The children in year 4 enjoyed having a taste of France recently. French bread, croissants, brie and ‘red wine’ (blackcurrant juice). They had to use their language skills to ask for each item. For example, je voudrais du pain et du fromage s’il vous plait. I would like some bread and some cheese please. As you will see from the photograph, Mariah wasn’t too keen on the strong tasting Brie!
As part of our ‘Victorians’ topic, we have been studying the work of Henry Redmore. Henry Redmore was a Hull born artist who painted most of his work in the second half of the 19th Century. His subjects were mostly within the Humber Estuary, the river Hull and open waters of the North Sea. The children enjoyed using their colour mixing skills to try to recreate the ‘moody’ tones of Redmore’s work. I’m sure you’ll agree that they did a fantastic job.
The children in year 3/4 have been using classification keys to organise a variety of different objects. They began by using the keys to sort Liquorice Allsorts then proceeded to sort a variety of leaves according to their observable properties.
Whilst learning about the Stone Age, the children in year 3/4 found out that Stone Age people drew pictures on the walls of caves to tell stories and depict everyday life. They used media such as clay, blood and grasses to add colour to their work. The children used oil pastels to create their own Stone Age style cave art. We turned off the lights and drew by torch light to fully immerse ourselves in the experience.
Look at this fantastic Egyptian style tomb art! The children focused on depicting events from every day Egyptian life into their work, as was the Egyptian way.
After studying the properties of magnets, the children in year 3/4 were challenged to make the longest paperclip chain that could be suspended by a single magnet. Most groups found that the Horseshoe magnet could suspend the longest paperclip chain. They had lots of fun experimenting with the different types of magnet.
We have recently been learning about life in the Stone Age. The children were particularly interested in the Stone Age method of heating liquids with hot stones. We therefore decided to try to replicate this method by attempting to raise the temperature of cold water by adding hot stones. This was much more difficult than we thought it would be! It led us to ask the questions: Why not hold the vessel directly over the water? and How long would it take to raise the temperature of the liquid to boiling point?
The children in year 4 have been investigating the effect of changing the conditions needed for a gladioli bulb to grow. They had previously learnt about the basic conditions needed for plant growth; food, light and water so decided to experiment with the soil type and amount, nutrient type and frequency of watering. They found that the bulb grew tallest when it had been covered in a good layer of soil, watered regularly and had had bone meal added to the soil. They were quite surprised at how tall each plant grew!