Bourn
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 2nd October 2026
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
We have been very busy this week in Year 4.
This week in maths we have been exploring column subtraction and addition in depth. The children have learnt how to use the word ‘difference’ as part of their subtraction vocabulary. We have had to work hard to practice the skill of regrouping in addition and subtraction. This skill will be very helpful next week. We have also thought about different methods to solve addition and subtraction problems and decided that lots of us liked the efficiency of column method.
During English, we wrote our diaries from the perspective of Hannah when she went on an adventure with the gorilla. We also got to finish the book this week and had a discussion about the ending and what we believed to be the correct ending character. After this, we reviewed the book and shared our opinion using evidence from the text to support us. In music, we thought about rainforest sounds and had to compose a piece using animal sounds – the rule was that we could not use our voices to recreate the sounds which proved a very tough task!
In science, we classified animals depending on what they eat and used their teeth to help us with this classification. We learnt how to use our knowledge organiser to help us find the key information with this task. For history this week, we looked at various sources from children in the Victorian period. We had to analyse one in depth and learn all about that child’s life. We then compared them to our own lives today. We learnt about the role of an archivist and considered whether this is a job that we would want when we grew up. In art, we started our collage using light and shadow, we will be looking further at how to incorporate perspective into our collage.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We enjoyed making our animal noises during music before we switched to using our body!
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
How to help at home- Play lots of games!
Times tables check: https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/
Hit the button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Purple Mash https://www.purplemash.com/#app/games/timestables_assessment
Times Table Rockstars https://play.ttrockstars.com/game/play/soundcheck Maths Tug
MathTug: Free Interactive Math Games for Classrooms
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Albie for the effort award. You have been consistently showing valued behaviour choices and trying your best. It has really shown in your work. Keep it up!
Congratulations to Ritika for the values award. You have been a model of the hope value and displaying positive attitudes towards your learning. Well done!
Next week...
Next week in maths we are finishing our topic of addition and subtraction. We will be using our new skills to try and understand complex word problems. In English, we will be preparing for our final piece of narrative writing by designing our own innovated characters. In science, we will be thinking about the connections between predator and prey. During art, we will be continuing to develop our collages.
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 25th September 2026
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
We have had a lovely week in Rosewood.
This week, we have started our new topic of addition and subtraction facts in maths. We have been exploring how learning related facts can help us to solve problems quickly. For example, knowing that 1265+2024= 3289 then I know that 2265 + 2024 = 4289 as my thousands column has increased by 1000. We have also been looking at efficient subtraction strategies to help us solve problems with bigger numbers.
During English, we have planned for a 5-paragraph diary from the perspective of Hannah after her toy turns into a real gorilla. We have been placing a particular focus on our use of fronted adverbials in our writing and the children are learning how to identify and incorporate these into their writing. We will be using these throughout the year as one of our mastery keys for writing.
In science, we explored dental hygiene and reviewed an experiment on the hardness of toothbrushes. The children had to form an opinion on what they thought would be the best type of toothbrush and then justify their opinion with evidence. We then shared our understanding of how we care for teeth at home by interviewing each other on our knowledge of dental hygiene. For PE, the children watched a haka from a rugby game. They then had a series of instructions to follow to create their own haka. They started this last week and finished their final performances this week. For art, we explored perspective in items. We will use this skill to help us when we get to creating our final piece.
Well done to Rosewood who worked amazingly to be the winners of the first KS2 battle. Please keep practicing times tables at home, they are a very important part of year 4 and help set the children up for a strong start in lots of different maths topics.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We have been enjoying creating our own musical pieces using the actions ‘boom, clap and stamp’.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
How to help at home- Play lots of games!
Times tables check: https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/
Hit the button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Purple Mash https://www.purplemash.com/#app/games/timestables_assessment
Times Table Rockstars https://play.ttrockstars.com/game/play/soundcheck Maths Tug
MathTug: Free Interactive Math Games for Classrooms
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Sonny for the effort award. You have flown through your maths this week and challenged yourself to take on bigger numbers to extend your learning. Keep it up!
Congratulations to May for the values award. You have been modelling how to be a caring friend and have listened to points of view in a group. You have helped to ensure that everyone ended up happy and included. Well done!
Next week...
Next week in maths we are continuing to explore addition and subtraction and will be focusing on the column method. During English, we are going to be finishing our book, we will then be reviewing the book and creating an emotion chart of the different events that have taken place throughout. For science, we will be looking at different types of animal (carnivore, herbivore, omnivore) and comparing their teeth and features. For art, we will be creating a collage.
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 18th September 2026
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
We have had a busy week in Year 4.
This week we have been working on writing a diary entry in English. We have been learning how to use and accurately write fronted adverbials. We have needed to incorporate these into our diary entries. During maths, we have been learning how to round to 10, 100 and 1000. We have been learning rules to help us do this efficiently.
During science, we had to think about different teeth types. We ended with building our own working model of the different teeth types. In PSHE, we had to think about different activities that keep us healthy. We then had to complete an active class challenge where we had to move a bean bag in groups following certain rules.
For history, we learnt about Henry the gloverer from Tudor times. We had to interview him and learn all about his life and what it means to be an apprentice when you were a child. In PE, we thought about rugby and the haka. We started to create some rugby moves and shared our performances with the class. We will continue you this next week.
We have been thinking about the 3 times table for our fact foundation lesson this week. Please continue to recap this with your child.
Thank you if I was able to speak with you at meet the teacher on Tuesday, it was lovely to see you all. If you were unable to attend but have any questions, please let me know, I am happy to help.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We had fun building our teeth model out of lego!
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
How to help at home- Play lots of games!
Times tables check: https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/
Hit the button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Purple Mash https://www.purplemash.com/#app/games/timestables_assessment
Times Table Rockstars https://play.ttrockstars.com/game/play/soundcheck Maths Tug
MathTug: Free Interactive Math Games for Classrooms
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Naomi for the effort award. You have tried your best no matter what even in the face of a challenge. Keep it up!
Congratulations to Christiana for the values award. You arrive at school each day with a fantastic positive attitude. You make us all smile!
Next week...
Next week in English we will be further exploring the text gorilla and using fronted adverbials to write the next part of the story ourselves. During maths, we are starting a new topic of addition and subtraction and will be consolidating our known strategies before further challenging ourselves. In science, we will be exploring dental hygiene and thinking about the quality of the toothbrush. In history, we will be doing a research study into Victorian jobs for children.
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 11th September 2026
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
It has been a lovely first full week in Rosewood class.
In maths, we have been thinking about place value. We have been looking at how our columns change when we cross 10 on certain numbers and thinking about number patterns and connections.
During English, we have been writing about the character Hannah from Gorilla. We have been expanding noun phrases and focussing on our use of the comma to describe her. We then developed this into describing settings in the story. We used the sentence structure determiner, adjective, noun and prepositional phrase.
For science, we explored a model of the human digestive system made out of household items. We used this to help us understand the role of our organs and evaluated the effectiveness of the model. During history, we started our topic exploring how children’s lives have changed over time. We began by exploring primary and secondary sources from the Tudor, Victorian and Roman period and making comparative statements about what we could see. During PSHE, we learnt about food that helps us grow, glow and go. We designed a lunchbox that would keep a school child feeling energised throughout the day.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We have worked hard in art to design a cake using squares, triangles and circles. We had to consider the angles of light on our cake and learnt how to highlight the areas with the most light. We shared our designs with each other for inspiration.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Alexander for the effort award. You have consistently shown valued behaviour choices and given 100% in everything. What a great start to Year 4!
Congratulations to Maddy for the values award. You have settled into Bourn and already made some lovely friendships. You have shown yourself to be kind and caring to others. Well done!
Next week...
Date for your diary:
15th September 6-7pm Welcome to the year ahead
Next week in English, we will be writing a diary entry from the perspective of Hannah to timeline her day in Gorilla. In maths, we will be recapping rounding within 10, 100 and 1000. In History, we will be exploring life in Tudor times for children and the working conditions. During science, we will be exploring human teeth and the different characteristics of them.
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 4th September 2026
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
We have had a lovely start to the school year in Rosewood. I have really enjoyed getting to see lots of familiar faces again and also getting to know some new ones too. The children have settled in well and have been showing lots of valued behaviour already in and out of the classroom. I have been extremely impressed with them all!
We have begun to think about our new maths topic of place value. This year we will be following the Ark maths mastery curriculum. Our English topic is centred around the book Gorilla by Anthony Browne. We have been making inferences about the book so far using the cover and learning some interesting facts about gorillas. During PSHE, we thought about compliments and wrote some compliments for each other to make us all feel happy about ourselves as we start a new school year. Our music lesson had us create a piece of music using different parts of our body, we tried to link it to different weather sounds to help structure our piece.
This year Rosewood will be collected from the top of the drive, we might need to stand to the side to allow other children to pass us by and this will lead us closer to where the ramp is but still at the top of the drive.
Please ensure that any changes to collection or if anyone is collecting your child who is not on the approved collection list has been shared with either myself or the office before the end of the day or we will be unable to release your child until we have spoken to you.
I hope you all have a lovely weekend and that the children are looking forward to Monday!
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We had a great time turning using our bodies to make percussion. We created rain and thunder storms which were extremely loud!
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
No winners this week due to a 2 day week
Next week...
Next week we will be continuing our topic of place value. The children will be using base tens and place value counters to support their learning. In English, we will be using inference to further develop our understanding of Gorilla. In History, we will be looking at how children’s lives have changed over time. In PSHE, we will be looking at how to keep ourselves healthy. For music, we will continue to develop our use of percussion. Our science topic is linked to animals including humans and we will be focussing on digestion.
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 26th June 2026
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
This week in English, we have been learning about the formation of stalactites and stalagmites. We had to use our knowledge in an information text and include our mastery keys to show our writing skills. We have had to use note taking skills and practice turning this into sentences.
Our maths has focussed on reading different types of graphs. We had to identify the scales and understand what the horizontal and vertical axis. The children have had a go at drawing their own bar and line graphs.
Our DT this week has seen us doing a second layer of paper mache to our helmets. We had to give our helmets strength through the design process and use cross layering to develop our shape.
During science, we explored the impact that distance has on sound and we conducted experiments to test our hearing. We have also been working hard to develop our inference skills by exploring an unknown text and using evidence to make sensible assumptions about the text.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We enjoyed some outdoor reading during the hot weather and explored some new texts that had been given to our class.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Sylvie for the effort award. You have put in lots of effort to your DT project and thought carefully about the required design. Keep it up!
Congratulations to Bexley for the values award. You are a continued example of the school values and we have been very impressed. Well done!
Next week...
During PSHE, our new topic will be ‘Changing Me’.
Our learning objective for the lesson will be: I can identify changes that have been and may continue to be outside of my control that I learnt to accept
Our vocabulary for the lesson will be:
- Range of emotions
- Control
- Change
- Acceptance
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 19th June 2026
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
This week has been our school wide assessment week. The children have been assessed in reading, writing, maths and SPAG. They have worked hard to show all that they have learnt over the year.
We also have been working hard to prepare our performance. If you were able to come along, we hope you enjoyed the songs. Thank you for your support with the great outfits and learning all the songs, we were really impressed with how the children looked on stage.
It has definitely been one of our busiest weeks of the year!
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We had a great time performing to the school and to all the adults who came in to see us!
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Emily for the effort award. You have worked hard throughout assessment week and tried your best with all of your tasks. Well done!
Congratulations to all of Rosewood for the values award. You performed amazingly and worked as a team to create an entertaining show. You were all excellent examples of the Bourn values and we are very proud of your achievements. Keep it up!
Next week...
During PSHE, our new topic will be ‘Changing Me’.
Our learning objective for the lesson will be: I know how the circle of change works and can apply it to changes I want to make in my life
Our vocabulary for the lesson will be:
- Circle
- Seasons
- Change
- Control
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 12th June 2026
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
This week in English we have been learning more about the character of Blue John. We have been using inference to help us make decisions about his behaviour and next moves. We have been writing in paragraphs and using apostrophes as our writing skills. Our sentences were an area that we focussed on this week and the children have shown real strength in upscaling and self editing their work. During maths, we thought about types of triangles and the properties of polygons. We have to use the different properties to identify the shapes.
In our science lesson, we learnt about whales and dolphins and how sound affects their experience in the ocean. We learnt about echolocation and what this meant. We applied this to our understanding of how we hear things and compared their experiences to our own. During geography, we used atlases to track rivers around the world. We had to accurately mark them and identify the continent that they were in. We had to recap our continent knowledge to help us.
We have spent lots of time rehearsing our performance. Please continue to practice the songs with the children at home. We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We had fun visiting the circus. We learnt how to juggle 3 balls and used peacock feathers to practice balancing. The children had to balance on their palm and an individual finger. The children were then shown a variety of circus activities including spinning plates and batons. They had time to explore and learn how to use the equipment that interested them.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Bella for the effort award. You have been making great contributions to class discussions and we have been very impressed at how carefully you are thinking about your ideas. Keep it up!
Congratulations to Ethan T for the values award. You have been showing the hope value well and have been bringing a smile to our faces each day. Well done!
Next week...
Date for your diary: Wednesday 17th June 2pm/6pm Year 3 and 4 performance
During PSHE, our new topic will be ‘Changing Me’.
Our learning objective for the lesson will be: I can describe how a girl’s body changes in order for her to be able to have babies when she is an adult, and that menstruation (having periods) is a natural part of this
Our vocabulary for the lesson will be:
- Puberty
- Menstruation
- Menstrual Cycle
- Periods
- Menstrual pads
- Menstrual Cup
- Pant Liner
- Period Pants
- Tampons
- Menstrual Towel
- Vagina
- Vulva
- Ovaries
- Fallopian Tube
- Fertilised
- Hormone
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 5th June 2026
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
This week in English we have started our new text ‘Blue John’. We have been exploring the music that the text was based on and we have been using our imaginations to write fantastical tales about a cave based adventure. We had to use varied vocabulary and sentence starters to keep our writing interesting. We also looked at exploring our gateway keys to refresh our memory. These are skills that the children have already been taught in this and previous year groups.
These are:
- Full stops, capital letters, exclamation marks, question marks, commas and apostrophes
- Group related ideas into paragraphs
- Use past and present tense consistently
- Expand noun phrases by the addition of modifying adjectives, nouns and prepositional phrases
In maths, we have started our new topic of shape. We have started by exploring angles and learning the meaning of obtuse, acute and right angle. We have been drawing, comparing and identifying the angles in different directions. We also explored different turns and used anti-clockwise and clockwise to describe the direction that we turned.
In science, we have been looking at sound. We started by experimenting with different stations that we could identify vibration in. We had to talk about what we could feel happening in each activity and compare it to the previous one. In Geography, we started learning about rivers. We had to learn the features of the upper, middle and lower course of a river. We then used this knowledge to build a 3D model of the river.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We enjoyed having Joel come in and teach us some golf. We learnt how to hold the club correctly and played some fun team games.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Olivia for the effort award. We can see how hard you have been working and we have been really impressed with you. Well done!
Congratulations to Immie for the values award. You have been a role model for the school values and have shown a really positive attitude to learning. Keep it up!
Next week...
Date for your diary: Wednesday 17th June 2pm/6pm Year 3 and 4 performance
During PSHE, our new topic will be ‘Changing Me’.
Our vocabulary for the lesson will be:
Our learning objective for the lesson will be: I can correctly label the internal and external parts of male and female bodies that are necessary for making a baby.
- Sperm
- Egg/Ovum
- Penis
- Vagina
- Womb/Uterus
- Ovaries
- Making love
- Having sex
- Sexual intercourse
- Fertilise
- Conception
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 22nd May 2026
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
This week in English we have been completing our final assessment. The children had to create a display poster that teaches the public about the impact of plastic pollution on the planet. They had to use the mastery keys that they have been learning about which are in line with the Year 4 curriculum:
- Recognise the grammatical difference between plural and possessive ‘s’
- Indicate possession by using the possessive apostrophe with plural nouns
- Organise paragraphs around a theme
- Build a varied and rich vocabulary
- Propose changes to grammar and vocabulary to improve consistency, including the accurate use of pronouns in sentences
They had to demonstrate their skills in these areas for their assessment.
In maths, we have started to learn about time and have been learning how to convert between digital and analogue times. We have also considered the difference between am and pm times. During PE, the children took part in a mini sports day to help them begin to practice their skills. Our history lesson saw us exploring how the cacao trade is linked to the Mayans and the children played a trading board game. In Science, we thought about deforestation and had to make a booklet answering key questions about deforestation using resources to help us find the correct information.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We enjoyed taking part in a mini sports day during PE. During our art lessons, we learnt how to create a glue batik. We used inspiration from our previous pieces of art work to create a jungle inspired pattern.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Ethan S for the effort award. You have shown a great determination to develop your writing and presentation and it has paid off. Well done!
Congratulations to Ella for the values award. You have been modelling the hope value very well and always approach tasks with a positive attitude. Keep it up!
Next week...
Date for your diary: 1st June MTC testing begins
Date for your diary: Wednesday 17th June 2pm/6pm Year 3 and 4 performance
There will be no homework set however I would please encourage you to spend some time practicing times tables with your child. The multiplication check window opens on the 1st June and children will be taking part in the check the first week back. Please see the guidance you were given at parents evening for the best activities and tasks to suit you and your child.
We also have our performance very soon, I’m sure the children will love to practice their songs over the break!
During PSHE, our new topic will be ‘Changing Me’. Our first lesson will focus on the objective ‘I understand that some of my personal characteristics have come from my birth parents and that this happens because I am made from the joining of their egg and sperm’
Our vocabulary for the lesson will be:
- Personality
- Unique
- Characteristics
- Parents
- Gene
- Conception
- Egg
- Sperm)
Have a well earned rest and see you all when we are back.
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 15th May 2026
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
This week in English we have been thinking about writing letters to businesses to encourage them to improve their plastic use. We thought about the impact Morrisons has on the planet and we explored what they are doing to improve their plastic use. During maths, we have been looking at recognising amounts of money using our decimals knowledge from our previous unit. We have been also looking at the link between pounds and pence and converting between the two.
During History, we explored different Mayan inventions and looked at these from the perspective of someone who works in the archives as a career. We had to form opinions based on evidence. During art, we used glue and paint to create a jungle inspired tile. We will use this to create other designs. In PE, the children completed their sprint trials ready for the running races on sports day.
We have also started working on our concert pieces for our performance. They are very fast paced. Please encourage your child to practice and listen to the rhythm of the songs at home.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We have been enjoying starting to learn our new songs and getting to practice with Year 3!
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Alexander for the effort award. You have shown a great enthusiasm towards your writing. Keep it up!
Congratulations to Pearl for the values award. You have been a great role model for all of the school values. Well done!
Next week...
Date for your diary: Wednesday 17th June 2pm/6pm Year 3 and 4 performance
Next week for PSHE we will be looking at the following LO ‘I understand what having a boyfriend/ girlfriend might mean and that it is a special relationship for when I am older’
Our vocabulary
- Boyfriend
- Girlfriend
- Attraction
- Pressure
- Personal
- Comfortable
We will also be doing a lesson on ‘I know how to show love and appreciation to the people and animals who are special to me’
Our vocabulary
Special
- Love
- Appreciation
- Symbol
- Care
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 8th May 2026
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
In maths, we have finished our decimal topic and completed our end of unit assessment. We ended by comparing fractions and exploring the relationship between fractions and their decimal equivalent. We had to use our times table knowledge to help us recognise the decimal that was needed e.g. 7/28 is equal to 0.25.
During English, we have been writing about plastic impact, this has included writing about the journey of the creation of a plastic bottle from the perspective of a plastic bottle. We had to learn about the steps and use our imaginations to write about feelings and actions that the plastic bottle would experience.
During history, we learnt about different Mayan gods and the roles that they played in Mayan life. We had to work through different scenarios and explore which god we thought would help us the best. We had to justify our opinions using the evidence we had. In art, we looked at our animal patterns that we traced last week. We had to recreate these as a repeating pattern using different ripped shapes to create the image accurately.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Aurelia for the effort award. You have been putting in lots of effort into your writing this week and have been working on upscaling your vocabulary. Keep it up!
Congratulations to Gus for the values award. You have been a role model for the justice value and have shown right choices not easy choices this week. We have been proud of how you have thought about others feelings. Well done!
Next week...
Date for your diary: Wednesday 17th June 2pm/6pm Year 3 and 4 performance
Next week in PSHE, we will be thinking about 'I can tell you about someone I know that I no longer see'. Our vocabulary will be
- Souvenir
- Memento
- Loss
- Memories
- Special
- Remember
We will also be doing a lesson on friendships with the learning objective ‘I can recognise how friendships change, know how to make new friends and how to manage when I fall out with my friends’. Our vocabulary will be
- Friendships
- Negotiate
- Compromise
- Trust
- Loyalty
- Anger
- Betrayal
- Empathy
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 1st May 2026
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
This week in English, we have been writing from the perspective of Alba. We have used drama to help us understand our feelings and actions during different parts of the story. We have been able to recap features of letter and diary writing. We have been using our knowledge of ocean pollution to help us with our writing.
In maths, we have been exploring wholes in tenths and hundredths and learning how to partition decimals in up to 3 different ways. We have been using place value charts and unitised counters to help us.
We really enjoyed bikeability and learnt how to maintain our bikes. The children also played some biking games and practiced their control and balance.
In science, we used pictograms to help us classify flowering and non-flowering plants. We had to learn their features to help us categorise accurately. During history, we had to identify different Mayan structures using clues and decide what this helped us learn about life in the Ancient Mayan times.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
Please enjoy our Grafham photos! Use the password sent to you via email to access them.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Jake for the effort award. You have consistently tried your hardest and have made great progress with your decimal work this week. Well done!
Congratulations to Luna for the values award. You have worked hard to model all the school values and are a great role model to all. Keep it up!
Next week...
Next week in PSHE, we will be thinking about love and loss. Our vocabulary will be
- Loss
- Denial
- Anger
- Sadness
- Pain
- Hopelessness
- Acceptance
- Depression
- Vulnerable
- Insecure
- Love
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 24th April 2026
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
Monday:
We arrived safely at Grafham and were met by the friendly centre staff. After a short welcome talk to go through the rules and plans for the stay, we were shown around the site so everyone could get their bearings. The children then headed to their rooms, worked together to make their beds, and had some time to unpack and settle in. We got to use some of the equipment in our lounge to have some free play before our instructors arrived.
Later on, they enjoyed their first activities, the children were split between sailing, high ropes and canoes we also had a late evening orienteering session where they worked as a team to find their way around the site. After a full and exciting first day, everyone settled down for a well‑earned sleep.
Tuesday:
The day started with breakfast, followed by some time outside to run around and enjoy the fresh air. The children had a go on the low‑ropes course, which they could explore independently without needing an instructor. They then took part in a range of activities including high ropes, canoeing, and sailing, pushing themselves, encouraging each other, and growing in confidence. This was a very windy day for us and those out in the open water sailing really felt the bumps!
After lunch, there was time to relax and play before the afternoon sessions began. Because the wind picked up and made canoeing unsafe, one group had an activity swap and took on the Grafham Challenge instead, which involved teamwork and problem‑solving tasks while blindfolded! In the evening, we all relaxed together for a movie night and watched The Incredibles before a bit of an earlier bedtime being needed.
Wednesday:
Wednesday came around quickly and started very early for some, as we packed up, stripped the beds, and got ready to leave. After our final breakfast, the children took part in their last activity, making the most of their remaining time at Grafham. We finished with a lovely final lunch and got to celebrate Caelan’s birthday!
Although it was time to say goodbye, the children left feeling happy and proud of everything they had achieved. They showed great resilience, teamwork, and enthusiasm throughout the trip, and we hope they have returned home with lots of happy memories.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
Please enjoy a small selection of our Grafham photos. More to follow next week!
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How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Harley for the effort award. You have pushed yourself and gave it all your all to overcome a challenge. Well done!
Congratulations to all of Rosewood class for the values award. You have all modelled excellent valued behaviour both in school and at Grafham. You have all challenged yourself to try new things with great success. Well done!
Next week...
In PSHE next week we will be continuing our lesson on jealousy we will be focusing on the following vocabulary:
- Relationship
- Close
- Jealousy
- Problem-solve
- Emotions
- Positive
- Negative
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 17th April 2026
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
This week in English, we have started our new book ‘Alba the hundred year old’. We have been learning about ocean rubbish and the dangers that it poses. We have been writing letters to the Prime Minister about how we think we can fix the problem of pollution.
In Maths, we have been exploring hundredths as fractions and decimals. We have been using counters to help represent these numbers.
In history, we have been learning about the Mayans. We started the unit by thinking about the problems and solutions faced by the Mayans. In art, we have been sketching rainforests to support our history learning. In science, we have been starting our topic on living things and their habitats, we had to sort animals into Caroll diagrams.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We enjoyed learning about the rainforest in art
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
No certificates this week due to church.
Next week...
Please enjoy the break and have a rest. There will be no homework set during this time but the children will have access to their ttrockstars accounts and we would encourage you to read with your chid as well during this time.
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 27th March 2026
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
We have had a busy last week of term. We took part in our easter experience day. We looked at different parts of the easter story throughout the day and took part in craft and reflection activities to help us understand the story better. We ended our day with a fun assembly from Reverend Matt.
In English, we have been writing from the perspective of different characters from our story about the wisp. We have been recalling the key events from the story and adding our own twists to our writing. During maths, we have been working with decimals and placing them on a number line. We have stated to explore using tenths and dividing whole numbers less than 10 by 10.
For science and geography, we completed our assessments on our topics and showed off how much we have learnt over the half term. We had to
present our knowledge in fun and interesting ways.
We have also now completed our DT project and the children have made their own purses and used buttons to open and close them. We have been very impressed with the creativity the children have shown when working on this project.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We enjoyed our easter experience day!
We hope you liked seeing all the crafts that the children made during the day.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Lilly for the effort award. You have been trying your best and making good progress in maths. Well done!
Congratulations to Theo for the values award. You have shown the values of justice and friendship. The choices you have made have really impressed us. Well done!
Next week...
Next week in PSHE we will be thinking about jealousy, we will be exploring these words as part of our learning
- Relationship
- Close
- Jealousy
- Problem-solve
- Emotions
- Positive
- Negative
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 20th March 2026
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
We have been working hard in assessment week and the children have done well managing the different assessments. We have been very proud of their hardwork.
We’re aware that there have been a few concerns about the room arrangements at Grafham, and we wanted to take a moment to reassure you.
Thank you for your understanding, and please be assured we’re doing our best to make this a positive and enjoyable experience for everyone.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We liked having PE with Year 3 where we played some tag rugby matches!
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Genevieve for the effort award. You have tried your best throughout assessment week and you have done very well because of it. Keep it up!
Congratulations to Caelan for the values award. You have modelled the value of courage brilliantly and tackled your assessments with a positive attitude. Well done!
Next week...
We will be continuing our topic of decimals. During English, we will continue to read the story of Wisp and explore the characters in depth. We will be completing our geography and science assessments for the end of the topics. In PSHE, we will be learning about alcohol and the children will be learning the following words.
- Alcohol
- Liver
- Disease
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 13th March 2026
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
This week in English, we have been writing about thoughts, dialogues and actions for characters for the Wisp story we have been reading. We have been working hard to think about what they would say based on the images in the text. In maths, we have been thinking about fractions. We have been learning how to subtract mixed number fractions and from a whole number. We are now at the end of this unit and will be moving on to our unit on decimals.
In geography, we have been learning about tsunamis and their impact on life. We learnt how these are linked to tectonic plate movement and completed a case study on a tsunami. In PSHE, we thought about the reasons behind smoking and worked through a real life scenario. We were introduced to different smoking facts and learnt what nicotine is. We enjoyed our live horrible science lesson as part of our science week and watched a talk on careers in STEM to inspire us for our futures. We had to design a medical device that helps people using technology.
As part of book week, we have visited the book bus and read together. We also had a visit from Mrs Sanderson and a lively debate on the best football team! We have ended book week by being a buddy to a year 2 and sharing a book with them. We thought about our reading expression and answered questions from the year 2's about our books.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We loved being reading buddies to the year 2's!
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Georgie for the effort award. You have been working hard to show active listening and are a role model for resilience. Well done!
Congratulations to Lilly for the values award. You have shown friendship by caring for others and brightening their day. Keep it up!
Next week...
We will be having our assessment week and DT week.
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 6th March 2026
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
This week in English, we have looked at the first two pages of our Wisp story, we have learnt a key characters name and been introduced to some key facts about the setting. We have used this to aid our research about life in camps for refugees and we have written a comparative piece of writing about the positive and negative aspects. We also learnt about the Flying Seagull Project and wrote a piece from the perspective of an entertainer in the camps.
In maths, we have continued to explore fractions and have worked hard to find equivalent fraction families. We have also tried some word problems linking to fractions of amounts and shapes. Please continue to practice this skill at home if you can.
In Science, we played a water cycle game and had to work through the different stages of the water cycle using our knowledge of the different stages. In PSHE, we thought about how to be assertive in a tricky social situation and worked as a team to help different children who were in challenging situations. During Geography, we learnt about the ring of fire and explored different volcano hotspots around the world. We then had to research a volcanic eruption and the Mariana Trench. As part of PE, the children continued to learn the rules and techniques to play rag rugby as a team.
We had fun on World Book Day, we joined the footy and booky quiz run by the National Literacy Trust where we did very well. We explored our favourite books together and watched the world exclusive launch of BoneHead live.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We liked seeing all the exciting costumes around school!
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Sienna for the effort award. You have been making valued behaviour choices and always want to do well. Keep it up!
Congratulations to Milo for the values award. You have shown hope through your positive attitude. Well done!
Next week...
For our PSHE lesson we will be looking at smoking and exploring the following vocabulary:
- Smoking
- Vaping
- Pressure
- Peers
- Guilt
- Advice
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 27th February 2026
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
This week in English we started our new scheme of work 'Pathways to Write'. We are looking at the text 'Wisp'. This week we have been focussing on our use of paragraphs and expanded noun phrases. We have thought about what home means and designing our dream homes. During maths, we have been working on converting mixed number fractions to improper fractions and vice versa. This has been a skill we have been doing lots of practice on and will continue to explore next week.
During science, we learnt about the water cycle. We thought about the different stages and how this links to the world around us. We had a go at making our own cycles and labelling the process. Our new geography topic focusses on tsunamis, volcanoes and earthquakes. We have been looking at the layers of the earth and what makes each layer unique. We also explored how this linked to tectonic plates. We had to complete a very hard puzzle where we had to rebuild a tectonic plate map. During PE, the children learnt how to wear tag rugby belts and were introduced to the rules of the game. Our PSHE saw us creating friendship circles and thinking about the relationships we have with the people around us.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We enjoyed learning about the water cycle and designing our own.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Alfred for the effort award. You have been consistently demonstrating good choices and your actions show you are trying your best. Well done!
Congratulations to Felicity for the values award. You have been showing the value of courage and attempting tricky fraction work in maths. Keep it up!
Next week...
For our PSHE lesson we will be looking at group dynamics and thinking about the following vocabulary:
- Friendship groups
- Roles
- Leader
- Follower
- Assertive
- Agree/disagree
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 13th February 2026
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
In English this week, we have wrote a narrative inspired by 'The Boy at the Back of the Class'. We had to create a problem and resolution and use our new skills of creating paragraphs to split up our story. In Maths, we have been learning how to use and identify mixed numbers on a timeline. This has been a really tricky skill to master and we have done very well. We will be continuing this topic after half term.
In science, we investigated melting and freezing points and learnt about how to tell the difference. In history, we completed our end of unit assessment and had to imagine we were time travellers comparing past and present.
During PE, we did our final performance of our Roman dance. We got to watch the film back in class of our performance. We have been working as teams to achieve our goals in PSHE and worked on our collaborative team work skills.
Have a great half term, there will be no homework during this time but please try to read and play times table rockstars if you can!
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We enjoyed working as a team to make the funniest potato design in PSHE!
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Elliot for the effort award. You have been working hard in maths and giving everything a go! Well done!
Congratulations to Harry for the values award. You have been a good friend to others and always think about their needs. Keep it up!
Next week...
After half term our new PSHE topic will be healthy me. For our first lesson we will be looking at the children's perceptions of their relationships with their friends and thinking about the following questions:
- Where do you know your friends from?
- Do you like all of your friends in the same way?
- Do you like doing the same things with all of your friends?
- Do you see some friends only in certain situations/places?
- Would you want to see all of your friends all of the time?
Our key words will be:
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 6th February 2026
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
In English, we have been learning about formal letters and exploring language differences when we speak formally and informally. We have been working on writing a formal letter to King Charles linked to our text 'The Boy at the Back of the Class'. During maths, we have been exploring how to measure perimeter in rectilinear shapes and exploring how we can link this to our multiplication work to make our problem solving more efficient.
During science, we looked at the different melting rates of ice and had to make our own recorded observations and measurements based on our outcomes. In PE, we continued to work as a team to rehearse our roman dances and help make the flow of moves clearer. The children added the end part of their dance to their existing routine. During history, we learnt about the different features that were unique to roman towns before using this knowledge to design our own town. In art, the children begun to design their final cross stitch piece of sewing ready to start next week. They will be creating a bee using their own designs and colour choices.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We enjoyed dancing in PE!
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Theo for the effort award. You have been trying hard with your formal letter writing in English and have used interesting vocabulary. Keep it up!
Congratulations to Megan for the values award. You are a great example of the justice value and show us that you try your best every day. Well done!
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 30th January 2026
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
In English, we have been looking at 'show don't tell' to upscale our sentences. We have been using scenes from our story to help us show the characters feelings rather than just stating them. In Maths, we have started our new topic of perimeter. We have been converting between km and m measurements and working on adding amounts with different units together. We have also been drawing representations to help us show the maths.
In science, we looked at melting and explored how temperature can affect melting speeds. We had to create a graph and label our axis. In PSHE, we sung our dream song and thought about the importance of not giving up. During history, we looked at examples of Roman art. We learnt about how mosaics last so long and thought about the colour and design we could see. We used this to help inspire our own pieces of art.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We enjoyed creating our own mosaics inspired by Roman art.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Alexander for the effort award. You have been working hard this week and joining in lots of class discussions. Keep it up!
Congratulations to Ethan for the values award. You have been modelling hope and making everyone laugh this week.
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 23rd January 2026
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
This week in English we have been creating a new character to include in the class featured in 'The Boy at the Back of the Class'. We have been working on identifying the differences between appearance and personality to do this. In maths, we have started division where we are left with a remainder and learning different ways of doing this.
Our science was focussed on temperature and we had to learn about negative numbers to read a thermometer successfully. We then went and tested different temperature points in the room. In PSHE, we thought about advice for people who are finding it hard to reach their goals. In History, we compared roman and current roads and looked at the different types of construction. During PE, we learnt the next stage of our roman dance.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We have been using concrete resources to help us with division.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Roman for the effort award. You have tried your best with division. Keep it up!
Congratulations to Emily for the values award. You have shown you are a good friend to others. Well done!
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 16th January 2026
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
In English this week we have been learning about relative clauses. We have done very well with this and are working on use of commas in our clauses. During maths, we have been learning how to divide and multiply 3 digit numbers by 10, 100 and 1000.
Our science lesson had us sorting states of matter and identifying particle properties. During PSHE, we thought about Michael Jordan, who had a big dream, and what challenges he faced. We had to work as a team to sequence the story of his life. In History, we thought about Roman language and explored words that we still use today that have a Roman origin. In PE, we continued to work on the routine for our Roman inspired dance as a team.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We enjoyed learning how to sew.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Pearl for the effort award. You have made a great start to Bourn. Well done!
Congratulations to Mia for the values award. You have been showing the valued behaviour of respect all week. Great job!
Next week...
We will be exploring our new English text in further depth and building on our knowledge of relative clauses. In Maths, we are exploring multiplication and division using 3 digit numbers. Our History lesson will be focussed on Roman roads. In Science, we will be looking at common features of different states of matter.
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 9th January 2026
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
It has been a lovely week back in school. The children have worked hard and settled back in well.
This week in English we have started reading and exploring our new text ' The Boy at the Back of the Class'. We have been learning about the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary and using this in sentences. We have also written a diary entry from the perspective of the narrator. In Maths, we have been using multiplication to help us multiply using identical factors and non-identical factors.
Our history topic this term is the Romans. This week we have been making a timeline of the key events that happened during this period. We also learnt how to order dates with AD and BC in them. In art, we will be learning how to sew and have started to explore different stitch types. During PE, the children began to learn their Roman inspired dance with Mr Puckey.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We enjoyed learning our new dance.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Caelan for the effort award. You have had a fantastic first week back. Keep it up!
Congratulations to Harley for the values award. You have produced so much good work and shown respect throughout. Well done!
Next week...
We will be exploring our new English text in further depth and looking at the links between multiplication and division in maths. In science, we will be sorting solids, liquids and gases and during art we will be learning different sewing stitches.
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 12th December 2025
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
In English this week we have had a SPAG focus. We have been learning about fronted adverbials and new vocabulary to help us understand inference style texts. In Maths, we have explored the seven times table and looked at word problems relating to the seven times tables. We have had a particular focus on multi step problems.
In science, we have learnt how to build our own switches using split pins and paper clips. We had to use this to create circuits. We tried and tested different ways until we found a successful switch design. In PSHE, we thought about our elastic brains and how they grow and develop. We had to list things that we were amazing at because of our brains. On Thursday, we had the morning out at the panto and watched the exciting tale of Snow White.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We enjoyed our trip see Snow White.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Lydia for the effort award. Lydia has been working hard in English and challenging herself to try new SPaG skills. Well done!
Congratulations to Bella for the values award. Bella has been showing the value of justice and working hard to make the right choices. Keep it up!
Next week...
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 5th December 2025
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
In English this week we have been looking at newspaper reports and learning how to write them. We have explored the features and looked at a dragon related event in Bourn that we needed to report on. In Maths, we have been exploring the nine times tables. We have been looking at tricks to help us learn them faster and explored how they are connected to the three and six times tables.
During Science, we explored different insulators and conductors. We had to predict based on what we had learnt about the properties and then conduct an experiment to find out which material is which. During Geography, we made fact posters about key statistics for Switzerland. For PSHE, we made top trump cards linked to Horrid Henry characters and explored whether they were showing growth or fixed mindset.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We enjoyed our science experiment.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Bexley for the effort award. Bexley has shown consistent effort in all that she does. Well done!
Congratulations to Georgie for the values award. Georgie is a kind and caring member of the class who models the value of friendship brilliantly. Keep it up!
Next week...
In English, we will be looking at different SPAG features each day. During maths, we will be looking at the seven times table. In Science, we will be looking further at conductors and insulators. Geography will be focussing further on our case study of Switzerland.
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 28th November 2025
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
This week in school we have been learning about skimming and scanning in English. We had to use these skills in information texts and within the dictionary. During maths, we have been consolidating our skills of rounding within 10,100 and 1000.
Our science focussed on the importance of electrical safety. During geography, we thought about climate patterns in European countries and had to find answers to different questions. During PSHE, we focussed on learning behaviours and doom behaviours and which ones we show in school. We sorted them into different groups. During PE, we learnt about passing in netball and played some team games.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We enjoyed learning about electrical safety and making our own safety posters.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Luna for the effort award. You made a great poster in science. Well done!
Congratulations to Jake for the values award. You try your best every time. Keep it up!
Next week...
In English we will be learning how to write a newspaper report. During maths we will be thinking about the connection between the 3,6 and 9 times tables. In science, we will be further exploring circuits. During Geography, we will be exploring life in different parts of Switzerland and Cambridge. In computing, we will be learning how to use flowcharts to help us code.
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 7th November 2025
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
It has been a busy week back at school.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We enjoyed making simple circuits.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Gus for the effort award. Gus has used fantastic verbal reasoning in many lessons this week. We have been impressed with the detail in your answers. Keep it up!
Congratulations to Sylvie for the values award. Sylvie is a great friend to all in the class. You make the room happier each day. Well done!
Next week...
We will be having a school wide assessment week. The children will be assessed on reading, maths, writing and SPAG.
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 23rd October 2025
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
This week in English, we have been looking at instruction writing. We have been exploring the features before creating our own lolly stick superheroes. We had to write out instructions for our friends based on the steps we took and our friends had to follow them exactly. In Maths, we have been using multiplication and division to explore the 6 and 9 times tables. Please continue to keep practicing on Timestable rockstars over half term.
We are looking at how the numbers are connected to help us better understand and recall our facts. In History, we created our knowledge pages for our Ancient Greek topic. We compared them to the ones we made at the start of the topic and reflected on how much we had to learnt. We have been enjoying 'Run for Fun' week and have been trying to beat our target laps.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We enjoyed editing and finding features of instructions.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
None due to half term.
Next week...
We will be on half term break. Have a rest, there will be no homework set but please continue to read regularly and practice your timestables.
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 17th October 2025
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
This week in English, we have been looking at the song ‘Golden Afternoon’. We wrote character descriptions of the plants using fronted adverbials. Then we created our own plant-inspired creatures and wrote about how they act and behave.
In Maths, we have been learning about area. We started by counting how many unit squares were needed to fill different shapes. We also practised drawing shapes with different areas. This helped us to understand the concept of area in a visual and practical way.
In Science, we used secondary resources to make food chains about sharks and hedgehogs. We drew and labelled these in our books. In History, we looked at where some English words come from. Using dictionaries, we found words that have Greek origins. In PE, the children have been working on their football shooting skills, focusing on control and aim.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We enjoyed designing our own wonderland gardens.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Caelan for the effort award. You produced an amazing piece of character description writing and filled a whole page! Well done!
Congratulations to Olivia for the values award. You have shown friendship by treating others with respect. Keep it up!
Next week...
In English, we will be learning how to write instructions. We will be continuing our work on fronted adverbials. In Maths, we will be starting our topic of multiplication and division. In History, we will be making our knowledge pages to reflect the learning we have completed this term. In Science we will be assessing our learning on animals and humans.
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 10th October 2025
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
In English this week, we have been summarising the story of Cloudbusting. We had to think of the key points and illustrate them in a comic book style for children who had never read the book before. We ended the week thinking about the role of apostrophes. In Maths, we have been working on how to exchange when completing column subtraction. We have been doing a lot of practice on this and emphasising the importance of showing our working out.
In art, we created our own still life pieces using classroom objects and practiced our shading techniques that we learnt from last week. During PSHE, we thought about conflict resolution and how we can better manage situations that arise in the classroom. We had to act out the solution and think about our word choice. In History, we looked at the myth of the Midas Touch and Pandora's Box. We had to retell either with words or pictures what happened in the story.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We enjoyed doing some drama in lesson time.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Milo for the effort award. You have been trying your best this week and have produced great work because of this. Keep it up!
Congratulations to Ethan T for the values award. You have been demonstrating the value of justice by making the right choices in class and being a role model to others. Well done!
Next week...
In English, we will be exploring different SPAG skills. Our maths will be continuing the topic of addition and subtraction. During history we will be continuing to learn about life in Ancient Greece. Our PSHE will be focussed around different jobs and the people who help us. In Science, we will be creating our own food chains based on research we conduct.
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 3rd October 2025
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
This week in English we have been exploring simile and metaphor. We have learnt about the difference and written poetry to describe each other using simile. We are also explored cloud shapes and used metaphor to talk about what we can see. In Maths, we have been learning how to do column addition where there is more than one exchange.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We enjoyed making food pyramids in science!
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
No certificates this week as we are in Church.
Next week...
In English, we will be exploring poetry styles and looking at writing and publishing our own piece of poetry. In Maths, we will be continuing addition and subtraction. In Science, we will be continuing to investigate animal food chains. In History, we will be learning about Ancient Greek sport.
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 26th September 2025
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
It has been a great week in Year 4.
This week in English we have been exploring the short film 'Marshmallows'. We have been using descriptive language to write about the setting and main character. We then had to use conjunctions to write sentences that made sense to describe the plot of the film. In Maths, we have been learning how to round within 10, 100 and 1000. For Science, we learnt about the digestive system and had a go at creating a life size model with organs in the correct places. During History, we explored how to write our names in Ancient Greek. We tried to write our surnames as well. We have continued to read 'Cloudbusting' as a class and been building up the suspense with lots of exciting cliff hangers each day.
Congratulations to our new councillors
Eco Council- Olivia and Ella
School Council - Gus and Harry
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We enjoyed working together to create our life size models.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Lilly for the effort award. You work hard everyday and always try your best. Great job!
Congratulations to Sienna for the values award. You have shown yourself to be a good friend to others. Well done!
Next week...
In English, we will be exploring poetry styles and looking at writing similes. In Maths, we will be changing topics to explore addition and subtraction. In Science, we will be continuing to investigate parts of the human body. In History, we will be learning about life in Ancient Greece.
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 19th September 2025
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
It has been another busy week in Year 4.
In English, we have been continuing to learn about poetry. We have explored alliteration and created a word bank of alliterative words to help us write tongue twister sentences. We ended the week by writing and publishing our own shape poems about clouds. In Maths we have continued looking at number lines to 10,000, and working out greater than and less than numbers. In English with have been looking at shape poems, and have started to work on our own for clouds. We came across an unfamiliar phrase 'taking advantage of an unexpected turn' in our comprehension lesson, so we looked at this further and then were able to come up with examples for this. In Spanish we learnt how to say 'What is your name' from a fun video, and were able to respond with 'Me llamo (my name is)...'
In History, we explored the meaning of democracy and looked at the type of person who was eligible to vote in Ancient Greece. Our Science lesson focussed on different animal teeth and we became zoologists to try and identify the type of animal they were and their diet. In PE, the children did really well with their team building skills and successfully crossed the playground whilst being careful not to step in the 'sea'.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We have enjoyed learning about alliteration.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Felicity for the effort award. You have been trying your best every day and have produced some great work.
Congratulations to Genevieve for the values award. You always make the right choice and are a positive influence on those around you.
Next week...
In English, we will be exploring the video story of 'marshmallows'. We will be writing descriptively. In Maths, we will be continuing to explore place value to 1000. In Science, we will be investigating parts of the human body. In History, we will be learning how to write our names in Ancient Greek and looking at the origin of words.
12th September 2025
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
We have had a busy first full week of lessons in Rosewood.
In English, we have been exploring haikus. We have been writing our own about our friends and using our feeling vocabulary to help us talk successfully about our friends. In Maths, we have been exploring partitioning within 10,000. We have been breaking down the numbers and creating the matching addition equations. Our Science focussed around teeth. We had to look at our own teeth and try and label the different teeth types. Our art lesson focussed on using different pencil types to explore ways of shading. Our history topic of the Ancient Greeks started with a knowledge poster and a question session of things that we want to know about.
Please see below for a link to the slides that were shown at the 'Welcome to the Year Ahead' meeting on Thursday.
Rosewood - Welcome to the Year Ahead 25-26
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We have been enjoying using the different pencil types.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Ella for the effort award for an amazing start at Bourn. We have been really impressed with you!
Congratulations to Megan for the values award for showing lots of confidence entering into Year 4. Well done!
Next week...
In English, we will be starting our new text of 'Cloudbusting' by Malorie Blackman. We will be learning about haikus and writing our own. In Maths, we will be continuing to explore place value to 1000. In Science, we will start our new topic of Animals including humans and be looking at teeth. This half term we will be having history lessons and exploring the Ancient Greeks.
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 5th September 2025
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
It has been a lovely few days in Rosewood, it has been wonderful getting to know your children.
We have been working hard already. In English, we explored a short film 'Planet Unknown' and storyboarded the next step. We then had a go at turning our storyboard into a written story. In Maths, we have been exploring how to represent and partition numbers into 1000. We have done a lot of work on resilience and appropriate responses to situations that we might find challenging in class. We have thought about ways we can develop our growth mindset and thought of motivational quotes to use.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables.
The children all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. Let me know if you need their login again.
Please ensure your child has their reading book and log in school each day.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to for the effort award
Congratulations to for the values award
Next week...
In English, we will be starting our new text of 'Cloudbusting' by Malorie Blackman. We will be learning about haikus and writing our own. In Maths, we will be continuing to explore place value to 1000. In Science, we will start our new topic of Animals including humans and be looking at teeth. This half term we will be having history lessons and exploring the Ancient Greeks.
22nd July 2025
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 22nd July 2025
What we have been learning and enjoying this week ...
This is the final weekly review of the year. Over the past couple of days we have been focusing on finishing off a few tasks such as researching how habitats can change over a year, or due to a natural event, to finishing off our class novel: Brightstorm, which has been such an inspiration for some of our work in English. The children have been doing some lighter end of term activities too, such as creating weird and wonderful doodle based patterns called Zentangles, and learning how to solve Soduko type maths problems called Kenkens. We also played a very exciting outdoor game call 'Vortex' where the children work in teams crossing a path, and evading the vortex. Finally of course, we enjoyed our end of term picnic with the children and some of their parents. I have thoroughly enjoyed working with your children, and I hope you all have a very relaxing summer break.
How you can help over the summer holidays:
Although it is very important to switch off and rest, it is also very enjoyable to keep up with reading. You could encourage your child to try the Summer Reading challenge at your local library over the holiday period. Don't forget that all children have access to Times Tables Rock Stars still, so a bit of revision as a time filler would help them keep on top of their number facts ready for next term.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
There are no certificates this week.
Next week...
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 18th July 2025
What we have been learning and enjoying this week ...
How you can help ...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables. They all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. In school, there will be a weekly times table test (on Wednesday) and spelling test (Friday).
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
There are no certificates this week.
Next week...
Next week please remember we are having our end of term picnic where you are welcome to join your children on the top field. I hope you all have a wonderful summer break and wish the children good luck when they start in the new term.
22nd July – End of Term Picnic 12pm to 1pm
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 11th July 2025
What we have been learning and enjoying this week ...
How you can help ...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables. They all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. In school, there will be a weekly times table test (on Wednesday) and spelling test (Friday).
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Values certificate: William B for honesty and courage by always taking responsibility for his own actions.
Effort certificate: Imogen for always working to the best of her ability, taking care and checking her work.
Next week...
In Art, the children will be creating a sea scape based on a city by the sea, employing their perspective drawing skills. In English, we will revise some of our grammar skills and apply them in a piece of narrative writing creating suspense. The children will be developing their logic and reasoning skills in problem solving in Maths.
18th July – Pankhurst House Day
22nd July – End of Term Picnic 12pm to 1pm
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 4th July 2025
What we have been learning and enjoying this week ...
How you can help ...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables. They all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. In school, there will be a weekly times table test (on Wednesday) and spelling test (Friday).
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Values certificate: Ayden for Friendship in showing concern to a friend whilst on our walk.
Effort certificate: Karisha for her art work; she took care to correctly apply a newly learnt technique in perspective drawing.
Next week...
Next week the children will be learning how to interpret and construct their own classification keys, using their knowledge of classifying animals based on common features. Terms that they will revisit include vertebrate, mammal, fish, birds, reptiles and amphibians.
In History, the children will review everything they have learned about Anglo Saxons and in Music, the children will continue to learn different notes on the ukelele.
11th July – School Reports to parents
11th July – Summer Fete
18th July – Pankhurst House Day
22nd July – End of Term Picnic 12pm to 1pm
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 27th June 2025
What we have been learning and enjoying this week ...
How you can help ...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables. They all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. In school, there will be a weekly times table test (on Wednesday) and spelling test (Friday).
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Values certificate: Friendship to all the boys in Rosewood who were concerned for their friend and looked after him.
Effort certificate: William D for going above and beyond in helping a friend during History, as well as completing his own work.
Next week...
Next week we will be moving onto Position and Direction in Maths. In English we will be learning how to paragraph in writing, and applying this to creative compositions in Diary writing linked with Brightstorm. Next week, the children will experience their Move Up Day which is very exciting for them.
Monday 30th June - BSA Bag Drop
3rd July – Move Up Day
11th July – School Reports to parents
11th July – Summer Fete
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 20th June 2025
What we have been learning and enjoying this week ...
In History we have been looking at Anglo Saxon jobs and thinking about the qualities a person would need to be able to do them.
We also had a brilliant Sports Day and the children showed lots of team spirit, supporting and encouraging each other.
How you can help ...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables. They all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. In school, there will be a weekly times table test (on Wednesday) and spelling test (Friday).
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Values certificate: Sasha for Hope. She gave support and praise to others on Sports Day.
Effort certificate: Grace for always being ready to learn and always trying her best.
Next week...
Next week we will be looking at the Anglo-Saxon justice systems in our topic. In RE, the children will be summing up what they have learned about why Muslims call Muhammed the seal of the prophets. To finish our Sound topic, we will be thinking about how we measure sound in decibels and what makes something softer or louder. Swimming will take place as usual.
Dates
Monday 30th June - BSA Bag Drop
3rd July – Move Up Day
11th July – School Reports to parents
11th July – Summer Fete
17th July – Collective Worship in Church
18th July – Pankhurst House Day
22nd July – End of Term Picnic 12pm to 1pm
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 13th June 2025
What we have been learning and enjoying this week ...
We were so excited to finally deliver our performance to everyone this week. All the children looked fantastic and sounded brilliant. I'm sure you will agree that everybody did an amazing job and I would like to thank all of you parents for providing amazing costumes and supporting your children in learning their songs.
In Maths, the children have been learning about 2D shapes, revising their names and properties. In English, the children wrote some explanation texts based on how household objects work based a the book: Until I met Dudley.
The children have also started their Relationships, Sex Education unit, so they may have some questions or talk about their learning with you at home.
How you can help ...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables. They all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. In school, there will be a weekly times table test (on Wednesday) and spelling test (Friday).
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Values certificate: Courage to all of the class for getting up on stage and giving their all .
Effort certificate: To all of the class for learning the lines and dances and making the show so fantastic.
Next week...
We will be continuing with our explanation texts explaining how an airship works from our class novel 'Brightstorm'.
In History, the children will be learning about Anglo Saxon jobs and roles, using a variety of sources.
Dates
Wednesday 18th June - Sports Day
Monday 30th June - BSA Bag Drop
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 6th June 2025
What we have been learning and enjoying this week ...
This week we have been looking at explanation texts linked with our Anglo Saxon topic. The children were able to identify the features and look at the language used in this type of text in preparation for writing their own. In Maths we have been looking at angles and measure of turn. The children learned how to recognise and describe the different types of turns including quarter, half and three quarter turns both clockwise and anti-clockwise. They can now identify acute, obtuse and right angles as well.
In our RE unit the children are learning about Islam. The children had a virtual tour of a mosque to learn about the features of one and they enjoyed planning and making their own models of a mosque.
How you can help ...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables. They all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. In school, there will be a weekly times table test (on Wednesday) and spelling test (Friday).
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Values certificate: Theo F for having the courage to do the right thing and make good choices.
Effort certificate: Felix for learning his lines of our songs and being enthusiastic about the performance.
Next week...
Next week is our performance week. Please can you make sure that your child's costume is in by Monday of next week in readiness for our dress rehearsal to the school. We look forward to seeing you at either the Tuesday or Wednesday performance.
Dates
Monday 2nd June - First day back
Tuesday 3rd June - Golf tutorial with Joel Rickard
Tuesday 10th June - Year 3/4 Concert 2pm.
Wednesday 11th June - Year 3/4 Concert 6pm.
Friday 13th June - Father's Day Breakfast
Wednesday 18th June - Sports Day
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 23rd May 2025
What we have been learning and enjoying this week ...
This week we have been building on our understanding and application of prepositions and personification. The children enjoyed looking at a book called The Tunnel by Anthony Browne which has images concealed within images and promoted lots of classroom discussion about how they could describe the settings. The children also had great fun working in groups to come up with prepositional phrases to describe different cave images, and created personified features.
We have been learning about loss as a theme in our PSHE unit. The children talked about ways to deal with loss, how it makes them feel and how to cope using a range of strategies. Loss can mean moving on from friendships, moving house, schools etc.
How you can help ...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables. They all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. In school, there will be a weekly times table test (on Wednesday) and spelling test (Friday).
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Values certificate: Issac for Friendship by making the teacher aware of someone else's great sentences in an
English group activity
Effort certificate: Sasha for always being on task, participating in discussions and reminding the teacher of daily routine tasks.
Next week...
Next week is our half term and everyone deserves a well earned break. It has been a real pleasure getting to know everybody, and I am looking forward to continuing the journey with the children when we return. We have our Year 3/4 concert to look forward after half term, and we will be starting our swimming lessons.
Dates
Monday 2nd June - First day back
Tuesday 3rd June - Golf tutorial with Joel Rickard
Tuesday 10th June - Year 3/4 Concert (2pm and 6pm)
Friday 13th June - Father's Day Breakfast
Wednesday 18th June - Sports Day
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 16th May 2025
What we have been learning and enjoying this week ...
This week we have been learning how to use personification and prepositions to describe a setting. We went into the nature reserve to help stimulate our senses so that we could then turn it into personification for our city setting. In maths we have been focusing on solving problems with money including carrying out calculations to word problems. In Science the children have learnt the different functions and structures of the inner ear and how we hear sounds. They have learnt the different names of the parts. In Art the children have started weaving using card, string and wool and learning the different technical names for this process.
How you can help ...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables. They all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. In school, there will be a weekly times table test (on Wednesday) and spelling test (Friday).
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Values certificate: William D: for Hope while focusing on his work, being polite and helpful
Effort certificate: Valentina : applying herself to all tasks equally well.
Next week...
We will spend some time rehearsing for our production. In Science the children will be carrying out some experiments linked to pitch and how it is linked to the size and width of objects. In English the children will be applying their figurative devices to a new setting, upskilling their writing.
Dates
21st May – Open Classroom
21st May – BSA Bingo Night
22nd May – Collective Worship in Church
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 9th May 2025
What we have been learning and enjoying this week ...
This week we have been thinking about the songs for our class production and the children are very enthusiastic. All of them are proving to be amazing singers, I am so impressed!
In our History lessons this week, we have been thinking about historical sources from Anglo Saxon times. We have looked at extracts from the journal of Gilda, and made use of the imagery in a 13th Century painting. The children analysed these sources to find out what they think the sources can tell us. They had to evaluate which source was a more accurate recount and why that might be.
In English, we have completed our non chronological reports, thinking about how to add extra detail by including prepositions and expanded noun phrases.
In Maths, we have been using money as decimals and comparing amounts, as well as making estimates and solving problems.
How you can help ...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables. They all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. In school, there will be a weekly times table test (on Wednesday) and spelling test (Friday).
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Values certificate: Jessie for asking for asking questions to deepen her understanding.
Effort certificate: Sofia for always listening, ready to learn, and contributing to discussions and being on task.
Next week...
We will spend some time rehearsing for our production. In English we will focus on settings in stories. Calculating with money and solving real life problems i is the main focus in maths this week. Our science topic has been sound and we will be looking at how the ear works.
Dates
21st May – Open Classroom
21st May – BSA Bingo Night
22nd May – Collective Worship in Church
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 2nd May 2025
What we have been learning and enjoying this week ...
This week, the children have really enjoyed reading in unusual places. They have read in the trees, on the stage, under the tables, in the Nature Reserve and on the play equipment. Bikeability was a fun afternoon where they learned safety checks for their bike as well as learning new skills to prepare them for riding their bikes safely on the road. In English they designed their own skyships based on the class book Brightstorm and wrote descriptive paragraphs to describe their features and uses- they then wrote a non-chronological report about them. In Maths they learnt how to order, compare and round decimals to the nearest whole number.
How you can help ...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables. They all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. In school, there will be a weekly times table test (on Wednesday) and spelling test (Friday).
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Values certificate: Juliette for asking for clarification when she has not understood a task and always having a great attitude.
Effort certificate: Enid for concentrating on her work and ignoring any distractions.
Next week...
We will be visiting the topic of money and working with the amounts as decimal numbers, giving change and converting between pounds and pence. In English, the children will be continuing with their work on the class novel: Brightstorm with a creative writing focus on settings.
Dates
21st May – Open Classroom
21st May – BSA Bingo Night
22nd May – Collective Worship in Church
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 24th April 2025
What we have been learning and enjoying this week ...
It has been really lovely to be a part of the school and welcomed by the children and their parents. I have already had the pleasure of talking to some parents at home time, and look forward to meeting everybody at the Parent Consultations next week.
The children have settled very quickly into the school routine, helping me to learn how things run. In Maths, we have been continuing with the Decimals topic with focus on partitioning and comparing decimal numbers. In English, we have started our very exciting new fantasy adventure story called: 'Brightstorm'. The children have predicted what may happen and have used clues in the blurb and front cover design to identify the genre and era of the story. We have focused on the vocabulary (words and phrases) in the first chapter, and used clues in the sentences to help us work out the meaning of unfamiliar words. Our new Music topic is 'Musicals' and we have listened to some of the songs from 'Oliver', 'Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat' and 'Matilda', thinking about the devices and lyrics.
How you can help ...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables. They all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. In school, there will be a weekly times table test (on Wednesday) and spelling test (Friday).
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Values certificate: Hugo for the value Hope, as he is always a good role model to the rest of the class
Effort certificate: Iris for always participating in class lesson discussions and focusing on her work.
Next week...
Next week the children have Bikeability on Wednesday 1st May from 1pm to 3pm. The Bikeability checklist has been sent home already, so please make sure you have read it with your child and that bikes are ready to go! If you don't have a bike to bring in, please can you inform the office as soon as possible so we can make arrangements.
Dates
week beginning 28th April - Sponsored Read
29th April and 1st May - Parent Consultations
30th April - Bikeability
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 4th April 2025
What we have been learning and enjoying this week ...
We have been so busy being very creative this week. From producing some expertly written leaflets to persuade people to visit Grafham Water, to making our own volcanoes in Geography.
In English, the children have focused on the features of persuasive writing which include emotive language, rhetorical questions, rules of three and alliteration to name but a few of them. The children worked on creating leaflets to sell the experience of Grafham, drawing on their own knowledge from their residential which made it purposeful for them.
In Maths, we are continuing to work with decimals, moving onto a deeper understanding of tenths and calculating with them.
The children have learned a lot about volcanoes this week, with our focus being on Pompeii. They really enjoyed an animated timeline of the events of that fateful day in AD79 when Mount Vesuvius erupted. Over the rest of the week, they worked in groups creating papier mache volcanoes around empty plastic bottles, painting them ready to test with bicarbonate of soda, food colouring, water and vinegar. We will be testing them later today so look out for photos after the Easter break!
On Thursday, the BSA arranged an Easter trail where the children looked for parts of a puzzle in the nature reserve and then put them together to create an Easter bunny picture. Everyone received a chocolate egg or alternative at the end which was very exciting for them!
Our Easter experience activities involve story telling and crafts which are focused on the different aspects of the Easter story for example making a cross to remember Palm Sunday, and using hand prints to decorate a class cross to remember the crucification.
How you can help ...
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
There are no certificates this week.
After Easter
We are looking forward to Mrs Woodruffe joining us in Rosewood class after Easter. I have really enjoyed being in Rosewood and am really proud of how the children have risen to our expectations in creating a hardworking and calm environment. I will make sure that the children have a very smooth transition and that Mrs Woodruffe knows how we do things in Rosewood. For the first couple of weeks I will be in class for a lot of the time team-teaching with her, so that she can get to know our routines and expectations, as well as to allow the children a chance to get to know her with a familiar face present. After the class has settled with Mrs Woodruffe, I will continue to keep a close eye and regularly visit the class.
Dates
4th April - Easter experience day
4th April - last day of Spring term
23rd April - Summer term starts
30th April - Bikeability
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 28th March 2025
What we have been learning and enjoying this week ...
This week we have enjoyed a visit from Mr Aldridge during our Science week. The children have carried out an experiment investigating the rate of dissolving with different sized granules of sugar. They have also visited the nature reserve to look for different types of animal and plant life.
In Geography, we have been learning about volcanoes. This has included learning about the 3 stages of a volcano, and the different types of eruptions. In English, we are working on persuasive features to create a leaflet advertising Grafham which of course the children are now experts on! Finally in Art, the children have been learning about the Cubist movement and recreating the style of Georges Braque.
How you can help ...
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Theo F for the effort award for trying really hard to improve his handwriting and presentation.
Congratulations to Josh for the values award, showing forgiveness and being generous towards others.
Next week
In Art the children will be learning about Pablo Picasso and his artwork. In Science, we will be continuing with our States of Matter topic and the children will carry out an experiment linked to melting. In Geography, the children will recreate volcanoes of their own and finally we will be visiting the church for our final service on Friday before we break up.
Dates
4th April - Easter experience day
4th April - last day of Spring term
22nd April - Inset day
23rd April - Summer term starts
30th April - Bikeability
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 21st March 2025
What we have been learning and enjoying this week ...
When we got back from Grafham, we created a word cloud of words we would use to describe our three days there. They included: fun, amazing, enjoy, extraordinary, incredible, enjoyable, great, good, fantastic, cool, exciting, epic, super, tiring, exhausting, amazing, sporty, lovely, unreal, legendary. We were incredibly lucky with the sunny weather and got the opportunity for crate stacking and all-aboard on the high ropes, orienteering around the site in the dark, pioneering, archery, low ropes, sailing (keelboat and powerboat) and canoeing. We've fossil hunted for crinoids, devils toenails and belemnites, played 'Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Jump' in the canoes, trusted in others and worked as a team. The children are rightly proud of how they have challenged themselves. It has been a fantastic few days. I was speaking with one child after the high ropes and they said that they had been terrified but that it had been the best day ever!
How you can help ...
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Woody for the effort award for the fantastic effort he put in at Grafham, especially on activities where he was challenging himself.
Congratulations to Rosewood class for the values award, for embodying the school values of courage, hope, justice and friendship
during their time at Grafham Water!
Next week
In maths, Rosewood will continue to learn about decimals, moving onto hundredths and dividing one and two-digit number by 100. In English, they will be using persuasive devices for adverts.
Dates
4th April - Easter experience day
4th April - last day of Spring term
22nd April - Inset day
23rd April - Summer term starts
30th April - Bikeability
14th March 2025
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 14th March 2025
What we have been learning this week ...
Rosewood will be on our residential trip during assessment week, so our class did our assessments at the start of this week. Later on, in maths, we've started looking at what happens if we divide a single-digit number by 10 as part of our decimals unit. In English, we've started our persuasive writing unit and are thinking about what we mean by rhetorical questions. In RE, we looked at the Easter story and created story spinners of the main points.
What we enjoyed this week ...
How you can help ...
Please make sure that your child's belongings for the trip are labelled and that they are familiar with what they have. Children should not bring any electronics, money, phones, smartwatches or anything noisy. They will need a packed lunch and water bottle for Monday.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Kayla for the effort award for the care and effort she put into her Lent Challenge artwork. Well done, Kayla!
Congratulations to Grace for the values award for her courage and hope in challenging herself in her learning and striving
to progress to her maximum potential. Fantastic learning behaviour, Grace!
Next week
We will be going on our residential trip!
Dates
17th-19th March - residential trip
4th April - Easter experience day
4th April - last day of Spring term
22nd April - Inset day
23rd April - Summer term starts
30th April - Bikeability
7th March 2025
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 7th March 2025
What we have been learning this week ...
In maths, we've started looking at decimal numbers. We recapped tenths as fractions, before moving onto looking at tenths as decimals. In English, we finished our story, The Boy at the Back of the Class. Rosewood has absolutely been engrossed in this story. Thanks to Sasha for bringing in a special edition of the book with an additional chapter at the end, so we could find out a bit more about the narrator. We've been writing a short narrative story, then have been looking at the editing process - not just to identify and correct any errors, but also to craft and improve our writing. In art, we've been looking at still life paintings across the centuries. This week, we looked at some examples from the 1600s and 1800s and tried to recreate a small area of a painting by Cezanne. The colours were muted but, looking closely, we could see brighter areas on the surface of the apple, so had to use more colours than initially expected.
What we enjoyed this week ...
We did several different World Book Day activities on Thursday, including taking part in the BBC Live Lesson; writing a short-story based on The Day the Crayons Quit; visiting the Book Bus and visiting Willow class. We greatly enjoyed sharing some of our favourite stories with the Year 1s. We thank them for welcoming us in and sharing their favourite stories with us too!
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables. They all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. In school, there will be a weekly times table test (on Wednesday) and spelling test (Friday).
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to William B for the effort award for his fantastic work on his well-crafted English narrative writing.
Congratulations to Valentina, Aida and Iris for the values award for showing justice and initiative in helping to tidy up around the school.
Next week
As Rosewood will be at Grafham during the school assessment week, we will start ours next week. Every term, we have an assessment week where we will be revising our reading comprehension and core Maths skills. Next week, we will visit the Nature Reserve (weather permitting) on Thursday.
Dates
10th March Empathy Week
17th-19th March - residential trip
28th February 2025
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 28th February 2025
What we have been learning this week ...
In English, we have been looking at constructing our own narrative text. So far we have focused on planning a story and thinking hard about the different characters and what motivates them. We also revisited fronted adverbials to help us add extra detail to our sentences and vary our sentence openers. Next week we will begin to write our story, focusing on showing how characters are feeling rather than telling.
In maths, we have been looking at fractions this week and are beginning to feel more confident in adding and subtracting from mixed numbers. We explored how to use different representations such as number lines and bar models to represent mixed numbers to the relationship between adding and subtracting with them. We also enjoyed applying our estimating skills to a puzzle and drawing on our times tables knowledge to eliminate numbers using a series of clues.
What we enjoyed this week ...
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Understand that everyone is unique and this enables us to make some of our own choices.
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Recognise some consequences that go with choices as well as, understand that the body gets energy from food, water and oxygen, and that exercise and sleep are important to our health.
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Make the link between exercise and mental wellbeing.
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Understand that anything that gets into the body could pass into the blood, around the body and up to the brain.
As well as lots more!
How you can help...
Please continue to support your child in reading at home for pleasure and in practising their times tables using TTRockstars.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Isla for the effort award.
For consistently putting in a lot of effort into all of the work she does. She strives to do her very best.
Congratulations to Isaac and Rafferty for the values award for showing friendship and being kind and supportive to a friend.
Next week
The children will be learning about The Planets Suite by Gustav Holst, and learning some more about the composer's life. Science, the children will learn about the different States of Matter and the role of particles in these phases. Next week is World Book Day and the children can come to school dressed as their favourite character or in their favourite colour which links with a picture book we will be looking at called: The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt. There will be a range of exciting activities for the children.
Dates
6th March - World Book Day
10th March Empathy Week
17-19th March - residential trip
14th February 2025
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 14th February 2025
What we have been learning this week ...
In English, we've been learning about standard (formal) English and when it might be appropriate to use. We've then practised this by imaging ourselves to be a character in our book and writing to the King to ask for his assistance. In Maths, we've been converting between mixed numbers and improper fractions, remembering that an improper fraction is one where the numerator is equal to or greater than the denominator. In science, we enjoyed investigating ice (solid water) and how the size of the ice cubes affects the temperature of water (liquid). We saw condensation in action and observed a demonstration of why we put ice down on paths during cold weather.
What we enjoyed this week ...
Our class trip to the Verulamium Museum in St Albans was a really nice way to round off our learning on Roman Britain. We visited the hypocaust and mosaic in situ on the site of a Roman villa, then visited the museum for a hands-on artefact session, where we got to handle and examine Roman pottery found nearby. There was even an opportunity to dress as a rich Roman would have done. 
How you can help...
Over half-term, please encourage your child to continue reading for pleasure and to keep up with their times tables practise!
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Isaac for the effort award. He has put a lot of focus into his learning this week and I was particularly impressed with his
determination to master a new skill in art, even more so when he then taught that skill to someone else. Fantastic job, Isaac!
Congratulations to Rosewood class for the values award for showing courage in intellectual curiosity during our trip. Well done, everyone!
Well done to Grace, Jessie, William B and William D, who took part in a maths challenge with local schools.
Next week
Have a relaxing half-term and we look forward to seeing the children back in school on Monday 24th February.
Dates
24th February - back to school
17-19th March - residential trip
7th February 2025
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 7th February 2025
What we have been learning this week ...
In English, we've been looking at verb forms and how they change depending on whether we are talking about events which happened in the past or the present. In maths, we're continuing with our learning on fractions and have moved on to converting between improper fractions and mixed numbers. In history, we considered the legacy of Roman Britain. Some children felt that the roads were the most important thing the Romans left us, others the language or town design. Others couldn't decide.
What we enjoyed this week ...
Although cold, we enjoyed the time in the Nature Reserve this morning and found the first snowdrops of the year. Rosewood continue to be enthralled by 'The Boy at the Back of the Class' but we are finding it a little frustrating that the chapters always seem to end on a really good bit!
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables. They all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. In school, there will be a weekly times table test (on Wednesday) and spelling test (Friday). Spelling words for the coming week are invention, injection, hesitation, completion, continuation, opposition, pollution, question, affection and attraction.
We have started using reading records in the class and are promoting reading more. Children are being encouraged to note any book they are reading, not just AR books from school. The AR system sets the children a half-termly reading target and we'd like to see more of the children beating this target.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Imogen for the effort award. She produced a well-thought out and comprehensive piece of writing for history. Great job, Imogen!
Congratulations to Karisha for the values award for demonstrating the value of justice and fairness in class. Well done, Karisha!
Congratulations also to William D for becoming a Millionaire Reader for the second time!
Well done to them all!
Next week
PE on Wednesday will be indoors and the aim will be for Friday's PE session to be outside (weather-dependent).
There will be no Book Bus visit next week as we will be on our school trip.
There is a meeting for parents and children after school on 11th February at 3:30 to talk about the Grafham Water residential. I will send out the shared information afterwards, so don't worry if you can't make it.
On 13th February, we will go on our class trip, linked to our history topic. Children will need to bring packed lunches, water bottles and coats (they do not need to bring money).
Dates
11th February - After school meeting for parents about Grafham Water trip
13th February - Rosewood's trip to the Verulamium Museum in St Albans
24th January 2025
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 31st January 2025
What we have been learning this week ...
In English, we've been working on character descriptions. We started by considering aspects of a character which can be seen, such as personal appearance and clothes. We then moved on to more internal characteristics, such as personality traits and likes and dislikes. We wrote these out on the outline of a figure (with external characteristics written on the outside, and internal ones inside). We then used these as the basis for our ideas and wrote out a couple of paragraphs to describe our characters.
In maths, we've started work on fractions, looking at mixed number fractions, so fractions larger than 1.
In RE, we learnt about the Jewish festival of Pesach and the symbolism of the foods served at the Seder meal.
What we have enjoyed this week ...
In PE, we've continued to enjoy working on our choreography for our dance module.
In history, we learnt about Roman settlements and common facilities you might find in a Roman town. Rosewood were quite surprised to learn about the communal bathhouses, but that was nothing compared to their reaction when we learnt about Roman latrines! We enjoyed planning out our own Roman town, working out where to put the forum, temple and fort.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables. They all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. In school, there will be a weekly times table test (on Wednesday) and spelling test (Friday). Spelling words for the coming week are recap words we have previously looked at and will be emission, commission, league, tongue, possess, natural, fatigue, intrigue, rogue, vague, fascinate and comprehension.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Aida for the effort award this week. She has been working extremely hard on her writing, in English and in other
subjects and has really put a lot of effort into crafting her sentences. Great work, Aida!
Congratulations to Felix for the values award for recognising the value of friendship and being such a good friend. Well done, Felix!
Well done to them both!
Next week
PE on Wednesday will be indoors and the aim will be for Friday's PE session to be outside (weather-dependent).
Thursday next week will be a nature reserve visit (weather-dependent).
Dates
31st January - Rosewood class assembly
11th February - After school meeting about Grafham Water trip
13th February - Rosewood's trip to the Verulamium Museum in St Albans
17th January 2025
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 24th January 2025
What we have been learning this week ...
In English, we have been working on using more interesting vocabulary when describing a character. We took simple sentences describing a character's appearance, and used more varied and specific adjectives to expand the information provided and allow us to create a more detailed visual image. In maths, we've been learning about perimeter and how to work it out. We started with rectangles on a grid, moved onto measurements and how to find missing values. In history, we learnt about Hadrian's Wall and why it was built.
What we have enjoyed this week ...
We've got to a really important part of our class book - The Boy at the Back of the Class. It told us about what Ahmet had gone through in his journey to seek refuge and safety. The children were really engrossed in what was going on. We've also been preparing for our class assembly (to be held next week), by working together to produce a piece of work. In music, the children who were not in orchestra learned to play 'Happy Birthday' on the glockenspiel.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables. They all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. In school, there will be a weekly times table test (on Wednesday) and spelling test (Friday). Spelling words for the coming week will be scheme, chorus, chemist, echo, character, ache, monarch, stomach, orchid and orchestra.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Ayden for the effort award for the hard-work he is putting in to improving his handwriting. Keep up the good work, Ayden!
Congratulations to Sasha for the values award for consistently demonstrating respect in class, both towards her own learning
and towards others'. Well done, Sasha!
Well done to them both!
Next week
PE on Wednesday will be indoors and the aim will be for Friday's PE session to be outside (weather-dependent).
Thursday next week will be a book bus visit.
Dates
31st January - Rosewood class assembly
11th February - After school meeting about Grafham Water trip
13th February - Rosewood's trip to the Verulamium Museum in St Albans
17th January 2025
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 17th January 2025
What we have been learning this week ...
In English, we have been working on main clauses and relative clauses. We've been identifying which type of clause is which, then writing our own. In maths, we've started our short topic on length and perimeter, converting between metres and kilometres. In science, we started our Spring term topic of states of matter. We learnt about the properties of the different states (solids, liquids and gases) and found examples from daily life. The children enjoyed learning about how particles move differently in the various states, especially when they could demonstrate this in groups around the classroom.
What we have enjoyed this week ...
In PE, our Wednesday topic is dance. This week, the children were working in groups, putting together their own sequence of movements as befitting Roman soldiers. There was shared choreography at the beginning, then each group had an individual section. They had to work together and come in at the correct time. In history, we looked at how the Romans brought written language to Britain and found many words with their roots in Latin which we still use today.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables. They all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. In school, there will be a weekly times table test (on Wednesday) and spelling test (Friday). Spelling words for the coming week will be although, through, potatoes, enough, possess, natural, believe, different, possible and probably.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Rory for the effort award for his amazing focus on his maths and writing this week. Great job, Rory!
Congratulations to Enid for the values award for always giving her full concentration to her learning and being a great role model for the class.
Well done, Enid!
Well done to them both!
Next week
PE on Wednesday will be indoors and the aim will be for Friday's PE session to be outside (weather-dependent).
Thursday next week will be a Nature Reserve visit (weather-dependent).
Dates
31st January - Rosewood class assembly
11th February - After school meeting about Grafham Water trip
13th February - Rosewood's trip to the Verulamium Museum in St Albans
10th January 2025
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 10th January 2025
Remembering Mrs. Monks
This week, we have come together as a school community to remember and celebrate the life of Mrs. Monks. In our collective worship sessions, we shared special memories of her, reflecting on the impact she had on our lives. Through a PSHE lesson at the start of the week, the children reflected on their safety circles (trusted adults they can turn to if they ever need support or someone to talk to).
To help the children process their emotions, we created a class worry box, offering them a safe space to express any concerns they might have. Additionally, we reassured them that adults are always available to talk and listen.
The children were also introduced to a beautiful story called The Invisible String, which explores the theme of death and the enduring connections we share with loved ones. After hearing the story, the children participated in an activity that helped them understand this concept better. As part of the ongoing remembrance of Mrs. Monks, we also invited the children to create special memories on heart-shaped cards. These will be placed on a "Memory Tree" at the front of the school, serving as a lasting tribute.
Finally, we took time to explore the children’s emotions, acknowledging how they can change throughout the day or even hour by hour. The Blob Tree activity was used today to help them recognise and name their feelings, fostering a greater understanding of their emotional well-being.
It’s been a week of reflection, connection, and support for one another, as we remember Mrs. Monks.
What we have been learning this week...
On returning to school after the Christmas break, Rosewood class spent some time on Tuesday in Circle Time to talk about the sad news of Mrs Monks' death. On the other days, we have checked in with our own feelings, thought about what makes us special and have written our thoughts onto and decorated a heart.
In English, we've started our new book, The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Rauf. We have just met the new boy, Ahmet, and have spent some time thinking about the characters we've encountered so far.
In maths, we've been looking at division and have started using short division (bus-stop method), including with remainders.
In our RE topic, we are learning about Judaism. The children decorated their own mezuzah, some children choosing to use images from the story of Noah's Ark and how the rainbow showed God's covenant with the world. We enjoyed our frosty trip to the Nature Reserve on Thursday.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables. They all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. In school, there will be a weekly times table test (on Wednesday) and spelling test (Friday). Spelling words for the coming week will be expression, possession, discussion, confession, permission, admission, impression, omission, emission and commission.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Hugo for the effort award for the consideration and care he put into decorating his mezuzah in RE. Good work, Hugo!
Congratulations to Isla for the values award for being a brilliant classmate - when other children were busy, she tidied up their area at the end of the
day to help them out. Fantastic teamwork, Isla!
Well done to them both!
Next week
PE on Wednesday will be indoors and the aim will be for Friday's PE session to be outside (weather-dependent).
Thursday next week will be a Book Bus visit.
Dates
31st January - Rosewood class assembly
11th February - After school meeting about Grafham Water trip
13th February - Rosewood's trip to the Verulamium Museum in St Albans
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 20th December 2024
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
In maths, we've been looking at division of two digit numbers by one digit numbers. In geography, we learned about the Swiss mountain resort of Zermatt and have been considering the differences between it and Cambridge, looked at through a physical geography lens, as well as a human geography lens. In science, we learned about producers, consumers and food chains in our animals including humans topic.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We've really enjoyed our Christmas crafting sessions. We've made calendars of a snowy scene and made folded paper snowflakes. The elf door hangers were also popular.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Due to the Church carol service in the morning, there were no certificates given this week.
Dates
7th January - Start of the new term.
Have a restful and peaceful break. Merry Christmas!
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 13th December 2024
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
In maths, we've started formal methods of written multiplication, building on the work learnt in Year 3. Our English work this week has been skills based - honing our dictionary skills and doing some reading comprehension. In geography, we've been learning more about Switzerland, both the physical geography and human geography.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We've really enjoyed our art sessions this week. To complete our unit on Roman busts, we made our own. We started by looking at the shape of heads - trying to ensure they were not spherical. We then thought about how to show the eyes, so they weren't protuberant.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables. They all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. In school, there will be a weekly times table test (on Wednesday) and spelling test (Friday). Spelling words for the coming week will be expression, possession, discussion, confession, permission, admission, impression, omission, emission and commission.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Due to the panto trip in the morning, there were no certificates given this week.
Next week...
18th December - Christmas lunch
20th December - Church service
20th December - last day of autumn term
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 6th December 2024
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
In maths, we've been using factors to help us with our multiplication, drawing factor bugs to help us identify the factors in a systematic way. In English, we finished off our work on newspaper articles, writing our own, then checking that we had included features such as a byline, headline and an introductory paragraph including the 5Ws.
We then moved on to crafting interesting sentences - expanding them by adding in adjectives, adverbs and extra information.
In geography, we were using maps to interpret information - looking to see which countries in Europe had the highest rainfall, which had the lowest average temperatures, etc.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
It was good to get back to the Nature Reserve on Thursday. Please can children bring in wellies or outdoor boots that they can change into on Nature Reserve days as it does get muddy. In music, we enjoyed playing along to a graphic score of the William Tell Overture - we used wood blocks, tambourines, triangles, bells and maracas to punctuate the melody.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables. They all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. In school, there will be a weekly times table test (on Wednesday) and spelling test (Friday). Spelling words for the coming week will be league, tongue, antique, unique, fatigue, intrigue, rogue, vague, opaque, plaque.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to William D for the effort award for always putting in his best effort, whether for maths, English or cross-country.
Congratulations to Imogen H for the values award - demonstrating support and friendship to those around her.
Well done to them both!
Next week...
We will be continuing our multiplication and division unit in maths, moving on to written methods of multiplication.
13th December - Pantomime trip.
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 29th November 2024
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
In maths, we've been multiplying and dividing by 0 and 1, as well as multiplying three numbers together. In English, we've been planning and writing our own newspaper report - about the Bourn dragons! We had learnt about the features of a newspaper report last week and have built on that to craft our own - thinking about the 5Ws (what, when, where, who and why) and how we can include some direct speech in the form of quotes. In music, we took our learning outside - working in groups to create a graphic score to tell a story inspired by a picture prompt.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
We finished off our DT project on torches. We also had to evaluate our projects - how well did the torches function as torches? What changes would we make if we had to do the project again?
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables. They all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. In school, there will be a weekly times table test (on Wednesday) and spelling test (Friday). Spelling words for the coming week will be forgetting, forgotten, gardening, gardener, limiting, limitation, beginner, beginning, preferred, limitations.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Theo O for the effort award for always putting in his best effort into his learning and challenging himselfto take it further.
Congratulations to Iris for the values award - demonstrating hope and friendship and helping with jobs around the learning environment to
benefit the class.
Well done to them both!
Next week...
We will be continuing our multiplication and division unit, moving on to factors.
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 22nd November 2024
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
This week has been assessment week, so the children have been challenging themselves and working really hard on their maths and English work. In maths, there has been arithmetic and reasoning papers, as well as times table checks and problem-solving puzzles. In English, there has been a reading paper, spellings and the Big Write.
Rosewood have also been carrying out their DT project. Using the knowledge of electrical circuits that we learnt about before half-term, we are designing and creating our own torches. They have a design brief and are designing the torch to suit a particular use. The children are working in small groups to decide what this is, how they will create it as well as what materials they will use.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
In science, we found out the results of our 'tooth enamel' experiment, where we investigated the effects of various drinks on hard-boiled eggs, which were standing in for teeth in our experiment. We found out exactly why fizzy drinks were not good for our teeth and some were surprised at the effects that fresh orange juice can also have over time.
In music, we were looking at creating our own graphic scores to produce a piece of percussion music, which was then performed to the group.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables. They all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. In school, there will be a weekly times table test (on Wednesday) and spelling test (Friday). Spelling words for the coming week will be notice, ordinary, certain, suppose, breathe, increase, recent, quarter, group and island.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Imogen C for the effort award. Imogen has been putting in some fantastic effort into her learning and working hard.
Congratulations to Corey for the values award - he has shown resilience in his learning and challenging himself.
Well done to them both!
Next week...
We will be continuing our multiplication and division unit and continuing to create and build our torches.
We will be in the Nature Reserve on Thursday.
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 15th November 2024
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
This week in English, we have been looking at how to write direct speech. We've used examples from How to Train Your Dragon and have then written our own dragon-inspired speech.
In maths, we've continued our multiplication and division unit, looking at the relationships between the 3, 6 and 9 times table and moving on to look at the 7s and 11s.
In art, we've been using our observational skills to do a detailed drawing of facial expressions. We've used a still photograph, but then superimposed a grid over the top of it, so that we can recreate what we see one grid at a time. This helps us to look at how the various aspects relate to each other and makes it simpler to get the proportions right.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
On Thursday, Key Stage 2 classes took part in an Empathy Lab workshop with author Manon Steffan Ros talking about her book 'Those People Next Door.'
In computing, we were coding using a program called Free Code Gibbon. The children created a background scene, then populated it with sprites which they programmed to move in response to various prompts. The children could chose the background, what the sprites would look like, whether they would move/hide or speak when clicked on or after a certain period of time. They really enjoyed this task.
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables. They all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. In school, there will be a weekly times table test (on Wednesday) and spelling test (Friday). Spelling words for the coming week will be information, adoration, sensation, preparation, admiration, foundation, qualification, experimentation, exploration, examination.
Next week, we will be carrying out our DT project and will need lots of recyclable materials. The children will be making torches, so materials they can use for the body of the torch will be needed. Cereal boxes, cleaned crisp tubes, transparent plastic, etc. would all be really helpful. Please remember to ensure that it is not packaging which has been used for food containing nuts as we have children in school with allergies. Thank you to those who have started to send in materials.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Jessie for the effort award.
Jessie worked hard in the coding session in computing and created a good scene with lots of different actions.
Congratulations to Woody for the values award
for showing the value of friendship. Woody is a brilliant role model for what a good friend is like.
Next week...
We will be continuing our multiplication and division unit and starting to learn the rest of the times tables.
We will be in the Book Bus on Thursday.
Rosewood Class - Year 4
Date: 8th November 2024
What we have been learning and enjoying this week...
This week in English, we have started our new unit, based around How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell. The children have considered the difference between closed and open questions, to find out what we know about the dragons in the story. We've then been using conjunctions to write about our own dragons.
In maths, we've started the unit on multiplication and division. This week, we are investigating the links between the 3s and 6s and next week will move onto 9s and 7times-tables.
In geography, we have started a unit on Europe. Over time, we will be comparing and contrasting our local area to Zermatt in Switzerland, but to start with, we've been looking at maps of Europe and identifying the countries.
Activities we have enjoyed this week...
In PE, the children have started the gymnastics unit. They hugely enjoyed working together in groups to see how many cones they could balance on their bodies as they struck different poses.
Before half-term, we spoke about the BBC's 500-word writing competition for children. It was lovely that one child brought in and shared their story and showed the certificate they received. That then inspired a few more to enter (closing date 8th November at 9pm, information can be found at https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/500-words).
How you can help...
Homework is sent home on a Friday, and is due back in school the following Wednesday. Children are also expected to read at home each day and practise their times tables. They all have access to Times Tables Rock Stars and this can be accessed from home - little and often is the best way to practise this. Three minutes a day is more valuable than a single twenty-one minute session once a week. In school, there will be a weekly times table test (on Wednesday) and spelling test (Friday). Spelling words for the coming week will be disappoint, disagree, disobey, disappear, disinfect, disconnect, misbehave, mislead, misspell and misfortune.
In the next few weeks, we will be starting our DT project and will need lots of recyclable materials. The children will be making torches, so materials they can use for the body of the torch will be needed. Cereal boxes, cleaned crisp tubes, transparent plastic, etc. would all be really helpful. Please remember to ensure that it is not packaging which has been used for food containing nuts as we have children in school with allergies. Thank you to those who have started to send in materials.
WINNERS OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Rafferty for the effort award for the effort he put into his geography work, labelling a map of Europe with the names of the countries.
Congratulations to Emily for the values award for showing the values of friendship and forgiveness and working with others to resolve challenges.
Congratulations also to Woody for becoming a millionaire reader!
Well done to them all!
Next week...
We will be continuing our multiplication and division unit and starting to learn the rest of the times tables.
Weather-permitting, we will be in the Nature Reserve on Thursday.
Notices:
Children should have a coat and water bottle in school each day. As the days are getting colder, please can they also have a jumper in school.
P.E. days are Wednesday and Friday. Nature reserve / Book Bus days have now changed to Thursday - on Nature reserve days, wellies would be beneficial.
Email: emcwilliams@bourn.cambs.sch.uk
