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29 January 2019

So many different rocks! So many new words!

Year 4 enjoyed a visit from Jean from Cleveland Ironstone Museum this afternoon to deliver a series of tasks based on different rock types to support our Mountain work. The children enjoyed sorting the rocks into different categories and learning about their different types and features. We then…

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28 January 2019

Life in the Arctic

Nursery have been learning about people who live in the Arctic.  We found out that they are called Eskimos and some live build igloos and live in them.  Although they are made completely out of snow and ice they are actually very warm inside!  The children designed and made their own igloos…

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25 January 2019

This week’s homework…

Any questions, please speak to one of the team.

Mr H

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25 January 2019

More snowy adventures in Nursery…

This week we have been learning all about owls that live in the Arctic. We’ve shared stories about owls and looked in non-fiction books to find out interesting owl facts! We even made owls made out of fondant icing which were yummy.

In Literacy, we used our imaginations to make up stories about…

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25 January 2019

Frida Kahlo

We have been learning about the artist Frida Kahlo. She has painted many portraits, self-portraits and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. We decided to recreate some of her work by doing observational painting and drawings of fruit. We also ate it when we were finished. Yum

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25 January 2019

Evaporation experiments

Year 4 have been setting up evaporation experiments as part of our work on States of Matter. We are learning how to set up and record a scientific  investigation. We have made a prediction, set up a fair test and we are looking forward to finding out the results next week.

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24 January 2019

Traditional Tales

This half term we have been learning about Traditional Tales.

Can you write a short story using these key words?

Prince Horse
Castle Witch
Forest  

 

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23 January 2019

Drop Everything And Read

The children have enjoyed their D.E.A.R time during the school day and are looking forward to working towards meeting the reading challenge. We have already had a visit from a member of staff during our D.E.A.R time. Who will visit us next?

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20 January 2019

Dr Paul Williams

On Friday, Dr Paul Williams arrived in school and we had the opportunity to ask him a range of questions.

The children considered their questions carefully and this made for a really lively discussion. Dr Williams was keen to find out our views on the questions which were asked…

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18 January 2019

Welcome back!

It has been a fantastic start to the new term with lots of activity and new learning.

We are welcoming some new families and pupils and looking forward to getting to know them.

Congratulations to Seth, Lizzie, Isla and Ruby, who are all winners in the Sainsbury’s Christmas colouring…

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18 January 2019

This weeks homework

Please have a go at the above pages, if you get stuck, come and see us.

Mr H and Mr W

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18 January 2019

The long climb begins

Year 4 are ‘climbing’ Mount Everest.We have a step in class that measures 30cm high. Therefore, for every 10 steps we perform we have climbed 3m up the mountain. Every spare moment we have, we add a few more metres to our total. After the  first week, we have climbed a total of 619m. It’s harder…

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