We finished off our information text units this week by doing our hot write about our deep sea creature. We then showed off our work to the rest of the class by going around and reading other people’s. The children were extremely proud of their writing and so they should be! Congratulations to the children who have earned their pen licences this week too.
In writing we have been looking at information texts, specifically for creatures in the deep ocean. Next week we will be writing our hot writes so today we have been looking for inspiration and gathering vocabulary for our creatures.
This half term the theme is journeys and we are looking at orientating ourselves in the world. This starts with map reading skills and looking at where we are in the globe. We have been learning about the Northern and Southern Hemisphere and where the equator is. Can you find how many countries the equator goes through?
We have been learning about the Easter story and the different days that are significant to Christians in the lead up to Easter. We have been creating images of Palm Sunday, Easter Friday and Easter Sunday based on the bible.
This week, 4C explored making nature journals.
You can find lots of resource online to help you start and improve your own Nature Journaling. Here are a couple:
I find this book very helpful:
We have been learning about the water cycle in Geography this week. We have learned about the ‘tion’ words – precipitation, condensation and evaporation. We have set up our own in- class experiment and are really hoping for some sunnier, warmer days so we can see the water cycle in front of our eyes!
On Thursday, we took part in our Year 4 art celebration. It was a culmination of all our artistic endeavours this academic year. We had a wide variety of performances from some excellent singing by 4C and 4H as well as some loud samba from 4A. We also showcased our amazing dances that we worked on with Miss Patchett. The second half saw us take in some spectacular dances from a professional troupe who performed pieces inspired by Southern India. We then took centre stage performing our brilliant pieces we have worked on as part of our Beat, Bones and Bodies sessions. The night ended with a mass dance with all the children performing a final piece that closed the curtain on a fabulous night. The children were so impressive and performed with such confidence showcasing their individual talents.
Mrs Stott summed it up, “A truly exceptional evening of excellence, confidence, pride, utter joy and definite flourishing.’
Wow- we were blown away by all of the entries in the wooden spoon competition! There are over 200 on display in the library and the winners from each class will be announced next Friday. In our class we had Hermione, a dragon and a tiger among many more.
We also looked at fantasy land maps that feature in lots of books e.g. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and created our own.
We had a very exciting afternoon exploring the depths of the Ocean through Virtual Reality! The children saw turtles, sharks and fish and learned facts about each creature.
Also, our Year 4 arts show is on Thursday 7th March from 5-7pm. Please sign up on Parent Pay if you haven’t already. We are so excited to perform and welcome professional dancers to our school!
Today we went on a short walk down to Moortown library and learned all about the books that were available there, how to request books they might have in and how to get a library card. The children were really excited by the range of books they had there and couldn’t believe that a library card and loaning the books is completely free!
