Years 3/4 (Lower KS2)

This week LKS2 have been very excited to set up simple circuits for their nightlights. We turned the lights off to really see the effect of the lightbulb when the circuit was connected. Children were able to add in a homemade switch that enabled them to control the light turning on and off, as you would do for a real life night light. There was some great teamwork amongst the children and some strong resilience! 

We also enjoyed a wonderful Christmas lunch yesterday! 

LKS2 were very excited to have their families in for Maths morning on Wednesday. There were some challenging RPS questions to solve, and the children loved showing their families what methods and strategies can be used to find the answers. Thank you for coming!

This week in LKS2 we have been making our own nightlights using recycled materials. We are looking forward to seeing how they look with the lights inside next week. Thank you to everyone who donated their recycling for us to use!

This week LKS2 has been learning about multiplication and division in maths. We have used the cubes to help with grouping and sharing as well as to multiply and divide by 3. Last week, LKS2 started some free reading time on Fridays. We have enjoyed sitting on or under our tables when reading our books. In DT we have started making our nightlights using our recycled materials. We have had lots of fun designing our nightlights and getting to make them come to life.

LKS2 have been having lots of fun in gymnastics this half term. We have been getting the gym wall equipment out and children have been challenging themselves to reach 'new heights' and have been practising balancing and coordination. The children have been supportive of each other, encouraging them to push themselves a little further and it is lovely to see the progress they are making week on week. 

This week in LKS2, we made musical instruments and had lots of fun doing so! Some of us made a guitar, others a two-tone drum and some of us created a pan flute. We worked hard to follow the correct steps in order to create our instrument and then tested how changing the pitch of it affects the sound it makes.  We explored whether our instrument could play a low, middle and high pitch sound. Thank you to everyone who brought in recycled materials. The children can now enjoy using their instrument at home!

Red Kite and Red Squirrel had a great time at the Chiltern Open Air Museum. The had the opportunity to really immerse themselves into Anglo Saxon life, engaging in hands on workshops. A great way to round up the first part of our History unit, Invaders and Settlers. 

A big thank you to the adults who joined us on the day to help us. 

This week, Dormouse class went to the Chiltern Open Air Museum to learn all about Anglo-Saxon life! After a delayed start due to traffic on the motorway, we took part in an exciting archaeological dig, fixed broken artefacts and tried to work out which era different artefacts belonged to. During our Anglo-Saxon life workshop, we tried on an Anglo-Saxon helmet, played games, made our own brooches, wrote our names in Anglo-Saxon runes and wove fabric using wool! We learnt so much and can’t wait to see what Red Squirrel and Red Kite do there on Monday. Thank you so much to all of our parent volunteers who helped the trip run so smoothly!

This week LKS2 have been investigating volume in our science lessons. We have explored the effect that dropping different weights onto a drum has on the volume of sound produced. We have made predictions of what we thought would happen and conclusions based on the results. We have also been exploring painting in the style of Claude Monet, practicing our brushstrokes with different sized paint brushes.

LKS2 are diving into the lives of the Anglo Saxons for their history learning this term. This week, they got to grips with the timeline of events during the Anglo Saxon period and created their own timelines as a group. We had some children walk the classroom being history detectives and providing feedback on each timeline. We also have been looking at enriching texts about the Anglo Saxons, enabling the children to embed their learning. 

We have had a fantastic first full week in LKS2. We set our class rules that we have displayed around our classrooms and have discussed each one with the children. We made a colour monster jars to express different emotions based on the 'Colour Monster' book. We know that it is okay to experience these emotions and that we can talk to someone if we are feeling worried. We have been challenging ourselves drawing number lines in maths, working carefully on laying out each interval accurately. We have begun our topic on 'Invaders and Settlers' and have explored where Anglo-Saxons and Scots first originated from and travelled to England.