Personhood
Having shared some facts, qualities, values, similarities, differences and preferences, we got to thinking about what really makes US. If you change your lunchbox or your hairstyle, does that change who you are? We began to ask what was the same and different about...
Understanding and Reading Notation
We had to concentrate to read the notes and rests but we did a super job! We can read music!
Handball Tournament
Children applying everything they have learned over the last 5 weeks in a game situation...
Who am I?
Part 1 of our enquiry into what makes a person a person. We had a wide range of initial responses. Next time, we will begin to wonder about a philosophical question which arises from our first thoughts.
We represented movements of coal mining machinery in our dance lesson today.
We used counter actions of pull/push, up/down, turn/stop and open/close.
Brilliant brass!
We even had some solos this week with A Quarter's Worth!
Year 4 open classrooms…
We were delighted to hold an art exhibition and poetry recital for our families. We shared our learning by taking like an artist and entertained our audience with Some Other Names for Rain by Kate Wakeling.
Virtual manipulatives…
We enjoyed playing with place value using virtual manipulatives. We know how many hundreds tens and ones of which a number is composed.
Handball lesson 5 introduce defending
Why are these words special?
We revisited the parable of the soil before learning and quizzing each other about the Torah scroll, its importance to Judaism and why it is treated in an important and respectful way.
Lesson 4 handball year 4 AL develop passing moving and shooting
Numbers on Strike…
After an initial discussion about numbers, our favourite and most important numbers, we were just about ready to start our enquiry when we received the news flash! The numbers had gone on strike! What will we do? What might go wrong? Could we get along without...
Collaboration Tier Two Vocab…
As a reminder of key vocabulary, children reading The Iron Man by Ted Hughes, recalled prior knowledge by working together to match definitions to vocabulary at the start of their reading comprehension lesson.
Safety is Key
We have been discussing equipment, actions and decisions involved in cycling and community safety.
Tools and Machinery
We used dance actions, levels and dynamics to create a dance sequence based on coal mining.
Brass Lesson 2
We practised our hold, lip position, rhythms and blowing.
Digestion
We have learned about the series of organs which break down food. Did you know that there are over 100 healthy bacteria in your gut? A healthy diet is a healthy gut and a healthy gut is a healthy mind!
Exploring a Historical Resource
We learned about the life of a Victorian child miner by looking at an artist impression of the winding gear and treacherous descent down the mine shaft.