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Oyster Shell Class Weekly News

Friday 14th March 2025

Oyster class had a fantastic afternoon making their dragon eyes from clay. We cannot wait for them to dry so we can paint them using metallic paints - watch this space!

Friday 7th March 2025

Oyster class have been working hard to learn their multiplication facts using our 'Going for Gold' facts as well as practising retrieving facts previously learned. We are definitely getting quicker!

Monday 24th February 2025

Last term in computing we learnt about stop bit animation.

Please click on the animation link below to see our work.

Friday 14th February 2025

We have thoroughly enjoyed our gymnastics sessions this half term! This week, we worked together to make a sequence which included balances, rolls and jumps.

Friday 7th February 2025

Oyster class have been learning about the Roman army in their history lessons so thought it would be fun to draw their own Roman soldier!

Friday 31st January 2025

Year 4 had a visit from a STEM ambassador from UK Power Networks to talk to year 4 about electricity. It was a great opportunity to recap our learning from the Autumn term! Thank you to Mr Blackwell for organising the visit.

Friday 17th January 2025

Children in Oyster class have been sharing their achievements with their peers. It has been wonderful to hear all about their hobbies, trophies and awards!

Friday 10th January 2025

Oyster class visited Stansted Airport's Aerozone this week and enjoyed learning about the history of the airport as well as having the opportunity to take part in a variety of STEM activities.

Friday 13th December 2024

Oyster class had a lovely time with their reading buddies from Clownfish class. They were able to show year 1 their recent D.T. light up picture as well as having some quality reading time!

Friday 6th December 2024

This week, our Year 4 students had their very first rehearsal for the much-anticipated Christmas production: “Lights, Camel, Action!” With creativity, laughter and a sprinkle of Christmas spirit, our talented young stars will soon be ready to dazzle us all! We can’t wait to see the joy and talent shine through in their performances.

Friday 29th November 2024

As part of our in science about states of matter, we used the laptops to find out the melting points of different materials.

Friday 22nd November 2024

This week, year 4 started their new unit of maths all about area. We used counters and different units to estimate how much space shapes took up. 

Friday 15th November 2024

In science, we have been learning about states of matter. We acted as particles to show the difference in solids, liquids and gases!

Friday 8th November 2024

As part of LNSPS Black History Month competition, we had some fabulous posters produced in Oyster class!

Friday 25th October 2024

In Oyster class this week, we enjoyed a 'hot-seating' activity to get into the role of Hogarth - a character from our class text 'The Iron Man'. This helped us when writing a diary in the first person and helped us to empathise with how he would be feeling.

Friday 18th October 2024

Oyster class loved visiting the book fair this year and were keen to have the opportunity to read and share some new books!

Friday 11th October 2024

Oyster class had a wonderful time at the beach on Monday taking part in a variety of activities linked to our class text The Iron Man.

We enjoyed writing some poems, practised our sketching, made Iron Man sculptures in the sand and even had a chance to do some metal detecting!

Friday 4th October 2024

This week, Oyster class worked in groups to examine a variety of maps!

Friday 27th September 2024

As part of our work based on our class text, Year 4 used a 'Conscience Alley' to explore Hogarth's dilemma - should he trap the Iron Man? Children thought of persuasive arguments to help Hogarth to make a decision!

Friday 20th September 2024

Year 4 have been enjoying their first tennis lesson in the sunshine this week. Children practised their racket and ball control and worked co-operatively with others.

Friday 13th September 2024

In maths this week, we have started learning about place value of 4-digit numbers. We have been working hard with our learning partners!

Friday 12th July 2024

We have been having fantastic fun upcycling old t-shirts as part of our topic about sustainability! We looked at tie-dye techniques and then had a go ourselves. The results were great!

Friday 28th June 2024

This week, our Year 4 girls visited WHSG for a 'Taster Day' where they experienced lessons including; a debate, maths and music as well as a tour of the school.

Friday 14th June 2024

Oyster class thoroughly enjoyed their time browsing the various stalls during the Year 6 Enterprise week!

Friday 7th June 2024

Just before half term, the children in Oyster class had a fabulous time making their own bread rolls. Some children added their own ingredients to make them even tastier!

Friday 24th May 2024

Year 4 enjoyed visiting the book fair where they selected books to read and share with their peers. 

Friday 17th May 2024

Oyster class have been enjoying a new book 'The Great Kapok Tree', a tale about the Amazon rainforest. We have been discussing reasons for and against chopping a tree down and then completed a conscience alley to put their ideas forward as persuasively as possible.

Friday 10th May 2024

Oyster class have been looking at playscripts this week and had the opportunity to work in groups to rehearse and perform a short play! 

Friday 3^rd May 2024

This week in science, we started our new topic about living things and their habitats. We sorted organisms into their habitats and looked at how they were adapted to living in their environment.

Friday 26th April 2024

Oyster class had a fabulous time on their residential at Skreens Park this week. Children took part in a sensory trail, bridge building, wheelchair obstacle as well as low ropes and archery!

Friday 15th March 2024

This week we have been using clay to create dragon eyes. 

Friday 8th March 2024

We loved dressing up on World Book Day. Thank you to everyone for making such an effort. 

Friday 2nd February 2024

Oyster Class enjoyed making their Roman mosaic tiles this week. They look great! They will be grouting them next week to finish them off.

Friday 26th January 2024

Oyster Class have had a great time learning about the Romans this week! We played games, saw lots of Roman artefacts and learnt lots of facts about the Roman emperors.

Friday 19th January 2024

This week Oyster class have been learning about Roman mosaics. They have designed their own mosaics to start creating them next week!

Friday 12th January 2024

Oyster Class have presented to the class and discuss something they are proud of. We have some very talented children.

Friday 8th December 2023

This week in maths, we have been learning our times tables and discovered some useful tips to help us remember some of the trickier tables. Lots of us have been using our fingers for quick recall of the 9x tables. Ask your child to explain it to you!

Friday 1st December 2023

In science this week, we used our observation skills to investigate the melting point of different materials. In geography we discovered how earthquakes occur and practised the ‘Drop, Cover, Hold’ earthquake drill!

Friday 24th November 2023

In design technology lessons, we enjoyed applying our science knowledge about electricity to create a picture which included a light and switch. Some of us also added a motor to make part of our picture move! The results were fantastic.

Friday 10th November 2023

In our P.E. lessons, we have started netball where we have been learning to develop passing and moving and play within the footwork rule.

Friday 3rd November 2023

As part of our commitment to inspire the pupils at LNSPS, Year 4 had an exciting trip to Stansted Airport’s ‘Aerozone’ this week where our pupils were able to access a range of educational materials and activities focusing on STEM, careers in aviation and the history of Stansted Airport. We all had great fun and enjoyed the fantastic activities on offer. We also had the opportunity to go to the viewing platform to watch aeroplanes landing and taking off!

Friday 20th October 2023

We enjoyed visiting the book fair and writing our own chapter ending this week! It was great to use some of our exciting sentences and vocabulary to complete our writing and then have the opportunity to share the work with our peers.

Friday 13th October 2023

Our Year 4, Iron Man inspired, beach trip was a success. We enjoyed a variety of activities including poetry, sketching, metal detecting and sculpting. Here are some examples of our team work in action.

Friday 6th October 2023

On Wednesday afternoons, we enjoy French, computing and music lessons. This week In ICT, we used our coding skills.

Friday 29th September 2023

As part of our learning about electricity, we investigated what materials are electrical conductors or insulators.

Friday 22nd September 2023

We have been working really hard in our maths lessons this week and concentrating on using our place value grids to help us to find 1, 10, 100 and 1000 more or less. We used place value counters to help us with our work. In English lessons, we have been looking at balanced arguments in preparation for writing our own based on our class text The Iron Man.

Friday 15th September 2023

This week In Oyster class, we have been learning about place value in 4-digit numbers. We used the base 10 equipment to represent different numbers. In English, we have been enjoying our class text The Iron Man and discussed if Hogarth should trap the Iron Man using a ‘conscience alley’! 

Friday 8th September 2023

Oyster had great fun and tested their perseverance and willpower trying to make an origami penguin.