Year 4 Sky Blog
Flight Day
Year 5 visited Perryfields High School last week for "Flight Day". They watched and learnt about different birds of prey, swooping through the school hall. Following this, they participated in some PE activities on the trampoline. After lunch, they attended Art and DT...
Symphony Hall Performance
On Sunday 29th June, the School Choir performed at Birmingham's Symphony Hall for the SIPS Music Plays Symphony Hall show. The Choir worked so incredibly hard for this amazing opportunity. All their hard work paid off as they sounded amazing, it was clear they have a...
Bishops Wood 2025
What a fabulous day Year four spent at Bishops Wood outdoor learning centre. The weather was absolutely perfect. The children learnt more about Anglo-Saxons, how they invaded, what their houses were like, how to light a fire using flint and charcloth. Then we built a...
Road Safety
Today we have had Louise from Sandwell Road Safety Education Team visit. She has delivered assemblies to KS1 and Year 4 & 5. Then class workshops with Year 3 and 6. The children learnt all about crossing safely, car safety and a catchy little song for a reminder....
Andy Goldsworthy Art
Look at our wonderful natural art, we took inspiration from the artist, Andy Goldsworthy.
Biscuit Making
On Friday we made and iced shortcake biscuits. We rubbed the butter into the flour, added the sugar and then rolled out the mixture. We used a variety of cutters to create our biscuit shapes. After the baking we then decorated them with icing and sprinkles. They were...
Day Three At Frank Chapman
This morning we all took part in some orienteering in the forest before completing our diaries and packing to come home.
Day Two At Frank Chapman
We have had another fun filled day after a short night's sleep! Different groups have taken part in a high level ropes course, crate stacking, archery, caving (man-made!), team building activities and the blind-line. Mrs Houghton, Miss Francis, Miss Richardson, Mr...
VE Day Celebration and awareness
Today we have been celebrating and learning all about VE Day. After our Praise assembly this morning we took part in a live Picture News zoom session. Afterwards we learnt more about VE Day and why it was a relief for some and heartbreak for others. We then researched...
Day One At Frank Chapman
We have had a busy first day at Frank Chapman. The weather has been great so we have really enjoyed the archery, blind-line obstacle course, crate stacking and high level ropes challenge. We enjoyed our tea and evening walk in the woods (deer antler find included!)...
Sparks Visit
Today we have had a visit from Oldbury fire station crew to teach us about fire safety and the role that they do. We also had the opportunity to look at all the equipment on the fire engine.
PSHE
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...
Safer Internet Day
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.
Severn Trent Water Visit
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...
Fun in Forest School!
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...
Area
Today we have been introduced to the new maths topic of area. We have discussed what area is, how to measure area using post it notes and then answered some questions on area.
BBC Children in Need
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.
Electrical Circuits
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...
Black History Month
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...
Wroxeter Trip
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.
International Day of Peace
Thank you to all the children who completed their homework for International Day of Peace. We had some wonderful contributions and explanations of what children believe peace is and how it can be achieved across the world. Here are a few examples: Many...