Year 4
Miss HoweWelcome to Year 4
Amazing Architecture
As the end of their architecture unit in art, Year 4 were asked to design a building that could be built along the Gateshead quayside. They thought of lots of different purposes, including music halls, sports centres, aquariums, bookshops, libraries and even fish and...
Year 4 Class Assembly
Today, Year 4 delivered their class assembly on the effects of WWII on the men, women and children of Britain.They worked very hard to remember their lines and deliver them loudly and clearly, and sang their hearts out for their songs. Thank you to everyone who came...
Where does our food come from?
In our geography unit this term, we are answering the question, ‘Where does our food come from?’Today, we looked at where lots of our fruits and vegetables come from when they are not grown seasonally in the UK. We found the countries listed using an atlas and google...
An Easter Eggstravaganza!
We've been wowed in school by the fabulous entries for this year's Easter Egg Competition. It was incredibly hard to choose winners from each class because there were so many imaginative, creative designs. Well done children (and of course the parents who supported...
Thank You Onestop
Everyone at Barley Mow Primary School would like to say a huge thank you to Onestop, Barley Mow for their tremendous and very generous donation of Easter eggs. The eggs were used as mystery prizes at our Easter Fair today.
Spring Sing 🎶
This morning, some of Year 4 and Year 5 had the privilege of visiting The Glasshouse on Gateshead Quayside to perform in the Spring Sing event with other schools from around Gateshead.We had a fantastic morning rehearsing and then performing the songs we have been...
Special Deliveries!
Today, our librarians delivered a surprise parcel of brand new books to each class for their book corner. The children enjoyed unwrapping their packages to reveal the lovely new titles and are looking forward to reading them.
World Book Day 2024
Thursday 7th March marked the annual celebration for World Book Day. This year our theme was the Mr. Men and Little Miss books by Roger Hargreaves. We enjoyed dressing up and taking part in all manner of book related activities. Thank you for £1 donations, which...
Detailed Architecture
Year 4 have been looking at architecture in their art unit this term and today looked at the design of St Paul’s Cathedral. They looked at the details and symmetry of the design and were able to use their sketching skills to finish off the designs.
Swimming skills
The children in Year 4 are enjoying their weekly swimming lessons with Alex and Paul who have been teaching them new skills each week. They’ve been developing these skills and techniques since September and they have made some excellent progress, we hope this...
Brilliant Bookmarks!
Year 4 have been working hard on their DT skills of designing, creating and evaluating with their bookmarks. They learned new sewing skills and created some fantastic bookmarks!
Dance lessons
Year 4 have been taking part in dance lessons with our instructors, helping us do some dancing linked to our history topic of World War 2. We worked on our story telling through dance to imagine the feelings of evacuees and soldiers, then today we imagined the joy of...