This week, we had a special visit from a geologist. We explored and learnt lots about fossils. We all had an awesome time!
This week we have been learning about ‘States of Matter’. The children explored how the molecules of solids, liquids and gases move.
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 Science, we have been looking at soil. We discussed what soil is made from and we investigated 3 different types, sandy soil, chalk soil and clay soil. During our investigation, we observed and discussed the differences in appearance, texture and smell.
This half term, we are learning how to play football. We have started off with practising our dribbling skills, whilst attacking and defending the ball.
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.
We had an assembly with Reverend Ian from St John’s church. Today he talked to the children about break time. He recalled a story from the New Testament regarding the day of Sabbath. He talked about how the day of Sabbath is a day of rest, time to recharge and how beneficial it is. He then discussed whether we should also do jobs, relating it to Jesus helping people on the Sabbath day. We talked about Jesus healing people and helping others. How we could also help people during our breaks? The children came up with some fabulous ideas of how we can help each other during our breaks. Suggestions such as helping people who are lonely by playing with them, if someone is hurt then make sure they are ok or get them some help, let people join in with games or agree to play a few different games so everyone gets to choose their own ideas. We then had a school prayer and sang a song.
