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Forres Primary, Stanstead Road, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire,
EN11 0RW
Year 3/4 Imagination
Welcome to Imagination Class!
Imagination staff
Yellena Inspired Artwork
Week Beginning 13th October 2025
Artwork inspired by Yellena James, using mixed media.
The children have been exploring mixing different media over the last few weeks. They have explored how different media cerates different effects. They then used this knowledge alongside some common shapes that the artis Yellena James created, to draw their own artwork. They started off by looking at plants and shapes of plants, making observational drawings. Then looking at Yellena James' artwork, the children noticed that there were an odd number of colours in each picture. The children started out by drawing a seed and expanding their imaginary plants, by using the shapes that appear in Yellena James' pictures.
Week Beginning 22nd September 2025
In Year 3 and 4, we have been focussing on using figurative language when describing the troll from 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'. We explored the difference between metaphors and similes when comparing features of the troll. In Maths, we have been using resources to explore how we can partition numbers beyond a thousand, looking at if we can do this flexibly as well. In Geography, we have identified the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, as well as, beginning to explore the latitude lines of the world. In RE, we looked at how we represent ourselves around different people and places. In Science, we learned why ultraviolet light can be dangerous to us if we do not protect ourselves.
Maths- Place Value- Working with hundreds, tens and ones. Children have explored making numbers up to 1000, using base ten, or place value counters. They have found different ways to represent these numbers. They chose to use bar models, part whole models, place value charts and number sentences. Children have spent time recaping some of their maths skills from last year, before extending this further. Children have remembered to use the word 'exchange' as a main piece of vocabulary for this theme. Children know that they can exchange 10 ones for one ten stick. They can exchange 10 ten sticks for a 100 block. They now also know, that they can exchange 10 one hundred blocks for 1 thousand cube.
English- Acting out The Three Billy Goats Gruff Story in groups
PE- Skipping skills- hoping, jumping, landing on one foot, landing on both feet, skipping through a hoop
Meet the teacher and school expectations
See Like an Artist- Looking at the shapes of objects to create pencil drawings. Children looked closely at the flowers, thinking about the shapes they might need to use, before sketching flowers from their 'vases'.
Week beginning 15th September 2025
The children have felt very settled into their new classrooms, even after just two weeks. So well done for all the focussing and determination to make the right choices, year 3 and 4. In English we have started looking at a new book. A twist on the fairy tale ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’. Children have been exploring the first couple of pages of text, as well as paying close attention to the detailed images, to inspire their sentence writing. In Maths, we continue with Place Value but looking at numbers up to 1000. Children have been looking at how many hundreds make one hundred and applying this knowledge to other hundred values. They are growing in confidence at reading any number up to 1000, and further. The children have been looking at different ways in which they can partition these numbers and represent them pictorially, manipulatively and written. In PSHE we have looked at what makes a good friend and a bad friend and in RE we have looked at the importance of water in the Hindu religion. For Geography, we have recapped naming continents and oceans and placed them onto a map. During PE, we continued with our themes of gymnastics and fundamental skills, through balancing on equipment, and developing skipping skills in a variety of different ways.
Year 3 & 4 have been focusing on settling into and the expectations of their new classroom. Children have shared summer holiday experiences, 2 birthdays already and started to create new friendships. In English they have been looking at the book 'In Our Hands'. The children have had lots of discussion about the theme of the story, asked questions about the story, written predictions and created two different illustrations relating to the book. In Maths, children have started recapping Place Value, starting with tens and ones. Children have also taken part in a gymnastics and fundamental skills PE lesson, exploring how to balance and combine a sequence of body balances and focus on using those balancing skills to hop, skip, jump and balance with a skipping rope. They have shown positive attitudes towards the start of the new term and have been very keen to get stuck into their learning. Children have chosen themselves a reading book and have read this with adults during the week. Don't forget that children have also been sent home with a copy of their TT Rock Stars login details. They have been asked to access this for a minimum of 5 minutes daily, alongside their daily reading at home. This is a great time to set new routines, so building a lovely home/school routine with daily reading, spelling practice and TT Rock Stars is a perfect way to continue their learning further. A great start to Year 3 and 4, keep it up.