When Cludge met Varjak...

In reading 'Varjak Paw' this week, we met a new character: Cludge.

Cludge is a dog, and is described in the story at 'black and bristly, almost as big as a man. Its mouth was full of pointed yellow teeth which dripped with drool.'

4N wrote about the first time Cludge met Varjak Paw, from Cludge’s perspective. Enjoy:

Night time. Cludge walk in alleys. No friends with Cludge. Me lonely. Sad Cludge.

Cludge see cats! Cludge not scared. Go scare cats! Chase, like cars.

Cludge see cats in fight. Small dirty cat need help. Cludge save cat! All run away from Cludge. Dirty cat stay.

Oops! Cludge knock cat out. Blood. Cat ok? Look… cat wake up! Cludge sorry.

Cat talk to Cludge. He nice. Name Varjak. He say “Help me, Cludge.”

We go to save family. Cludge happy! Cludge, Varjak friends!

4N Explores Local Neighbourhood

4N became local geographers Thursday morning as groups of children investigated the streets around Glade Primary School.

We improved our map reading skills, collected and recorded fieldwork data and described how places around our school made us feel as we discovered 'sectors' drawn up by Mr Nicholson on a local map.

Take a look at our pictures and videos from the day to get a sample of what a great job we did (and what fun we had, too!!).

A big thank you to Mrs Kotecha, Mrs Ward, Mrs Allen, Mr Malloy and Mr Nicholson for being the adult support to their groups.

Hot Seat

Today in Good Works we demonstrated our questioning skills.

Swastika, Laura, Mohammad M, Veishnavan, Anu and Hannah played characters from Varjak Paw. Each of them answered questions in role directly from other children in 4N.

Jamila acted as the presenter.

Here are some pictures we took on our 'hot seat' day.

Varjak Paw (meow!)

Year 4 began the week looking at the cover of SF Said's book 'Varjak Paw'.

The children were only told that 'Varjak Paw' is the name of a cat. Using the front cover, they made predictions about the type of story it may be, discussed what they wanted to know about and noted what caught their attention and interest.

Here is a selection of their responses:

- The eyes grab my attention. (Khushi and Rajan)
- It looks like he's near a factory. (Ashley and Mahnoor)
- Does he have eyes at all? (Freddee and Muhammed M)
- Does the cat have a disability? (Laura and Layla)
- Does Varjak Paw have an owner? (Kulvinder and Jamima)
- Why does he have to fight? (Tiyah and Amaarah)
- Is this an adventure story? (Jamila and Izn)
- Is he a vampire cat? (Raymon and Hamida)
- Is he a ghost? (Laksaan and James)
- Is Varjak Paw a warrior cat? (Thivvian and Emma)
- Did he leave his family? (Veishnavan and Hannah)
- Jacqueline Wilson's comment makes me think 'what's going to happen?' (Anu and Swastika)

We're very excited about starting Varjak Paw!