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.    It has been a busy term so far in year five. The class have settled down beautifully and are really impressing me with their great learning attitudes and creativity. The science topic of 'Space' is being enjoyed by all: we have been learning about the...

Today, a team of ten Year 4 children took part in a Tag Rugby Competition at Wellingborough RFC. 7 matches were played against other local schools in the area, with the children remaining motivated and enthusiatic throughout. I was especially proud of the way the team...

Our science topic for this term is Sound. We have been using rulers and tuning forks to investigate how the length of an object affects the pitch of the sound made.We then looked at using marshmallows and skewers to create a sound wave machine. By tapping on one end...

This week we have started our first computing unit! We have investigated what is information technology, where we would find it and what benefits it has to us. So far, we have sorted out information technology into what is and what is not, did a technology hunt around...

This week we have moved from a Hot Write to a Cold Write in one week! We have completed our Hot Writes based on our own journey stories, and then we were visited by Mrs Blackwell, who told the class that teachers were no longer allowed to drink coffee. The class...

We have moved on to addition in our maths, looking at part-whole models. We talked about the sequence of events of the Great Fire of London and made little books to show what he had learnt. We started a new text in our literary lessons, we have been learning all about...

This week, the children have been investigating how adding cells to a circuit will affect the component (bulb in this case). The children also recorded how adding components would impact the brightness of the bulb in the circuit. Also, please can we all take a moment...

We have done lots of music this week. We have learnt that the different letters make different sounds on the chime bars. We know that we can go up the scale and down the scale and that we can change the pitch. We had a go at composing our own music and wrote down our...

This week in Maths, we have been looking at negative numbers. The children went outside and drew a numberline which they could use to help answer questions. The children moved up and down the numberline to prove their answer. Also this week, Mrs Fraser led a lesson on...