Stone Age Hunting
This afternoon was all about the mesolithic and we split into groups and acted as the hunters and the prey. The children worked out that you are more likely to be caught if you are on your own and not in a herd and if you are a prey animal, not getting trapped in a corner is useful.
Lots of…
Stone Age Settlements
Unfortunately, our Stone Age Den making day has been postponed so we decided to devote the morning to the neolithic and investigated and made stone age settlements. We have really enjoyed it.
Year 4 visit to Growing Well
Year 4 have had an amazing time at The Growing Well project at Sizergh Barn, Kendal today. We learnt all about organic vegetables and food, habitats, plants and farms - fitting in beautifully with our science, geography and RE topics this half term. Everyone tasted new things and showed what a…
The circus comes to year 4!
To start our new English book, 'Leon and the Place Between' year 4 came back from playtime to find the circus had arrived! They all needed a ticket to get in and when they entered, the smell of popcorn filled the air! We watched circus tricks, listened to circus music, ate popcorn and start in our…
Place value maths
We are learning about place value in maths and enjoyed a range of differentiated activities. We all played spin to win at the end. Year 4 like trying to beat the teacher!!
The Westmorland Show
Year Two went to the Westmorland Show last week. We saw lots of pigs,sheep, goats and alpacas. We met lots of people who had grown vegetables and baked cakes. There were lots of display stands where we chatted to the police and rescue teams.
Investigating sound
We have been investigating how sound is made and used data loggers to increase and decrease vibrations to see how it affected volume. It was noisy and fun.
Stone Age Tales
We have been making offerings to the gods and asking for successful hunts and harvests. We also made some small cave pictures on stones and used them to make a story.
The Great British Dunk Off
Channel 4 may have the Bake Off, we have the Dunk Off! We have spent the afternoon testing the strength of biscuits.
Stone Age Timeline
We have had an amazing first morning back. We got settled into the classroom then started to find out about the Stone Age. We used trundle wheels on the playground to find out just how long ago the Stone Age was.