In order to reduce the amount of paper usage in school, we are moving towards a completely paperless system for communicating with parents/carers. Information regarding clubs, trips, events etc will now be sent exclusively via ParentMail with no letters sent home with pupils. For this reason, it is imperative that the school hold a valid…
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 artefacts in the chest. We then learnt to expand…
This week we have been learning our 3 and 6 times tables. Today we have used arrays to help us solve some multiplication sentences. Some of us in the class have been solving sentences beyond 12x.
What an amazing morning team building in the forest. We even had a small fire and made smores, yummy. A massive thank you to Mrs Harrison for organising the morning and Mrs Kayla-Barratt.
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 velcro, then we added our designs. Take a look at…
As part of Sports Week, each year group has focused on a different continent. In Year 4, Asia was the continent we studied and, in particular, China. On Wednesday afternoon, we studied the traditional art of Chinese paper cutting. This art dates back to when paper was first developed. Paper cutting became popular as a…
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 role-play, shelter building, discovering artefacts and creating some Anglo-Saxon crafts. Take…
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 to end the afternoon, followed by a drink and a biscuit! Thank…
As one of our enrichment activities in Year 4, we have been learning about the technique of Batik to produce patterns on fabric. Batik is an art and craft that is popular around the world. It originated from Indonesia and uses wax-resist dyes applied to cloth. When the wax is removed, the dye leaves a…
