This week in Year 4 Maple we had a special information session all about Charcot Marie Tooth. One of our wonderful pupils has this condition and wanted their friends to learn all about how it effects their day to day life. Our NHS visitors provided lots of information and set Read more
This half term Maple are learning about ‘Mechanical Systems’ and designing and making a slingshot car. Today we have been working independently to produce an accurate, functioning car chassis and design a shape that is suitable for the project. We have discussed what air resistance is and attempted to reduce Read more
Maple have been down to the River Roch in Queen’s Park today to carry out an investigation into how fast the river was flowing. We positioned ourselves on the bridge and measured a distance of 10 metres. We then timed (in seconds) how long it took for the object in Read more
The children have had a wonderful day today for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. We have learnt lots of facts about the Queen and her life during her 70 years on the throne. We have enjoyed making our own jubilee mementos and having a picnic for our lunch.
Year 2 and Year 4 worked together to create a collaborative collage for the Queen’s Jubilee.
Today’s final forest school session took us off school grounds and into Queens Park. The children had a great time racing ducks in the stream before continuing our walk into the park. On route we spotted a mother duck with her baby goslings. Then, we walked over to the play Read more
This week Year 4 Maple have continued our exploration of Vikings by learning about Viking longships. We spent the afternoon pretending to be Saxon spies searching the shore to find out more information about our enemies ships. The children worked in teams to create diagrams of the ships. We then Read more
Year 4 have been learning the art of Yoga this afternoon. We have all enjoyed learning how to deliver a ‘peer massage’, with the permission of our friend. We all felt extremely relaxed afterwards! We know that this is a technique that we can now use when we are feeling Read more
This afternoon we have been learning about how to carry out effective searches using the internet. We worked together as a class to find the answers to some simple questions. We investigated how searches, which are not clear enough, result in us finding the wrong information. The children then worked Read more
This half term Year 4 will be learning all about the history of Vikings so this week we had the chance to visit the Jorvik Viking Centre in York. The children were able to take a ride back in time to experience the sights, sounds and smells of Viking-age York. Read more