4 Pine
Welcome to 4 Pine!
Welcome to the class page for 4 Pine.
This page will give you an insight into the fun and exciting things we are currently learning about.
In 4 Pine we are ready, respectful and safe.
We also make sure that we stick to our school Motto of 'Dream Big and Dare to Fail'. We do this by showing how resilient we are and proving to everyone in school that we won't give up no matter how hard work gets.
Staff
In 4 Pine you are taught by Miss Cooling.
On Wednesday and Thursday afternoons you are taught by Mrs Hogarth.
Important Information
Our P.E days are Mondays and Fridays.
It is important to keep hydrated throughout the school day so we have a bottle of fresh water in the classroom with our names on. We have water fountains in school to refill these when needed.
In 4 Pine we take home library books that can be changed bi-weekly and any reading at home can be logged on Boom reader (see link below).
Key dates
Tuesday 22nd April - Children back in school after Easter break
Tuesday 29th/Wednesday 30th April : Parents Evening
Monday 5th May - Bank Holiday - school closed
Monday 12th May: Year 6 SATs week
Monday 12th May: Mental Health Awareness week
Monday 26th May - Friday 30th May: Half Term
Monday 2nd June - Year 4 times table check week
Friday 18th July - Break up for summer holiday
This half term we will be learning ...
English
As part of our English, we take part in daily guided reading lessons. This half term, we are reading the story 'Beasts of Olympus' by Lucy Coats, and 'Icarus was Ridiculous' by Pamela Butchart. We will be practicing different reading skills and learning about the different vocabulary in the stories.
In Writing, we will be working on writing stories and non-fiction pieces about Greek Mythology. Our first book is 'Leo and the Gorgon's Curse'. We will be writing sentences retelling this story, and also using it to help us write our own Greek Myth.
Maths
In Maths, this half-term, we will be working on Decimals.
To help our Maths we will be using Times Tables Rockstars and the Rekenrek!
It is important that we practice our time tables every day, as we take the time table check this year.
We are also going to use this topic to work in STEM by creating our own catapults.
Author Focus
Our Author Focus is: Joe Todd-Stanton
Joe Todd-Stanton grew up in Brighton and studied at UWE Bristol, receiving a first class degree in Illustration. Joe has been commissioned to work for clients such as Oxford University Press, Usborne Publishing and Aquila magazine.
What inspires your work?
I normally find inspiration through reading or conversations. It’s rare that I get a fully-formed image in my mind but I will read about something strange that interests me and I will research it to see if anything grabs my attention. Normally by the time I have finished the work it has complete changed from the thing that influenced it but I think that is what makes it interesting.
Tell us a bit about your process…
I try and keep plenty of sketch books and fill them up with weird characters and life drawings so when it comes to making an actual piece of work or commission I already should have a few relevant drawings and I’m not just starting from scratch. Once I have a finished drawing I use Photoshop to colour and tweak things around.
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