Maple are currently reading ‘The Demon Dentist’ as our daily class read. The children can’t wait to hear, at the end of the day, what is going to happen next. They are particularly interested in finding out more about ‘Miss Root’ who they suspect is trying to rot the school Read more
Maple have been investigating the digestive system this afternoon. Everyone was treated to a demonstration using bananas, biscuits, cola and a pair of tights, by Mrs Grindrod. There were many laughs and giggles but we are now all fully fledged experts in the digestive system!
Maple have had an amazing time at the dentist today. We’ve learnt about different tooth types and their functions. The children came up with some fantastic actions to remember what each tooth type does. Then it was off to the dentist…making some brilliant moulds of teeth and labelling them!
Year 4 have been busy this morning representing 1000s, 100s, 10s and 1s using counters. There was some excellent discussion using mathematical words. We have even worked on challenges in groups to solve problems.
This morning Maple have been busy building! A lady from the school building project carried out a session with us all about ‘Structures’. We had to make tetrahedrons using the wooden sticks. We then got busy trying to make the biggest structure we could with them. The children all had Read more
Year 4 Maple were busy today investigating how good we are at brushing our teeth properly. We’re pleased to report that everyone is doing a good job at brushing away plaque from their teeth!
What a fantastic day we have had at Magna! We have explored fire, air and water and completed a workshop on magnets and metals, which fit really well with the topic we have been studying this half-term. We have had so much fun!! So much so, that a few of Read more
This week has been French and Art week at St Luke’s. In art, we looked at the artist Monet. We worked on Art techniques such as mixing colours and creating texture using tissue, newspaper and different brush strokes before creating a background for our final piece. We then used charcoal Read more
To link in with our metals topic, we have been writing explanation texts for iRobots. We began by watching an award winning short film about a robot dog and discussed things such as its movements, how we understood its emotions and its relationship with its owner. We then wrote an Read more
As part of our mighty metals topic we have looked at different types of metals and their properties including metals that easily rust. We then completed an experiment to see what happens to copper coins when placed in various liquids. Our recorded results showed that liquids that contain acid, sugar Read more