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On Wednesday 6th March, Year 4 children walked to St Matthew’s and St. Luke’s church to learn about Ash Wednesday and Lent. George thought the trip was really good as he learned lots of information about Lent. Bruce learnt that the purple cloths in the Church meant a time of preparing. I don’t think any… Read more »
During RE day, we studied pilgrimage and learned about the Hajj. It is one of the 5 pillars of Islam and every Muslim is expected to make this journey to Mecca in their lifetime. Many famous people including Paul Pogba (Manchester United footballer) have made this journey. We recreated the 7 stages that are performed during… Read more »
Year 4 are learning about Christmas around the world. To start the topic we visited Waterstones to learn about how Christmas is celebrated in many different countries. We found out many interesting facts about different countries and learnt how to say Merry Christmas in 8 different languages!Do you know Christmas dinner in Jamaica is barbecued… Read more »
The year 3 and 4 tag rugby team travelled to Mowden Park on Thursday 25th October to compete in a tag rugby festival. The day involved friendly matches against schools such as Rydal Academy, Harrowgate Hill and Mowden as well as skill based sessions. The children thoroughly enjoyed the day. Their behaviour was excellent and… Read more »
On Wednesday 3rd October 2018, we visited the Head of Steam Museum in Darlington. We all went as a year group, 4D and 4S, Mrs Stephenson, Miss Dunn, Mrs Davison and Mrs Rimmer. The purpose of our visit was to view our fabulous art work that was displayed in the museum for a celebration event… Read more »
Year 3 spent an afternoon finding out all about woodlice habitats!Working in groups, the children planned their own investigations, including what they wanted to find out and what equipment they needed to use in their experiments.After making predictions about the outcome, the children set up their investigations and used the next week to carefully observe… Read more »
On Tuesday 19th June, Year 4 visited the Head of Steam museum to complete a workshop based on structures. As this was the first time anyone had trialled the activity, Sarah had asked for the children to evaluate the strengths and provide suggestions of ways to improve it. During the session, the children enjoyed exploring… Read more »
On Friday 11th May, we performed our class assembly to family, friends and KS2 children. The teachers were very proud of us all and they enjoyed our singing, dancing and acting. We learnt lots of interesting facts about Natural Disasters while we were rehearsing our assembly and enjoyed sharing these with everyone. After the assembly,… Read more »
In small groups, the children worked together to make medieval gingerbread. They had to cut the crusts off the slices of bread, crumble the slices, add spices, warm honey and then stir this all together. Then, they pressed the mixture into a tray gently before putting it into the fridge. Some of the children helped… Read more »
The children explored how the Tudors dressed. We looked at outfits for the rich and the poor and discussed their similarities and differences. We then looked at the clothes that we had to decide if they were for a man or a woman.
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