What a brilliant morning we had today in Year 4 with our family learning event.

It was fantastic to see so many parents and grandparents here to help the children create their own Anderson Shelters. Who knew that there was so many creative families out there!

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend and support in the class and I hope that you were all able to enjoy it as much as the children did. Take a look at some of the photos from the session.

Mr Taylor

In maths this week, we have been looking at Roman numerals. We used lollipop sticks to create some of the numbers and challenged the children to make the largest number possible.

In our English lessons this week, we have been looking at The Blitz and the impact that it had on the country. We have been collaborating in groups to create our very own acrostic poems. We even had to prepare for an air raid ourselves by hiding under the tables!

This week we have been getting hooked into our new expedition by looking at different sources of evidence all about the Second World War. The children had to use their inference skills to work out what each of the items may have been used for during this period of time. We have also started to look at some of the main issues that led to the start of the war and created anchor charts to display our learning around the classroom.

For our crew building task, the children completed the paper holding challenge. Each team had to work together to hold as many sheets of paper between them, with the team holding the most the winners. Each group had to work well collaboratively to make sure that the task was a success.

As part of our crew building session today, the children have been working in groups to complete a photo scavenger hunt. They had to capture a number of weird and wonderful photographs from the checklist given to them and it was brilliant to see everyone joining in and getting involved.

In crew this morning, the children have been making their pledges for when they head into Year 4.

This morning, Year 4 were challenged to build a tower using marshmallows, toothpicks and pasta. The aim was to work as a team to build the tallest free-standing tower possible. The children worked really well collaboratively and had lots of different ideas on how to build the best structure.