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31 January 2023

Geography in Year 4

Year 4 are learning about lines of latitude and longitude. They have been using ‘wordwall’ on the iPads to enhance learning. 

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12 January 2023

Forest School - Y4 Week 2

Our second week of Forest School taught us to be mindful of inclement weather conditions, to always be prepared and flexible when for when the weather changes or is different to the forecast. This week we all attended together because the forecast was for very high winds. After investigating our…

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5 January 2023

Forest School Y4

What a wonderful experience Year 4 had at their first Forest School! 
 

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12 December 2022

Spreadsheets

In their computing lessons, Year 4 are learning how to use and create spreadsheets. They have been using the formula wizard to help them create formulas. They enjoyed learning to how to use a spreadsheet to create a Maths game. 
 

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12 December 2022

Circuits

In P.E. today, Year 4 created their own circuits session by choosing 10 different strength and conditioning exercises. They then completed the circuit, carrying out each exercise for 20 seconds with a 30 second rest in between each exercise. They were then able to identify which parts of the body…

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8 December 2022

Food and Nutrition

What’s really in your food?

Year 4 are well on their way to being chefs now! Today they compared the ingredients of tinned and homemade soup then made their own tomato soup.

 

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8 December 2022

Year 5 X- country

Year 5 took part in a x- country event at St. Benedict’s today. We all ran 2km and our average time was worked out. In June we will return to St. Benedict’s to run the same course and we will see if we can improve our time. We hope to get lots of training in before then so we can knock some time…

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6 December 2022

Year 3 and 4 Theatre Visit

Year 3 and 4 had a fantastic time at Keswick’s Theatre by the Lake. They watched their Christmas production of The Borrowers. What a marvellous show! They were amazed by how they made the actors seem like miniature people hiding under the floorboards. They enjoyed, singing, clapping, dancing along…

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6 December 2022

Theatre Trip 2022

What a wonderful, memorable experience we all had at the theatre to watch the live performance of the much-loved classic tale The Borrowers, by Mary Norton! Thank you to Theatre by the Lake, Keswick, for their faultless hospitality and inviting us to to meet the cast. 
 

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5 December 2022

Gymnastics Y4 2022

Year 4 have spent the Autumn term learning and refining some key gymnastics movements such as arabesque, front support, shoulder stand and cartwheel. The children then put these movements together to create a sequence. In order to analyse their own sequences, they worked in pairs to record one…

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29 November 2022

Wild Rivers 2022 pt3

This afternoon, Year 4 used natural resources to design and build their own river course. They used their knowledge about the features of rivers and their understanding of the delicate biodiversity of river environments in their construction. Throughout the activity, the children used lots of…

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29 November 2022

Wild Rivers 2022 pt2

This afternoon, Year 4 drew a section of the river using map symbols to represent the different features of the river section that they were observing.  

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