Our star this week is Lucy for fantastic presentation in her books.

We have been persuading people to choose Brazil for their holiday destination in Literacy this week.

In Maths, we have been multiplying and dividing whole numbers and decimals.

In Geography, we have used atlases to identify and name the countries in South America.

We have been looking at the work of Frida Kahlo in Art and have created our own monkey sculptures out of clay.

In RE, we have been thinking about books and have been looking closely at the Bible.

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Our star this week is Imogen for fantastic attitude and amazing effort.

We have thoroughly enjoyed writing Christmas poems in Literacy this week thinking about the 5 Ws (what, who, where, when and why) and our 5 senses (sight, sound, taste, touch, smell).

We have been dividing fractions and calculating areas in Maths.

In Geography, we have been debating the reasons for and against tourists visiting mountain ranges.

We have been creating our design ideas for our bread rolls in D & T.

In RE, we have been thinking carefully about how Christians prepare for Jesus’ arrival.

On Thursday, we had a lovely surprise visit from Father Christmas and his elf! But the fun didn’t stop there! On the afternoon, we had great fun playing party games and dancing along to a live band.

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Our star this week is Niamh for her excellent attitude towards lessons.

In Literacy, we have enjoyed reading ‘The Smelly Sprout’. We have written agony aunt entries and replies and written dialogue between the characters.

In Maths, we have been working hard on multiplying fractions and calculating perimeters.

We have been researching the type and amount of exercise different age groups need in Science.

In D & T, we have created a design criteria for our bread products to be assessed against.

We have researched mountain climates in Geography and thought about what needs to be considered if on a mountain.

In RE, we have been thinking about when Angel Gabriel told Mary about Jesus and how she might have felt.

Our star this week is Joe for fantastic writing.

In Literacy, we have enjoyed reading ‘The Tiny Tree’. We have written recounts as the tree and newspaper articles about what happened.

In Maths, we have been trying very hard with adding and subtracting fractions. We have also been looking at square and cube numbers and multiplying and dividing numbers by 10,100 and 1000.

We have been looking at what we need to do to keep our bodies healthy. We have researched what diet and exercise is required for a healthy lifestyle.

In Geography, we have learnt about how mountains are formed.

We have been thinking about our hopes for the future and our family’s expectations of us in RE.

Our star this week is Chloe for her fantastic attitude and behaviour.

In Literacy, we have written biographies and information texts linked to our science topic. We have written biographies about William Harvey and information texts about the digestive system works.

In Maths, we have been tackling fractions. We have been ordering and comparing them and positioning them on a number line. We have also been investigating factors, multiples and prime numbers.

We have been identifying the parts of the digestive system in Science.

Our star of the week is Cameron Wilson for fantastic attitude towards learning.

On Monday, we focused on remembrance poetry and looked at ways to perform them. We worked in groups to perform famous poems.

In Literacy, we have focused on anti bullying week. We have written poems about celebrating our uniqueness and created posters.

We have been interpreting and drawing tables, timetables and graphs in Maths. We have also looked at solving calculations mentally and using known facts.

In Science, we have been learning about the parts of the circulatory system.

We have been finding out about the mountain ranges across the world in Geography.

We have been lucky enough to have a Russian visitor called Masha with us this week. She has taught us about where she lives, how to greet each other in Russian and how to make Russian paper dolls.

This week we introduced ‘Scientist of the Month’ to St Chad’s. Each month we will be choosing a famous scientist and a St Chad’s Scientist to celebrate. Marie Curie was born November 1867 so she was picked this month and the children enjoyed learning about her hard work and radioactive accomplishments. Like whys Jesse has worked incredibly hard in Science to create life cycles, research summaries, and explanations including scientific vocabulary. For these reasons she has made it onto the shortlist alongside Marie Curie.

Our star this week is Nelle for her fantastic writing.

In Literacy, we have written been looking at how to create suspense varying sentence length. We have written Halloween story openers including similes, personification and a range of vocabulary.

We have been working hard on factors, multiples, primes and rounding in Maths.

In Science, we have been researching gestation periods and competing to find the animal with the shortest gestation period and the animal with the longest.

We have been learning about the Trojan horse in History.

In RE, we have looked at the training required to become a priest and the Sacrament of Ordination.

Our star this week is Owen for fantastic effort with his writing and Maths.

In Literacy, we have written our own fables based on Aesop’s fables. We have also been focusing on punctuation.

We have been working hard on dividing by 2 digit numbers and subtracting in Maths.

In Science, we have been looking at the life cycle of ducks and comparing it to mammals and plants.

We have been researching Greek gods in History.

On Wednesday, it was World Food Day. We created posters to inform people about it and created drawings of fruit using pastels.

On Tuesday, nine of Class 4 took part in a Tag Rugby tournament. They played exceptionally well and were commended for their respect on pitch. Well done!

During assembly on Friday, the class received their certificates from John Muir Trust recognising all of the hard work that they have done towards the Award.

Our star this week is Archie who inspired us with his newspaper headlines.