Year 4
Miss HoweWelcome to Year 4
Egg-cellent Royals!
Well done to all of the Year 4 children who took part in our ‘Royalty’ themed egg decorating competition this year. All fantastic contributions with so much creativity on show!Our class winner was Shay with his diorama of Queen Elizabeth Il visiting a WWII remembrance...
🎶✨Singing Superstars! ✨🎶
This morning, Year 4 had the privilege of going to the Sage on Gateshead Quayside to perform in the Spring Sing event!We had a fantastic morning singing the songs we had worked so hard on learning. We sang our hearts out for the audience which was full of so many of...
Let’s Walk to School
This afternoon Years 1 to 5 took part in a special “Be cool getting to school assembly.” Don and Gillian from Living Streets came into school and did a quick survey to see how we currently get to school. We discussed all the positive reasons to either walk, cycle or...
French Families
In French this term, Year 4 are learning about families. They recapped the words for each member of their family today, while focussing on the different articles in French for ‘the’.
Will it melt?
As part of our 'States of Matter' unit in Science this term, we looked today at the process of melting and tried to reason about which of a range of materials would do so.We had some fantastic discussions as a class and were able to give real worlds examples for some...
Amazing Architecture
In Art and Design this term, Year 4 are looking at architecture. They have looked at a range of architectural styles and today, focussed on the symmetrical design of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. This beautiful building was designed by master architect, Sir...
Practical Perimeter
As part of our work on perimeter, we looked today at a range of rectilinear shapes. We made our own shapes out of matchsticks and lollypop sticks and measured their perimeters in these units. We realised we could make a range of shapes that looked very different, but...
Happy World Book Day!
It was wonderful to see so many children dressed up for World Book Day last week. We celebrated by dressing up as our favourite book characters and bringing in our favourite books. In our special World Book Day assembly, we unveiled 400 new books that The World of...
We are Solar Physicists!
As part of our STEM week, we had a visit from Mel at NuSTEM to talk all about the role of a solar physicist.We learned that 'solar' means to do with the sun and about what elements we can find in our sun. We looked at the light spectrum and discovered that only some...
Brilliant Balances
This half term, Year 4 are working on their gymnastics skills.This week, they worked in pairs, to complete balances and holds. Working on their tension holds and ensuring that they counter balanced each hold. They had to have great communication with their partner in...
Online Safety Session
This morning, we offered parents and carers a face-to-face online safety information session. We discussed the results of a recent KS2 internet use survey and how to keep our children as safe as possible when online.We directed parents and carers to our 'Digital...
Thank you Morrisons!
We had a wonderful surprise this week from our local supermarket Morrison in Birtley. To help us celebrate World Book Day, they kindly donated some amazing stories for our school which we will share amongst classes. Thank you to Morrisons for supporting our community...