Chandra, Sputnik & Voyager Class Blog

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

We have been working hard again this week in year 3/4. In our English lessons we have been learning about a group of children called the Serious Explorers who went on an expedition to the rainforests of Guyana. They were following in the footsteps of Sir Walter Raleigh who had

A big welcome back after the Easter break to all of year 3/4 – we hope you enjoyed a restful and relaxing couple of weeks off. Term 5 has got off to a great start this week as we become geographers for our enquiry, ‘Where in the world is the

Well, what a busy term that has been! Thank you to all the parents that made it to our Presentation of Learning this week. It was great to see so many faces and to be able share our learning from this term with you…        

This week year 3/4 went on their trip to Bristol to visit, ‘The Matthew’. It was a great day for all three classes and it helped us to imagine what it would have been like to be an explorer from the ‘Age of Exploration.’ We learned about John Cabot and