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As part of our overall online safety focus, we shared the cautionary tale of Goldilocks, who overshared online and ended up in lots of trouble. We then shared our own hashtags for keeping safe online.
Year 4 - Tawny Owl
Happy Easter and Ramadan Mubarak from Tawny Owl Class
Year 4 Forest School Day : March 2024
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.
Year 4 Forest School 2024
World Book Day 2024
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!
Rocktopus - March 2024
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 Cad Characters Visit
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.
Y4 Tudor Cad Characters - March 2024
Year 4 Storytelling Visit
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 Storyteller Visit
Fencing Workshop
Y4 Fencing
Year 4 and Year 1 French Oracy Share
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!
Year 4 and Year 1 French Story Share
The Science of Sound
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!
Science Tawny Sound
Hedgehog Workshop
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!
Multiplication Tables Check
We have shared with parents/carers the updated MTC parents leaflet, which children in Year 4 will participate in this June. Please do speak with Class Teachers if you have any queries, or if you would prefer a paper copy.
Maths Week 2023
To celebrate Maths Week, we designed, made and played our own Maths challenge games, based upon times tables facts.
Children in Need 2023
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.
Carnival
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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Y4 Carnival
Cricket Trip
On Wednesday 13th September, Year 4 had the opportunity to attend The Somerset Cricket Foundation Schools' Day at The County Cricket Ground in Taunton.
We watched an exciting game between Western Storm and Central Sparks, met the players and took part in some cricket skills activities.
Some of our girls were even lucky enough to lead the players onto the ground as the guard of honour!
The weather was lovely, and we all agreed that it was a fantastic day!
Y4 Cricket Trip
Owl Visit
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).
Y4 Owl Visit (Sept 2023)
Share a Story Session
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!
Rainforest Collages
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.
Y4 Art
Cards for the Coronation!
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.
Tudor Henry VIII Cad Character Visit: March 2023
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:
Y4 Tudor Cad Characters - March 2023
World Thinking Day 2023 Year 4 : February 2023
What Is World Thinking Day?
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.
Children’s Mental Health Week Tawny Owl : February 2023
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.
