Bar models in Maths helped to show our understanding of how to calculate a fraction of a whole number. Well done!
Staff
Information
Learning
Year 4 Learning
Miss Dyson
4.1 Falcon Class
Mrs Holman
4.2 Kestrel Class
Middle Years Phase Leader
Middle Years Phase Leader
Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
Leader in Me
For the first 8 days of the Autumn term we have been introducing all the children to the 7 habits and our new whole school project: The Leader in Me.
Please see the link to our daily newsletters which introduced parents to each habit and our celebration day on Friday.
We are seeking to teach children that they are the leader of themselves and with the 7 habits they can become leaders of others.
https://www.queenemmaschool.org.uk/parent-information/important-information/letters-newsletters
Nursery, Reception, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
Pond
We were so excited to see the fire brigade coming to help up fill up our pond! Some of us even got to wear the fire fighter’s helmet and jacket! A great big thank you to the Cambridge fire service.
Event, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
Arts Festival
On Tuesday 2nd July, Queen Emma enjoyed an Arts Festival where all classes enjoyed a mix of art, English and musical activities. We had a great day (as you can see by the pictures below).
Nursery enjoyed a musical sessions with Rat-a-Tat and lots of outdoors activities. Reception and KS1 listened to local group Shake, Rattle and Roll who brought a range of exciting musical instruments in. Year 1 also had an amazing morning working together to paint outside. Year 2 created some weird and wonderful magical potions and investigated ‘The Air we Breathe.’
KS2 enjoyed a musical performance from members of St John’s Choir. Year 3 also loved a recorder workshop and made beautiful natural clay faces. Year 4 decorated tiles with stunning Islamic patterns and Year 5 made origami to hang in school. Year 6 enjoyed a performance from The King’s Men at Queen Edith before making dreamcatchers.
Special thanks must go to volunteers from the community who came in to run some of the activities. It was greatly appreciated and the whole day was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
KS2 Sports Day
We were very proud of all of our children in KS2 who took part in our sports afternoon on Friday 28th June. Everyone demonstrated great sportsmanship,determination and teamwork skills, which made it a very enjoyable afternoon for all.
Huge congratulations to Hawking house who were victorious with 775 points.
Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
Hoodwinked
What a wonderful show! Congratulations to Musical Theatre Club who entertained their friends and families with a wonderful performance of ‘Hoodwinked’ on Tuesday 4th June.
Year 4
Cross Stitching
Year 4 are embarking on a cross stitching project this half term. We have designed a bookmark, and have just begun to practise the stitches we need to successfully complete it. It is all looking sew good!
Year 4
Line Graph Activities
The Year Fours have been busy using their maths skills in statistics to create line graphs based on activities they designed themselves. Fantastic effort!
Year 4
Inference
Inference skills were shared and practised in groups before trying them independently.
Year 4
I-Pad Animation
We have practised our I-Pad animation with some lovely results.
Year 4
Fractions and Decimals
Throughout last term we found ways to show equivalencies between fractions and decimals.
We used computers to consolidate our understanding of combining decimal numbers to make 1.
Year 4
Art
In art, we practised our parallel lines before attempting perspective art.
Year 4
Robot Workshop
We put our understanding of computers into practise when we were visited by experts in robotics. In small groups, we constructed our robot, then coded it to make it move! An amazing morning!
Year 4
Maths
Year 4
Book Week
During Book Week Falcon Class had the opportunity to perform some of their ideas about our class book. Well done performers! At the end of Book Week we all enjoyed our final reading with a little cookies and milk. It was a perfect way to finish off an exciting week!
Year 4
Burglar Alarms
For D&T we have started to think about a design for our burglar alarm. We have created a classroom layout and have identified areas where our alarm could be located.
Year 4
Animation
In year four, we have been using Purple Mash to develop our own animation. Have a look at some of our creations!
Year 4
Fractions
We have been focusing on fraction work in year four. Our fractions-in-action has included a game to help us recognise the numerator and denominator for all fractions. Lovely partner work!
Year 4
Financial Responsibilities
In year four we have focused on financial responsibilities. We can understand how people spend their money on different things, so we set a challenge for groups. They were to discuss and decide on some possibilities for what to spend £10 on. We had some very enthusiastic discussions! Well done all!
Year 4
Story Maps
The year 4’s have been using story maps and dictionaries to help support their learning in English. Well done!
Year 4
Music
In music, we put into practise our understanding of the pentatonic scale by using just 5 notes to work out the tune for a song we had learnt. We then played it on the glockenspiels as the class sang along! What fun!
Year 4
The Golden Age of Islam
In year 4, we have been focusing on “The Golden Age of Islam.” Here, we have focused on the 5 pillars of Islam and what they mean.
Year 4
Art
We used our understanding of area to create mosaic patterns. We created a template with pencil first, before using square paper “tiles” to recreate the pattern on paper. Gorgeous designs!
Year 4
Maths
Our practical application of area had the year 4’s calculating tile squares down the corridor! Well done!
Year 4, Year 5
Adapted Multi Sport Competition
Four children from our school took part in the annual Primary Adapted Multi Sport PLUS Competition which took place with school children from across the Cambridge & South Cambs School Sports Partnerships.
The morning was full of activity and excitement with children competing in pairs as they rotated around four different sports: Polybat, Boccia, Table Cricket and New Age Kurling. For many of the children this was their first experience of representing their school and taking part in competitive sport so the event was very much about the children having an enjoyable experience and trying out some new sports, with an element of competition added in. The points from each activity were added together to give each pair a total and determine the winners.
Year 4
Cricket
This half term the year 4’s are enjoying honing their skills in cricket. With the help of a coach, we are learning some techniques to help practise and understand the game a bit more. Well done!
Year 4
Music
The year 4’s have been learning about pentatonic scales and some songs with that in mind. In our initial lesson, we practised one such song and accompanied it with various instruments.
Year 4
Calligraphy
We have started to think about the Golden Age of Islam. By looking at art in Mosques, we spotted calligraphy as part of the decorative touches that can be found there. We tried our own calligraphy by writing our names in Arabic!
Year 4
Factor Bugs
In maths, we took time to review multiplication facts, including factors of different numbers. We complete “factor bugs” to help represent factors of these numbers.
When we finished factor bugs, we put our understanding into practise by playing a game designed to test us on our knowledge of the factors we discussed.
Year 4
English
In English, we used the picture book “Quest” to discuss our ideas of features of a quest story. We shared our thoughts and created a list we then referred to throughout the week.
Year 4
I-Pad Challenges
We had the opportunity to use the ICT suite this week to look at coding within the Purple Mash programme. At the end of the week we used what we learnt to complete I-Pad challenges. Fantastic work!
Year 4
Atlases
We have used Atlases to help with understanding our own geographical area as well as those surrounding us.
Year 4
Quest Stories
We have been looking at Quest stories and developing our ideas through partner work and idea sharing.
Year 4
Calculation
Looking and noting the various methods for calculation and proving our ideas has helped when focusing on multiplication and division facts.
Year 4
Paper Mechanisms
Our paper mechanisms allowed us to design books based on our topic of study. By practising first, we were able to create a spring mechanism, an open the flap example, and a pull and push model for our books.
Year 4
Performance
We used performance to develop tableaus based on Robert Falcon Scott’s Diary entries. This helped us with our later writing.
Event, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
Cross Country Championship
The children in KS2 had a fantastic morning at Netherhall taking part in the annual Cambridge CSSP Cross Country Championship! The key theme of this year’s event was ‘determination’ and the Queen Emma team certainly were determined! We were so proud of all who took part. We look forward to returning again next year!
Year 4
Explorer Posters
We looked at some different explorers we will concentrate on throughout the term. We discussed some important details about each before making our own posters. Fabulous work!
Year 4
Falcon Class Assembly
Falcon Class was very excited to perform their class assembly for friends and family. We had an amazing response to our efforts, all down to the work put in at home. Thank you all who helped to make the performance outstanding.
Year 4
Perimeters
We worked in groups using squares to find the design which would give the biggest and smallest perimeter. Great cooperation and communication was used throughout the activity.
Year 4
Maths
In maths, we practised our number-line work by creating different numbers using place value charts, and then ordering them.
Year 4
Football
A full football practise! We put or skills together to have some mini football activities based on the skills practised throughout the term.
Year 4
Adverts
We began looking at adverts and found key features in them and named them. We then created our own advert based on our own product and used the same features in our own written texts. Fantastic work!
Year 4
Roman Day
The year fours had an amazing “Roman Day” to finish off Last term. We dressed as Romans, had a Roman feast and practised some Roman Army formations. A brilliant day for all!
Year 4
Natural Sculptures
October
In art we continued to look at Andy Goldsworthy and his environmental art. With the items brought from home, we created our own natural sculptures.
Year 4
Classification
October
In science we looked at classification. We designed our own questions to help classify animals.
Year 4
PE
October
We combined our year 4 classes to practice some football drills in PE. We looked at handling and control of the ball. During our indoor PE lesson we have been working on balance. It is all in preparation for our gymnastic competition at the end of this half term.
Year 4
Maths
September
We worked together to place numbers on a number line in Maths. We then discussed our reasoning. We also worked together to create numbers from different digits and then order them.
Year 4
English
September
For English, we worked in a group to select the writing features of our model text. This helped us to recognise important elements to include in our own writing.
Year 4
Place Values
September
We have been settling into the year 4 routines. In maths we spent some time working in groups to think about place value.
Year 4
Class Rules
September
We worked together in groups and then as a class to choose 5 rules for our year 4 classroom. We enjoyed sharing some of our ideas with the class
We have created some spaghetti art! After looking at examples of art from Andy Goldsworthy, we made our own using some of his techniques.
Year 4
I-Pads
September
We had an opportunity to use I-pads and think about coding. We followed instructions to direct a sprite to move in different ways.
Year 4
Roman Research
September
We have done some research with the computers. In ICT we logged onto the computers before finding our research page about Romans. This has helped to work towards a topic-based word mat for us to use throughout the term.