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.
World Book Day – Love of Reading Assembly
We can’t wait to talk to you about our favourite books and perform Joshua Siegal’s poem ‘Not Just a Book’.
World Book Day – Wordsearch
We’ve enjoyed talking about our favourite books and choosing some key words from the books to make a word search. This afternoon we are going to try completing our friends’ wordsearches.
World Book Day – Read How You Want
We’ve really enjoyed a relaxing start to our World Book Day! We chose a book from our Book Club collection or from our KS2 Honesty Library and read it wherever we wanted with whoever we wanted.
Reading in a ‘desk den’ was a popular choice …
… as was our favourite seat …
… and the brightly lit reflection area.
TTRS fame!
Did you know that every week, Year 4 have the chance to get their ROCKSTAR selfie on our TTRS Wall of Fame? They also have the chance to feature on our TTRS Wheel of Fame in Achieve and Believe assembly. The lucky winner of the Wheel of Fame challenges a teacher for the ultimate honour of winning the TTRS trophy!
What does my child need to do?
Play 15 minutes of TTRS games in the week leading up to the Friday (when we check how much each child has played.) We recommend little and often. 3 minutes per day every school day might be easier to achieve than doing it all in one go.
Why does it matter?
If children know their times tables they will find the rest of the maths we learn in school much easier. This is true from Year 3 but is particularly important in Year 4 where we learn column multiplication and learn more about fractions.
Questions?
If you have any questions or need any help do let me know. Send me an email / call the school office / speak to me at pick-up. If you don’t like your child to use electronic devices at home let me know and I can provide alternative ways for them to practise their times tables.
I can’t wait to see even more of our superstars on the Wall of Fame and challenging (and answering faster than) teachers in Achieve and Believe!
Number Fact Challenge
Year 4 have done a great job learning their number facts over the holidays! Children are bringing home the tests they did today to show you how well they’ve done. When you have collected your sponsorship money please bring it in to school and we will let you know how much we have raised as a school!