This half term, Year 4 have been working really hard on their meet and greet conversations in French. They have been learning different ways in which they can greet each other, introduce themselves, ask others what they are called, say how they are feeling and ask others how they are. We have used a great…
This term, Year 4 are studying Surrealism. Looking at works by Renee Magritte and Salvador Dali, they discussed the dream-like quality of the story that the pictures portray. Using magazine cuttings to create an unreal and surreal picture, their story or dream has begun. Chapter 1 has been pencil drawn using their collage from magazines…
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It’s Señora Mookherjee’s Flying Saucer Sombrero! Year 2 had a blast last week in their Spanish lesson as Señora Mookherjee’s Flying Saucer Sombrero spun it’s way around the room landing on unsuspecting pupil planets! The only way it could take off again was if the children…
Year 4 were treated to a busy, fun-filled trip to Ipswich Museum. They had the opportunity to handle ancient Egyptian artefacts and guess how they might have been used, as well as learning about the afterlife through exploring a genuine sarcophagus. The children were inspired to create their own gods and pottery sparked by their experiences…
Egyptian Top Trumps brought together lots of skills and all the 5Rs for the Year 4s who have been studying the Egyptians this term. Having researched the Egyptian gods and gathered all types of fascinating facts they used their ICT skills to produce the cards…and they thought they were just having fun!
The look of wonder on the Year 4 children’s faces was fantastic, as they made their very own static magic show. They experimented with the Van der Graaff generator, which was hair raising, picked up tissue paper with rulers and bent water – amazing.
Really sparking curiosity with electrical circuits this week, Year 4 were creating their own circuits and using them to test for conductors.
The wonders of Egypt have been captivating Year 4 in Global Studies. They created their own market stalls to share their research on a variety of different areas of Ancient Egypt. Can you guess what their stalls were about?
Our intrepid scientists continue to have their curiosity sparked about space and the Perseverance rover with investigations about Mars this week. The pupils carried out an experiment to find out what affects the size of craters made by meteorites on Mars, looking at the size and mass of the ‘meteorites’ as well as the height…
Years 4 & 5 have started looking at space and the solar system this half term, with everyone’s wonder ignited by the exciting news and images of the Perseverance Rover landing on Mars in the last few days.
