Year 4 Swimming

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Year 4 have made a tremendous effort with their swimming lessons this week - many children have overcome their fears of water and are developing life saving skills. The adults in school have been super proud to see how each class have developed in confidence and challenged themselves. The sessions…

Posted by /blog/author/enotman on 24 March 2023

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UV Dodgeball

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On Friday we played dodgeball under UV lights. It was a lot of fun!

Posted by /blog/author/enotman on 14 March 2023

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4B World Book Day

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We had such a great day celebrating World Book Day and enjoyed reading activities throughout the day. 

Posted by /blog/author/enotman on 3 March 2023

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Pizza making

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In DT this half term we have focusing on cooking. We started by tasting a range of pizza to evaluate existing products in preparation for planning our own pizzas. We made a fresh batch of dough and had to wait over lunch prove over lunch. Then we kneaded the dough into shape and used our plan to…

Posted by /blog/author/enotman on 9 February 2023

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Practical Maths

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Today we have reinforced our knowledge on place value using practical resources. 

Posted by /blog/author/enotman on 11 January 2023

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Year 4 Viking Workshop

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In Year 4 we have been learning about about the Viking times. Last week we had a special visitor who told us all about how life was like for the Vikings, how they chose a chief for battle, what a battle would have looked like and how they rowed on their longboats. We look at many different…

Posted by /blog/author/enotman on 14 December 2022

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4B Martin Mere

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During our trip to Martin Mere we completed a pond dipping activity. We were given a net and a tray and we had to dip into the pond to collect living things. We were then able to classify the living things as vertebrates in invertebrates using the classification keys. We learnt the names of lots…

Posted by /blog/author/enotman on 7 December 2022

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Our donations to The International Aid Trust

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On Friday we visited a local charity that supports refugees in Ukraine and many other countries in need. We met a volunteer who gave us a tour of the distribution centre and talked us through how the donations are organised before they get transported overseas. As part of our Faith In Action…

Posted by /blog/author/enotman on 7 November 2022

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4B Class Mass

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This week 4B took a trip over to church and took part in mass with members of the congregation. During mass Father Haughton discussed a special event celebrated in Canada and discussed with the children what a martyr is. We then identified different ways the Holy Spirit lives in us and guides us…

Posted by /blog/author/enotman on 20 October 2022

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Counter balances in Year 4

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This week in PE we developed our skills when creating a counter balance. We worked in pairs to support one another’s body weight using different levels. We are going to continue to develop this by creating a sequence next week using a variety of individual and paired balances. 

Posted by /blog/author/enotman on 5 October 2022

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Year 4 basketball

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This half term we are working on our skills within basketball on our new muga. Today we focused on dodging, dribbling and shooting. The children loved spending some time within our new area and using the new basketball hoops! 

Posted by /blog/author/enotman on 27 September 2022

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Moving Pictures

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We kicked off our new DT unit by exploring and investigating with different materials to create a moving picture. We discussed the elements we would need to move a character in our picture and worked on our cutting and sticking skills. 

Posted by /blog/author/enotman on 3 May 2022

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