Science Cafe

Yesterday morning, Year 4 had an egg-cellent time at our Science Cafe! The children used their scientific skills to make eggs float and prevent them from cracking when dropped.

Thank you to everyone who came - we hope you enjoyed our egg-periments as much as we did!

Resourceful Children!

In Maths, we have been finding the lines of symmetry of different triangles and quadrilaterals. It was fantastic to see the children using the working wall to identify which shapes they had and convincing each other using precise, mathematical vocabulary.

Sinister Shape Causes Mayhem!

After a lovely break time in the sun, Giraffe Class returned to the classroom to discover that it had been turned upside down and their games had been stolen!

After tidying this terrible mess, the students created wanted posters using the features of the shapes we have been learning about in class. Mr Body (our caretaker) provided vital evidence to help us deduce who the culprit of this horrendous crime was: Kevin the Kite!

Once he was found, the class had an intense discussion about what his punishment should be.

Finally, we decided to build a prison cell for Kevin the Kite so he will not be able to cause mayhem in any other classrooms!

To ensure this awful event does not happen again, the children have set up the iPad as  'CCTV' to watch out for other shapes entering the classroom during break time and lunch time. One student also sent a letter to the school office to keep a vigilant eye out for any other sinister shapes.

Lessons Taught By Students

By demonstrating our seven wonders of learning, Giraffes have recently reached their target of 3000 dojo points. As a reward for this achievement, the children voted to have a day where they became the teachers. It was fantastic to see them showing off their skills across the curriculum, delivering Maths, Science, English, Music, PE & Art sessions.

West Stow

Last Friday, we explored the West Stow Anglo-Saxon village. We enjoyed seeing artefacts in the museum and discussing the experimental archaeology used to find out about Anglo-Saxon life. Equipped with interesting facts and details, we have returned to school to write a comparison of our lives and how people would have lived 1400 years ago.

Wonderful Learners

Since returning back to school after the holidays, Giraffes have been continuing to demonstrate our seven wonders of learning across the curriculum.

On the first day back, the children were inquisitive when we had a workshop about rock music.

Here, the whole class were focused on their handwriting work. We are focusing on improving our presentation this half term.

The children challenged themselves with tricky mental calculations in our 'Beat the Calculator' task. Very aspirational!

Today, we have worked collaboratively to retrieve and infer information from a text about Grendel - a terrifying monster in our class text 'Beowulf'.

Water Cycle

This morning, we have been concluding our scientific study of solids, liquids and gases by looking at the water cycle. This group of students acted out the water cycle, using scientific vocabulary in their explanation.