Amazing Art!
This half term we have been looking at the Art work created by the incredible artist Georgia O'Keeffe! We have made collages using images of her work and also practiced the skill of creating light and dark shadow effects using pencils! We have some amazing artists in Y4!
Coronation fun
On Friday we celebrated the coronation of King Charles! I was very impressed with Stingrays creativity in creating decorative crowns for our parade. Well done to everyone they all looked brilliant! In the afternoon we then had a celebration buffet, where we enjoyed spending our time chatting,…
Wonderful Writing
This week in writing we have written our independent write which was an informal letter from the perspective of our main character Lila. Year 4 have produced some marvellous pieces of writing! We are now using our year 4 skills without even thinking. Well done year 4 keep up the hard work!
New Class Text!
This week, Y4 have been introduced to their brand new Class Text 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'. Y4 are really enjoying this adventure story so far. We can't wait to find out more about Lila's inspirational journey to Mount Merapi!
20/03/23
This week Y4 have completed their NFER assessments. I could not be any more prouder, the determination and courage Stingrays have shown during their tests has been phenomenal, it is fantastic to see how they have progressed and how their confidence has grown. They continue to impress me day in day…
13/03/23
Writing
In Writing this week, we have completed editing our independent writes from last week which were persuasive letters. On Tuesday, the children were introduced to a very new style of writing such as poetry, as their next independent write will be slightly different as it will be a…
06/03/23
This week has been a very cold and snowy week but Stingrays have produced some fantastic learning, find out more below.
Writing
In Grammar this week, we have focused on using apostrophes to mark possession. This has been a particularly tricky skill to master especially when considering both…
27/02/23
Welcome back after half term! It has been a very busy week as we have also celebrated 'World Book Day'!
World Book Day
On Thursday we celebrated 'World Book Day'. This year we wanted to celebrate diversity in reading by asking children to wear clothing to reflect their own culture or…
13/02/23
Writing
In Writing this week we continued to prepare for our independent write which will be an alternative event retell. On Monday, we focused on using conjunctions in our writing to add detail and expand sentences to provide the reader with more information. It was great to see Y4 now really…
06/02/23
Writing
On Monday, we had an opportunity to edit and revise our independent writes. I was beyond impressed with the standard of writing from Y4 Stingrays. Well done Stingrays! On Tuesday, we were introduced to our next independent write which will be a narrative retell in third person. We…
30/01/23
Writing
In Grammar this week, we recapped the different types of fronted adverbials (time, place, reason and manner) to help us to use a wide range in our writing. Stingrays were very good at identifying and distinguishing between the different types, I was very impressed!
In Writing this…
23/01/23
I would just like to start this weeks blog by congratulating Stingrays on their attendance this week, showing determination and enthusiasm to be in school everyday! Well done Stingrays!!!
Writing
In Grammar this week we have focused on the skill of using verb inflections. We learnt how to…