What a fantastic day Year 4 have had today in the Forest School.
We have been busy weaving using natural materials, structure building, whittling, creating with clay, minibeast hunting and creating bug hotels.
We were very fortunate with the weather and the warmth brought out ladybirds, butterflies, bees and more. We even had the excitement of chicks hatching somewhere above our heads while we were there, as a small blue egg shell appeared in the middle of our whittling area while we worked.
What a fabulous day we had celebrating our love of books and stories.
We spoke about our chosen characters, our favourite books and shared our storytelling skills with Year 3. Don't forget to use your book token!
A very exciting day across the whole school. Year 4 and 5 got together to create a song about the 6 times tables. Their rhyming skills were very impressive! You children have been sent home with a QR code which you can scan to watch them in action!
Year 4 have had a visit from a courtier who time-travelled from Tudor times! He told us all about life in the court of King Henry VIII, including what happened to his wives.
It was a great interactive way to bring our history learning to life.
As part of our Oracy Storytelling focus, Year 4 had a visit from Sharon Jacksties, a professional storyteller. She shared the story of Hyena, Hare and the Baobab Tree, a traditional African tale. The children thoroughly enjoyed the experience and magpied a lot of ideas for our own oral storytelling, including the use of actions, pace, tone and adding instruments for effect. The children were asked to visualise one scene from the story and were very keen to put these to paper. Some of their fabulous ideas can be found in the gallery.
Year 4 have been learning to retell the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears in French and Year 1 have been learning to retell it in English.
We got together to share our stories and the Year 4s even taught the Year 1s some French words!
This half term we have been learning all about sound, from how sound is created, how it travels and the inner workings of our ears! We have done this in a range of fun and practical ways- including using and making instruments, making our own string telephones. Some of us were so inspired we even chose to make instruments at home!
This week we were very lucky to have a visit from Alex from the RSPCA to talk to us about hedgehogs and other wildlife. We learned lots about our local wildlife and how we can help them, and even created our own hedgehogs!
To celebrate Maths Week, we designed, made and played our own Maths challenge games, based upon times tables facts.
Tawny Owl Class had a great time joining in with Children in Need Day today.
We all wore our spots with pride and learned about what Children in Need is, who it supports and the history of Pudsey Bear.
Year 4 Celebrated the 'Rio Carnival of Birds' this afternoon! We were inspired by feathers and all the colours, sparkles and celebrations of the Rio Carnival.
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Today we had a very special visit from North Somerset Birds of Prey who brought in four owls to share with us.
We got to meet Dotty, the small owl who is one of the smallest owls in the country, as well as Hercules the European Eagle Owl.
We also met Inca the Barn Owl and Cerberus the Tawny Owl. We were amazed to learn that Barn Owls do not have waterproof feathers and that Tawny Owls are the only owls that make the iconic ‘Twit-twoo’ sound.
We learnt so much about owls and will be using what we have learned as a starting point to research and write our own non-chronological reports. We also experienced excellent presentation skills first hand and used these to help us to present our own owl facts to the class, thinking carefully about our class rules for oracy (speaking and listening).
What a lovely share a story session we had today. Thank you to all who attended.
It was nice to get the opportunity to showcase some of our RE and Art alongside sharing our stories. Have a great half term!
Tawny Owl and Barn Owl have created these beautiful A2 collages inspired by the artist Jeannie Baker. The children worked in groups to plan and create their collages using recycled or repurposed materials.
Today the children in Year 4 created cards to send to King Charles and Queen Camilla to congratulate them on their coronation. I think you'll agree they look amazing.
As part of our history learning, Year 4 had a visit from a time traveling Tudor courtier, Jed. This interactive workshop brought the story of Henry VIII and his six wives alive (until they were either divorced, beheaded or died) to the children.
It was noted from Mr Harry Cadwallader that 'I was really impressed with their engagement in the learning and great sense of fun.'
Please see some photographs and videos below of this wonderful experience:
World Thinking Day is a global event where children are encouraged to celebrate international friendship, and speak out and raise awareness for issues facing young women and girls. Each year World Thinking Day has a theme, between 2022 and 2024, the theme is on the Environment and Climate Change.
World Thinking Day is celebrated around the world by 10 million Girl Guides (Brownies)and Girl Scouts in 150 countries. Additionally, some boy-orientated organisations also celebrate this day, as can be seen by our two cubs.
Today, we ended Children’s Mental Health Week by wearing a scarf to school.
SCARF – Safety, Caring, Achievement, Resilience, Friendship
This week we have taken part in a range of activities and discussions based around our mental health, following the theme of making connections.