Y4 COMPLETE PE: TENNIS AND YOGA

By Miss L STEWART30th March 2023

Anyone for Tennis?

Throughout the Spring Term, Year 4 have thoroughly enjoyed building upon their knowledge of Tennis whilst developing strategies in order to win a game against an opponent.  Through practice, the children have been perfecting their control of the racket whilst demonstrating their forehand and backhand techniques. as well as developing their knowledge of space and where best to serve the ball in order to score points against their opponent opponent.

Mindful Yoga

We have also thoroughly enjoyed our weekly Yoga lessons with Liesel in our Drama studio and perfecting the moves which we learnt in Year 3, as well as learning and practicing new skills and moves. Liesel helped us to adopt a better understanding of our core strength and energy fields and also taught us breathing techniques that we can adopt and utilise in any given situation such as square breathing, shark breathing and star breathing.  The Havering Touch  was a new technique that the children learnt this term, which is another strategy that we (children and staff) can draw upon to make us feel calm, relaxed and safe. In total, the children have learnt 34 Yoga moves which  they have been happy to share and demonstrate and in doing so are well on their way to becoming Yoga experts!

Thank you and Namaste Liesel!

 

quiz

By Mrs K SMITH30th March 2023

Year 3 have had lots of fun this week completing our end of term history and geography quizzes.

We could recall lots of facts about what happened in history during the period spanning from the stone age all the way through to the end of the iron age. We remembered what hillforts are and why they were used along with why Stonehenge was built and what it was used for. We also remembered lots of information about ‘The Cheddar Man’ and ‘The Amesbury Archer’.

We used our geography knowledge to answer lots of questions including ones about the 8 points of a compass, human and physical features and the different types of land use we witnessed on our field trips.

Some of us were very happy that we got great scores.

graffiti art

By Mrs K SMITH30th March 2023

Year 3 have completed their final piece of art for this term.

They have created some amazing name tags using fabric paint and t shirts.

We spent time looking at all different types of graffiti going back to cave art in the stone age all the way through to work of a local street artist called Dieynaba Sidibe.

We practised making our own tags with various materials including pencils and pastels before we had a go at using fabric paints.

Once we had done lots of practising and were happy with our tags we were able to recreate them on our t shirts.

We used fabric paints and brushes to create our tags and we were all very happy with our completed piece of art.

YEAR 3 MANDARIN WITH LULU AND LING

By Miss L STEWART28th March 2023

Today our talented Year 3 children came together to rehearse and perform all of the songs they have learnt with Lulu and Ling during our weekly Mandarin Music lessons.  Over this last term, the children have learnt 6 songs in the wonderful Mandarin Chinese language of which 3 of these we will be performing in our upcoming ‘Chinese Whispers’ concert at the University of Hull’s Middleton Hall next term.

Below are just a few snippets of our wonderful singing and performing talents.

A familiar tune…Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes!

 

We have learnt to sing a song about one of the Chinese Written Characters to describe the strokes it is made up from to the melody of ‘Do-Re-Mi’ from the ‘Sound of Music’…

 

We have also learnt a song about ‘Springtime’ accompanied by actions…

 

We are all super proud of ourselves, and of each other, and cannot wait to perform for our audience at the ‘Chinese Whispers’ concert!  Learning a new language through music has enabled us to absorb and retain a skill which we will be able to draw upon and share with others. Thank-you Lulu and Ling for this wonderful opportunity that you have provided us with!

Easter service

By Mr J SUTTON28th March 2023

In today’s assembly the children were welcomed by the Reverend Copley who shared the meaning of Easter with the children. They were thoroughly engaged in his Easter message and loved the story about how Easter eggs should be empty just like the tomb that Jesus was placed in. All of the children listened eagerly as the message of Easter was shared in an engaging and practical way.

Y4 Tennis – Final Week

By Mr S MORGAN27th March 2023

This afternoon was Y4’s final week of tennis! Mr Morgan’s class put everything into action which they had learned over the last 6 weeks into lots of singles games. 6 ‘central’ courts were set up with random pairings playing head to head for 2minutes at a time. Around the central courts, rally stations were set up. By the end of the hour, over 180 individual games had been played! Well done for working so hard over the last half term, it was great to see everything come together today.

The future of Wimbledon?

Autumn and Hannah battling it out.

Freddie demonstrating an excellent backhand return and recover.

Y4 Coin Purses

By Mr S MORGAN27th March 2023

Today was Y4’s make day for this term’s DT project. Children started the day by making paper patterns from their designs. These were transferred onto their fabric which was then carefully cut out and pinned in place. Children then sewed their pieces together using a range of stitches including running stitch, backstitch, overstitch and the challenging blanket stitch! Finally, children added embellishments and fastenings to their purses.

We are super proud of the products they have created! There is such a variety of styles, shapes, fabrics and fastenings. Well done Y4!

 

 

Times Tables Rock Stars Day!!

By Miss T LITHERLAND26th March 2023

All of Year 3 and 4 are doing so well learning all of their times tables so on Thursday we had a times tables day where we had lots of battles between classes, year groups and the teachers! We all had our own chrome book so we were able to battle away and get better at our times tables!

Tigers Trust came into school and worked with each class on some interactive maths. In partners we had to throw the beanbag into a numbered hoop, times those numbers together then work out the answer. We had a minute to complete as many calculations and then it was our opponents go – we had lots of high scores!

We finished off the day with an amazing disco where LOTS of rock songs were played and we had the chance to do some air guitar and then we had an awards ceremony to crown the winners! Don’t we all look great?

Art in Year 3

By Miss T LITHERLAND16th March 2023

In the past few art lessons, we have been learning all about  Street art, particularly Graffiti. We know that it is not vandalism if you are given permission to do it, so we have written some very good persuasive letters to Mrs. Marson to ask if we can graffiti the container on the playground!   We have learnt that cave art was the earliest form of graffiti and many artists today also do it to send a message or tell a story. We looked at a variety of examples of lettering and tags and were given the chance to design our own tag.

First, we experimented with different types of writing and wrote our the alphabet with a range of designs and colours using oil pastels.

Then we designed our tags! We had lots of ideas from Mr Z to using our initials.

Finally, we had a practice using the fabric paints on small pieces of fabric to develop our skills using the brushes and holding the fabric tight ready for next week when we create our          T-shirts.

yorkshire water workshop

By Mrs K SMITH16th March 2023

Year 3 were very luck to take part in a Yorkshire water workshop this week.

We got to find out lots about how water reaches our home.

Did you know all the water in the world has been here since the world began, there is no new water!

We got to see how water is taken from reservoirs and the process it takes through the water treatment works.

We found out lots of information about what we can put in the toilet and what we shouldn’t put in. We saw how toilet paper breaks down in the water but baby wipes stayed the same. Things like baby wipes can get stuck in pipes and cause them to get blocked. This could then cause a burst pipe because water is very strong.

We also found out lots of ways we can save water as there isn’t always enough. We do things like turn taps off when we are brushing our teeth, taking a shower instead of a bath and water flowers with water we wash our pots with. It is really important to save water because in the summer lots of water gets used and the sun soaks it up too.