Blog Author: Miss Mancebo

Year 4 have been using nature to create works of art. They have been using their observation skills to examine contour lines and patterns in nature. They collected leaves from Whinlatter Forest and their local environment. They created rubbings of leaves using wax crayons and observed the lines…

Our Reading Ambassadors have been busy this week. They were very excited to accept delivery of the new books from each class’ wish list. They organised them into piles then stamped them with the school stamp.
 

To mark the start of Anti-Bullying week, we took part in ‘Odd Socks Day’. We wore odd socks to school as a symbol of uniqueness and to promote acceptance of diversity. We talked about embracing our individuality and celebrating our differences and agreed that it’s okay to be different. We then…

As part of our Design and Technology, Year 4 have been learning about the differences between processed and homemade foods. Today they followed a recipe to make a pizza from scratch. They used Greek Yogurt instead of yeast. They learned how to mix the ingredients together and then how to knead the…

We were privileged to welcome a Fencing coach into school today.  Year 4 thoroughly enjoyed their introduction into an Olympic sport. 

Year 4 have been learning about how to use their fingers to help find out multiples of 9.

What talent we have in our school! This poem was written at home for pleasure. Not only does it rhyme, it contains a powerful, relevant and compelling message. 

We have lots of sporty children in our class who attend clubs after school or at weekends. Well done for developing swimming skills and for moving up into the next group.

Our Reading Ambassadors met with our Head to present the findings from their research about the provision of books in our class libraries throughout school. They were allocated a budget to buy some of the books from the wish list so they took a trip out to our local book shop to buy some new books…

We have lots of sporty children in our class who attend clubs after school or at weekends. Well done for developing the swimming skills and for moving up into the next group!

Year 4 are learning about the differences between processed and fresh foods. We have been comparing lists of ingredients of home made bread compared to shop bought bread. Some of us even baked bread at home from scratch to taste the difference between shop bought bread and homemade bread. Yum yum!

Year 4 used maps of their local area to search for evidence of Andglo-Saxon settlements. They used an information sheet with place name endings to help them identify which places had a connection with Anglo-Saxon settlements. We found nearly 30 places nearby and noticed that most of them end with…