Year 4
Miss HoweWelcome to Year 4
Hinduism in Year 4!
Today we had a special visitor in Year 4, Kirtida from the ISKON temple in Newcastle. She was full of interesting stories and information about the Hindu religion! We have learned lots in class about Hinduism over the year but it was really special to get Kirtida in...
Vicious Viking Chants
As part of our music sessions, we have been working on our singing as a team and in groups, keeping a steady rhythm and building our expression.Today, we looked at some Viking chants. We did some vocal warm ups to prepare our breathing, jaw muscles and vocal chords...
Super Sketches
This term, Year 4 are learning about the Ukrainian born artist and painter, Sonia Delaunay. We have looked at a range of her portraits to start with and noted her use of bold, bright colours that are not naturally found in portraits. We sketched a few mini sketches,...
The Hobbit Production
We have been so lucky today to have the treat of M&M production company coming into school this morning to give us a fantastic performance of The Hobbit. Thank you so much to the parent group for making this happen! After the show, Years 4 & 5 got to...
Marvellous Museum Trip
Today, Year 4 had a class trip to the Great North Museum: Hancock. We had a fantastic visit, got to see and interact with so many of the exhibits and took part in activities linked with both our science and history lessons! We looked at lots of animals on display and...
Sports day
Children from years 1 to 6 have had a very hot but enjoyable sports day. Every child took part in all the races and it was lovely to see some great sportsmanship from everyone cheering on their houses. Congratulations to Sage who won this mornings sports day for years...
Terrific Times Tables!
This afternoon, Year 4 welcomed several of our family members into class to take part in a range of times tables activities. We have been working so hard in class to prepare for our times table check and it was so much fun to be able to show off how much progress we...
Amazing Gardening Club
Reception and Year 4 have been taking part in gardening club this half term. The children have been tidying up the outdoor area by weeding and removing any overgrown plants. They have been learning how to use gardening tools safely and which tools are most appropriate...
Fantastic Fairy tales
In English this half term, we are learning how to write our own versions of the fairytale, Hansel and Gretel. We recognised that a key feature of fairy tales is their opening. We looked at how we can use adverbial phrases of time and place to create really detailed...
Scientific Sorting
In science at the minute, we are looking at the topic of classification. We sorted a selection of animal models into different categories and groups. First, we separated them by one characteristic that they had either had/ did not. Then, we made Venn diagrams and...
Awesome Assembly
This afternoon, Year 4 had the privilege of performing their class assembly to the rest of school, and their friends and family. We were able to share everything we have been learning about in our history lessons on World War II. We shared facts about the reasons the...
Solar Physicist Visit
Today, Key Stage 2 welcomed solar physicist, Dr Tim Duckenfield to school to tell us all about his work and answer questions we had sent him. All of the swirls and bright spots are explosions! All the different ways we can look at the sun. Tim studies the movement of...