Science
This half term, our science learning has been all about microbes and we have learnt so much! Hopefully you will have noticed how much more hygienic the children are!
It was part of a working scientifically topic and our vocabulary for this learning is below. Check the words your child knows and which they can explain to you.
Our investigations included how soap helps to get rid of harmful microbes on our hands and also what happens when someone sneezes and doesn’t catch it in their elbow or a tissue. Ask your child to explain how we did these experiments.
Below are some true/false statements for you to check your child’s understanding.
Living and Learning – First Aid
Last week, Y4 learnt what to do in case someone is suddenly ill, injured or needs help.
Basic Rules:
➤If an accident happens, it is most important that before you do anything else you must ensure that it is safe to approach and offer help.
➤If anything happens to you then you will be unable to help anyone else. This could mean one casualty then becomes two.
If it’s serious, call 999 and remember LIONEL…
➤Location. Tell them where the emergency is and where you want them to arrive.
➤Incident. Tell them what has happened.
➤Other services. Do you need more than one?
➤Number of people that are involved.
➤Extent of the injuries. What types of injuries do people have?
➤Location. Repeat again where they need to arrive.
What would you do in an emergency?
Y3 Class Assembly
Hello!
This Thursday (31st March) Year 3 will be showcasing their class assembly at 2.30 pm. We hope that lots of grown ups can make it as we have been rehearsing all week!
We look forward to finally having you back in school!
Mr Wain
Year 4 Class Assembly
Hello!
This Thursday (31st March) Year 4 will be showcasing their class assembly at 2.50 pm. We hope that lots of grown ups can make it as we have been rehearsing all week!
We look forward to having you back in school, finally!
Miss Birch
Living and Learning – First Aid
Last week, Y6 learnt what to do in case someone is suddenly ill, injured or needs help.
If they’re bleeding…
If they’re suffering from shock…
If they’re having a nose bleed…
We recreated some of these scenarios using drama and acted out the best possible ways to deal with these situations.
“First Aid is so important because it could save somebody’s life,” said Simran.
“If you’re doing drama about First Aid, it can get funny but it’s serious in real life and these are the things you need to remember,” warned James.
Christina explained, “If it’s serious, call 999!”
What would you do in an emergency?
Growing!
The children have been busy planting seeds and bulbs in our outside area. We have planted beans, sunflowers and a selection of different herbs.
Phonics
This week the children will be reading longer words such as carrot, ladder, bigger and rabbit. They will be practising blending words in their head using the digraphs and trigraphs; ai ee igh oa oo oo ar or ur ow oi ear air er .
Maths
This week, the children will use practical contexts to sort objects according to different criteria. They will be encouraged to notice different attributes in groups of objects – such as colour, size or function – and to describe what they notice. They will apply their sorting skills to numbers and investigate ways to sort Numberblocks. By using their knowledge of doubles, they will begin to practically explore even and odd numbers.
Have a great Easter break!
Computing – Beebots
During our Computing topic this half term we have been learning all about algorithms. These are sets of instructions and we can use them to program computers. We have practised writing our own algorithms as well as debugging (fixing) them.
So far, we have only written algorithms for games on pieces of paper so we can learn the process securely. This week we got out the Beebots and had a go at writing algorithms for it to follow. We tried to make the Beebot escape a maze, draw a square and move to our partner. We made sure to write down our algorithm first and then debug it if it went wrong. It was great fun!
Next week, we will create our own game and use the Beebot to play it! We can’t wait!
Skipping
This week, we had a fun and active afternoon of skipping with Jodi from Skipping School and she was very impressed by the skipping and effort she saw!
Jodi taught us lots of different individual and group skipping skills to practise for our Year 2 skipping festival with other schools later in the summer term.
Skipping ropes are available to buy, at a subsidised price of £3, from the office to practise these new skills at home.
Living and Learning – Health and Prevention
For the last two weeks, Year 4 have been learning about the importance of personal hygiene including handwashing and sleep.
The children have been talking and mostly (due to COVID) have been recapping what they already know about the importance of personal hygiene. Keeping ourselves clean means that we keep ourselves healthy and in turn help others around us too. This is has worked well in conjunction with our science topic which is all about micro-organisms. The children were able to identify and classify bacteria, viruses and fungi as well as talk about how some are good for us and some are dangerous. These are things that cannot be seen by the naked eye and therefore, highlighted the importance of handwashing!
Secondly, the importance of sleep was interesting because now the children are getting older, they forget just how important sleep is. Children should get around 10-12 hours sleep a night. This sounds like a lot but makes such a difference to how they feel during the day. Year 4 worked together to create their own night time routines to ensure that they get the most sleep possible! I have personally noticed a difference in the class when they have gotten more sleep so fingers crossed this continues!
Living and Learning: Personal Hygiene
This week in Living and Learning, we discussed the importance of keeping our hands clean – this has been particularly important over the last couple of years. We talked about what being healthy means and how to keep ourselves as healthy as possible.
Year 5 discussed how it is our responsibility to keep ourselves healthy – alongside parents and doctors.
We continued the lesson by learning about allergies and what we needed to do if someone was having a severe allergic reaction.
Ask your child if they can remember what to do if someone is having a severe allergic reaction.