It's a wrap!

Golly - it was such a rush towards the end of term that I completely forgot to publish Year 4's final blog for this year!

So we started the week with a Roman march using our fantastic shields that the children made in DT with Mr Thomas:

We even made the tortoise formation!

There are some pretty mean looking legionaries there!

Our final week for House-keeping club included a collaboration with the Creative Club and Lego club. We had a rotation of activities which included making some fabulous paper stars with Mrs Over and some very funky and super cool festive glasses with Mrs Teesdale. We decorated and ate some festive gingerbread people!

What with the Stuff the Turkey prize draw, the Rotten Romans movie morning (with popcorn), our delicious Christmas lunch we were more than prepared for the festivities ahead! We finished off our week with a wonderful Upper School Carol Service. A poem and song from the Donkey's perspective were beautifully delivered by Year 4. It certainly helped to get us all in the Christmas spirit. 

Before we finished for the week, we made a card and delivered a present for our dinner ladies - they were thrilled to bits as we had drawn a picture of our favourite meal for them to see:

Have a wonderful Christmas everybody and a Happy and healthy New Year. We look forward to sharing more of our exciting learning and experiences with you next term. 

Honey honey!

Disclaimer: Mrs Donaldson would like to apologise in advance for the poor taste in puns below, sadly she just couldn't resist!

It's all been so sweet in Year 4 this week! A real hive of activity.

We did the most amazing assembeely on bees. We showcased our facts that we have researched indpendently, we demonstrated the waggledance and Doogie and Mrs Wallace shared their bee-keeping skills whilst being dressed in their suits! We were buzzing! We also made sure that the children were aware of how important bees are for the environment and that sadly their numbers are declining. We shared why this is happening and also how important it is for us to do our bit, by planting more flowers and maybe even owning our own hives!

 Doogie's beehives!

 Mrs Wallace as a beekeeper!

  
Can you see the honey?


We made the most delicious honey and chocolate chip cookies with Mrs Wallace, weighing out all the ingredients and mixing them carefully, shaping them into biscuits and popping them into the oven - et voila! The most delicious cookies were made and consumed!

We produced the most terrific collaborative bee picture for our bee displays. Each child had a piece in the bee puzzle to decorate using a selection of mediums. The finished piece was pretty unbeelievable!

You won't beelieve what we have been up to in Maths... It's all been about multiplication this week - mastering the grid method, tackling problems and investigations.

We have written explanations on how bees make honey, thinking about all the features of an explanation text and have included pictures and diagrams.

Okay time to buzz off. Enjoy your weekend - hope to see you all at the School Fair!

Friction Fun!

Golly that week has gone in a flash!

We have started our new topic on bees and have been very busy researching facts ready to share in our assembly next week.  We are learning about all their incredible jobs both within and outside of the hive.

We had a fantastic (albeit rather chilly) afternoon doing experiments to deepen our understanding on friction. We soon learnt how friction can help to keep our hands warm!

Mr Campbell's experiment involved timing the effect of friction on a ball rolling down a ramp according to differing heights:

Mrs Wallace's experiment was using a Newton meter to measuring the force of a shoe along differing surfaces.

Mrs Donaldson's experiment was timing the ease/difficulty of moving jelly from one plate to another when changing its surface.

Great fun was had by all and of course we came up with some great predictions and interesting conclusions! Aiden is a whizz at using chopsticks!

Have a great weekend everybody!

Quackers!

We are all ready and raring to go for the duck race this afternoon  for our Children in Need activities!

Don't we look a jolly bunch!

This week has been busy as ever. We have learnt all about the Vikings and made some wonderful models of longboats:

Our Roman shields are becoming a reality - Mr Thomas and Mr Thomas Senior have been helping us to shape and drill them.

We hope you all have a great weekend. Quack quack!! 

Discoveries

Welcome back - we hope you all had a marvellous break!

We made some amazing discoveries this week - we have been learning all about the English invasion of the Angles, Jutes and Saxons. We have been locating their Kingdoms whilst noting the origins of their names. All very interesting!

We had a very interesting talk given by a visitor who has made some amazing Roman finds in Edward's fields. It was fascinating to look at all images on the Roman coins and learn how old they were.

We have also discovered what pancakes taste like from different countries. Reese gave a very informative presentation on pancakes and later served us with tasty treats! Delicious!

In maths we have been looking at problem solving and fractions - can you believe we did some painting to create our very own fraction walls and become mathematical whizzes at equivalent fractions!

Year 6 and Year 4 have helped to make a wonderful Remembrance display in the entrance area of our school. The silhouette pictures were very effective I am sure you agree!