Last week, Year 4 continued their transition English sequence. To prepare to write our instructions on how to make beans on toast, Year 4 instructed Miss Lauder step by step to help her make beans on toast in the classroom. They were delicious! Well done Year 4.
Year Four had a very creative day today as they studied their new art topic “Statues, Statuettes and Figurines”, which links in with our Summer topic of “Ancient Civilisations”.This project teaches children about the 3-D representation of the human form.
They first studied various portraits of the human form and then, using our little mannequins as a base, drew their own figure drawings in various poses, then added shape and detail. They studied examples of statuettes from ancient civilisations, and then used their clay skills to create a 3D Sumer-style figurine.
Year 4 had their first Hockey lesson this afternoon in P.E. We practised holding the Hockey stick correctly along with using our eyes to keep control of the ball. We focused on dribbling and only using one side of the Hockey stick when dribbling. We had great fun and are excited for our next Hockey lesson.
Year 4 have had an amazing introduction to their next science topic of “Changing Matter” that they will be starting after half term by a visit to the National Glass Centre.
We performed a range of experiments to see if our predictions would be correct when water was added to different substances and watched how glass is blown to create a beautiful wavy bowl after heating it to temperatures of 1,100 degrees!
To end a brilliant day, we planned and made our own glass designs that will be fired in the ovens at 780 degrees and collected over the holidays,
We are so excited for next term!
Year 4 enjoyed our Forest School session this afternoon which was linked to our current Science topic ‘Grouping and Classifying’. We explored the Plant Kingdom and Plant Classification to further develop our knowledge and understanding of classification keys.
This week we have been focusing on developing our posture during our Oracy sessions. Year 3/4 were tasked with balancing a book on their head whilst maintaining good posture through keeping our shoulders back and down and our torso up straight. We enjoyed the challenge and competed against each other to see how far we could travel whilst keeping the book balanced.
Year 3/4 had a lovely start to the morning with eating pancakes and sharing poetry books as part of our reading for pleasure. We enjoyed sharing these poems between the two classes.
Y4 had a great time yesterday immersing themselves in books at Jarrow library!
Year Four completed their Vista topic in our Time to Talk Day using all the knowledge they have gained, to research and produce a piece of landscape art focusing on creating an atmospheric perspective using different shading and colouring techniques. They chose which medium they wished to use to colour their drawing and some decided on watercolours, pencils, fine line pens or even pastels.
Once completed, the children wrote a statement explaining why they had chosen that particular picture and which techniques they had used, which they presented to parents and carers in our art gallery.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, Year 4 enjoyed participating in two raingarden sessions with John which were linked to our current topic ‘Misty Mountain, Winding River’. Our first afternoon involved us developing our understanding of what a rain garden is and how we were going to make our rain garden. Our second afternoon involved us creating our rain garden which we have built outside our Year 4 classroom.
