets in DT!

Well done again for such an impressive week!