No end to our talent in Year 4!

 

We were all very excited today, awaiting the arrival of Mr. Penfold for our first brass lesson! We were introduced to our instruments (I have a trumpet!) and instructed how to look after it and not to fiddle with it if something is not right - Mr. Penfold will fix it! The children were transfixed, amused and excited - we have to practice, with the mouth piece only, making a siren sound, saying/blowing "tu tu" into it and trying to blow a tune of our choice (using the "tu tu" technique). The way to get a sound is to purse your lips and blow a raspberry, but NOT to puff out your cheeks!!!!
My neighbours will love me 0 I don't know about yours? I'm sure, with the wealth of talent in Year 4, sweet melodies will drift out of our class room before long!

Spellings and x tables went home in book bags today - choose one spelling list to learn - homophones! The children should have circled the x table they are learning for next Friday - A BIG WELL DONE to all of you who tried your very best to learn spellings and x tables this week - they were tricky words!

Still time over the week end to write your play time warden letters and hand them in for an extended dead line of Monday morning!

Request: If any one has any childrens books that they no longer read or want, and that are in fairly good condition and age appropriate, then we would love them in school for our class reading area ( or if you have any appropriate for lower year groups they would appreciate them too!) We are in the process of creating exciting, inviting, inspiring and cosy reading corners in each class.

Thanks, have a great and tuneful week end!!!!!

Year 4 Team :-)