Year 4
Miss HoweWelcome to Year 4
Building a Character Through Drama
As part of our English work based on the story 'Tuesday' by David Wiesner, we are writing an eye-witness account of the evening from the turtle in the story's point of view.To develop our ideas for our writing, we used our imaginations to act as the grumpy, old turtle...
Councillor Visits Assembly
In assembly this week, the children were very lucky to have a visit from Councillor Joe Sowerby. He spoke to the children about his role as a councillor and shared with them how he campaigned to win votes in the election. The children will soon be holding their own...
Reading Buddies
This term, our Key Stage 2 and 1 children have been paired up as reading buddies. Each Friday, the children will select a book to read with their buddy and enjoy. As you can see from the photos, it was wonderful to see our older and younger children reading together.
Flexible Partitioning
As part of their place value unit in maths, Year Four spent some time understanding flexible partitioning of 4-digit numbers. They were able to use part-whole models and place value counters to help them partition the numbers in a range of different ways.
Making Music
Year Four have started their first Computing unit for this term, ‘Making Music’. Today, they began by looking at and having a tinker with the ‘BusyBeats’ app on Purple Mash. They loved having an explore of the software and trying to figure out how to get the sounds...
Art and Crafts Club
This term children from years 2, 3 and 4 have loved accessing art club with Miss Goddard and Mrs Wilkinson. Over the weeks the children have taken part in different activities which practiced our colour mixing, cutting, drawing and turn taking skills. We created salt...
Sports Day 2024
A big well done to the children for participating in their Sports Day today and a huge thank you to all the parents who came along to support and cheer the children on. The children in Years 1, 2 and 3 were very enthusiastic this morning and showed good sportsmanship...
Athletics Festival 2024!
What a fantastic time we had on Friday at this year’s Athletics festival at Gateshead Stadium!! Schools from all across Gateshead came to compete in the events. We had events including the sprint and long distance races, hurdles, long jump, relay etc. It was...
Delicious DT
As the end to their seasonal food unit, Year 4 have spent today tasting, designing, cooking, and evaluating some delicious seasonal vegetable tarts!They spent the morning preparing their ingredients, washing and carefully slicing. They then tried different ingredients...
Gateshead FC visit
We have been lucky enough to welcome Tony, Paul and Ken from Gateshead FC who brought the FA trophy in to show the children in school. They shared their story of winning the trophy following extra time and penalties within the game on 11th May 2024. The children asked...
Take One Picture 2024
Whole School Art Day In conjunction with The National Gallery in London, on Friday, Barley Mow Primary School pupils once again took part in the annual Take One Picture art project. This involves studying an art work from the gallery's collection alongside other...
Olympic 2024 Celebrations
To celebrate this year’s Olympics in Paris, the whole school took part in a range of activities. The children were able to create their own torches at home and there were some fantastic entries. The winner from each class was awarded their very own medal. During the...