History
Ufton Court Banquet
After a busy day of activities the children dressed for a Tudor banquet with formal dancing.
History
Ufton Court
Year 4 enjoying a residential stay at Ufton Court, archery, bow and arrow making and weaving.
Art
Minecraft Art
This week, Year 4 have been painting and creating their own Minecraft cube as part of a competition created by the makers of the new film. It has been fantastic to learn about the children’s hobbies and interests including Minecraft. Eventually, they put their cubes together to create one large Read more…
English
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
This half term, the children have begun their learning of Shakespeare. It has been fantastic to see their confidence in performing as a variety of characters as a class and within small groups. Soon, they will be writing as a character from the popular play so acting provided them with Read more…
Design & Technology
Book Sleeves – DT
Towards the end of last half term, the children developed their sewing skills and ability to tie knots when creating their own book sleeve. It was fantastic to see their resilience and determination to complete them with lovely designs and neat stitching.
Design & Technology
DT Cars
This half term, the children have been working hard to make model cars. They have needed to understand the basics of aerodynamics to design the body of the car as well as create a launch mechanism and an axle to allow the car to move. Although many of the cars Read more…
History
Egyptian Day!
Last Friday, Year 4 enjoyed immersing themselves in the Ancient Egyptian times and began to explore their history topic in a deeper level. They modelled canopic jars out of clay and learnt about the mummification process, they made Egyptian scrolls using hieroglyphic symbols, and they mummified pears. At the end Read more…
Geography
Reptile Visit
This week, Year 4 enjoyed having a visit from Berkshire Reptile Encounters. All of them bravely held or stroked a variety of creatures and asked brilliant geographical and scientific questions. They discussed the camouflaging and adaptations of different animals based on climates as well as considering the evolution of different Read more…