Blog by Tag: Year 4

Year 3 and 4 had a fantastic time at the School Games Tri-Golf tournament at Whitehaven Academy today. They played lots of different games which allowed them to practice using golf skills such as holding the club correctly, chipping, putting and aiming the ball at a target. We have some young…

Year 3 and 4 had a fantastic time at the School Games Tri-Golf tournament at Whitehaven Academy today. They played lots of different games which allowed them to practice using golf skills such as holding the club correctly, chipping, putting and aiming the ball at a target. We have some young…

We are delighted to introduce our class Beacons for the Summer Term. Congratulations to all the children who have been chosen as shining examples of our school values.

Year 4 thoroughly enjoyed their first cricket session this week. I managed to capture lots of action shots too. They certainly gave it their all! 
 

Year 4 thoroughly enjoyed their Karate taster session. They showed some promising techniques. 
 

Year 4 had a lovely afternoon planting English Bluebells, Wild Primrose, Snowdrops and Wood anemone. The rain didn’t put us off and all the children embraced the activity. 
 

Last week was British Science Week. In Year 4 we researched into the Scientist Maria Telkes. The children researched and found out about Maria Telkes’ life and Scientific achievements as a Biophysicist. One of the key facts the children found about about her was that she was known as ‘The Sun…

Year 4 made bread today - this links to our work on St Joseph’s Day and the symbolism of the different shapes of bread. The children worked as a team to design and make their own bread. 
 

What a great time KS2 girls had at The Girls Can tournament last week. They tried out lots of different sports including rugby, judo, dance and athletics. It was great to meet girls from other schools

What a fabulous day we have had celebrating World Book Day! We came dressed as our favourite characters or in our pyjamas. Some of us brought along our favourite story books to share with each other too. In the afternoon we were joined by some of Year 4 who came to read to us too! 
 

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What an action packed day we’ve had in Windermere, extending our knowledge of the Anglo Saxons, the Vikings and the struggle for power! Our day consisted of making our own quills and ink and using these to write our names in Viking runes. Then we had a go at weaving using sheep wool - this was a…

Our class text - The Boy At The Back  Of The Class - has mentioned pomegranates and used some lovely descriptive vocabulary to describe one. Some of the children weren’t too sure what a pomegranate was. So today, we all tried one and created some of our own descriptions focusing on similes and…