Book recommendations

Hi I will give you my recommendations on books I like to read.   The book genre I enjoy are humour because they are books of comedy. Another genre I like is factual books because I learn about the world around me.   My favourite non fiction book is a information book about the moon Read More…

My first month in year 5

Hi I just had my first month in year 5 let me tell you what happened. This month we had APS well kinda it’s was more like p.e lessons we did bike Ed, swimming and rock climbing. My class is also learning to juggle over 3 weeks we are up to the end of our Read More…

Year 4 preview

Dear Future Year 4’s,  I hear you’re coming up to 4LX next year.     A couple of things to look forward to are: •  Camp because you go outdoors. •  Nursing home excursions each term because you can chat to residents and play music to amuse them.   A time I laughed was when I got the Read More…

Nativity

“Yes your highness,” the guard obediently answered King Herod after Herod commanded the guards to kill all first born boys. The first step of writing a nativity play was to find the character traits of each main character in the story. After we had a basic personality of the characters, we all got into groups Read More…

Beneath Our Feet

This term year 4 had the unit of Beneath Our Feet which is about the earth’s surface changing. I researched and wrote my own info report on volcanoes. We ended the unit by making dioramas to show our understanding and shared them with our year 2 buddies. Whilst making my diorama I most enjoyed making Read More…

Divisibility

We are the near the end of year and have learned many different strategies to help us in all areas of maths.  One particularly interesting method to help you to divide big numbers can be to know the divisibility rules.  Each group in our class investigated one and has made a video to share so Read More…

GRA STEAM

We are participating in the GRA. GRA is The Global Read Aloud and it’s where schools connect and read the same book. The book chosen this year is Front Desk. The book is about a girl named Mia and her parents moving to United States from China and getting a job at a motel. So Read More…

W.E.D

In Integrated we are learning about weathering, erosion and deposition. Weathering is the process of breaking down landforms (there’s 2 types mechanical weathering is caused by wind, water and ice. Chemical weathering is caused by gases like co2.) Erosion is the process of taking the pieces of land away. Deposition is the process of taking Read More…

Story graph

Planning your writing helps you to think about the idea before you write. A story graph is one way to do this. I read the story ‘ Shrek! ‘ and plotted the events on the story graph. Have a look below: Can you think of an alternate boulder for this book?

Chess

Every week on Thursday at lunch time I go to my school chess club. Chess club is a optional club for school at lunchtime. The chess master comes to teach us about chess.  “But what is chess?” I hear you ask. Well chess is a 2 player strategy board game. The 6 types of pieces Read More…