Chandra, Sputnik & Voyager Class Blog

What a fantastic week! As writers this week we met the character Grendel and wrote a character description all about what a horrible monster he is. As part of our writing journey we ‘hot-seated’ the King so we could find out more information about his attacks. We

We have had a fabulous week of learning in Y3/4 this week… As writers and readers, Year 3/4 have encountered a new book called Beowulf. Before we started to read the book we became archaeologists and excavated for hidden artefacts which were linked to the book. We enjoyed

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