Wow, what a week! We were lucky enough to have a special visitor this week in the form of a real-life ‘geologist’. The children thoroughly enjoyed explored ‘real’ fossils and learnt a lot about how to become ‘fossil hunters’ themselves. A fantastic afternoon had by all.
This week in year 4 we have been investigating the permeability of different rocks. The children discovered rocks such as slate and granite were less permeable than rocks such as limestone and sandstone.
As part of our new text, ‘Leon and The Place Between’ the children have enjoyed completing some drama based activities. As you can see, they fully embraced the challenge.
Year 4 have had a fantastic time at their Christmas party.
As part of our ‘Come Fly With Me: Africa!’ theme we have enjoyed learning how to play the djembe drums.
The children explored what life was like during the early days of the Benin Kingdom. They explored what it would be like to trade items with other members of the community. After realising that trading in small communities would be difficult, the children began to trade with other groups in the class. They understood that this was how small villages grew into large settlements like the Benin Kingdom did.
As part of ‘anti-bullying week’, we have been learning about what it means to be respectful to others. The children came up with lots of mature and sensible answers, which they recorded and used to create a class ‘chain of respect’. Well done Year 4.
Today 2 Red have been looking for signs of Autumn in the school garden. The children collected natural materials and used these in an Autumn picture.
This week in our ‘LMTW’ lessons we have been learning about African culture. We looked at the foods from across Africa and even had a go and making and eating some ourselves. We made a cous cous dish and mango smoothies.
In Science this week, we have been learning all about ‘The Digestive System’.
