This afternoon we have had an awesome time thinking about our emotions, feelings and how relationships impact on them. We discussed how emotions can be linked to colours and animals and words. We then thought about our key relationships and drew a picture. You can see...

This week has been Safer Internet Day - We have learnt about staying safe using online platforms and keeping a check on our mental well being by monitoring our device usage. We completed a task using purplemash.

Andy visited this morning to Year 4 to introduce us to the Water Cycle and how we can help to reduce our water usage. Andy was great and was especially impressed with our measuring skills. One group in Ocean class were just 1ml short!! We had a fantastic morning and...

This week we had our last Forest School session. We were making massive bubbles and we had a blast! We tried to make them as big as possible and then we would chase them until they flew away or popped! Thank you Mrs Harrison and Mrs Kayla-Barrett for so much fun this...

Today we have participated in raising money for the BBC Children in Need appeal 2024. We have looked into where the money goes and the good causes it helps. We have dressed in yellow and completed some Pudsey activities from the website. We have enjoyed our day.

In Year 4 we have been creating electrical circuits. Explored incomplete and complete circuits and then challenged to generate more power to create a brighter lightbulb. We have also explored drawing diagrams with scientific symbols. Some children also incorporated a...

This Year in Ocean and Sky class we have celebrated Yinka Shonibare. He is a British artist living in the United Kingdom. His work explores cultural identity, colonialism and post-colonialism within the contemporary context of globalisation. A hallmark of his art is...

What an amazing day. We went to Wroxeter, the largest Roman town of it's time in Shropshire. Our guide Lucy was fantastic and answered all our questions fully. To think we were standing in the Roman baths from around 2000 years ago was a phenomenal thought.

This afternoon we had a visit in Year 4 from Loudmouth. They taught us about bullying and the things we need to do to keep stand up to bullies and keeping us safe. We also looked in more detail at cyberbullying and how we could help 'Mo' with his situation. The...

The Chest In the school holidays an archaeologist delivered a wooden chest from Pompeii with relics in from Roman times. We were intrigued to see what was inside and to learn more about its’ origins. We retrieved our knowledge about nouns and could easily identify the...

We have been practising our sewing skills in Year 4, as well as attaching fastenings. We originally designed book jackets, but we ended up making wallets with different fastenings and designs. We used backstitch to join the edges, attached a button, a press stud or...

Year 4 enjoyed a visit to Bishop's Wood Activity Centre in Stourport last week.  It was a lovely sunny day and we had a great time getting into character as Anglo-Saxons travelling to Britain and settling. The day was jam-packed with fun activities including...

Today, 30 Year 4 pupils went to Perryfields Academy to take part in a multi-skills sports afternoon.  We had the opportunity to participate in five different activities:  bowling, archery, obstacle course, quoits and 'grab the cone'.  We also had a game of dodgeball...

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We've had a wonderful start to our residential at Frank Chapman. The sun has been shining all day! This afternoon, we've been having a go at archery, obstance courses (with blindfolds) and high ropes. In the evening, we've ventured through the woods to the magic tree.

In Year 4, we designed and made energy bars for a mountaineer.  We based our energy bars on a basic flapjack recipe and added extra ingredients such as raisins, chocolate chips or fruit.  Once they were cooked, we enjoyed tasting and evaluating our finished products!

The theme for this year's British Science Week was 'Time'. In Year 4, we talked about how time is measured now and how it was measured in the past. We looked at images and a video about sundials, which were first used in Ancient Egypt and were adopted by the Romans in...