Cedar Tree Class Blog
Cedar Tree week 13 - 13.06.25
It's been another great week in Cedar class. The highlight of our week was sports day on Wednesday - the children all tried their best and most of all had fun. Thank you to all of you that came to support - it was a lovely atmosphere.
In other news, we have been busy continuing with our reading of 'Stig and the Dump.' We reached quite a cliffhanger this week so we are keen to continue and see what happens next week. In maths we have been continuing to practise telling the time - we are still finding this tricky so any extra help at home would be helpful as this is a really important life skill.
In history we have continued with our topic learning on the Stone Age. This week we were looking at what life was like during the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods (whilst also trying hard to spell these tricky words!) We will be moving on the Neolithic next week before fast forwarding to the Bronze Age.
Have a lovely, sunny weekend and we will see you next week.
Mrs Ward and Miss Maher
Cedar Tree Class
Cedar Week 1 Autumn 2 w.e 10.11.23
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
Hello
What a fun week this week has been! From learning about healthy nutrition in Science to learning about Roman Numerals (1-12 in Year 3) and up to 1,000 with Year 4. We were surprised to hear they has no curvy numerals or a written numeral for 0! We used a variety of ways to learn about them but our favourite by far was the song.
In P.S.H.E, we have been using our Mindmate lessons to learn more about how to protect our mental health following Mrs Harris' assembly.
In our writing we are learning about newspapers (paper and online versions) and have enjoyed collecting facts about the raid on Lindisfarne by the Vikings in the 8th Century. As Historians, we have been learning about the end of the Anglo Saxon kings, the end of the Viking period in Britain and the subsequent start of the Norman period in 1066.
Health and Safety reminders:
- it is school's PE policy that for your child's safety and their peers that ideally earrings (unless newly pierced) are removed prior to coming to school preferably (or prior to the lesson if the child can remove them) on PE days (which includes swimming). Although children can wear plasters over their ears, these often fall off and increases the risk of injury which we would like to avoid. Thank you for your cooperation with this matter.
- if you know a different adult will be picking your child up, particularly from afterschool clubs which are run by different adults other than me as class teacher, please can you notify us in advance (via class email, office email, office telephone or verbally to us on the door in a morning). This is to ensure we can ensure safeguarding of your child at all times and there isn't a delay in us sending them home whilst we seek your permission. Thank you for your cooperation with this matter.
Year 4 - please make sure you have given permission via Parent Pay for your child to join us at the Spring residential, currently we have less than 25 permissions which means it is highly likely it will be cancelled . If you didn't receive your link please contact the office directly who can resend it to you. If you have concerns regarding the financial payments, don't worry - we just need your permission via Parent Pay at this stage and please talk to us in confidence about any concerns that you may have about your child's attendance.
Have a great weekend
Mr Dring
Cedar Week 8 Autumn 8 w.b 23.10.23
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
Hello All
Well that first half term seem to fly by although I think the children are definitely ready to recharge their creative batteries next week. I am so impressed with their enthusiasm for their learning all half term. They have worked extremely hard to publish their recounts of our trip to Viking Murton Park. We have also been practising their column addition and subtraction skills. Below is a link to a step by step guide for these maths techniques and also a link for past tense verbs e.g sneak/snook etc.
Column addition and subtraction methods
A lot of parents have asked about links to times table songs that might support children's learning. I've included some below that use tunes of popular songs. Please ensure you supervise your child's use of these as they are external sites and have the potential to include advertising or links not suitable for their age groups.
Several children and parents have said they have 'lost' items of clothing e.g P.E hoodies recently. Please ensure your child's clothing has their names in it and just check after it comes out of the wash that it doesn't have someone else's name in by mistake. Thank you to those who have returned clothing mistakenly picked up and taken home. The 5 unnamed hoodies and two unnamed coats that have been in our classroom for over 3 weeks are now in the office 'uncollected' box at the front of school.
Year 4 - please make sure you have given permission via Parent Pay for your child to join us at the Spring residential, currently we have less than 15 permissions which means we would unlikely be able to attend this memory making experience. If you didn't receive your link please contact the office directly who can resend it to you.
Enjoy the holiday - please stay safe (the poster below may help remind the children).
Mr Dring
Week 7 Autumn 2 Cedar w.b16.10.23
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
Hello
Thank to everyone who was able to make it to one of our Parents' Evenings this week - it really is great to see you and spend some quality time talking to you about your child. Also thank you for your patience if I wasn't quite to time for your appointment - I really appreciate it.
This week the have worked really hard on 'publishing' their first full recount in LKS2 - they have all shown great resilience and it's great to see the progress they are making when acting on their feedback and in such positive ways. Who knew we could get 'discombobulated' into a recount about a trip to a Viking village?!
We have had a class assembly this week to discuss how we can maintain and develop friendships. Please can I ask that children do not bring items in from home (unless asked to for a school purpose or birthday treats) as it has caused and can cause children to feel left out or upset when things get accidentally lost or broken and can't be replaced.
Apologies I didn't see you at school on Thursday - I was attending part 1 of 2 Swim Coach training sessions run by Leeds Active who provide our swimming lessons for Year 4. I'm looking forward to putting my new skills into action on Friday.
Have a safe, fun weekend
Mr Dring
Cedar Week 6 Autumn 1 w.b 09.10.23
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
Hello
This week we are continuing to explore the different bones in a variety of animals as part of our Science unit. The class 'glow in the dark skeleton' caused quite a stir on Tuesday morning! In writing, the children are mid way through drafting and editing their own recounts of our trip to Murton Park and these will soon some of these will be going on display in the corridor of school to celebrate their developing descriptive writing skills.
Year 3 and 4 both have free access to Timestable Rockstars to practise their mental maths skills. The Department for Education has just released the latest details for the Year 4 statutory Multiplication Timestable Check (M.T.C) that all eligible Year 4 children have to take in early 2024. They are given 25 onscreen timed questions from any timestable up to 12x12=144. They are given 6 seconds to read, answer and type their answer. This is a Department of Education requirement test that school administers on their behalf and we do practise with the children however we have found those that are most confident to answer the questions also practised at home previously.
Year 3 appear to be continuing to enjoy their weekly Cooking lessons and make us all hungry when they return with their creations.
Year 4 - please keep a look out for your child's Residential letter - it should have been sent by the time you read this blog. If you Haven't received it - please contact the school office. We will hold a residential meeting for you nearer the time, but if you have any questions or concerns do let us know as soon as possible so we can support your child in being able to attend this to create memories of a lifetime.
Thank you for helping your child practise the class common juicy mistakes. This week we have continued to practise our Year 3 and 4 spellings so I have included these again for your reference if your child would like to practise at home too.
200 Common Exception word spellings
I look forward to seeing you at parents' evening next week - please contact the school office if you haven't received your link yet.
Have a wonderful and happy weekend.
Mr Dring, Mrs Wakefield, Mr Fones, Mrs Sanderson
Cedar week 5 Autumn 1 w.b 02.10.23
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
Hello
This week we are exploring different descriptive writing devices such as expanded noun phrases. We will use these in our second piece of assessed writing - a recount of our trip to Viking Murton Park. Thank you for helping your child practise the class common juicy mistakes. This week we have found our Year 3 and 4 spellings trickiest so I have included these for your reference if your child would like to practise at home too.
200 Common Exception word spellings
Apologies if you have had issues using last week's link to our trip photos - the link below has been updated so it should now take you straight there.
Murton Park Photos 2023 Year 3 and 4
I look forward to seeing you at parents' evening soon - please contact the school office if you haven't received your link yet.
Have a delightful weekend.
Mr Dring, Mrs Wakefield, Mr Fones, Mrs Sanderson