Global issues
Red Nose Day
Thank you to everyone for donating this morning for our Red Nose Day Crazy Hair Day!! everyone looks fantastic.
Science
British Science Week
This week in class we are celebrating British Science Week! Our given activity focus was – Effective Particle Sizes! We focused on our respiratory system and how participles can pass through some aspect of it. We completed our experiment to see which particle size can pass through each stage of Read more
Careers Related Learning
World Book Day – Career Focus
What a brilliant day we have had! Today children came into school dressed as a career they wish to have in the future. we completed lots of different activities all week including many books about different careers. we also were very lucky to have visitors coming into school to tell Read more
Design and technology
Taste Test;!
Today we started our new Design Technology topic- adapting recipe. our focus is biscuits- the best topic! During todays lesson we tried and tested some existing biscuits. e We focused on brand, type, taste, appearance, packaging, target audience and texture. of course we really enjoyed this lesson! This will help Read more
Mathematics
Finding the perimeter
This week during our maths lessons we have been finding the perimeter of squares, rectangles and rectilinear shapes. We have been practicing using a ruler to measure the length and weight. The children have worked hard to add the larger numbers together or use different methods to fund the end Read more
Learning for Life
Random Act Of Kindness
Today is National Random Act of Kindness! Year 4 Hawthorn decided to create crafts to place in the park to bring joy and hopefully make people smile. whilst at the park we also enjoyed our end of half term Dojo treat for reaching our target! Well done Hawthorn! A Read more
Art & Design
Shadow sculptures
During art last week, we created some shadow sculptures- although we had to improve as we had no sun outside! We used words that describe a good friend. the children work in pairs to create their sculptures. We have really enjoyed our topic for art this half term!
Design and Technology
Linking project Year 4 Hawthorn
Today we have had our next Linking Project meeting day with our partner school, Ashfield Valley. Thanks to Touchstones, we had workshops creating shadow puppet workshops and a body movement workshop both were based around the book ‘The Crown’ It was so much fun meeting up with our partner school. Read more
Whole School
Keeping Safe
This half term during our SCARF lessons, we have been discussing how to keep safe. First we discussed risks, hazards and dangers that we can come across and how we would class different situations. The children then acted these out. After this, we then thought about the word “Dare”. We Read more
Art & Design
Soap sculptures
This half term during our Art lessons we are focusing on sculpture. Today we looked at the work of Barbara Hepworth. Then we sketched and planned our own soap sculptures. Take a look at some of our creations!