Living & Learning – But I’m not tired!
This week we have been learning about the importance of sleep. We were surprised to find out that we should be having 10-11 hours of sleep per day to be at our best the next day.
We shared our top tips for a good night’s sleep and learnt a few new ones from our research:
Help at home – encourage your child to keep a diary of how much sleep they are getting. Is it enough? If not, can they try one of the strategies above to help them sleep better?
With thanks from members of St James’ Church
You may remember that we made Holy Week booklets last half term that we shared with parishioners at St James’ Church.
This week we received a thank you card!
‘… At St James’ Church, my husband and I were given the Holy Week booklet you had made. It was so good to see that you knew, from your school lessons, the Easter story.
We kept your booklet and put it with other Easter cards we had received. The three beautiful pictures and your written information about each one was wonderful as well as the cross on the front page …’
I often boast how proud I am of the efforts and work of Year 4 but it’s particularly lovely to share that with people in our wider community.
Well done, Year 4! You made some people’s Easter that little bit more special!
Living & Learning – I know the importance of personal hygiene
Earlier this week, we had a detailed discussion about the importance of personal hygiene. The children summarised their key learning beautifully:
Help at home:
Discuss things that you do at home to maintain your personal hygiene. Children could try different hand soaps and different toothpastes to see if they have a favourite!
Welcome back!
Hello and welcome back!
I hope you have all enjoyed the Easter break; I can’t wait to see everyone back tomorrow for the Summer Term!
Although this is only a short half-term, we’ve got lots of exciting things planned:
Topic – History – we’ll be learning all about Leeds West Indian Carnival. Have you been to the carnival? If so we would love to hear about your experience and share any photos you have.
Maths – we’ll be learning how to add and subtract fractions. Children will also bring home their fortnightly arithmetic quizzes. If you would like any questions to practise with your child at home please let me know.
Writing – inspired by Michael Rosen’s poem Chocolate Cake, we’ll write a story about sneaking in to the staff room to take a tasty treat!
Reading – it’d be great to make our Friday Book Club even better by sharing the challenges the children do in their Reading Record. If you need a new Reading Record let me know.
PE – we’ll continue our swimming lessons on Tuesdays and also be developing our skills in Netball on Thursdays.
Science – we’ll be learning about different habitats and how humans can positively and negatively impact them. If you have visited any interesting habitats we would love to see your photos and hear about your experience.
RE – we’ll be finding out what happened at Pentecost.
Food Technology – we’ll be making savoury scones.
Do let me know if you have any questions or if you have any experiences you would like to share with the children!
Science: Electricity
This half term we’ve loved learning about electricity.
It has been wonderful to see the children showing resilience, problem solving and working collaboratively to build a circuit. Whilst not everyone will have parts to build a circuit at home, children can explore circuit building using this simulator: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/circuit-construction-kit-dc
Visit to the see The Knitted Bible
We had a great time on our trip to St James’ Church to see the bible stories represented in knitted scenes.
We recognised the scenes from Holy Week as well as the story of Zaccheus which is one of the stories associated with our Christian Values.
We were also gifted a crochet decoration to take home to remind us of our wonderful morning.
The Knitted Bible display will continue to be open to the public until Sunday 6th April. Further details can be found here: https://www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk/event/the-knitted-bible-comes-to-wetherby/
Mouse hunting at St James’ Church
On our visit to St James’ Church today we hunted for mice by Robert “Mouseman” Thompson. It took some perseverance but we managed to find all 12 mice. Next time you pop in to church ask your children to show you them all!
Food Technology – bruschetta
We’ve really enjoyed making bruschetta this week and we hope you have enjoyed tasting them at home!
Hopefully this will become a firm favourite on your family menu; see the recipe below to make more to share with friends and family.
Chess Club
Chess Club is up and running…
Living & Learning – Family and Friends
This half term we’re using resources from MindMate to support our learning in Living & Learning. They have lots of resources that are useful for families too – check them out here: MindMate for parents
Today we’ve been thinking about why family and friends are important to us and what qualities we need to have to have healthy relationships with our friends. We’ve enjoyed debating whether you always have to be fun to be a good friend and whether you always need to be happy to have a healthy relationship.
Love was the most common reason that our families are important to us and we spoke passionately about our families helping us through hard times.
