Today we had a visit from three members of our local Fire Brigade service. They taught us how to look out for fire hazards, what to do in an emergency and how to keep fire safe.
A big thank you to all the team for sharing their knowledge with us!
During Lent, as Christians we are called to serve. Year 4 has chosen to focus our efforts on Macmillans Cancer Support. During the month of March, Macmillans is running a plank challenge: https://www.macmillan.org.uk/fundraise/plank-challenge
In Year 4 we are challenging ourselves to a plank every day, aiming for 3 minutes or even longer!
Please use this website to support our fundraising: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/allsoulsyear4?newPage=True
Feel free to spread the link to family and friends!
Year 4 celebrated World Book Day with some fabulous costumes and comfy pyjamas today.
We then took some time to listen to one of Ronald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes and enjoyed reading with adults from home.
Wow, what a first day back!
Year 4 headed to Lunt Roman Fort this Monday to kick start our new History topic on the Romans in Britain.
We had a chance to meet Roman legionaries and find out how they defended the fort.
Some of us even got a chance to try out some Roman armour and weapons!
Finally, to end off the day we trained like Roman soldiers before duelling each other in the arena (known as a ‘gyrus’).
Today Year 4 have thought about our use of the internet and considered which sites and apps are suitable to use at our age. We’ve challenged ourselves to make an A to Z of internet sites, apps, celebrities and games. How many can you do? Can you get all the letters?
This past week, Year 4 have tried out using wax pastels for the first time. We were very surprised how differently they act than the paint or pencils we’re used to.
After trying out some different techniques, we put them all together to make some delicious looking fruit – which would you like to eat?
In Science today, Year 4 have investigated what temperature chocolate starts to change state by melting from a solid into a liquid. We also discovered we have a whole range of hand temperatures among our children, with some very different results after holding chocolate for five minutes:
We’ve started our season of Advent with plenty of preparation focused around “hope”.
In creating our Advent wreath, we hope to reflect daily on God’s unending love for us.
Later in the week, Year 4 were joined by parents and members of our families for an Advent workshop. A massive thank you for so many for attending and making it a fabulous start to the season for all the children. After making our Nativity scenes from natural materials, I hope our children can use them to help tell the Nativity story for many years to come.
Year 4 started off this week with a visit to Earlsdon Library to find and take out exciting new book, while also sporting Hats on 4 Mental Health for World Mental Health Day.
We’ve also been lucky to receive some fantastic new Bibles to use during RE lessons and shared prayers – a big thank you to All Souls Church and Father Paul for buying these!
Finally, Year 4 worked hard to locate the perfect leaf for an observational drawing in Art.
Well done for a fantastic week Year 4!
Year 4 have been hard at work over the past week working on some fabulous stories based on the Borrowers, a classic piece of British fiction.
Written by Mary Norton in 1952, this book introduces us to Arietty – a tiny ‘Borrower’, who takes items she needs to survive from the larger human ‘beans’ who live upstairs. We’ve taken Arietty into our Year 4 classroom and written about what she might borrow from our surroundings.
The children worked brilliantly to plan, draft and publish pieces of great writing. They’ve shared these stories with each other:
Shared them with Year 5:
and with Year 3:
Well done on some fantastic pieces of writing!
