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Year 4

Back with a bang in Year 4!

25th April 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

This week in Year 4 the children have proven to be super mathematicians and I am very proud of them all.

Using their knowledge of fractions from last term, the children have been identifying tenths and hundreds as fractions. They have utilized their mathematical vocabulary when discussing how to answer questions and it is wonderful to see their confidence growing.

Later in the week, the children moved onto representing tenths as decimals in a variety of ways such as, using number lines, place value charts and concrete apparatus.

Return to school 8th March 2021

2nd March 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

24.2.21

Dear Parents/Carers,

We are very happy to be able to welcome all the children back to school on Monday March 8th on a full-time basis. Unfortunately, we still have to adhere to the same restrictions that were in place previously in order to keep yourselves, children and staff safe and help to prevent the rise of infection from Covid -19.

This does mean we will still have staggered start and end times, (unless you have siblings in school, on which case you bring all children at the start time of your earliest child and collect all children at the latest finish time so that no learning time is missed).

It is important that only one parent brings their child/children to school to reduce the amount of people coming to school. This will ensure we can keep to social distancing measures in place as best as possible. It is vital that parents do not congregate around school premises when dropping off or collecting children as doing so could potentially increase the risk of transmission of the virus. We are very grateful for your support and understanding.

Please see the table below for start and end times together with their entrance for your child’s year group.

Start and End Times:

Year Groups	Start Times	End Times	Entrance
YR	9:00am	3:15pm	Main Gate
Y1+Y1/2	8:45am	3:00pm	Main Gate
Y2	8:45am	3:00pm	Lower side gate (burn)
Y3	9:00am	3:15pm	Upper side gate (road)
Y4	9:00am	3:15pm	Lower side gate (burn)
Y5	8:45am	3:00pm	Upper side gate (road)
Y6	9:15am	3:30pm	Main Gate

Further Information:

Children should attend school in correct school uniform, Children should bring 1 bag, 1 named water bottle, 1 coat.
PE kits can only be worn on PE days (KS2 only) – all other times children must attend in the correct uniform.
YET/KS1 children bring in PE kits to school to be left on pegs for half term
Communication with your child’s teacher can be done via dojo or telephone appointments
Parents should only attend the school office if absolutely necessary and preferably by appointment
Children will be taught in their classes and have access to a full and varied curriculum
Children will be given their own equipment and desks will face forwards
Reception teaching will operate as normal with access to age-appropriate provision
Lunchtimes will be staggered and children will eat with their year group bubble
Enhanced cleaning will be carried out during the school day
Children will be encouraged to wash their hands on entry and continuously throughout the school day (They also have access to hand sanitisers in all classrooms and corridors)

We are all looking forward to the children returning to school and enjoying their lessons again alongside their teachers and friends.

Mrs Garr

Rev. Paul’s Christmas Q&A

21st December 2020Miss K. Wilkinson

Each year group posed a question to Rev. Paul relating to their current topic questions for R.E. Watch the video below to see his answers.

Look out for a special guest appearance from Maisie the dog too!

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Je voudrais…

17th December 2020Miss K. Wilkinson

In French this Autumn we have been learning about breakfast and fruit nouns. We spent our earlier lessons learning about the French words for fruit, vegetables and the items we have at breakfast. We then moved onto learning about how to ask for an item politely.

The children practiced saying ‘Je voudrais (item) sil vous plait’ and ‘merci’ when they received the item. We then played a game to practice saying to words and asking for items. The children each had an item and swapped them politely.

PE in Year 4

17th December 2020Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 4 have had great weekly lessons with Tony this year. We have covered some hockey, football skills and athletics. The children have tried extremely hard to work together and to learn to win and lose with grace.

We have some great athletes in Year 4 and everyone has improved this year. They always put in 100%.

Practical maths in Year 4

21st November 2020Miss K. Wilkinson

This week in Year 4 we have been focussing on column subtraction, which can be tricky when you need to exchange numbers. To help us we practiced working out calculations while physically exchanging our counters. It was even better as we were allowed to use the tables as huge whiteboards!

Anti Bullying Week 2020

20th November 2020Miss K. Wilkinson

This week to recognise Anti-Bullying Week at West Boldon we had an Odd Socks Day!

It was a great way to celebrate what makes us all different and to encourage people to express themselves and celebrate their individuality and what makes us all unique! Here are some colourful socks worn by our Year 2 children.

Years 2, 3 and 4 also participated in an online workshop offered by staff at the OpenZone. The children learned what cyber-bullying is, when it occurs, how to reduce their risk of being bullied online and how to support others who have been or are being subjected to cyber-bullying.

“It taught me to be kind online” – Kaiden

“It taught me that playing games that are too old for me because I will be playing with adults and might be more at risk of cyber-bullying” – Codey

“If I was cyber-bullied it would make me feel sad” – Megan

“I can show people respect online by understanding they have different ideas” – Bubacarr

Further up the school in Year 6, Class 12 took part in activities to understand Anti-Bullying Week 2020. They had great discussions about bullying, the victim and perpetrator and empathy. Here is some of their fantastic work:

World Science Day 2020

10th November 2020Miss K. Wilkinson

On Tuesday 10th November we celebrated World Science Day at West Boldon! Every class looked at a famous scientist linked to their topic.

Year 1 looked at the scientist James Dewar (inventor of the flask) as well as insulation.

Their experiment was to put Vaseline on one of their fingers and dip one finger with Vaseline and one finger without into cold water and describe the different feelings. We found that the finger without Vaseline felt cold in the water whereas the one with felt warmer and a bit different. We talked about the meaning of insulation, looked at James’ invention, described these feelings in our books and draw pictures of what the experiment looked like. They really enjoyed it.

Year 2 celebrated World Science Day with a tribute to a very famous, Victorian scientist.

Florence, as a child, followed her determination to become a nurse. She trained other nurses to go to the Crimean war and make the hospital clean, and care for wounded soldiers.

Florence worked long hours and would tend to the injured soldiers at night holding her lamp. She became known as The Lady with the Lamp. Florence wrote books on Nursing and is also credited for helping to popularise the pie chart.

Her revolutionary nursing earned her an award from Queen Victoria and her legacy serves to show much of what we now know about clean, organised hospital conditions today and is thanks to her hard work and research.

Florence Nightingale changed nursing forever. She is the real hero of Victorian science!

Year 3 looked at palaeontologist Mary Anning and her work on fossils.

They created a fossil jar whereby jelly represented the soil and sweets represented the animal remains. Each day this week they will add a new layer of jelly to the jar representing how soil layers occur over time. They talked about how these fossils form and also made a zigzag book!

Year 4 looked at Micheal Faraday today for their Science Day project.

They quizzed and found out about some famous scientists and inventors. Then they completed a treasure hunt fact finding mission to answer questions about Faraday’s life and inventions. The children worked in pairs to move around the 2 classrooms looking for the answers and then presented it beautifully.

Year 6 looked at Charles Darwin to link to their topic on Evolution. They all created a factfile about him explaining why he is so important in his field.

What wonderful scientists we have at West Boldon!

Scratch Workshop

7th November 2020Miss K. Wilkinson

This week Year 4 took part in a live Scratch workshop with The Word through Google Meet.

Mrs Chippendale, Mr Robert and Mrs Hayward taught a live lesson on how to draw bonfires and fireworks and then code them to move and sound like the real thing.

The end result from all children was fantastic!

Year 4 Autumn 2 Focus Text

2nd November 2020Miss K. Wilkinson

This half term, Year 4 will be reading ‘The Firework Maker’s Daughter’ by Phillip Pullman.

The story is a wonderful adventure which mixes old and modern fairy tales together. It features the main character Lila, who is on a quest to follow in her father’s footsteps and become a great firework maker. She must journey to get Royal Sulphur from Razvani the Fire-Fiend at Mount Merapi, a journey which is filled with peril and wonder.

For the first few weeks Year 4 will be focussing on character descriptions of the main character and letter writing to Lila’s father using the skills we developed in the first half term. We will then learn about the features and structure of a narrative. We will write setting descriptions and include them when we write a missing chapter about the Fire-Fiend.

Watch a reading of the story below:

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