SMIRFS

This week we are starting to practice our SMIRFS maths. We are looking to see if you can answer the questions with speed (3 seconds to be exact!) Here are some maths games to help you practice doubling and halving.

 http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=dartboarddoublesandhalves
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/media/games/doubling/

Tom's Midnight Garden

This week we have been writing our own version of Tom's Midnight Garden where he meets an ancient centurion in the magical garden. Here are some pictures of our class acting out what happens when the two characters meet! Can anybody remind me of some top tips for acting? Comment below!

Revolting Romans!!

For the next few weeks we are going to be learning lots of amazing facts about the Romans. Did you know that the Roman soldiers had to stay in the army for at least 25 years?! That's a very long time to be marching for! Find out more facts from this website. Can you add your own facts by commenting below?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/romans/

Welcome to the Brain Boxes Blog!

We are very excited to be starting year four and are already working really hard at learning new skills and developing the one's we learnt in year 3. This week we have been looking at rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000. Below is a link to a brilliant rounding game we have been playing in class...I wonder how many missions you can complete? Can you remember our rounding top tips to help?

http://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/275/Rounding_Crystal_Crash