Year 4 had a great afternoon at South Marine Park completing an orienteering course. The 2 groups had to find 26 markers, which contained a letter and a number. Using the letters and numbers we then had a quiz to complete. Along the route there were also fun challenges to enjoy. We all enjoyed using the map and searching for the markers.
Year 4 had a great time using the skills we had learned from the rugby coach in a rugby tournament.
We all tried really hard and had a fantastic morning.
On Thursday 8th May Year 4 enjoyed a visit linked to the topic of Ancient Maya. During the day we enjoyed taking part in drama based activities to learn about the religious beliefs of the Maya. We also had the opportunity to examine artefacts and learn some of the language they used. We all had an enjoyable day and learned lots of new information.
Father Thompson visited year 4 to talk about our unit question ‘Lent and why it is important to Christians’. We learnt that Lent starts on Ash Wednesday, lasts for 40 days (excluding Sundays), and ends on Good Friday. Lent is important to Christians as it is a time when Christians can prepare for the celebrations of Easter by reflecting on their behaviour over the last year and finding ways to live a life based on the teaching of Jesus. It was lovely to be able to ask Father Thompson questions and look at some of the artefacts that he brought with him.
The children across the school enjoyed collected recyclable materials to create an outfit for their classmate to wear. Mrs Collinson judged all costumes to the best and awarded a certificate to every class and every class enjoyed an extra 15 minutes playtime. Well done to all!
Science Council voted on a science week visitor to wow us with some science linked to adaptation and change and it was ZooLab who topped the voting pole. Rob visited and brought in a tarantula (typically from the desert), a giant snail (rainforest habitat), a snake (grassland habitat), rats and cockroaches. We learned about lots of different characteristics which the different animals have that help them survive where they live. We got to hold/ stroke them if we wanted to and had a brilliant time.
Pupils took part in school a competition where they were asked to create a front cover and a blurb for a book they would like to read.
As part of British Science Week Mrs Givens worked with children in Years 4,5 and 6 on The Fatberg Experiment. Ask your children what this was about?
