Exploring how to live the Ashram way of life in Year 4
In writing we have been writing a balanced argument discussing the advantages and disadvantages of living the Ashram of peaceful and sustainable living....
In writing we have been writing a balanced argument discussing the advantages and disadvantages of living the Ashram of peaceful and sustainable living....
In Maths we have become fraction experts. We have been learning about equivalent fractions, improper fractions, adding and subtracting fractions. Here are some examples of Mikel and Marilyn's fantastic work!...
We published our magnificent newspaper reports about waste found in the Ashram village based on our topic book 'Be the Change'. We explored formal language, wrote two sections of the report based on a plan and worked with our partners to edit and improve our...
We have been unpicking the features in newspaper articles to help us write our own news articles based on the book ‘Be the Change’ A Grandfather Gandhi story. We created a colour key and found he features in articles about sustainability....
We have explored a range of newspaper articles to prepare us for writing our own based on our topic book 'Be the Change'. Our articles will be about finding waste around the Ashram Village which is a terrible crime as one of the vows the...
We have been focusing on mindfulness and being aware of our emotions and behaviours. We have been using our calm me script and chime at the beginning of PSHE to bring awareness to our minds and bodies. We have also used our tune in Tuesday...
We have been loving our science topic 'Animals and their Habitats'. We used our researching skills to make comparisons about flowering and non-flowering plants. Did you know the key difference is flowering plants release seeds to reproduce and most non-flowering plants reproduce with spores? We...
In Maths we have been investigating the laws of distributivity and the commutative law in multiplication. We used counters to fine factor pairs for different numbers....
We have loved reading 'Father' by Grahame Baker-Smith this week. We have been exploring character inferences and themes from the story. This week, we have been writing letters in the perspective of the boy to his father after he has left to go to war....
We have made an excellent start to the new year! In English we are looking at the story 'FArTHER' by Grahame Baker Smith. We started off our topic by using expanded noun phrases to describe the characters within the story. We are starting to write...