Rock on!

Another rocktastic week here at Copthill!!

We are very proud of our Roman Temple - we have written about our Architecture morning and what valuable experience we have gained from it being Team, Creative and Reflective Learners.

In Science 4W were having a really good look at a variety of rocks. They carried out fair tests to see how durable and permeable they were.  From this they were drawing some very interesting conclusions... Will 4D draw the same conclusions too when they do a similar investigation next week?

Look at our beautiful and carefully executed line drawings that we have done of Hindu Mandirs - we have used watercolour to create temples to exhibit the love and importance of colour within the religion.

We are geographical geniuses!!In the run up to the game, we researched which countries were playing in the World Cup and found their corresponding flag. Some of us did a factfile on one of the countries.

Thursday was an extra exciting day at Copthill.  We were lucky enough to have the opportunity to watch the rugby world cup in the school hall as England were playing America. Those who were not such fans of the game made Roman bread with Mrs Pye and Mrs Donaldson. 

 the first of many tries!

UP!

Look at the amazing construction that Year 4 made during our Architecture Morning!  The children learnt that a triangle is stronger than a square to make pillars and the roof of a Roman temple. They learnt how to construct a bypod, tripod and tetrapod using only sticks and rubber bands.

Here are some photos of the event:

Pretty impressive hey?! So next time you are having a garden party - you know who to employ to get your gazebo built!

Year 4 have made the most of the glorious weather and had an afternoon with Mr Teesdale, Mr Campbell, Mrs Wallace and Mrs Donaldson doing team building games, learning about rocks and mending the Roman road leading up to the Fort! The children marched and chanted just like Roman soldiers!

Mrs Donaldson's Maths group had a visit from Mr Thomas this week - he showed us some fantastic place value games using a 9 sided dice. 

We also went to the field to complete our work on finding Fractions of a shape.

We celebrated Mrs Wallace's birthday on Friday - the packaging from her birthday present helped us to put the finishing touches to our Roman Temple display on the Year 4 landing - we will post photos of that next week! Well worth the wait!

Have a great weekend!