L1 Mindfulness
We loved creating movements and patterns based on calm.
Handball…
Handball L1 We included everyone in remembering our catching hands. Handball L2 Everyone worked on their passing and defending tactics. [gallery type="rectangular"...
Digestion…
The Year 4 Rosalind Franklin Class loved participating in a demonstration of what happens to food during digestion.
School Council Elections
The Year 4 Rosalind Franklin Class prepared speeches to persuade our audience to vote for us (or not!). We all had the chance to speak aloud and to vote democratically for our two class representatives. The votes will be counted and the process verified before the...
The digestive system
Today we watched a demonstration of the digestive system using tights, a sandwich bag, food and water. Not forgetting the bag and draw to catch the excretion!
Rosalind Franklin Dance
This week we created a dance sequence using actions. Our vocabulary was spiral, DNA and X-Ray. We loved expressing ourselves through the movements.
Manipulatives…
We used manipulatives to remember place value and write the thousands, hundreds, tens and ones.
Thousands, hundreds, tens and ones…
The Year 4 Rosalind Franklin Class have been working collaboratively to use manipulatives to make numbers including thousands, hundreds, tens and ones.
Birkwood Choir
https://vimeo.com/1210140710/370515a88f?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci On Monday 13th July our school choir shared the songs they have been learning in after school club with their parents and carers. We are extremely proud of their hard work and cannot wait to see...
Thank you to our amazing School Reading Volunteers
The Year 4 Ada Lovelace class invited the amazing reading volunteers to a tea party. We with entertained them with our brass music and engaged in lots of small talk from big hearts. We gave compliments, asked...
Me and My Emotions
We loved exploring, discussing and sharing examples of our emotions with a beautiful Compass Be workshop.
Tennis game, set and match…
We used our skills to play against each other in our final tennis lesson of the year.
Dance for Rights
The Year 4 Ada Lovelace class thoroughly enjoyed their Dance for Rights live lesson with The Royal Ballet. We explored themes of identity, hope, journey and play through an immersive and moving creative experience. We collaborated to perform a piece including group,...
Year 4 Ada Lovelace visit Skelton Grange
What a fantastic day! We explored our science topic of Living Things and their Habitats with an activity packed itinerary including bug hunting and pond dipping
Body, arms, legs and head
We involved every body part in sequencing dance actions for the World Cup dance in class today.
Music Festival
We had the celebrity treatment today when we performed amazingly at The Barnsley Metrodome in the Music Festival. We loved our after party back in school to celebrate our success.
Anyone for Tennis?
We decided to split our lesson this week due to the heat. This involved alternating between a short, low energy game of tennis outside and some indoor tennis themed activities.
Saying Goodbye …
We all said thank you and goodbye to our wonderful PGCE student who brought cake and juice to say thank you! We wish her all the best and will miss her.