Well done to Simon who is our star of the week, after half term he has returned with a positive attitude too all areas of the curriculum.

This week the Year 4 children have been tested on their multiplication tests, we have another week to go. Well done to all children for your commitment to learning your times tables.
On Friday, we took time looking at images  and challenging ourselves to mastery style questions. 

For our computing unit, we are working with a programme called scratch, see below for our count controlled loops and infinite loops in scratch.

We have started our new units in PE, we have been learning skills for Kwick cricket.

At Holt Trinity, we have a lovely library where we spend time reading fiction and non fiction books, read for pleasure and explore the different genres.

A busy week and a huge well done to all children for their efforts in all areas of the curriculum.

This week has been a busy one.

We took part in the mini London marathon mile 2023 where we ran a mile on the school play ground, everyone was so supportive and worked as a team to cheer each other on.

In PSHE this week, we have been exploring risks in everyday life. We ranked risks to understand the level and identified and offered support to different scenarios.

In Art last week,  we created figurative characters based on ourselves and fixed on a plinth  the focus was the art of display. Next week we will be planning our own art of design following in the footsteps of Antony Gormley one and other – the fourth plinth challenge.

For PE, we have been enjoying the sunshine and improving our skills in running long distances and short distance for our athletics unit.

Following on from the poison pool last week, in our class book- The Paperbag Prince, this week, we have been understanding the character and writing a diary in the role of the paperbag prince. For this, we read the text, used our inference skills to determine feelings and actions.

In Geography, we have been researching regions and counties. We were able to understand what region and county we live in.

Such a brilliant week for all and to see such support from everyone during the mini mile- I am so proud of you all.

This week’s star of the week is Ruby.

She has worked extremely hard in all curriculum areas, and we have seen a new confidence in her. She has such an amazing attitude to learning: ‘Her light bulb has ignited and she is on fire’ and it’s lovely to see her journey.

This week we have started our new geography unit where we used atlases and computers to learn about the 4 countries which make up the United Kingdom and their capitals. We researched a number of questions such as the population, national flags, land mass, and national flowers.

Our focus in maths is fractions, we have been learning how to convert mixed numbers into improper fractions and back. We have looked at fraction walls and equivalent fractions. We have also been on Soundcheck to prepare the Yera 4 for the multiplication test in June. All children are working extremely hard and should be proud of their scores.

I have attached a fraction wall and cards if you want to create your own at home:

• fraction wall
• fractions cards

In English, we are reading ‘The PaperBag Prince’ we have been able to describe the rubbish tip and the poison pool, Year 5 have been introduced to modal verbs and we have used a range of new vocabulary to describe the two scenes.

We have now finished our swimming unit where all children should be very proud of all they achieved. Even though they are at different stages they all accomplished so much. We have now started our new unit, ‘Althletcis’ where children have enjoyed using a range of resources to master their skills, racing, long jump, and javelin.

Our Art unit started with excitement, awe, and wonder.
Our aim is to understand:

• That artists think carefully not just about what they make, but also how they present what they make. 

• That when we view sculpture (or other art), the context (way it is presented) affects how we react to it. 

• That how something will be seen can help us shape what is made.

• That we can give thought to how we display the art we make, to help us understand how people will view our work. 

We spent time researching the work of Thomas J Price –

Thomas J Price is a sculptor who questions the types of people that have traditionally been made into a sculpture and displayed on a plinth. Price is interested in making sculptures of anonymous people – people who are no one and everyone at the same time. By doing this he asks us as viewers to question: What is the purpose of sculpture? How do my figures speak to you?

We finished our very busy week with a celebration lunch for the King’s Coronation, each class sang a song and dressed in red, white, and blue to show our support.

As we  come to the end of our mindful stretching unit, this week children have focused on balance through mindful movements.

Our English unit is about the mountain god erupting and this week we wrote a letter to a relative from the perspective of a islander leaving their home due to destruction. The focus was feelings, thoughts and dialogue with advanced verbs.

In our RIC sessions, one focus was the use of a thesaurus to help improve our vocabulary. We used these to find more advanced verbs to include in our writing.

The star of the week this week was Benji for his effort and increased confident in swimming, for being able to move from one side to the other independently.

We also won the attendance award for the week.