In Science, children have been learning about electricity. This week's focus was on constructing an electrical circuit. Pupils learnt how electricity can flow from one place to another and the objects needed to create a circuit. 

In Geography, we have been learning about Japan. This week the lesson focussed on learning about the climate and the effect the air mass has on our climate and weather.

In History, we have been learning about the Great Plague, discussing how the plague started, the number of deaths and the symptoms that the plague caused.

This week has been a busy week, with pupils also completing their summer assessments.

In Geography, we started our unit of work on Japan. The pupils learnt about the four small islands and located these on a map alongside Tokyo and Mount Fuji.

In History, we have been continuing our learning about The Stuarts, where this week's lessons focussed on Oliver Cromwell and the 'moral laws' he introduced. The pupils had to create lists based on the things that made him a hero and the things that made him a tyrant.

In English, we wrote an independent write focussed on 'The Plague of Eyam'

In English, we have been plotting our narrative map, planning and writing our play script. Children have recapped the skills that we had previously learnt in our sentence stacking lessons.

In Maths, we have continued our learning of fractions with reasoning and problem-solving questions. Children then moved onto mass and capacity, where they looked at measuring mass in grams. 

In computing, children have been learning to edit images using crop, rotate, brightness and colour.

In R. E, we have recapped the Eightfold Path that Buddhists believe in. As a class, we made a list of 10 things that are causing problems in the world. Some children worked in groups and some worked independently where they had to create an ideal world – a world with no suffering, by considering the needs of humans and animals. The children had to consider the following questions.

• How would people treat each other?
• What sort of jobs would there be?
• What entertainments would there be?
• How would you make sure people had enough food and health care?
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In our English lessons we have been looking at 'The Plague in Eyam'. Children have been looking at our sentence stacking lessons where pupils have had to ask questions and describe the swellings and rashes. 

In our grammar lessons we have looked at using a or an in sentences identifying which one to use correctly.

In Maths, we have been continuing our learning with fractions where we have been converting improper fractions to mixed numbers using our timetables knowledge to support our learning.

In PSHE, we have been discussing memories and reasons as to why we may no longer see someone. As part of this lesson, the children had an image of Tammy, who was a dog that Jigsaw Jaz had sadly lost due to an illness. The children had to design something for Jigsaw Jaz to put in a memory box that gave him a memory of Tammy.

In English, we looked at a play called 'The Plague comes to Eyam'. Pupils had the opportunity to explore and research Eyam as well as act out the play script. Pupils had to discuss the shapes in the play script and identify them. 

In PSHE, we began our topic on relationships and pupils discussed what jealousy is and the reasons behind why somebody may be jealous. Pupils had scenarios where they discussed ways to problem-solve situations and manage jealousy so it doesn’t result in unhelpful behaviour.

In Maths, we looked at equivalent fractions, counting beyond one and looking at understanding the relationship between division and multiplication with fractions. 

In R.E we looked at our new enquiry question, which was 'What is the best way for a Buddhist to lead a good life?' In groups, pupils shared ideas in different situations about the different choices people could make and the consequences of their actions.

We have had a very exciting event take place this week. Years 3 and 4 had an Ancient Rome experience day when they got to learn about the artefacts used, look at Roman coins and design their own ones. They had the opportunity to create posters based on recruiting soldiers and whether they would keep or give away the treasure that was left. They also had the opportunity to wear Roman armour, look at weapons and experience what it would have been like.

In English, we have been planning and writing our own poems based on strength and resilience. Pupils have had to think of a repeated phrase they would use throughout. 

In Science, we looked at the ear. Pupils had to draw a picture of the ear, label the key parts of the ear and write step-by-step instructions about how the ear works to help us hear sound.