Happy Teacher - Oluwadolamayo
R - Sofia
Happy Teacher - Adelina
R - Aryan
It was a whirlwind of ticking and tocking in Year 3 this week as we dove headfirst into our exciting new time unit! Building on what we already knew about "o’clock" and "half past," the children became "Time Detectives," working in pairs to solve clock-face mysteries and master the tricky jump to "minutes past" and "minutes to" the hour. There was a wonderful buzz in the room as everyone grabbed their plastic teaching clocks to physically move the hands, visualising how the clock is split into two sides and practising their skip-counting by fives to race around the numbers. The real highlight was watching the children tackle our tricky challenge questions with such "can-do" attitudes, showing off how quickly they can now calculate five-minute intervals and link them to our daily school schedule. Seeing those "aha!" moments when the big hand finally clicked into place was a joy, and it is clear that our young learners are becoming much more confident at keeping track of their day. Keep up the brilliant work, Year 3—you are all absolute superstars!
Please find below Year 4's spellings for this week. Please encourage your child to practise their spellings every evening, so they are prepared for their spelling test on Friday.
A | B | C | |
1 | antique | cheque | tongue |
2 | grotesque | unique | league |
3 | boutique | plaque | vague |
4 | picturesque | mosque | learn |
5 | discotheque | opaque | often |
6 | catalogue | technique | |
7 | dialogue | technique | |
8 | fatigue | plague | |
9 | colleague | fatigue | |
10 | rogue | colleague |
Well Done to all of our certificate winners this week, you have all worked so hard this week, we are so proud of all of you.
Year 4 Battles
A huge thank you to all the students and parents who took part in our recent school challenge. We were so impressed by the hard work and team spirit shown by every single student.
We are very excited to announce that the winning class is:
Maple
Congratulations Willow for second place, and Well done Maple for third.
These three students earned the highest scores across the entire year:
Jace
Jimmy
Bella
Here is how our classes performed during the battle:
1st Place: Bella
2nd Place: Vikhyat
3rd Place: Aisosa
1st Place: Jimmy
2nd Place: Jace