Streethay School Blog

In English, we have been trying hard to use expanded noun phrases and conjunctions in our writing. This week, we explained why Timothy and Tabitha decided to swap back places. 

LO: i can join in with number rhymes (counting patterns).

This week the Daisies have been exploring the number rhyme 5 little men in a flying saucer. The children have been using the rocket props to re create the actions while singing the rhyme. The children have shown good number recall and…

In PSHE this week, we talked with Mrs Machin about our rights and responsibilities in Year 4.

We also set ourselves personal targets within the afternoon and our future afternoons with Mrs Machin.

In writing this week, Team Hedgehogs used expanded noun phrases to create an effective description. We needed to improve the description of the Apollo 13 explosion from our book Counting on Katherine. 

We started by building word-banks of nouns and adjectives, before having a go ourselves. Some…

LO: to use chunky mark making tools, held in whole hand palmar grip.

The Daisies have been practcing their mark making skills in their books. The Daisies enjoyed making pre writing shape during write dance, they could follow along to the music and was able to listen to and follow the…

LO: i enjoy singing and making sounds.

This week the Daisies have been learning their new nursery rhyme of the week 'Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes'. The Daisies enjoy joining in with the actions and have lovely singing to go along with them.

Well done Daisies!

LO: To find ways of managing transitions, for example from their parents to their key person.

this week the Daisies have been coming into the classroom and finding different way to settle in, the children have enjoyed playing with car track and in the kitchen role play area.

Well done…

LO: i enjoy running and jumping (with both feet on the ground).

The Daisies have been enjoying PE this morning, they have been practicing their running and jumping around the beach. The Daisies have been jumping over sandcastles and using the balls to knock down different sized sandcastles.

We have been looking at eSafety in computing. This week we discussed how we shouldn't trust everyone online. The children then drew a picture of someone they trust and explained why. 

We have started looking at column addition in Team Meadow. We are using our knowledge of place value to support our understanding of adding the tens and ones. 

The children enjoyed creating their art work to put on display in our classroom. We took inspiration from our class name and created our own meadows. 

This week in geography, we have continued our journey along the Rhine.

We have ended up in Rotterdam, the mouth of the River Rhine. We have learnt about importing and exporting goods, and were able to identify examples of each. 

We then compared Rotterdam with somewhere we have previously…