Author: Miss Gledhill

This week, in our living and learning lesson we thought all about the importance of each of the 8Rs for learning. These help us to achieve our very best when we are at school.

ready

responsive

responsible

resilient

risk-taking

remembering

reflecting

resourceful

We discussed what these mean to us and how they can make us better learners. The children then  shared all of their ideas. We have displayed them in our classroom to help us remember how we can achieve each of the 8Rs for learning.

Wow, Year 3 have come back with a fantastic attitude and I have thoroughly  enjoyed our first week together!

Please see below some important information:

• P.E. days are Thursday and Friday (please come into school in your P.E kit on these days). Please check the uniform policy for appropriate PE kit.
• Homework will be sent out every Friday. Please ensure your child arrives at school with their homework books on this day.
• Spellings – your child will come home with a list of spellings that will be tested the following Friday.
• Times Tables – your child will come home with a weekly times tables target.

This half term our Christian value is perseverance, which many children have shown already to achieve lots in their learning.

In Religious Education we are answering the big question “How do the five pillars guide Muslims?”  We started by recapping what the children have already learnt about Islam. They really impressed me with their knowledge and recollection of key facts such as the Qur’an is the Islamic holy book and Muslims worship in a mosque.  We then thought about some key artefacts. We researched some of these artefacts, considering what they represent to the Islamic faith and how they are used.

I can’t believe we have come to the end of Year 4! You have all made me so proud this year and we ended on such a high with our amazing Joseph performance!

I hope you all enjoy the holidays and I look forward to seeing you again as Year 5 in September.

Miss Gledhill

We really enjoyed being visited by Dave from D-side this week.

He taught us all about the harmful effects smoking and alcohol can have on our bodies.

We learnt about how attitudes have changed towards smoking over the years. The media has moved away from trying to persuade people to buy cigarettes, to now warning them about the dangers of this choice. We found out that smoking damages the lungs and  breathing, making it difficult for people to play their favourite sports. We were amazed to find out that 4000 chemicals go into one small cigarette!

We then thought about how alcohol can affect the brain,  causing parts of our body to lose their regular function. As messages to the brain become slower, this makes people much more at risk.

The children then  thought about what we can do and say in situations where our peers put pressure on us to try substances we know are bad for our bodies. They came up with some fantastic and very sensible suggestions, well done Years 3 and 4!