Chestnut Class

Years 3 and 4

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Week 4

This week in Chestnut we have made our own art props for the school play! We made tea cups inspired by Alice in Wonderland's Mad Hatter tea party scene using brown gummed paper to cast a mould. 

We have been working hard on time and statistics in maths. 

We have been practicing all week for the play and we can't wait to perform to our loved ones soon!

Week 3

The children have been busy bees 🐝 making pencil cases in DT, playing cricket for their PE enrichment and lots of practicing! Both year groups have also started their new topic Time in mathematics.

Week 2 - This week has been full of excitement as we visited Legoland! We have started to learn about spreadsheets in Computing. In PSHE we have been discussing our own ambitions and goals in life. 

Summer 2

Rehearsals are in full swing for our upcoming production Alice the Musical. 

Week 1 - In mathematics we are focusing on fractions in year 3 and money in Year 4. In PE we are playing rounders and athletics this term. In geography this week, we have learnt about mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes. The children have created fantastic models of volcanoes. Pictures to follow.

Day 3

The last day! So proud of you all! Well done for being superstars . 

Day 2

Today has been jam packed with lots of fun and incredible activities! So proud of Chestnut class for another great day out! Here’s what we’ve been up to!

14.05.2025

Day 1 

A fantastic start to our residential trip! The children completed a variety of team building games before they went in to start their activities. We are so proud of the way in which the children had a go and encouraged one another. The children are over the moon with their pods and have already begun decorating them with posters on kindness.

VE Day

To mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day we had a whole school picnic! It was lovely to enjoy the sunshine together!

06.05.25

This week has been fantastic so far! We have just been to Pipers Vale and the children have had such fun.

We’ve started our new history topic on singnificant local people today and are going to continue investigating further this week. 

25/04/25

We have had a fantastic start to our summer term this week! Well done for working so hard, I am super proud of you all!

We have been exploring a new text for the summer term ‘Journey’ by Aaron Becker. The children have produced factfiles on the authors and have created some insightful inferences and 3d story maps of the tale.

In maths we have been studying length and decimals. 

In PE we have started tennis and cricket.

Our science topic this week was on plants. We created detailed observations of celery sticks in food colouring and setting up a fair test we have been able to develop a deeper understanding of the different parts of a plant and how to care for them. The children have been busy today creating 3d models of these different parts of a plant using play dough. Here are some examples!

28.03.2025

This week has been very busy! The children have created their own moving vehicles and have designed intricate details which has made each one stand out! Well done Chestnut class!

20.03.25

This week the children had a very special samba treat!

The children have also been making fantastic free verse poems inspired by Joseph Coelho. More pictures are to follow!

07.03.25

A fantastic week filled with lots of amazing learning and potatoes to celebrate World Book Day!

3.3.25

The children had fun today joining ‘Global Tales of Nature’ for World Book Day.

13.02.25

This week in Chestnut we are painting in the style of Georgia O’Keefe and J.M.W. Turner!

31.01.25

We’ve had a super week in Chestnut! We have created blackout poetry based on our new text today with beautiful illustrations.Today the week was topped off by having an archery session! Great sportsmanship was shown to all. Well done!

24.01.25

This week in Chestnut class we have finished our Science topic on Rocks. The children showed great enthusiasm throughout the week and even brought in their own rocks and fossils!

In English we created our own alternative escape route from Pompeii for our main characters Tranio and Livia in Escape from Pompeii. The class have a fantastic imagination and enjoyed mind mapping and sharing these creative ideas with their partner and the class.

In PSHE we have been learning about borrowing money and its consequences. 

In mathematics we have been problem solving and focusing on word problems for multiplication and division. 

In PE we have been working on performing a dance routine as a spy!

17.01.2025

The week has whizzed by! The children have created a wonderful working wall on St Paul (otherwise known as Saul).

We have been exploring Pompeii and have found the archaeological site fascinating! We were lucky today as it has been announced on BBC News that an extraordinary discovery of a bathhouse has been excavated: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c15zgvnvk4do

We started our new Science topic on rocks this afternoon and the children were able to explore examples of basalt and quartz. We are looking forward to unearthing more knowledge next week!

The children are working incredibly hard in mathematics problem solving with both multiplication and division. We are also practicing the multiplication check regularly with Year 4 in preparation for June.

Wednesday 8th January 2025

This week has been very exciting thus far! We have just seen Sleeping Beauty in a theatre production and Chestnut class were so engaged with the performance! We are starting our new RE topic this week and we are going to be stepping back in time to 79 AD for our English lessons ...

Welcome back!

Listed below are the topics we will be covering this Spring half term:

RE - What difference did St Paul’s Christian conversion on the road to Damascus make?

Computing - Email and Branching

Science – Rocks 

Art – Painting

Geography - The water cycle and rivers

To be taught weekly – PSHE – Living in the Wider World – Money Matters, PE – Dance, Handball, Music – Compose with your friends, MFL – Les Instruments

In literacy we will be reading: 

Escape from Pompeii by Christina Balit

The Pebble in my Pocket: A History of our Earth by Meredith Hooper 

The River by Valerie Bloom

Moving forward - Please hand in homework on a Thursday.

Wishing you all a healthy and happy 2025!

Mrs Radley

4.12.24 

Today we began creating our very own vegan halloumi fajitas as we have been learning all about American food this week in DT. The first batch has made the school hall smell wonderful! We are also exploring shadows in Science and today the children explored what happens to light when a light source changes position. 

Here are some pictures from today!

29.11.24

This week in Chestnut class we have been having lots of fun! We finished our art topic on collage by producing a group collage in the style of Andy Warhol. We have also started our science topic on light and on Friday we conducted our first science experiment which involved coating some beads in suncream and some without to determine how strong the sun's UV rays can be. 

In English Chestnut class produced their own book of poems inspired by Brenda Williams 'The Coming of the Iron Man'.

In mathematics we have been focussing on multiplication and division for both year 3 and year 4. Year 4 have also finished their unit on perimeter and enjoyed exploring rectilinear shapes. 

We are looking forward to next week especially as we will be finishing our science topic and cooking delicious vegan fajitas!

22.11.24

This week we have been finishing our English text ‘The Iron Man’ and have created their own newspaper reports based on the battle in Chapter 5.

In mathematics Year 4 have been working on finding the perimeter of objects. Year 3 have finished their unit on subtraction and addition and have started our new unit on multiplication and division.

In PSHE we have been looking at how to manage different changes within their lives.

In PE we are expressing gratitude within our yoga sequences.

In art, we have explored different artists such as Henri Matisse, Francis Bacon and Pablo Picasso. We have been focused on collage and using distortion to create some interesting collage pieces.

6.11.24

The children have had a fantastic first week back! We have started our new topic in RE 'Why do Muslims call Muhammad the 'seal of the prophets?' We had a special visitor come in to discuss their muslim faith, and we created our own mosques in teams. 

We have begun our poetry week on war poems and creating recounts and cinquains based on 'Peace Lily'. 

In mathematics we have been focusing on addition and subtraction and recapping on prior knowledge from before half term. 

In PE we have started Yoga and Fundamentals. In PSHE we are thinking positive thoughts! We are also starting to explore feelings when we play.

25.10.2024

Well done Chestnut class for completing your first half term! This week we have been completing fabulous pieces of work including creating a house advertisement based on one of three archaeological sites.

In maths the Year 3 pupils have completed a unit on addition and subtraction. They have been working hard on exchanges. The Year 4 pupils have also been tremendous working with four digit numbers and equivalent sums.

Today we were lucky to have an enrichment day based on the Paralympic’s. The children were great sports cheering for all. 

18.10.2024

This week the children have created their own leaflets based on extinct animals including the woolly rhinoceros, sabre-tooth cat and great auk. In music we have been learning music to a waltz called 'Dance with me'. The children have also been learning how to touch type. In PE the children have been working hard at their agility and co-ordination. In mathematics we have been practicing lots of addition and subtraction with and without exchanges. Well done Chestnut class!

11.10.2024

This week the children have been exploring drawing and painting in art. We have looked at linear lines within feathers and shells, and intricate patterns in lace. We have also looked at concentric circles by Kandinsky, and the children have created our own interpretation by exploring pebbles within pebbles. 

The children have also created their second written piece of work for our writing wall.This time the children have looked at instructional writing. Their work is based on how to brush a cave lions teeth.... we had some incredible ideas on how to do just that including going to Tesco to buy meat flavoured toothpaste, they were carnivores after all! 

In maths the children have been investigating 4 digit numbers and addition and subtraction with two and three digit numbers. 

Looking forward to our computing topic next week on touch typing!

03.10.2024

This week we have finished our topic ‘Animals including humans’. The children have been investigating the role of our skeletons and today they learnt how muscles work. The children have created fab diary entries this week in their English, have been learning about addition, subtraction and negative numbers in maths and we are looking forward to starting our art topic tomorrow!

27.09.2024

The children have had a busy week finishing off their history topic and starting their new science unit on animals including humans. The children have been focusing on direct speech in English and have created stimulating conversations between Om and the boy in ‘Stone Age Boy’. In maths the children have been working on rounding, addition and subtraction. I was over the moon to see such wonderful homework creations based on Stonehenge. The children are so proud of their work and rightfully so! Here are their amazing creations of a significant monument in our historic landscape.

20.09.2024

Chestnut class have created their first writing pieces for our working wall! We have been reading our new book Stone Age Boy this week and have created a character and setting description based on one of two illustrations in the book. The children also shared some of the first prayers for our school prayer book today based on love and respect which can be found in the library. Well done for all of your hard work and enthusiasm, especially within our history lessons based on the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age.

13.09.2024

We have finished our first full busy week in Chestnut class!
 

The children created some brilliant, imaginative narrative poems inspired by ‘Dear Mrs Butler’, and titled ‘Dear Miss Jones’. We had a lot of fun creating these and making props to bring our poems to life!

In mathematics the children have continued to explore Place Value.
The children have also been engaging in practicing their times tables and have achieved terrific scores on Times Table Rock Stars! 

They have finished their first RE topic and have begun their first history lesson on the Stone Age - Iron Age. I was so impressed by their wonderful knowledge that was shared as we explored different artefacts including cave paintings. 

In PE they have been engaging in Tag Rugby and Fitness. 
 

Well done Chestnut Class!                                                                                06.09.24

The children have had a fantastic start to the school term! We have been working hard in all subjects.

This week we focused on Place Value for both year groups in mathematics.

The children have also been working on creating their own stanza's in the style of Allan Ahlberg's poem 'Excuses' during their Literacy lessons. 

One example from a Year 3 pupil:

'My homework has been stolen by a fox Miss.

My work has been put into someone's hat.

I got kidnapped Miss.

I found a key under the mat.' 

We have also started our RE topic and the children have had fun acting out stories from the Bible and investigating the differences between superheroes and Jesus.

Welcome back to school! I can't wait to be your teacher! 

Please read the document below to find out what we will be learning this Autumn.

Miss Jones