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We looked at the Ancient Egyptian creation story in English today and retold it in the style of Pie Corbet, using actions to help us remember the story. You can see some of our videos on the English section of padlet.

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Today the children had the opportunity to make their own version of Papyrus paper. They had to shred brown paper and dip in in glue. After this they layered the paper in different directions to create the look of Egyptian Papyrus

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Today, Year 4 had a curious Creatures come in for a visit to enchant our learning in our Science topic about living things and their habitats. We saw and learnt lots about various reptiles such as: boa constrictors, corn snakes, tegus, Bosc monitors and insect such as giant African land snails and millipedes.

Arrietty and Luca - we learnt that a boa constrictor can camouflage

Issy - my favourite part was being able to touch the snake

Eva and Randhir - we learnt that lizards shed their skin in small parts, not in one go like a snake

Laila - some types of lizard can grow to 8 feel long

Angie L - the snakes had an interesting pattern and were nice to touch

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SM5 Rivers Workshop with Severn River Trust 30.04.24

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SM5 Rivers Workshop with Severn River Trust 30.04.24

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SM5 really enjoyed working together to create the river Severn from the top of the mountain, all the way to its end. We used different fabrics to replicate the river and its surroundings.

"We added some frost at the top of the mountain because it is really cold up there" - Freddie

"We used the pattern fabrics to look like plants and fields surrounding the river" - Lara

At the second part of the workshop, we learnt about the effect we have on our environment and especially our rivers. We sorted plastic and non-plastic objects, and to our amazement, we found out many new facts!

"I learned that nappies are made of plastic!" - Joel

"I never knew that jumpers were made of plastic too!" -Melek

On our last activity, we talked about problems we are facing and what some solutions are.

"A solution to using plastic straws is to use metallic or reusable straws, but you can also get straws made from recycled materials that decompose fast!" - Harry

"I learned that leaving the tap running for 1 minute means I wasted 60L of water! That's a lot!" - Yusuf

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SM4’s Stop Motion: Ella-Rose, Issy, Thomas, Leo 

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SM4’s Stop Motion: Ella-Rose, Issy, Thomas, Leo 

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SM4’s Stop Motion: Shaan, Hetansh, Angie N

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SM4’s Stop Motion: Shaan, Hetansh, Angie N

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SM4’s Stop Motion: Laila, Mahdia, Ayush, Leah

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SM4’s Stop Motion: Laila, Mahdia, Ayush, Leah

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SM4’s Stop Motion: Oscar, Loki, Bobbi, Parker

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SM4’s Stop Motion: Oscar, Loki, Bobbi, Parker

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SM4’s Stop Motion: Ella, Poppy M, Angie L, Arrietty

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SM4’s Stop Motion: Ella, Poppy M, Angie L, Arrietty

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Today, we looked at scenarios where people we’re disappointed or upset, we then gave advice on how the people can be resilient.

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1.5.24 SM4 Rivers workshops provided by Severn River Trust

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1.5.24 SM4 Rivers workshops provided by Severn River Trust

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SM4 had a fantastic morning taking part in a workshop lead by Becky and Issy from the Severn Rivers Trust. This helped children to recap their learning of rivers from the autumn term and it helps to raise awareness of the dangers of plastics and also water waste. Lots of children enjoyed making a river out of materials and recalling what the mouth, source, meander and tributaries are.

Poppy B - I learnt that every minute you leave the tap on you waste 6 liters of water.

Ella-Rose - I enjoyed learning how much water is wasted when you leave the tap on when your brush your teeth

Hetansh - Rivers are extremely important as they give us all the water we need so we need to keep them safe from plastic pollution

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29.4.24 SM4 L.I To identify animals using a key

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29.4.24 SM4 L.I To identify animals using a key

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SM4 made their own classification keys to sort and identify animals in science today.

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Today, SM4 learnt about stop motion. We learnt about how animations like Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run and Shaun the Sheep were made by taking a picture called 'frames' of characters and scenes and then altering the scene slightly before taking another photo. These photos then get payed at a fast pace to make it look like a video.

We played around making characters using split pins and uses icananimate to create a stopmotion animation.

Issy - some tv shows that have stop motion are Shaun the Sheep and chicken run

Poppy B - Stop motion is hen you take a lot of photos of tiny movements. I enjoyed moving the characters around

Isla- Stop motion is animation in small frames

Ravleen - I loved making animations today

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8.4.24 SM4 L.I: To sort living things using criteria

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8.4.24 SM4 L.I: To sort living things using criteria

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We revisited the acronym MRS GREN to help us remember the life processes that all living things go through

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29.2.24 SM4 L.I: To learn names of 5 classroom objects

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29.2.24 SM4 L.I: To learn names of 5 classroom objects

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To consolidate our learning of classroom objects we played a matching game, it tested our memories!

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Reporting live from our SM5 studio - please invite our special guests from Macbeth.

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Reporting live from our SM5 studio - please invite our special guests from Macbeth.

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Reporting live from our SM5 studio - please invite our special guests from Macbeth.

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Reporting live from our SM5 studio - please invite our special guests from Macbeth.

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Reporting live from our SM5 studio - please invite our special guests from Macbeth.

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Reporting live from our SM5 studio - please invite our special guests from Macbeth.

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Reporting live from our SM5 studio - please invite our special guests from Macbeth.

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Reporting live from our SM5 studio - please invite our special guests from Macbeth.

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Reporting live from our SM5 studio - please invite our special guests from Macbeth.

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Reporting live from our SM5 studio - please invite our special guests from Macbeth.

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SM5 really enjoyed experiencing the Tudors’ time, from making small lavender-rosemary sachets, to patching up a wall using a mixture of clay, water and hay! We were especially amazed at how butter was made!

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Reporting live from our SM5 studio - please invite our special guests from Macbeth.

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Using our knowledge of circuits, SM5 experimented which materials were insulators or conductors.

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SM5 were introduced to Macbeth through various snippets from the beginning of the play. We read, understood and reenacted the war scenes from Scene 1 Act 1.

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SM5 began constructing their mixed media drawing by putting together bits from various pictures to create something different. They then used oil pastels and crayons to create the back of our next project.

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During our Electricity topic, SM5 learned about circuits and how to put them together. We looked at using the scientific vocabulary properly while explaining our steps.

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This is SM4's wall of appreciation. We picked a person or a pet that is special to us and thought of a colour, a word and a symbol to represent them. We then made a collage inspired by these words.

We learnt that we can show we appreciate people by shaking their hand, giving them a hi 5, smiling at them and thanking them.

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We had such a good time at Mary Arden's Farm!!!!

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21.3.24 and 22.3.24 SM4 LI: To write a news report (Shakespeare week)

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21.3.24 and 22.3.24 SM4 LI: To write a news report (Shakespeare week)

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As part of our learning about Macbeth, and to celebrate Shakespeare week, we wrote television news report interviews about scenes in Macbeth.

Check out our videos in some of the other padlet posts.

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SM4 looked and samba dance moves and created their own routines.

Oscar - samba dancing is done at the carnivals in Brazil

Hetansh - samba dancing looks best when everyone is in unison

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Thank you to Issa, Isla and Hetansh for presenting your amazing science projects! Well done for working super hard at home on them!

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SM6 had a great time on Friday visiting Mary Ardens Farm in Stratford. We explored the farm and learnt about some of the jobs people had in those times. We also learnt what school was like and talked about how different this is in comparison to todays schooling. We helped to make butter from cream, did Tudor style dancing and got to meet some of the farm animals. The children were brilliantly behaved and proved to be a real credit to St Margaret's school. Well done SM6!

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We enjoyed sharing some of our favourite books with Year 5 today!

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6.3.24 SM4 L.I: To understand and play syncopated rhythms

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6.3.24 SM4 L.I: To understand and play syncopated rhythms

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Group B

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6.3.24 SM4 L.I: To understand and play syncopated rhythms

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6.3.24 SM4 L.I: To understand and play syncopated rhythms

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Group A

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6.3.24 SM4 L.I: To understand and play syncopated rhythms

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6.3.24 SM4 L.I: To understand and play syncopated rhythms

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We explored syncopation in today’s music lesson based on Samba music. Have a look at the videos in the next couple of posts.

Oscar - Syncopation is the off beat between the main beat

Ella-Rose - the pulse is the beat

Luca - it is important to try to keep in time with the rhythm and beat when playing music

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6.3.23 L.I: To explore a dilemma through drama

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6.3.23 L.I: To explore a dilemma through drama

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Today we had such fun deciding whether the quotes from Macbeth were for killing the King or against killing the King. We also acted out the quotes we were given.

Poppy M - if fate has him crowned it means he will become king to it means he should kill the King

Isla - if he has been honored that means he has been lucky with the King so this is against killing the King.

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8.3.24 SM4 L.I- To follow and give simple instructions

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8.3.24 SM4 L.I- To follow and give simple instructions

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We had so much fun using 2logo to learn how to code to make shapes and letters by coding today! We learnt the importance of giving specific, clear instructions so that the bot does as we ask.

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29.2.24 SM4 LI: To explore a setting through drama 

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29.2.24 SM4 LI: To explore a setting through drama 

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After finding out about the battle between Scotland and Norway in Act 1 Scene 2 in Macbeth, we created a word carpet of phrases to describe a battle scene. We then guided each other through the word carpet battle field to feel immersed in the scene. These will help us with our setting descriptions tomorrow.

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Today, we took part in an ising pop workshop which taught us about the Easter story and we learnt 2 songs!

Ella-Rose: I enjoyed learning about the Easter story in a fun way, and I also love singing!

Bobbi: a the workshop was so good, the girl was amazing at singing the songs.

Jake: I really liked and enjoyed ising pop because it was fun.

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25.01.24 SM5 LI:To understand how smoking affects health

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25.01.24 SM5 LI:To understand how smoking affects health

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During PSHE we have been learning about our health and all the ways it can be affected. SM5 read different scenarios about smoking and put together a short skit to present to the class.

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31.1.24 SM5 LI: To order the Goldilocks and the 3 bears story.

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31.1.24 SM5 LI: To order the Goldilocks and the 3 bears story.

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SM5 enjoyed learning the story of Goldilocks in French. As a challenge, set in groups, SM5 had to read different parts of the story and put them in the correct order.

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During our National Story week, SM5 enjoyed adapting traditional stories and acting it out. Pupils enjoyed presenting them to the class, practicing their listening and speaking skills.

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23.2.24 SM4 LI: to identify jealousy and how to manage it 

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23.2.24 SM4 LI: to identify jealousy and how to manage it 

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Today in PSHE, SM4 looked at how jealousy can impact relationships. Some strategies children came up with to help manage jealousy were:

Hetansh - speaking with a friend and getting them to cheer me up with a high five

Isla - I do deep breathing

Issy - I always think how the other person is feeling. When tables win table points and I don’t I always think they must be happy so I am happy for them

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21.2.24 SM4 LI: To explore text and character through drama

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21.2.24 SM4 LI: To explore text and character through drama

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To launch our learning about Macbeth we looked at 2 quotes from the play and acted them out. We looked at the vocabulary Shakespeare uses and came up with ideas of what they meant:

Lailia - Withered means old, fragile, broken

Hetansh - if it said they do not inhabit it means they do not live here

Aria - we can make our bodies old and withered by crouching over, swinging our arms and walking almost like a zombie. We can sound like a witch by having a croaky, slow mysterious voice.

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26.2.24 SM4 LI: To identify conductors and insulators

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26.2.24 SM4 LI: To identify conductors and insulators

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All the items that worked and allowed electricity to pass through them were tin foil, can, metal knife. They are all metals and are conductors - Theo

Miss Newman’s watch should be a conductor as it is metal, we tested it and it worked - Poppy B, Luca and Jake

We need plastic on wires to help keep us safe from electric shocks and plastic is an insulator - Oscar

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23.2.24 L.I: To download and save content online

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23.2.24 L.I: To download and save content online

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Today we learnt how to download images from the internet safely so we can use them when we are offline. We also learnt how to make a zip file.

Oscar - a zip file makes the folder smaller so it can be sent

Poppy B - a download can take longer if your internet connection isn't very good or if the file is a big size

Leo - to download a picture you need to right click on it and press save as

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SM4 loved learning all about generative AI during a virtual workshop with tech we can. We learnt lots about how we use AI without realising when we use our thumb prints to open our devices, when we search on the internet and when we use speaker devices such as Alexa, Siri or google. At the start of the lesson only 2 of us wanted future careers in tech, at the end the number increased.

Issy -I learnt that gen AI can help perform operations

Hetansh - AI can get things wrong but the more information we give, the better it does

Ravleen - I learnt that we have to use Gen AI was and adult or carers to stay safe online

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SM4 ‘mashed together’ some transitional stories and fairytales to create some weird, wonderful and engaging new stories. They then retold these out loud to the rest of the class.

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Kate’s story tree visited and she shared some stories with us, she also helped us to invent our own story worlds.

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23.1.24 SM4 L.I: to understand how smoking affects health PART 2

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23.1.24 SM4 L.I: to understand how smoking affects health PART 2

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23.1.24 SM4 L.I: to understand how smoking affects health

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23.1.24 SM4 L.I: to understand how smoking affects health

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Today, SM4 made a puzzle to find out facts about smoking. They then acted out a range of scenarios involving smoking and peer pressure.

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SM4 had fun exploring hot to use electrical equipment to create a complete circuit this afternoon.

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Spring - Rivers (Pitch and tempo) knowledge organiser 

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Spring - Rivers (Pitch and tempo) knowledge organiser 

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Spring Computers and Networks Knowledge Organiser

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Spring Computers and Networks Knowledge Organiser

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YR4 Computing Knowledge Organiser for Computers and Networks Topic

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Y4 French Goldilocks knowledge organiser

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YR4 History Knowledge Organiser for William Shakespeare topic

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Multiplication and division knowledge organiser

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Multiplication and division knowledge organiser

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10.1.24 SM4 L.I: To plan a character description 

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SM4 18.12.23 L.I: To learn about Tudor monarchs 

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SM4 18.12.23 L.I: To learn about Tudor monarchs 

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SM4 have loved learning about the Tudor monarchs today, they put them in chronological order and found out facts about them. They also learnt that Christopher Columbus was alive during Henry VII rule.

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SM4 14.12.23 L.I: To identify fact families

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SM4 14.12.23 L.I: To identify fact families

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SM4 showed amazing team work skills as well as excellent understanding of the commutative law, multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100 and how to use known facts to work out fact families.

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Year 4 and 5 had a great day yesterday watching a performance and taking part in workshops provided by Loudmouth education. In these sessions children learnt how to keep them and their bodies safe, the different types of abuse, and how to use their network hand by watching and talking about a range of scenarios.