Knitting
Ahead of our next Design and Technology unit, some of us have been practising our textiles skills. We are all looking forward to seeing the completed blanket.
Rivers Workshop pt2
This afternoon, we learned more about the river as a habitat and played a game using a key to help us guess the animal. We then examined what a river needs to be healthy and what causes it to be unhealthy; we became conservationists and rangers, discussing ways to solve problems. Finally, we used…
Rivers Workshop pt1
We have had a great morning using our knowledge and vocabulary about rivers in various activities and learned new facts. We built a river using objects in the classroom and labelled it, we used a map of our local area to find nearby rivers and other river environment features and we got to handle…
Theatre by the Lake
What a wonderful experience we all had today at Theatre by the Lake in Keswick! Year 4 went to watch the World Premiere production of ‘A Little Princess’, which is a new adaptation of the much-loved children’s classic ‘The Secret Garden’ by Frances Hodgson Burnett. We all had favourite parts e.g.…
Friendship Disco Y4
What a wonderful time everyone had at the Friendship Disco! Lots of dancing and fun with friends.
Motocross
How exciting! We are very lucky to have Cumbria Moto Park on our doorstep, the country's first indoor motocross track (Motocross or MX is a dirt-bike racing sport which takes place on an enclosed off-road circuit). This looks like lots of fun. Some of our children have been making the most of…
Using Nature in Art
Year 4 have been using nature to create works of art. They have been using their observation skills to examine contour lines and patterns in nature. They collected leaves from Whinlatter Forest and their local environment. They created rubbings of leaves using wax crayons and observed the lines…
New Books
Our Reading Ambassadors have been busy this week. They were very excited to accept delivery of the new books from each class’ wish list. They organised them into piles then stamped them with the school stamp.
Odd Socks Day Y4 2023
To mark the start of Anti-Bullying week, we took part in ‘Odd Socks Day’. We wore odd socks to school as a symbol of uniqueness and to promote acceptance of diversity. We talked about embracing our individuality and celebrating our differences and agreed that it’s okay to be different. We then…
Making Fresh Pizza
As part of our Design and Technology, Year 4 have been learning about the differences between processed and homemade foods. Today they followed a recipe to make a pizza from scratch. They used Greek Yogurt instead of yeast. They learned how to mix the ingredients together and then how to knead the…
Introduction to Fencing
We were privileged to welcome a Fencing coach into school today. Year 4 thoroughly enjoyed their introduction into an Olympic sport.
Times Tables Tips
Year 4 have been learning about how to use their fingers to help find out multiples of 9.