Welcome to Class 4 Activities 2023-2024
Homework due Friday 5th July
This week’s homework is continuing with coordinates in Numeracy! Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Speaking and Listening
In our Literacy session today, we discussed how we felt about the current affects of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. We looked at pictures in our groups, discussed our feelings with confidence and created a thought shower of post it notes on the flipchart to further discuss.
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OASES visit
Today, we were visited by OASES who helped us look at the wildlife of our local area, explained how we can help and even took our views on what we’d like to see more of in nature in Durham. We loved taking part in the ‘guess the wildlife’ quiz, too!
UNCRC Article 24 – children have the right to live in a clean environment.
Homework due Friday 21st June
This week’s homework is continuing with our Science topic of Electricity! Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Bella’s song surprise
Bella has been taking singing lessons and sang a rendition of ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ for us today. Well done, Bella, you superstar!
UNCRC Article 27 – every child should be able to reach their full potential.
Creating circuits in Science
Our new topic in Science is ‘Electricity’. We began to investigate complete and incomplete circuits, discussing which components to use and even how to create our own circuit diagrams using scientific symbols.
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Topic engagement
To celebrate our new Cornerstones topic of ‘Blue Abyss’, we painted our very own sea scenes! We used a range of watercolours, stencils, pencils, felt tip pens, gel pens, glitter and even sand to bring our creations to life – take a look!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of artistic activities.
Atlas work in Geography
In today’s Geography lesson, we researched and located the Great Barrier Reef using atlases!
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Homework due Friday 7th June
This week’s homework is a piece of descriptive writing about our new Cornerstones topic: Blue Abyss. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Welcome back to Summer 2!
Welcome back everyone! We hope you had a lovely half term break and are excited for our new Cornerstones topic of ‘Blue Abyss’. We’ll be learning all about the creatures of the deep, the environmental threats that the ocean faces and finding out how we can help! Please keep an eye on our section of the website to see what we get up to!
Thank you for your continued support,
Mrs Edwards
Cornerstones Celebration
To celebrate the end of our topic ‘Invasion’, we held our very own gameshow! We worked in our tables as teams to answer the various History and Geography rounds of invasion questions and had so much fun doing so. We even had our own theme song!
UNCRC Article 27 – children have a right to reach their full social and educational potential.
Photographing our archaeological evidence
In our Computing session, we set the scene of finding our evidence in the ‘ground’ and taking photos on the iPads or our Anglo-Saxon grave markers. What a find!
UNCRC Article 31 – children have the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Yellow Submarine
In Music this term, we have been looking at The Beatles, their music and their legacy. We have listened to and appraised lots of their songs and decided to learn how to sing and play along to Yellow Submarine. On our last Music lesson of this half term, Mrs Edwards brought her guitar in and we played various instruments, such as tambourines or maracas, along to this legendary song.
UNCRC Article 31 – children have the right to take part in a wide range of cultural activities.
Homework due Friday 24th May
This week’s homework is continuing with our states of matter work in Science. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Creating Anglo-Saxon grave markers
In DT, we used clay and various sculpting tools to begin to create some beautiful Anglo-Saxon inspired grave markers. Check out our designs in progress!
UNCRC Article 31 – children have the right to engage in artistic activities.
Kian’s eSafety poster
Take a look at this poster that Kian created at home about staying safe online!
UNCRC Article 17 – children have the right to access reliable media.
Homework due Friday 17th May
This week’s homework is continuing to look at our times tables in preparation for our Multiplication Check. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Can we reverse freezing water?
To continue with our topic of States of Matter in Science, we conducted another experiment where we tested if crushed ice would melt due to adding another liquid, leaving it in a cold room or leaving it in a warm room. We had some lovely slushes as a result!
UNCRC Article 28 – children have the right to an education.
What happens to liquid when we freeze it?
Today, we decided to put a Science investigation to the test and see what would happen to a liquid if we froze it! We created either blackcurrant or orange diluted juice and poured them into ice lolly moulds. Then, we left them to freeze overnight and enjoyed a surprise treat the next day!
UNCRC Article 28 – children have the right to an education.
Anglo-Saxon prints
In our Art session today, we created some Anglo-Saxon inspired prints, using red paint, paper and card! We had so much fun creating our unique designs and are going to add more detail with metallic pens.
UNCRC Article 31 – children have the right to take part in a wide range of artistic activities.
Homework due Friday 3rd May 2024
This week’s homework is continuing to look at the various states of matter in our new Science topic. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Can solids be liquids experiment
In our new Science topic of ‘States of Matter’, we investigated today whether solids can act as liquids! We used various materials to carry out our research and determined that although solids may act and appear to be liquids, they stay the same state!
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Homework due Friday 26th April
This week’s homework is continuing to work on our times table knowledge, in preparation for the Multiplication Check in June. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Zumba with Gemma!
Gemma came into school today to do a special zumba workshop with us. We thoroughly enjoyed this new experience and even learned a few new dances moves.
UNCRC Article 31 – children have the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Cornerstones engagement
Today, we celebrated our new Cornerstones topic of ‘Invasion’. To celebrate, we had various cuisines from different eras! We had food from the Roman, Anglo-Saxon and Viking times! We enjoyed trying the new foods and encouraged each other to try new things.
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Homework due Friday 19th April
This week’s homework is looking at using descriptive language in Literacy. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Welcome back to Summer 1!
Welcome back to Summer 1 everyone! We hope you had a break. This half term, we are looking at our new Cornerstones topic of ‘Invasion’. We will be looking at the different invaders of settlers of England and how they have impacted our life in modern-day times! Please keep an eye on our section of the website to see what we get up to!
Thank you for your continued support,
Mrs Edwards
End of Cornerstones topic Celebration
To celebrate the end of our topic of ‘1066’, we created our very own Domesday books! We filled the books with our information and had so much fun role playing as a Norman.
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Easter eggs
Check out our Easter eggs! We each worked so hard on our designs and loved creating them for the Easter Egg Competition.
UNCRC Article 31 – children have the right to relax and play.
PE with Paul
We have loved doing our fitness sessions with Paul this half term. Check out our star jumps!
UNCRC Article 28 – children have the right to education.
Homework due Thursday 28th March 2024
This week’s homework is once again focusing on our times tables, in preparation for our multiplication check in June! Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Comic Relief funny football
Today, we took part in funny football as part of Comic Relief! We loved taking part in our funny football session with the Sports Leaders and had a great time showing off our rainbow/funny outfits.
UNCRC Article 31 – children have the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Bayeux Tapestry
Check out our completed embroidery pieces of the Bayeux Tapestry! We loved learning this new skill.
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop children’s personalities and talents to the full.
Homework due Friday 22nd March 2024
This week’s homework is focusing on our proof reading and editing skills in Literacy. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
What did the Normans do for us?
Throughout our Literacy (and History) lessons this half term, we have been discussing all things Norman! In today’s Speaking and Listening, we discussed what positives and negatives the Normans brought to England. We each spoke with confidence and clarity.
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Embroidery
In our Art lesson this week, we’ve been creating our own parts of the Bayeux Tapestry! We used threads, hessian and plastic needles to create the parts of the tapestry we wanted. Some of us discovered we have a hidden talent for stitching! We loved creating our pieces.
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop children’s personalities and talents to the full.
Norman helmets
Check out our freshly painted Norman helmets – we’re ready for battle!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to relax and play.
Homework due Friday 15th March 2024
This week’s homework is focusing on our topic of Animals Including Humans in Science. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
World Book Day fun
As it’s World Book Day, we came dressed as our favourite characters from our favourite books! Can you spot any familiar faces?
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to relax and play.
Paper mache
In our DT session, we began to construct our very own Norman helmets! We used newspaper, warm water, PVA glue and a dash of flour to create our designs. We can’t wait to be storming Normans while wearing them!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of artistic activities.
Career Encounter
Today, we were lucky enough to have Mrs Janet Morrison come to school to visit us! She used to work as a Metro train driver and spoke to us about her experiences, the training she had to go through to do this career and answered any questions we had. We even got to try her torch and work vest! A massive thank you to Janet for taking the time to speak to us today.
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop children’s personalities and talents to the full.
Homework due Friday 8th March
This week’s homework – we are continuing with our times tables practise in Numeracy, in preparation for our Multiplication Check in June. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Topic Engagement with Adam Bushnell
To launch our new topic of 1066, we had the amazing author Adam Bushnell come in to deliver a history workshop with us! We learnt all about the origin of the name ‘Durham’, how the cathedral was built by the Normans and the heraldry alongside the weapons the Normans used! We had so much fun and can’t thank Adam enough for helping us bring this aspect of history to life.
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop every child’s talents and abilities to the full.
Homework due Friday 1st March
This week’s homework – we are beginning to look at our new topic of The Normans in Literacy. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Welcome back to Spring 2!
Welcome back to Spring 2 everyone! We hope you had a lovely half term break. This half term, we are looking at our new Cornerstones topic of ‘1066’. We will be focussing on the Norman invasion, how it impacted our country and the Norman places that we have still around us! Keep an eye on our section of the website to be updated on all the lovely activities we are doing in class. 🙂
Thank you for your continued support,
Mrs Edwards
Topic Celebration
To celebrate our latest topic of ‘Potions’, we have spent the afternoon creating our very own love potions in the form of chocolate love hearts! We created some delicious treats using a range of ingredients and can’t wait to share them with our families.
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in artistic activities.
Springtime Disco
We had so much fun at the Springtime Disco! We danced with our friends, had lovely snacks and made super memories of Year 4.
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to relax and play.
Bath Bombs
This half term, we have been creating our own bath bombs as part of Potions! Check out our perfectly packaged products – they smell divine!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework due Friday 16th February
This week’s homework, we are continuing looking at Sound as part of Science. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Bike Ability
Today, we had the opportunity to take part in a Bike Ability course! We rode our bikes with confidence both in the hall and on the yard and showed great resilience and determination.
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework due Friday 9th February
This week’s homework, we are continuing our practise with our times tables. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Rehearsing our Raps
In Music this half term, we have been looking at the genre of grime and have began to create our own verses for a song called ‘Stop!’, about stopping bullying in school. We’ve been working in groups to come up with our lyrics and worked hard today in practising staying on beat.
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Archery Experience
We worked with Darren today, who taught us the basics in archery! We loved trying this new sport and had so much fun figuring out which is our best aiming arm.
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop every child’s abilities and talents to the full.
Homework due Friday 2nd February
This week’s homework, we are consolidating our learning in SPAG. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Lit HW due Fri 2nd February 2024
Curling Experience
Today, we were lucky enough to have a curling experience with Caitlyn to try out New Age Curling! We loved trying this sport and had so much fun learning the rules.
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework due Friday 26th January
This week’s homework, we are continuing to look at Sound in Science. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Art Coffee morning
We had so much fun making new arts and crafts this morning with parents and carers as part of our Art Coffee Morning. Take a look at what we created!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
String telephones
As our new topic in Science is Sound, we have been experimenting with many different ways of creating sound – this week we made string telephones! We loved hearing our voices through the paper cups.
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Homework due Friday 20th January
This week’s homework, we are continuing to prepare for our Multiplication Check in June. To do this, we’re completing various times table questions this week, as well as encouraging each other to go on TT Rockstars at home as much as possible. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Instrument experiment
We began to investigate vibration in our Science lesson today by observing how the instruments we held reacted to being played!
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Cornerstones Engagement
To kick off our new topic of ‘Potions’, we created our very own potions in class! We mixed a range of ingredients together to create real life, colourful, bubbling potions! Everyone has so much fun creating this experiment and we even discussed what each of our potions would do if you drank them – yuck!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework due Friday 12th January
This week’s homework, we are continuing with our new Literacy topic of Dragons. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Welcome back to Spring 1!
Welcome back to school everyone. We hope you had a great Christmas break and are excited to learn lots of interesting facts in our new Cornerstones topic of ‘Potions’. We will be researching the historic use of potions as well as making our own magic! Keep an eye on our section of the website to see what we get up to in class.
Thank you for your continued support,
Mrs Edwards
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Cornerstones Celebration
To celebrate the end of our topic ‘Misty Mountain Sierra’, we created some backdrops for our clay mountains using our geography knowledge for the location. Take a look!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Elf Run
Today, we took part in an Elf Run to help raise money for charity! Thanks to the Sports Leaders and Mrs Aspinall for organising such a fun run!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Christmas Disco
Everyone had so much fun dancing and singing at our Christmas Disco! Check out our party clothes.
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to relax and play.
Christmas Pantomime
Dip and Dab came back to see us this year with another amazingly funny pantomime! We had so much fun and loved watching our friends be included.
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to relax and play.
Christingle Service
As a whole school, we took part in a Christingle Service at our local church. We sang songs from our Christmas play and ‘Away in a Manger’ as we lit our candles.
UNCRC Article 14 – every child has the right to a religion.
Ukulele Performance
Today, we were lucky enough to showcase our ukulele playing in front of the whole school! We performed many songs we had learnt this term with Mr Stokoe and wowed our peers! Everyone was so impressed. Well done, everyone!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Homework due Friday 15th December
This week’s homework we are continuing with our Christmas theme to use our multiplication knowledge. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Xmas HW due Friday 15th December
Christmas Performance
Today, we performed our Christmas play of Superstar for our families. We spoke with great confidence, danced like professionals and sang like superstars!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Painting Mountains
In both our DT and Art sessions the past two weeks, we have been creating our own mountains out of clay and using paint to create the effects of grass, water and snow! Have a look at our marvellous creations.
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework due Friday 8th December
This week’s homework we are continuing with our Christmas theme to use our gorgeous vocabulary and literary devices. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Lit HW due Friday 8th December
Christmas in Class 4
It’s the 1st of December! We decorated the tree in our classroom and began to cover our displays with tinsel. It’s almost Christmas!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Decorating the school tree
This afternoon, the whole school came together to decorate the tree in our hall. Then, we listened to Mrs Lee tell us a very famous poem – A Visit from St Nicholas. We had so much fun and are in a very Christmas-y mood!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework this week
This week, your homework is to continue to learn your lines for the Christmas play, alongside the lyrics for our songs in our performance. You are working so hard and we’re so incredibly proud of your effort, Class 4!
Mountain exploring in Computing
Today, we looked at various UK mountains on Google Maps and even managed to step foot on top of the mountains virtually! We had so much fun exploring the area we have been researching in Geography.
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to education.
Homework due Thursday 23rd November
This week’s homework we are continuing with our work on teeth in Science. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Sci HW due Thurs 23rd November
Children in Need workout!
Year 6 Sports Leaders came and helped us this morning take part in a schoolwide workout as part of our Children in Need day! Thanks, Sports Leaders.
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework due Friday 10th November
This week’s homework we are continuing with our shape work in Numeracy. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Remembrance Assembly
As part of our Remembrance service in school, Class 4 each decorated the giant poppy with donations for the British Legion.
UNCRC Article 15 – every child has the right to meet with other children.
Independent research by Jasleen
During a discussion in class, Jasleen wondered when the modern day television was invented. At home, she went away and did some independent research on the internet and created a mini presentation to share her findings with her peers. Well done, Jasleen!
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to education.
Cornerstones Engagement
To kick off our new topic of ‘Misty Mountain Sierra’, we visited a local mountain – Penshaw Monument! We climbed to the top to look at both the physical and human geography around us, then got our sketchpads out to do some crayon rubbings and sketches of the monument. We had so much fun!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework due Friday 10th November
This week’s homework is beginning to look at our new topic of Science Fiction in Literacy. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Welcome back to Autumn 2!
Welcome back to school everyone. We hope you had a great half term break and are excited to learn lots of interesting facts in our new Cornerstones topic of ‘Misty Mountain Sierra’. We’ll be exploring these giant mountains, discovering how they were formed and looking at the water cycle! Keep an eye on our section of the website to see what we get up to in class.
Thank you for your continued support,
Mrs Edwards
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Cornerstones Celebration
We celebrated the end of our Cornerstones topic, ‘Road Trip USA’ by taking a virtual tour across America. We even stopped for some American style snacks! We had a great time looking at pictures and maps of the country we’ve been learning about and also took part in a table vs table quiz to show off our new knowledge.
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Halloween Disco
Take a look at some of our spooky costumes from the Halloween disco!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Harvest Festival
Today, we took part in our school’s Harvest Festival at our local church. We sang proudly and confidently as well as recited our poem from memory! Well done everyone!
UNCRC Article 14 – every child has the right to a religion.
Well done Harry
Massive well done to Harry who won our Sainsburys Games Values trophy in multi-skills with Mrs Aspinall!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Homework due Friday 27th October
This week’s homework is looking at the work we have been doing in SPAG. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Literacy HW due 27th October 2023
Environment Poster
Look at this wonderful poster created by two members of our Rights Respecting Council, Imogen and Phina, who are working hard to raise awareness of looking after our local area. Well done girls!
UNCRC Article 12 – every child has the right to have a say in matters that affect them.
Gymnastics Certificates
Today in assembly, we got presented with some beautiful certificates for taking part in the Year 4 Gymnastics event at Sherburn!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Well done George
Massive well done to George who won our Sainsburys Games Values trophy in multi-skills with Mrs Aspinall!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Homework due Friday 20th October
This week’s homework is looking at the work we have been doing on environmental changes in Science!. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Science HW due Friday 20th October 2023
Robin Hood Ballads
In Literacy this term, we have been looking at the legend of Robin Hood. Today, we began to work in our partners to create our very own ballads about Robin Hood and his adventures!
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Colour the Castle Competition
Today, we took part in the Colour the Castle Competition, to hopefully have our artwork projected onto Durham Castle during Lumiere!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities.
World Mental Healthy Day
Today, we dressed in yellow to help raise awareness for World Mental Health Day. Don’t we look cool?
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Homework due Friday 13th October
This week’s homework is recapping on using our column methods in Numeracy. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Numeracy HW due 13th October 2023
Gymnastics at Sherburn
Today, we took part in a Year 4 Gymnastics event with Durham Sports Partnership at Sherburn Gymnastics Centre. We had so much fun trying out new skills and enhancing our learning from our sessions with Mr Beveridge. Even Mrs Hindmarch and Mrs Moore had a go!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Homework due Friday 6th October
This week’s homework is recapping on all of our wonderful knowledge of nouns in SPAG! Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Literacy HW due 6th October 2023
Gymnastic Sequences
Today in PE, we were working in our partners to come up with some ideas for our gymnastic sequences. We have been working hard with Mr Beveridge to remember to include a range of rolls, balances, jumps and turns!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Ukulele
We had another great session with Mr Stokoe today, where we focused on plucking the individual strings – so much so that we managed to pluck along to a couple of songs! Mr Stokoe was so impressed with our work and we are looking forward to learning more songs as the weeks progress.
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Vertebrate and Invertebrate Investigation
In our Science lesson, we were looking today at vertebrates and invertebrates in our local area! We found lots of different examples of each on our school grounds and had so much fun working in our groups.
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Homework due Friday 29th September
This week’s homework is focusing on using our classification knowledge in Science! Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Science HW due 29th September 2023
Native American Dreamcatchers
In today’s Art session, we used our previous plans for dreamcatchers to create some beautiful Native American inspired pieces. We’ve been learning about the Native Americans in History and how they use dreamcatchers and tried our best to recreate their style. How do you think we did?
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities.
Homework due Friday 22nd September
This week’s homework is focusing on using our Numeracy skills to focus on place value! Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Numeracy HW due 22nd September 2023
Rugby with Marc
This afternoon, we had our first session of rugby with Marc! We showed great determination, resilience and a Rights Respecting attitude to participating as we worked in our partners to take each other’s tags. We can’t wait for next week, where we’re going to begin taking part in mini rugby games!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Gymnastics with Mr Beveridge
We had our first gymnastics session with Mr Beveridge today and we had so much fun! We worked in our partners to create imaginative balances and showed an excellent Rights Respecting ethos when showcasing our skills to our peers.
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Ukulele with Mr Stokoe
Today, we had our very first ukulele session with Mr Stokoe. We loved learning new musical vocabulary and even remembered the names of each string from last year!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Cornerstones Engagement
To kick off our new Cornerstones topic of ‘Road Trip USA’, we each became travel agents! We used the internet to research the must-see places to visit in New York and made our own travel brochures about the Big Apple. Then, we wrote postcards home to Mrs Lee to explain which sights we’d seen! We had so much fun and can’t wait to learn more about the United States of America.
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework due Friday 15th September
This week’s homework is focusing on using our Literacy skills on creating descriptive sentences about Robin Hood! Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Literacy HW due 15th September 2023
Welcome to Autumn 1!
Welcome back to school everyone. We hope you had a wonderful Summer break and are ready to learn some exciting new things in Year 4! Our new Cornerstones topic is ‘Road Trip USA’, where we will be learning all about The United States and its history. Keep an eye out on our section of the school website to see what we get up to.
Thank you for your continued support,
Mrs Edwards
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Bath Bombs
This half term, we have been creating our own bath bombs as part of Potions! Check out our perfectly packaged products – they smell divine!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework due Friday 16th February
This week’s homework, we are continuing looking at Sound as part of Science. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Bike Ability
Today, we had the opportunity to take part in a Bike Ability course! We rode our bikes with confidence both in the hall and on the yard and showed great resilience and determination.
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework due Friday 9th February
This week’s homework, we are continuing our practise with our times tables. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Rehearsing our Raps
In Music this half term, we have been looking at the genre of grime and have began to create our own verses for a song called ‘Stop!’, about stopping bullying in school. We’ve been working in groups to come up with our lyrics and worked hard today in practising staying on beat.
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Archery Experience
We worked with Darren today, who taught us the basics in archery! We loved trying this new sport and had so much fun figuring out which is our best aiming arm.
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop every child’s abilities and talents to the full.
Homework due Friday 2nd February
This week’s homework, we are consolidating our learning in SPAG. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Lit HW due Fri 2nd February 2024
Curling Experience
Today, we were lucky enough to have a curling experience with Caitlyn to try out New Age Curling! We loved trying this sport and had so much fun learning the rules.
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework due Friday 26th January
This week’s homework, we are continuing to look at Sound in Science. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Art Coffee morning
We had so much fun making new arts and crafts this morning with parents and carers as part of our Art Coffee Morning. Take a look at what we created!
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String telephones
As our new topic in Science is Sound, we have been experimenting with many different ways of creating sound – this week we made string telephones! We loved hearing our voices through the paper cups.
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Homework due Friday 20th January
This week’s homework, we are continuing to prepare for our Multiplication Check in June. To do this, we’re completing various times table questions this week, as well as encouraging each other to go on TT Rockstars at home as much as possible. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Instrument experiment
We began to investigate vibration in our Science lesson today by observing how the instruments we held reacted to being played!
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Cornerstones Engagement
To kick off our new topic of ‘Potions’, we created our very own potions in class! We mixed a range of ingredients together to create real life, colourful, bubbling potions! Everyone has so much fun creating this experiment and we even discussed what each of our potions would do if you drank them – yuck!
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Homework due Friday 12th January
This week’s homework, we are continuing with our new Literacy topic of Dragons. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Welcome back to Spring 1!
Welcome back to school everyone. We hope you had a great Christmas break and are excited to learn lots of interesting facts in our new Cornerstones topic of ‘Potions’. We will be researching the historic use of potions as well as making our own magic! Keep an eye on our section of the website to see what we get up to in class.
Thank you for your continued support,
Mrs Edwards
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Cornerstones Celebration
To celebrate the end of our topic ‘Misty Mountain Sierra’, we created some backdrops for our clay mountains using our geography knowledge for the location. Take a look!
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Elf Run
Today, we took part in an Elf Run to help raise money for charity! Thanks to the Sports Leaders and Mrs Aspinall for organising such a fun run!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Christmas Disco
Everyone had so much fun dancing and singing at our Christmas Disco! Check out our party clothes.
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to relax and play.
Christmas Pantomime
Dip and Dab came back to see us this year with another amazingly funny pantomime! We had so much fun and loved watching our friends be included.
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to relax and play.
Christingle Service
As a whole school, we took part in a Christingle Service at our local church. We sang songs from our Christmas play and ‘Away in a Manger’ as we lit our candles.
UNCRC Article 14 – every child has the right to a religion.
Ukulele Performance
Today, we were lucky enough to showcase our ukulele playing in front of the whole school! We performed many songs we had learnt this term with Mr Stokoe and wowed our peers! Everyone was so impressed. Well done, everyone!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Homework due Friday 15th December
This week’s homework we are continuing with our Christmas theme to use our multiplication knowledge. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Xmas HW due Friday 15th December
Christmas Performance
Today, we performed our Christmas play of Superstar for our families. We spoke with great confidence, danced like professionals and sang like superstars!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Painting Mountains
In both our DT and Art sessions the past two weeks, we have been creating our own mountains out of clay and using paint to create the effects of grass, water and snow! Have a look at our marvellous creations.
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Homework due Friday 8th December
This week’s homework we are continuing with our Christmas theme to use our gorgeous vocabulary and literary devices. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Lit HW due Friday 8th December
Christmas in Class 4
It’s the 1st of December! We decorated the tree in our classroom and began to cover our displays with tinsel. It’s almost Christmas!
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Decorating the school tree
This afternoon, the whole school came together to decorate the tree in our hall. Then, we listened to Mrs Lee tell us a very famous poem – A Visit from St Nicholas. We had so much fun and are in a very Christmas-y mood!
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Homework this week
This week, your homework is to continue to learn your lines for the Christmas play, alongside the lyrics for our songs in our performance. You are working so hard and we’re so incredibly proud of your effort, Class 4!
Mountain exploring in Computing
Today, we looked at various UK mountains on Google Maps and even managed to step foot on top of the mountains virtually! We had so much fun exploring the area we have been researching in Geography.
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Homework due Thursday 23rd November
This week’s homework we are continuing with our work on teeth in Science. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Sci HW due Thurs 23rd November
Children in Need workout!
Year 6 Sports Leaders came and helped us this morning take part in a schoolwide workout as part of our Children in Need day! Thanks, Sports Leaders.
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Homework due Friday 10th November
This week’s homework we are continuing with our shape work in Numeracy. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Remembrance Assembly
As part of our Remembrance service in school, Class 4 each decorated the giant poppy with donations for the British Legion.
UNCRC Article 15 – every child has the right to meet with other children.
Independent research by Jasleen
During a discussion in class, Jasleen wondered when the modern day television was invented. At home, she went away and did some independent research on the internet and created a mini presentation to share her findings with her peers. Well done, Jasleen!
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to education.
Cornerstones Engagement
To kick off our new topic of ‘Misty Mountain Sierra’, we visited a local mountain – Penshaw Monument! We climbed to the top to look at both the physical and human geography around us, then got our sketchpads out to do some crayon rubbings and sketches of the monument. We had so much fun!
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Homework due Friday 10th November
This week’s homework is beginning to look at our new topic of Science Fiction in Literacy. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Welcome back to Autumn 2!
Welcome back to school everyone. We hope you had a great half term break and are excited to learn lots of interesting facts in our new Cornerstones topic of ‘Misty Mountain Sierra’. We’ll be exploring these giant mountains, discovering how they were formed and looking at the water cycle! Keep an eye on our section of the website to see what we get up to in class.
Thank you for your continued support,
Mrs Edwards
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Cornerstones Celebration
We celebrated the end of our Cornerstones topic, ‘Road Trip USA’ by taking a virtual tour across America. We even stopped for some American style snacks! We had a great time looking at pictures and maps of the country we’ve been learning about and also took part in a table vs table quiz to show off our new knowledge.
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Halloween Disco
Take a look at some of our spooky costumes from the Halloween disco!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Harvest Festival
Today, we took part in our school’s Harvest Festival at our local church. We sang proudly and confidently as well as recited our poem from memory! Well done everyone!
UNCRC Article 14 – every child has the right to a religion.
Well done Harry
Massive well done to Harry who won our Sainsburys Games Values trophy in multi-skills with Mrs Aspinall!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Homework due Friday 27th October
This week’s homework is looking at the work we have been doing in SPAG. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Literacy HW due 27th October 2023
Environment Poster
Look at this wonderful poster created by two members of our Rights Respecting Council, Imogen and Phina, who are working hard to raise awareness of looking after our local area. Well done girls!
UNCRC Article 12 – every child has the right to have a say in matters that affect them.
Gymnastics Certificates
Today in assembly, we got presented with some beautiful certificates for taking part in the Year 4 Gymnastics event at Sherburn!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Well done George
Massive well done to George who won our Sainsburys Games Values trophy in multi-skills with Mrs Aspinall!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Homework due Friday 20th October
This week’s homework is looking at the work we have been doing on environmental changes in Science!. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Science HW due Friday 20th October 2023
Robin Hood Ballads
In Literacy this term, we have been looking at the legend of Robin Hood. Today, we began to work in our partners to create our very own ballads about Robin Hood and his adventures!
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Colour the Castle Competition
Today, we took part in the Colour the Castle Competition, to hopefully have our artwork projected onto Durham Castle during Lumiere!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities.
World Mental Healthy Day
Today, we dressed in yellow to help raise awareness for World Mental Health Day. Don’t we look cool?
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Homework due Friday 13th October
This week’s homework is recapping on using our column methods in Numeracy. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Numeracy HW due 13th October 2023
Gymnastics at Sherburn
Today, we took part in a Year 4 Gymnastics event with Durham Sports Partnership at Sherburn Gymnastics Centre. We had so much fun trying out new skills and enhancing our learning from our sessions with Mr Beveridge. Even Mrs Hindmarch and Mrs Moore had a go!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Homework due Friday 6th October
This week’s homework is recapping on all of our wonderful knowledge of nouns in SPAG! Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Literacy HW due 6th October 2023
Gymnastic Sequences
Today in PE, we were working in our partners to come up with some ideas for our gymnastic sequences. We have been working hard with Mr Beveridge to remember to include a range of rolls, balances, jumps and turns!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Ukulele
We had another great session with Mr Stokoe today, where we focused on plucking the individual strings – so much so that we managed to pluck along to a couple of songs! Mr Stokoe was so impressed with our work and we are looking forward to learning more songs as the weeks progress.
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Vertebrate and Invertebrate Investigation
In our Science lesson, we were looking today at vertebrates and invertebrates in our local area! We found lots of different examples of each on our school grounds and had so much fun working in our groups.
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Homework due Friday 29th September
This week’s homework is focusing on using our classification knowledge in Science! Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Science HW due 29th September 2023
Native American Dreamcatchers
In today’s Art session, we used our previous plans for dreamcatchers to create some beautiful Native American inspired pieces. We’ve been learning about the Native Americans in History and how they use dreamcatchers and tried our best to recreate their style. How do you think we did?
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities.
Homework due Friday 22nd September
This week’s homework is focusing on using our Numeracy skills to focus on place value! Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Numeracy HW due 22nd September 2023
Rugby with Marc
This afternoon, we had our first session of rugby with Marc! We showed great determination, resilience and a Rights Respecting attitude to participating as we worked in our partners to take each other’s tags. We can’t wait for next week, where we’re going to begin taking part in mini rugby games!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Gymnastics with Mr Beveridge
We had our first gymnastics session with Mr Beveridge today and we had so much fun! We worked in our partners to create imaginative balances and showed an excellent Rights Respecting ethos when showcasing our skills to our peers.
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Ukulele with Mr Stokoe
Today, we had our very first ukulele session with Mr Stokoe. We loved learning new musical vocabulary and even remembered the names of each string from last year!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Cornerstones Engagement
To kick off our new Cornerstones topic of ‘Road Trip USA’, we each became travel agents! We used the internet to research the must-see places to visit in New York and made our own travel brochures about the Big Apple. Then, we wrote postcards home to Mrs Lee to explain which sights we’d seen! We had so much fun and can’t wait to learn more about the United States of America.
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Homework due Friday 15th September
This week’s homework is focusing on using our Literacy skills on creating descriptive sentences about Robin Hood! Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Literacy HW due 15th September 2023
Welcome to Autumn 1!
Welcome back to school everyone. We hope you had a wonderful Summer break and are ready to learn some exciting new things in Year 4! Our new Cornerstones topic is ‘Road Trip USA’, where we will be learning all about The United States and its history. Keep an eye out on our section of the school website to see what we get up to.
Thank you for your continued support,
Mrs Edwards
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
TT Rockstar Day
Class 4 had so much fun dressing up as rockstars to celebrate TT Rockstar day. We did lots of TT Rockstars, answered some problem solving questions in our groups and then finished off the day with a fantastic disco. Everyone had a great time rocking! UNCRC Article 28 – Every child has the right to an education.
History Bloke
We had a very special visitor today in Class 4. Richard the History Bloke came in to work with us all morning to revisit our topic of mining in our local area. We learnt lots of information about how miners and their families lived in the early 1900s and even did some research on a local miner! We used our investigative skills to figure out what happened to Mr John Smiles and even found where he lived on the census. A massive thank you to Richard for coming to speak to us and for letting us look at real artefacts from the Victorian age! UNCRC Article 28 – Every child has the right to an education.
Homework for Friday 15th July 2022
This week we are continuing our Science work in Electricity. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete the job?Class 4 Rockstars
Archery
Homework for Friday 8th July 2022
This week we are continuing our work lines and geometry in Numeracy. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete the Numeracy job?Boxercise
Ultimate Frisbee
Homework for Friday 1st July 2022
This week we are continuing our work with Fronted Adverbials. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete the Literacy job?
A Visit from Gemma
Golf Festival
Today, Class 4 had a fantastic time taking part in the golf festival which was led by the amazing Sports Leaders and Mr Beverage. We had a lot of fun trying out some new skills and found out we’re all golf superstars! Well done Class 4! UNCRC Article 31 – Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework for Friday 24th June 2022
Performing poetry
Class 4 were so inspired by their visit from Paul Cookson that they decided to write their own Blue Abyss inspired poetry. They each created a poem in groups and performed it to the class – Miss Owens even played her guitar so the children could perform to the beat! Everyone performed their poems confidently and with great expression. Well done everyone! UNCRC Article 31 – Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework for Friday 17th June 2022
This week we are focusing on statistics in our Numeracy lessons. To consolidate our learning our homework is all about bar charts and what they can represent!Blue Reef Aquarium trip
Today, Class 4 visited the Blue Reef Aquarium in Tynemouth as our engagement for our Cornerstones topic of “Blue Abyss”. We loved learning lots of facts about sea creatures during our workshop at the aquarium – we even managed to touch some prehistoric shark artefacts! We had a lovely stroll around the aquarium, looking at all of the sea creatures and learning about their habitats and diets, before finishing our day watching the seal show (they even waved at us!) UNCRC Article 31 – Every child has the right to relax, play and join in with a wide range of activities.
National Fieldwork Week
This week it is National Fieldwork week! To celebrate, Class 4 incorporated their fieldwork skills into their trip to Blue Reef Aquarium in Tynemouth. We discussed the physical features of the geography around us and compared it to our surroundings in school. We definitely don’t have a beach or sea near Nettlesworth! We also discussed what tourists would like to visit or do in Tynemouth as it is such a picturesque place.
Homework for Friday 10th June 2022
This week we are focusing on things that lurk in the ocean to fit in with our new topic of Blue Abyss. Using the photographs as prompts, can you write some descriptive sentences to describe what you see or feel? Thank you for your continued support.Welcome back to Summer 2!
Welcome back everyone! We are all very excited to be back at school and are keen to begin our new Cornerstones topic of, “Blue Abyss.” We dove straight into our new topic by having a visit from Paul Cookson, a poet and musician, who helped us write a poem about a sea creature that lives in the Midnight Zone!
Welcome back Summer 2
Star Readers
Class 4 have loved the launch of their new reading space, Starbooks, this half term and have each began to fill up their own Starbooks loyalty cards! Every time a child reads at home with a parent or guardian they receive a star sticker – only 8 stickers to go until their card is full! (A full card means a dip in the prize box!) Well done to Dylan, Lucie, George, Jacob, Connie, Lily, Ava, Linzi and Sophia for their excellent reading at home!
Emilia’s Jubilee coin
Today, Emilia brought in one of her dad’s very special coins – it is a golden commemorative coin to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee in 2002. Now, in 2022, we were able to compare this commemorative coin with the coins we received from Mrs Lee and held it as a reminder to treasure our Platinum Jubilee coins. Thank you Emilia for bringing in your family’s piece of British history and well done for speaking about it so clearly in assembly!
Jacob the Footballer
At the weekend, Jacob and his brother Lucas had the once in a lifetime opportunity to play football in St James Park – the home of Newcastle United! They proudly showed off their medals that they received in assembly and told everybody in school all about the matches they played.
Artists in the Making
Millie and Matthew have been busy at home creating some amazing pieces of art. They each told the class how they managed to create their pieces and proudly showcased their work at the end of the day. Well done Millie and Matthew for creating such lovely pictures and thank you for bringing them in to show your friends in Class 4.
Homework for Thursday 26th May 2022
This week we are focusing on all things Jubilee as we begin to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee! Children should complete their word searches, word scrambles or crosswords for Thursday 26th May as we are off on Friday 27th to celebrate! Thank you for your continued support.Dylan the Author
Praim’s Art
Skip into Spring
This week is Skipping Week and Class 4 have been practising and perfecting their skipping techniques! We watched lots of helpful videos in class to explain new moves and to recap the basics and had a fantastic time trying to see just how many jumps we could do in 1 minute. Jake and Freddie even managed to wow us by doing the Side Swing Cross! We are continuing our newfound skipping skills in both our PE lessons and our breaktimes. Well done to all of Class 4 for giving 100% effort in their skipping and for encouraging each other along the way.
National Numeracy Day!
Wednesday 18th May is National Numeracy Day! We celebrated this day by joining a nationwide livestream to try and set a new world record for the most primary classes reciting a times table roll call. Class 4 managed to learn some new moves whilst chanting their times tables and even managed to help break the world record!
A special visitor
Class 4 have been learning all about the history of our local area this half term in History. We had a very special visitor come into school today to answer any questions the children had about our school, our village and how life was for a child in 1950s Northern England. Mrs Doris Johnson has lived in Nettlesworth her whole life and attended this primary school when it was known as Nettlesworth Infants – she even sent her daughter and granddaughter (Miss Owens) to this school too! The children loved hearing about Mrs Johnson’s past teachers, how subjects and classrooms have changed in the school and how they even had our same Team Colours in 1951 – Mrs Johnson was in Blue Team! A big thank you to Mrs Johnson for providing us with lots of answers to our questions!
Matthew’s Art
Matthew has been working hard at home creating an alien inspired piece of art using oil pastels. This must have taken some serious concentration!
Homework for Friday 20th May 2022
This half term in Science we are looking at forces and magnets. We have been doing lots of experimenting in our Science lessons! Each group has a worksheet or comprehension to complete to further consolidate their learning in Science. Thank you for your continued support.Homework for Friday 13th May 2022
This week in Numeracy we are working on fractions. Each group has a worksheet to complete with finding various fractions and equivalent fractions. Thank you for your continued support.Well done Class 4
A massive well done to Class 4 who were each presented with a certificate for taking part in the Tennis Festival at Durham University Sports Centre. We even have a copy of the certificate hanging outside of our classroom to show off our new skills.
Tennis Festival
UNCRC Article 31 – Every child has the right to relax, play and join in with a wide range of activities. Today, Class 4 were lucky enough to take part in a Tennis Festival at Durham University Sports Centre at Maiden Castle. The children were able to participate in a carousel of tennis activities where they practised their aiming, catching and teamwork; all of these skills will come in handy when we focus on tennis with Mr Beveridge in PE! Well done everyone.
Homework for Friday 6th May 2022
This week we are focusing on Roald Dahl as we begin to read our Love to Read text, ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’. Each group has either a reading comprehension or wordsearch to complete, which we will use as a basis for a class discussion on Friday. Thank you for your continued support.Class 4 Beamish trip
Homework – Science new topic Forces and magnets
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Homework 26.4.22
Welcome to Summer 1 – our new topic is Scrumdiddlyumptious.
We’re going to enjoy a yummy journey of discovery, sampling fruits and tantalising treats! We’re looking forward to visiting Beamish on Wednesday 27th April for our memorable experience.
1066 – Celebration of topic
Class 4 enjoyed acting out the 1066 battle in groups using their historical knowledge. They confidently brought the history to life with talented drama acting.
Using their DT plans and research on working drawbridges, Class 4 had lots of fun working in groups to create their own drawbridge models.
Easter Egg Competition
UNCRC Article 29 – goals of education
What a beautiful morning we have all experienced in welcoming our parents and careers to share our Easter Egg competition results. Every child designed and created their entry to be judged by 2 judges from each class; the children were able to explain to the whole assembly why they liked each winning design. Every child in the school received an egg – curtesy of our wonderful parent group. A Rights Respecting Gold ethos demonstrated by all – well done to everyone.
Dance Festival
A huge well done to class 4 who performed at a dance festival at the Gala Theatre. Thank you to the parents who were able to come and watch their performance. We were all so proud of them!
Homework 4.4.22
Numeracy week – can you do all of the number challenges?
Homework 4.4.22
Homework 28.3.22
Literacy – can you correct the year 3/4 spellings?
Homework 28.3.22
Homework for 25.3.22
This week in class we are continuing with our work on different types of animals and the food chains they are included in. Please complete the task below, any questions please ask. Likewise, any resources needed, please ask. Homework 21.3.22 class 4Homework 14.3.22.
Numeracy – column addition
Homework 14.3.22
Maths Day
- Science Day – Growth
Memorable experience – 1066! History / ICT The year is 1066. Edward the Confessor is dying and he’s asked Harold Godwinson to take over the throne. But Harold’s claim is under threat from three powerful men: William Duke of Normandy; Harald Hardrada, the King of Norway; and Edgar the Atheling, King Edward’s nephew. Class 4 worked in teams to play Harold and his challengers. They found out who the challenges were, where they came from and what their claim to the throne was.Backed by a council of advisors (The Witan), each challenger and Harold presented their claim to the throne!
Homework 28.2.22 Science – animals including humansHomework 28.2.22 28.2.22 Welcome back to Spring 2! We are very excited for this half term, our exciting new topic is 1066. King Edward is dying, so we’ll write job applications for the role of King. We’ll research the events of 1066 using books and online information. What was the Battle of Hastings, and how did it change our country?
welcome letter 1066 Gods and Mortals end of topic celebration! 18.2.22 I’m so proud of the amazing 3D structures of Gods and Goddesses. Look at our fabulous designs.
Class 4 enjoyed tasting Greek foods and a Greek quiz! Some of the children loved the feta cheese and tzatziki dip, but weren’t so keen on the olives! Evie, loved the olives!Random act of kindness day! 18.2.22 Special thanks to Class 1 for our amazing make your own ice cream parlour! We enjoyed so many treats on our ice cream!
Spring disco 17.2.22 Class 4 danced happily and enjoyed party treats at the Spring disco. A well deserved celebration for working so hard this term, well done everyone and thank you to parents for all your continued support reading and doing homework.
Homework heroes! UNCRC Article 28 – Every child has the right to an education. Well done to the homework heroes in Class 4 who received a special treat for bringing their homework in all term!UNCRC Article 31 – Every child has the right to relax and play and join in with a wide range of activities. Class 4 had lots of fun taking part in a football competition ran by the Sports Leaders. Well done to Lara who was awarded the Sainsbury’s values respect certificate and Lucie received a certificate for passion!
Homework 14.2.22
Numeracy week – fractions
Homework 14.2.22
Football competition
Class 4 had so much fun for number day. We played number games like bingo, dominoes, interactive games on the smartboard and sweet shops.Homework 7.2.22
Literacy week – Homophoneshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqhpk2p/articles/zc84cwx Homework 7.2.22
NSPCC Number day
UNCRC Article 31 – Children have the right to relax and play and join in with a wide range of activities. Class 4 really enjoyed the cross country team competition event led by the Sports leaders. There were lots of determined and red faces!
Homework 31.1.22
Science – light https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zbssgk7/articles/z2s4xfrHomework 31.1.22
Cross country event 31.1.22
Our new science topic is light. Can you complete the paragraphs using the key words?Homework 24.1.22
Numeracy – learning times tables!Rockets & Stars Three-times-tables—worksheet Satellites 4-Times-Table-Mastery Moons 6x-table-mastery Planets 8-Times-Table-Mastery Asteroids 9-x-table-mastery
Homework 17.1.22
Literacy – using subordinating conjunctionsHomework 17.1.22
Homework 10.1.22
Homework 10.1.22
Our class reading garden!
UNCRC Article 31 – children have the right to relax and play and join in with a range of activities. Well done to all of those who have read at home already this week by reading at the weekend. Look at our beautiful reading garden blooming already!
Adam Bushnell – memorable experience – Gods and mortals
Class 4 loved wearing all the Ancient Greek artefacts and had so much creating a hero and monster for a mythical story.
Welcome back to spring term!
Welcome back to school everyone and Happy New Year! We hope you have enjoyed your Christmas holiday. We are very excited for this half term, in Class 4 our exciting new topic is Gods and Mortals.
Merry Christmas
Hope you all have a lovely Christmas and Happy New Year. I am so proud of Class 4 who made these beautiful cards for the local residential home.
Christmas fun
Class 4 had a lovely festive week making crafts for home, Christmas dinner, Christmas parties and taking part in a beautiful Christingle Service.
Clay mountains – Misty Mountain Sierra
We have been working in groups sculpting 3D clay mountains, then we painted them to make them look even more realistic. Look at our wonderful creations.
We made a diamond order of importance for the UNCRC Articles we felt were the most important on this special day.Human Rights Day
Soil Investigation
UNCRC Article 31 – Every child has a right to join in with a range of activities
In science we compared three different soils and shook them in jars full of water to compare how the different layers settled to see what soil contains. We found out that sand collected on the bottom and clay particles floated on the top.
Homework 22.11.21
Homework 22.11.21
Children in Need Day
Homework 15.11.21
Homework 15.11.21
Remembrance Sunday
Misty Mountain Sierra – memorable experience
Class 4 went on an amazing virtual tour of the Misty Mountains of the World, including the Dragon Mountains in South Africa. We used the web to research satellite and webcam images of mountains and panoramas and discussed how the air would change.
In geography, we used atlases to plot the locations of famous mountains on a World map.
In art we created amazing mountain design plans ready to create our very own 3D clay sculptures!
Homework 8.11.21 – Science
Can you find out more about rocks?
Homework 8.11.21
Footballer Freddie
Well done to Freddie for winning an award at his football club. It is lovely to see you being recognised for all of your hard work. UNCRC 31 – right to join in a wide range of activities.
Welcome to Class 4 Class Activities
Our new topic this half term is Misty Mountain Sierra. Misty mountains rise above the morning mists, imposing and eternal. welcome back letter – misty mountain sierra Homework – numeracy Practice your place value knowledge!
Homework 1.11.21
Erica’s leaving treat!
Class 4 loved their chocolate fountain for an end of term treat and for Erica’s leaving party as she is going to a school closer to home.
Predator topic end of term showcase!
UNCRC Article 29 – Education should develop each child’s personality and talents to the full.
Class 4 have really enjoyed their predator topic and I am impressed with everyone’s knowledge and new skills. using online research in ICT the children created power points and then presented them to the rest of the class.
In DT, Class 4 created amazing 3D predator sculptures working together as a team!
Homework superstars!
UNCRC Article 28 – Every child is entitled to an education.
Well done to all of those who have completed their homework each week this half term. The children loved their little treat to say thank you.
Literacy Homework 18.10.21
Let’s find out all about Halloween with this fantastic reading comprehension.
Homework 18.10.21
Homework – science 11.10.21
Can you label the teeth?
What are the types of teeth? – BBC Bitesize
Homework 11.10.21
Evie brought a special treat into class today. Evie got some her caterpillars for her birthday and she watched them grow into butterflies. Everyone was fascinated as it links to our Animals including humans topic.
UNCRC Article 28
Homework 4.10.21 – Numeracy
Can you practice your column addition?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zy2mn39/articles/z3kmrwx
Homework 4.10.21
Homework 27.9.21
Literacy – using inverted commas for direct speech
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/ztcp97h
Homework 27.9.21
22.9.21
Science investigation – Can people with longer femurs jump further?
UNCRC Article 28
We found out that it doesn’t matter how long your femur length is. It might be linked with how much energy you have and how fit you are. Evie & Matthew jumped further than Miss Milburn!
Homework 20.9.21 – Science – Animals including humans
Can you label the skeleton?
Homework 21.9.21
Homework 13.9.21
Numeracy – learn / practice your times tables!
Homework 13.9.21
Memorable experience – Predator!
Liz Million (a local illustrator) came to help us draw predators, we had so much fun drawing our amazing designs! It was lovely having Jacob join us on Teams, as he is remote learning.
Homework 6.9.21
Homework 6.9.21
Welcome to Class 4! I hope you all had a great Summer. Please find a copy of the welcome letter attached below.
Welcome Class 4 1
Class 4 had a lovely first day. We shared lots of amazing facts about our new topic Predator! We also found out about our new routines and classroom.
We worked together to make our UNCRC Class Charter. I was so impressed with all the children as they all joined in and were keen to share their share ideas!
