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  • 6th February 2026

    Published 06/02/26, by Natasha Maxwell
    The class has survived a long week. They were excellent representatives of St Marys on Tuesday at Young Voices. It was a joy to take them and see all their hard work pay off. In English we have been hugging the model text. During our sha
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  • Friday 30th January

    Published 30/01/26, by Natasha Maxwell
    This week has been packed with creativity, thinking, and learning across the curriculum. In English, we applied our setting toolkit to describe a grand, Victorian-style kitchen. We boxed up the model text, planned our own versions, created a
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  • Friday 23rd January 2026

    Published 23/01/26, by Natasha Maxwell
    This week in English, we have continued learning our model text and analysing it using our settings toolkit. The children answered a range of questions about the text, making sure to respond in full sentences. They then wrote a descriptive parag
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  • Friday 16th January

    Published 16/01/26, by Natasha Maxwell
    In English, we have continued to explore our model text, which skilfully blends historical fiction with rich setting description. We focused on key elements from our writing toolkit, including fronted adverbials of time, using weather to create
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  • 9th January

    Published 11/01/26, by Natasha Maxwell
    What a fantastic first few days back it has been! It has been lovely to hear all about the children’s holiday adventures and see how enthusiastically they have settled back into school life. In English, we launched our new model text wi
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  • 12th November

    Published 15/12/25, by Natasha Maxwell
    Friday 12th December 2025 The end of another busy and rewarding week! Thank you to everyone who met with me during Parent Consultations. It was a pleasure to share and celebrate the children’s fantastic work and progress. English This w
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  • 5th December

    Published 05/12/25, by Natasha Maxwell
    Friday 5th December 2025 What a Roman-packed week we’ve had! The children have thrown themselves into our Roman activities with enthusiasm. They designed and created their own mosaic tiles, learnt to play a traditional Roman game called N
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  • 28th November

    Published 28/11/25, by Natasha Maxwell
    English - This week we have been analysing the ‘Cloud Goblins’ model text to spot the non-chronological report toolkit including: subheadings, relative clauses, coordinating conjunctions, rhetorical questions, parenthesis and generalisers
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  • 21st November

    Published 21/11/25, by Natasha Maxwell
    Maths this week has had a Multiplication and Division focus. We looked at the 6, 9 and 7 times tables. We looked for patterns: noticing that every multiple of 6 is a multiple of 3, but not all multiples of 3 are a multiple of 6, if you add the
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  • 14th November

    Published 14/11/25, by Natasha Maxwell
    Friday 14th November We have had a busy and productive week in Year 4, filled with creativity, curiosity and fantastic learning across the curriculum. English - In English, we have been focusing on learning our Cloud Goblin model text
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  • 7th November

    Published 07/11/25, by Natasha Maxwell
    It has been a great first week back after half term! In English, we have started our new Talk for Writing topic on non-chronological reports. Our model text, which we have begun to learn, is all about Cloud Goblins! To hook us into
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  • 17th October

    Published 17/10/25, by Natasha Maxwell
    In English, we finished hugging the text to create our own versions of the model story. After completing our writing, we worked in pairs to edit our drafts, reading sentences aloud and suggesting improvements for punctuation, spelling, and
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  • 10th November

    Published 10/10/25, by Natasha Maxwell
    As we reach the end of another busy week in Year 4, it has been wonderful to see so many children putting great effort into improving their handwriting. They have been focusing on neat presentation and legibility — and the results are really sh
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  • 3rd October

    Published 04/10/25, by Natasha Maxwell
    In English, we have been ‘Boxing Up’—the planning stage of our writing. We studied the structure of our model text and then mapped out each paragraph in line with the events that took place. As part of National Poetry Day, we tho
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  • 26th September

    Published 04/10/25, by Natasha Maxwell
    In English we have been analysing the model text, looking out for the parts of the toolkit: 2 adjective clauses, similes, dialogue to show character, power of 3 and powerful verbs. The children know the model text so well. In Maths&
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  • 19th September

    Published 04/10/25, by Natasha Maxwell
    We have reached the end of another busy and exciting week! In English, we continued exploring our model text. Through short bursts of writing, the children have been crafting sentences rich in vocabulary. We also completed a reading comprehen
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  • 12th September

    Published 04/10/25, by Natasha Maxwell
    This week in English we had a very exciting surprise! On Monday morning, Mrs Palmer rushed into our classroom carrying a metal detector. Attached was a mysterious note that read: “Go to the place the secrets are kept.” Following
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  • 5th September

    Published 04/10/25, by Natasha Maxwell

    Welcome to Year 4

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