As part of the WWII topic in year 3, the children have been learning about The Blitz. They investigated cities in the UK that were bombed and were able to suggest reasons for this. For example, because of the city’s location or industry. They discussed what life would have been like during The Blitz and understood it’s importance in terms of the course of the war.
Category : Year 3/4
We have really enjoyed learning how to code, in Year 3, throughout the Autumn term. We have created simple algorithms, used the repeat command, used timers and even learnt how to debug incorrect codes.
The children in year are really impressing us with the scientific skills they are developing this year. About light, they can say what a light source is, name a number of different light sources and address common misconceptions about light sources. For instance, they can explain that a mirror is not a light source but is merely a good reflector of light. They loved applying their knowledge of reflection to designing a school back pack, with all of them remembering to include retroreflective material within their design.
The year 3 children have enjoyed exploring a range of techniques and media to create some wonderful pieces of work. They used different pencils to develop their sketching skills and experimented with hatching, cross-hatching, light and dark lines. They then combined chalk and charcoal to create a smoke effect background for their London skyline. Don’t they look effective?
Today was Children in Need day and this year children kindly donated money to this wonderful charity and came to school wearing something sports or spotty (or both!). We would like to say a huge thank you to our families for your kind donations.
Mr Morgan’s class worked together to complete this giant Pudsey colouring jigsaw. Fantastic team work kids!
Year 4 have continued to advance their footballing skills. This week they practiced keeping possession and evading opponents by turning. They practiced two different techniques the first being the drag back.
However, they were excited to try the Cryuff turn named after the Dutch footballer Johan Cryuff! How do you think we did!? Have a look at the videos below!
The creator of the ‘Cryuff Turn’ Johan Cryuff at the ’74 World Cup
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Practising this drag-backs and Cryuff turns
This week Y4 started their new OAA unit: Problem Solving! The aim is to develop their communication, teamwork and problem solving skills through a range of practical tasks. So far they have LOVED this and had a fantastic time!
Y4HEB Working together on the playing card challenge.
Year 4 had and excellent end to their half term today taking part in our Ancient Egyptian Wow day! The children all came dressed up in their finest Egyptian clothing for a fun day of learning about Ancient Egypt.
Children made replicas of Tutunkhamun’s death mask, Egyptian jewellery, learned about the process of mummification, virtually explored Tutunkhamun’s tomb and learned how to scale up ancient illustrations of Egyptian Gods! We had a fantastic time and we are very proud of how hard you have worked this year so far – keep it up!
(L-R) Alisha, Grace, Summer and Evie with their fantastic costumes!
Harrie and Issy creating their masks
Finished Tutunkhamun death masks
Mr Morgan and Mrs Hebden didn’t feel silly AT ALL!
A super effort from all Y4, well done!
Year Four have really enjoyed building up their dribbling and passing skills to enable them to play mini basketball games. The progress made within just a few lessons has been really impressive. We have enjoyed being outside and being back to what we love, the weather has been kind each Monday and we are looking really smart in our PE kits and new PE hoodies!
As Scientists, in Year Four, we have been learning about sound. We explored vibrations and how sound is created, how it travels in sound waves, how it the volume can be altered and how we might carry out sound proofing to absorb the sound waves. This week we were given the fiddly challenge of changing the pitch of an elastic band instrument. We could have done with a few extra sets of hands but we enjoyed exploring!
