HAWTHORN CLASS

Welcome to Hawthorn Class!

~ Grace, Courage, Friendship ~

Hawthorn Class

This year we have Mrs Johnson, Mrs Daisley, Mrs Nwaeke and Mrs Embleton in Hawthorn Class, along with 29 lovely children.

On a Friday, we have Mrs Sinfield in Hawthorn.

Our topic this term is Extreme Earth

Week 2 - 26.04.24

This week has been an amazing week for Hawthorn class. We have been learning about rocks in science, watched the Spring Concert and on Friday had a wonderful music lesson with Miss Rodgers, where we learned all about pitch and rhythm. Our favourite song is ‘I have a dog’.

Have a look at else what we have been up to this week.

English

This week, we are going to start are learning about Red EYE. Red Eye is a suspense Narrative. During this topic we will be thinking about how we can use different techniques to create suspense in our writing.

Spellings -

Year 3 -

league, antique, plague, plaque, mosque, grotesque, vague, unique, dialogue, fatigue

Year 4

solve, solution, soluble, insoluble, dissolve, real, reality, realistic, unreal, realisation

Maths

In Maths this week we have started our learning about Capacity and volume, We have been thinking about how many millilitres there are in a litre and then comparing different amounts.

Science

This term, our science topic is Rocks and soil.

Geography and History

Through our topic of Extreme Earth we will be learning about Volcanoes, Earthquakes and tornadoes. We will be thinking about the layers of the Earth and what course natural disasters. We will then be thinking about how we can help people who are impacted by natural disasters.

In PE we will be learning about different Athletic games and team work activities.

Art

This term our focus will be on drawing and painting. We will be studying Hokusai's art 'The Great Wave' and having a go at recreating it.

In DT this term we will be making biscuits. We will be tasting different biscuits to see what we like and dislike about different biscuits and we will then be making our own biscuits.

Music

This term we will be learning all about Jazz music and making our own piece of Jazz music based on the pattern of notes.

Computing

This term we will be learning about online safely and what a computer is made up of and the difference between input and output.

PSHE

In PSHE we are learning about celebrating differences.

Mastery Reader

Year 3 will be reading 'Harriet's Hare' in our whole class reading lesson this term and Year 4 will be reading 'Thief.

Spring Concert

Computer component hunt

Street Artist!

World Book Day

Team SuperSports

Building our own London Landmarks

Reindeer run!

Making Shadufs

Cartouches

The day we became Ancient Egyptians

Science investigation and painting our cartouches

Remembrance Poppies

Mrs Johnson book of the week is....

Netball

Colour Wheels, blending and Egyptian Mood Boards

Week 2 - 11.9.23

Well done Luke and Morgan for all their hard work this week and getting their Growth mindset award! Keep it up!

In Hawthorn class, we are always representing our core values of Grace, Courage and Friendship. We are a supportive community that always tries our best and looks out for each other.

Please don't forget your super six:

Writing pen
Pencil
Rubber
Ruler
Pencil sharpener
Glue stick

Please make sure that you always have your super six in school!

Class Notices:

Our PE days for this term are Tuesday and Friday.

The children will wear their PE kits to school on those days and stay in those clothes for the whole day. Please ensure that all clothing items are still labelled.

Homework

Maths/SPAG will both be set on a Thursday to be returned the following Thursday along side Times Tables Rockstar practise and spelling practise on Spelling Shed. It is expected that children read five times per week at least and this must be recorded in their reading diaries. These will be collected every Thursday and the children will receive a house point if they have adult signatures and have written personal comments about what they have read in their reading diary.

Please ensure that your child's blue homework folder is brought into school every Wednesday and Thursday as we will put their homework straight into them, along with any other work for them to practice at home.

The spelling words for each year group, for each week will be handed out to children as a paper copy as well as on here to refer back too. The children will practise these spellings throughout the week in spelling lessons. We will not be testing the children on these words weekly but will be looking for the correct spelling of these words in their work, so we do encourage the children to practise them at home.

Reading

Whenever you read a book, you can leave a review on it with Reading Den:

https://www.ourreadingden.com/

Each child will have their own individual login.

Look at these websites for book inspiration:

https://www.booksfortopics.com/year-3

https://www.booksfortopics.com/year-4

Useful Dates for your Diary:

Monday 15th April - Back to school - yay!

Wednesday 24th April 1.30pm - Spring Concert

Monday 6th May - Bank Holiday (school closed)

Friday 24th May - break up for half term