At the end of each month we are going to be setting a homework task based on our Christian Value for that month. This is for you to look at, discuss and explore as a family.
As our Christian Value in November’s Worship was Love, we would like you to create a piece of work to show what love means to you and your family. This can be presented however you like and is due in on the 12th December.
On Wednesday we had a lovely day looking at other ways to communicate other than using pens or pencils! This was a chance for children to put their pens down, talk, listen, and take part in lots of pen-free activities.
We had a go at communicating through Morse code, where we used pasta and cubes to represent the dots and lines to make messages for each other to work out what they meant. We also had a go at communicating in Makton to some of our favourite songs as well as finally acting out a play in groups without words focusing on our actions and expressions. A great day was had by all!
This weeks home work is to continue practising your times tables on
https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/ or
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button.
Please complete the sheet in your homework book, which is following on from our PSHE lesson on friendship.
Y3 Spellings
Basically
Frantically
Dramatically
Magically
Tragically
Comically
Actually
Accidentally
Occasionally
Eventually
Y4 Spellings
illegal
illegible
illogical
illiterate
illicit
irregular
irrelevant
irresponsible
irrational
irresistible
This morning, Dragonfly class had a visitor from Shropshire Fire and Rescue! Firefighter Barry came to give the children a fire safety talk. We learnt about what we should do in the event of a fire, how we know if there is a fire and what to do if we catch fire. The children asked some excellent questions, we really enjoyed the visit!
We have had an excellent couple of days in Dragonfly class getting to know one another! We have had a jam packed two days full of activities! We have played team building and getting to know one another games, made self portraits with things that are important to us inside them, and even managed to use marshmallows in maths to make 3D shapes!
We have had a busy week in Dragonflies this week! With arts week in full swing we have had the chance to have a go at lot’s of different Mexican themed arts. To start our week off on Monday we had the opportunity to have a go at Mexican dance. We learnt the Mexican hat dance where Miss Hindley was extremely impressed with their Dance moves! Throughout the week we have been creating traditional Mexican pattern’s through the technique of Batik, which requires us to draw a pattern on to material using wax and then paint our design with fabric paint. We have had a go at making Freida Kahlo Piñata’s and flower crowns. We have also experimented with clay to make traditional Mexican sun faces and finally we have LOVED making Ojos de Dios ( God’s eyes) out of sticks and weaving wool, we found this therapeutic! Well done Dragonflies you have worked hard this week!
In science we are looking at sound. This afternoon we were exploring how sound can change over a distance. As part of this we created string telephones to demonstrate how sound travels. We discovered that we could hear clearly through the cups as the string and the cups are solid, so the particles are much closer together than the particles in the air, which is a gas. The sound energy can travel from particle to particle far easier in the solid string telephone, so the sound of our voices were louder over the same distance than it was in the air. We had a great time discovering how sound travels over distance! 
Welcome back Dragonflies Class, we hope you all had a lovely Easter break!
We have got lots of exciting things to look forward to this term; swimming, Liverpool for year 4 and school trips just to name a few! Below is our timetable for this term.
Our topic this term is ‘Would I rather live in Mexico City or Shrewsbury?’ We will be learning lots of interesting things about each place through comparison.
We will start swimming lessons from Friday 26th April, so everyone will need to be in PE kit and bring their swimming kit with them on Fridays. We will no longer have PE on a Monday afternoon, but PE will continue on a Tuesday.
Please find the knowledge organisers for subjects this term below. The knowledge organisers will tell you what the children will be learning and some key vocabulary they will encounter this term. We hope you find these helpful, please let us know if there is anything you would like to discuss.
Dragonflies – Creating Media Photo EditingSummer term year 4 sound
Miss Hindley and Miss Lloyd- Jones
Welcome back to the new school year for 2023-24. We look forward to hearing all of your summer updates!
Here is Dragonfly Class timetable for this term:
Dragonfly Class Timetable Autumn 2023
Remember our school day starts at 8.45am with the door opening at 8.40am. A member of staff is always on the door to the hall so please feel free to use this as an opportunity to share communication.
Equipment will be provided in class, just make sure you bring Reading Books and Reading Diaries every day.
Clubs will resume in the third week; information will be sent with further details soon.
I look forward to seeing you all Tuesday 5th September at 8.45am!
Mrs Walters 🙂
Hi Dragonflies!
From next week, new homework will be given out on Wednesdays. This means it is even more important that homework is handed in, in homework books on Wednesday so that children have their books with them to stick their new homework in.
Homework this term will be spellings, which will also be tested on Wednesday from now on, and a times tables sheet.
Please can we also ask that children are reading at home, and that an adult is signing their reading record three times a week (a signature is all that is necessary from the adult).
Thank you all for your support!
Have a lovely weekend,
Miss Lloyd-Jones and Mrs Hollis
Church Street
Ruyton XI Towns
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY4 1LA
