Author Archives: Mrs Stones

Year 4 Need YOUR Ideas!

In Year 4, we have been working on making persuasive leaflets to go to Lister Park. We have learnt a persuasive text that will help us to write our own leaflet. Then we identified the Toolkit, so that we can imitate it and use … Continue reading

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Community Matters!

Last week in Year 4 we started a P.S.H.C.E. topic all about communities and our roles in them. We started by collaborating on a group brainstorm about the communities we belong to. We discovered that some communities are very small, … Continue reading

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Raeesa in 5SD makes the 100 Word Challenge Showcase!

Fantastic news for the writers at Miriam Lord! Raeesa in 5SD has had her entry in Week 26 of the 100 Word Challenge chosen and published on the actual 100 Word Challenge blog! Nearly 550 children entered the challenge that week and Raeesa’s work was chosen to … Continue reading

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Dragon Watch comes to Bradford!

Last week, Year 4 started their exciting new Literacy topic. We are learning about Non-Chronological Reports and we are using a great text called The Bradford Ridge-back. After reading the text, we thought of some actions to help us remember it. Then, … Continue reading

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Triple Success for our 100 Word Challenge Writers!

Amazing news! For the third time in a row, one of our writers at Miriam Lord has had her work chosen for the 100 Word Challenge Showcase. Muskaan in 4WS has had her entry in Week 23 of the 100 Word Challenge published … Continue reading

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Miriam Lord makes the 100 Word Challenge Showcase again!

  More great news for the writers at Miriam Lord. Amina in 4WS has had her entry in Week 22 of the 100 Word Challenge chosen and published on the actual 100 Word Challenge blog! Over 700 children entered the challenge that week … Continue reading

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4WS Go Bananas in their Pyjamas!

In Year 4 we had a great World Book Day. As a school, we decided to come to school in our pyjamas to encourage all of us at Miriam Lord to read at bedtime. We had a great time and lots … Continue reading

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Laiba in 4WS is in the 100 Word Challenge Showcase!

Fantastic news for Miriam Lord! Laiba in 4WS has had her entry in Week 21 of the 100 Word Challenge chosen and published on the actual 100 Word Challenge blog! Nearly 750, that’s right, 750 children entered the challenge that week and Laiba’s … Continue reading

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What makes Maths Marvellous?

To coincide with World Maths Day on 6th March, I thought I’d ask you to share what makes Maths marvellous for you. As an adult, I use Maths every day, even though I might not actually be teaching a Maths … Continue reading

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Learning all about Temperature in Year 4

In Year 4 we are learning about temperature. We have learnt a lot and in this post I am going to try and stretch my Distilling muscle to explain the most important parts of our new learning. First, we investigated what was … Continue reading

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