On Tuesday, we visited Harrogate Showground to take part in Countryside Days. We started the day by learning all about sheep and were even treated to an impromptu dance routine. We then took part in a variety of different activities such as learning about willow weaving to watching a sheep dog show.

This week, we have been learning all about things we can do to support our own mental health. On Wednesday, we took part in the Big Sing – which involved us singing as part of a school wide choir on the playground. We then came to school dressed in green to show our support for mental health week. 

We completed our shared write all about an underwater creature. On Wednesday, we created our own elusive species which is in preparation for our hot writing next week. The children loved the opportunity to sketch and label their very own monster of the deep. We even had the chance to take on the role of world leading expert on our particular animal and give a presentation to the rest of the class.

This week, we continued our fantastic Roots and Routes project which is focusing on our local area and what we love about it and what we would like to change. We designed images to show this and then used paint pens to draw our designs on to rocks.

This week, we started designing our animal mosaics which we will be making later in the half term. We started the session by drawing outlines of an animal of our choice and then drew squares to represent the coloured pieces of paper we will be using.

It has been a fantastic start to this Summer term!

We have all come back refreshed and ready to take on our new learning. This week, we started our new writing topic which is a piece of non-fiction all about an underwater creature. We have been learning lots of interesting vocabulary like bioluminescent and protruding. We used this to start building different sentence types.

On Wednesday afternoon, we started to explore Garagaband. We created drum patterns using the beat sequencer and then started to create a simple four note pattern. We learnt about the different notes on a piano and realised that they repeat themselves started at A and going to G but not to H!

This Week, we looked at creating pointillism drawings using our creature designs from last week. We looked at simplifying our initial designs and adding spots in the style of the pointillist movement. 

This week, we undertook our termly assessments. The children took on all aspects with great resilience and perseverance. I have been really impressed with the progress the children have been making.

On Monday, we made their night lights using the glass jars the children brought in. We had great fun bringing our designs to life and pushing our creativity. We were all really impressed with our night lights and we all can’t wait to test them out at home.

During this half term, we have been looking at the Easter story. We have been learning all about the key events within it from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday. We looked at pieces of art associated with these events. We looked closely at Palm Sunday and spoke about the vibrant and bright colours artist used to depict it. We also looked at the symbolism such as the use of palm trees and people celebrating. Using this knowledge, we produced some amazing pieces of art to show this part of the bible.

As part of the Roots and Routes project, we undertook a photography workshop with a local photographer called Gavin. The children practiced their snapping. We of course mean taking pictures. 4A used high-tech, waterproof cameras to practice some photography skills, which included close up photos, using different lighting, using different perspectives and ensuring that the picture is focused. 

Another interesting week comes to an end in year 4 and it has been another cracker! 

The students of 4A have dived in (literally) to another week of writing by producing some fantastic portal story shared writes. The class have been telling a tale of a young classmate who is transported into the ocean during a trip to the library. I have been incredibly impressed with the resourcefulness shown by all as they have produced some great work. In maths, we have continued to work on fractions. In particular, we have been learning how to convert fractions from mixed numbers to improper fractions and the visa versa.