Chandra, Sputnik & Voyager Class Blog

Welcome back to school to another new school year. We hope you have all had a restful and relaxing summer holiday. All of the staff in Y3/4 would like to take this opportunity to say thanks again for the cards and gifts we received at the end of a very

As another fantastic year comes to an end we would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our fabulous children for their hard work, determination and enthusiasm. Its been a very busy term and they have come so far. We have thoroughly enjoyed teaching them and watching them

Its been another fantastic week with a big focus on Sports Day. All the children took part with enormous enthusiasm, demonstrating determination, resilience and commitment while, most importantly, having great fun!  It was lovely to see so many parents and carers come to cheer the children on and create such

This week we have been looking at 3D shapes in maths while in in English we have been busy planning our adventure stories set in the rainforest, looking for the Lost Temple of Gold. Science has seen us further exploring vertebrates and invertebrates and the different groups within those categories.

We have had a great week in year 3/4. In science, we have continued our exploration of classification and went to the pond area to identify different mini-beasts and other animals. We then created a branching database to group these fantastic creatures according to their different characteristics. In history, we

Its been another very busy and productive week in Year 3/4. In English we have continued to use ‘The Great Kapok Tree’ as inspiration for our writing. The children worked on their persuasive writing skills and wrote a letter designed to persuade the man at the centre of the story

It’s Art Week at Uphill! In Year 3/4 we have been exploring different methods of collage before completing a piece of work based on the work of Romero Britto. We then enjoyed visiting other classrooms to look at the art work other year groups have been working on. Away from

It’s been another great week in Year 3/4 and we have all been enjoying the lovely weather! In English we wrote a descriptive passage inspired by the book ‘What did the Tree See?’ and thought about all the incredible things an old tree could have witnessed over its lifetime. We

It’s been a great week in Year 3 and 4. In maths the Year 3’s have been practising short and expanded method for multiplication while the Year 4’s have begun learning about the different types of angle and comparing obtuse, acute and right angles. English has seen the children write

It’s been another busy week in year 3/4. In English, we have been learning a new story, Sophie’s Quest, in preparation for our own quest story. The children have created story maps and ‘hot seated’ the main character, Sophie the spider monkey, to explore and understand her feelings and emotions