Welcome to Elms Class!

Class teacher: Mrs Dereboy

ndereboy@bewickbridge.co.uk

TAs: Miss Dean and Mrs Martin

Dear Elms Class,

I would like to welcome you all back to our final half term this year.

This last half term went so quickly and was again filled with interesting, fun events. As part of our Anglo Saxon topic, we all had a great field trip to West Stow Anglo Saxon Village where we explored recreated Anglo Saxon houses and visited the museum where we were able to handle artefacts found in the excavations and dress up in Anglo Saxon clothing. Our trips would not be possible without the help of volunteering parents so , on behalf of all the children in the class, I would like to thank Mrs Pearce and Mr Redman for their help on trip. I have added some photographs below for you to enjoy.

During art this term, our art topic was Mythical Beasts in which the class created collographs that they printed using our new printing presses. In PE we played cricket and rounders developing our batting and throwing skills. We also took part in a skipping challenge where the class was able to develop their skipping skills. Finally, it was lovely to be able to share some of the work we have covered this year with parents and carers in our class assembly.

We will finish the year with several new topics which are linked to the theme 'Food'. In PSHE we will be looking at healthy lifestyles and healthy eating. In DT we will also be looking at healthy eating and designing and making a healthy snack that we will share in a class picnic in the school grounds. In art we will be looking at how artists from the Roman era to the present day have depicted food in their work. We will be creating paintings and drawings influenced by Wayne Thiebaud's art work and building large models of food based on Claus Oldenburg's sculptures.

We also have several exciting extra curricular events planned this term including our Sports Day, a Day to Create and our annual STEAM week. Dates for these events are on the News and Events section below.

STEAM is the abbreviation for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Maths. It’s an integrated learning week that encourages students to think more broadly about real-world problems.

I am looking forward to another term packed with all our exciting events and new topics.

Regards

Mrs Dereboy

We all enjoyed our trip to West Stow Anglo Saxon Village.

In our art lessons, Elms enjoyed making pots that combined the narrative art styles of Ancient Romans and contemporary artist Grayson Perry.

We studied artefacts from Ely museum and made mosaic borders as part of our history topic.

Home Learning Project

English Writing Skills Progression

The following document explains the expectations for children's writing in year 4. By the end of year 4 they need to have mastered these skills to be able to be assessed at Year 4 level. We are constantly practicing these skills and expect to see evidence of them in all writing completed in school.