Year 3/4 Miss Burley 2021-2022

Today is World Book Day! Everyone looked amazing dressed in their book day outfits or pajamas. 

Part of the day's activity we discuss the importance of reading books, listening to stories and why reading is so important to gain knowledge, vocabulary and a better imagination. The children worked…

We've had another brilliant  culture week, learning all about Sikhism and the festival of Vaisakhi. The children were introduced to the Sikh religion when we found out about Guru Nanak. We also wrote about how the Khalsa originated (the Sikh community) and how this is celebrated during their…

This half term the children in year 3 and 4 have been learning new PE skills.

They have learned netball skills such as: how to pass and receive the ball, how score goals, how mark and block players on the opposite team and how to be supportive team players.

They have taken part in team…

This week we have continued learning all about mountains and the animals which had adapted in order to survive on these difficult terrains.

The children selected a different type of animal, from a Snow Leopard, Dall sheep, Yak, Pika, Himalayan Marmot, Guanaco or the Himalayan brown bear.…

This week the children have written their own adventure stories. Here's a few small snippets of some of their amazing work!

Maia-  

One deep ,damp, dark night, I crept out of my dark ,spooky ,stinky room. I went with my dog Rone, he has a bright yellow coat and long fur. His friend Wink came…

This week we've created our own mountain ranges. 

First, the children found out that there were six different types of mountains, fold, dome, fault block, plateau, erosional and volcanic. They learned how they were different, what their different properties were and how they were…

This week the children have enjoyed learning about how to use 4 and 6 figure grid references to locate mountains on a map. We worked together in small groups to find the mountain then used the along the corridor up the stairs method to work out the grid references. The children used their…

It has been wonderful having the children back at school and working so hard. They have returned to school after the Christmas break with a fabulous attitude to learning, motivated to learn new skills and wonderful behaviour. 

We have been learning to use coloumn mulitiplication this week. It…

I would just like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. 

This term has shown me that even with these uncertain times children are extremely resilient, they have worked hard, made strong friendships and are a pleasure to teach. 

I hope each and everyone take time to…

This afternoon we all had a great Christmas party. The children looked fabulous in their party outfits, danced their socks off and enjoyed the party games!

The children had great fun creating their own Stonehenge images. They used paint to make the sunset background, then used ripping and cutting to make the stones. The children looked closely at pictures of Stonehenge in order to get the correct shapes and layout of the huge stones.

This week we have taken the time to look at all of our amazing topic homework. The children enjoyed looking at each other’s work, talking about what they have created and telling each other what they liked about their work.

We were all really impressed with the amount of time, effort and…