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Year Four 

It’s been a fantastic start to the summer term for Year 4. The children have returned with a positive attitude and have been working very hard. 

What we have learnt about this week 

This week, the children have taken part in Value’s Day, learning about the value of Hope. They created a letter to their future self about their hopes, dreams and goals as well as a Hope mobile / rainbow for our local community.  

In English this week we have started our new book ‘The Explorer’ where the children have been exploring descriptive language and using this to write a setting description.  

 The children have continued to explore electricity in science and this week worked in pairs to create a circuit with a switch.  

In Geography the children have started their new topic ‘Rainforests’  where they have located them on a map as well as researching what can be found.  

What we will learn about next week 

Next week we will continue to work on Fractions within our maths lessons.  

During English we will be reading more of our book and planning to write a dramatic opening. The children will then be editing their openings by improving their sentence structures, using a variety of vocabulary. 

In our RE lessons, we will continue to focus of world views and look at what marriage is and why people marry.  

During History the children will begin to explore the Romans.  

We hope you have a lovely well rested weekend!  

Year Six

t’s been a great start to the summer term for year 6 this week. The children have come back and have worked incredibly hard. 

What we have learnt about this week 

This week, the children have taken part in Value’s day, specifically learning about the value of Humility. They created their own comic book strip and then made it come to life using iMovie. The rest of this week has been a focus on our SATs practice and the children have practiced their Reading, GPS and Arithmetic during the week. In Maths, the children have been learning about the area and perimeter of different shapes including compound shapes.  

What we will learn about next week 

Next week, we will continue practising and revising for the SATs tests during our Maths lessons and English lessons.  
 
In English, we will also continue to finish and edit our stories based on the Highwayman. The children will be editing our stories by varying our sentence structures, using figurative language and using a variety of powerful vocabulary.  
 
In RE, we will be starting our new topic called ‘Worldviews’. Throughout this topic, the pupils will be learning about the key beliefs, practices and values from the major world religions.  

In Science, we are continuing our topic of Living things and Habitats and learning about how scientists classify different species.  

In Geography and History, we will be starting our new topic about our local area of Dagenham.  

Well done everyone in Year 6. Keep working hard and putting your best effort into your learning.