Year 4 really enjoyed being outdoors this week – to bounce, on Wednesday. Thank you for your generosity in sponsoring the children. They all loved the activities, moreso for remembering them from last year so they looked forward to them with anticipation. The teamwork was improved from last year, as they guided each other across the chequer board. I took lots of photos of this and other activities this week, but forgot to upload them when at school (and to post this). Apologies for this: I’ll put them up next time I’m at school, where the i-pad is.
Year 4 loves their science and this week were fascinated to see what effect water, milk, coca-cola and orange juice had on an egg, which was a stand-in for a tooth. Can they tell you what they observed happened to the egg; and what conclusions they drew from this, in terms of the effects on teeth? And also the successful and less successful aspects of using an egg instead of a tooth.
I’ve been very impressed with the children’s understanding of the digestive system and their memory for the parts of the system – spelling oesophagus is a bit harder than saying it! But everyone could do the latter and had very good goes at achieving the former.
Rounders is a fantastic outdoor summer sport and this week the children were developing their tactics – when is it best to run and when to stop at a base, for example. We were a spectator sport for the nursery children and parents at the Pentecost party who looked like they were having a great time.
I can’t post any pictures of the careful paintings the children have done as these need to be a surprise straight after school on Wednesday 7th June. The children focused very well, following the style of the painter.
We have a little more of “Letters From the Lighthouse” to finish before starting “The Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe”. The children have been doing a lot of individual reading out loud and so their confidence and expression have improved. It’s a riveting story and we’re all very keen to find out what happens.
I hope you all have a very relaxing, enjoyable half-term break whether it’s at home or away and look forward to seeing everyone again for the last 6 weeks of the school year.