Class of 2020

We have been learning all about angles so today we went outside to look for and take photos of angles in our outdoor area. We then tried to make different angles using our bodies. Finally, we made pictures with sticks and twigs and labelled each acute, obtuse and right angle. 
 

As part of our experience day for our English unit, Mrs Walsh brought her camper van to school so we could spend some time looking in it and comparing it to an old fashioned caravan. Gran, in our story, lived in a 1970’s caravan and it was called Gran-a-van. We were amazed at how much could be…

What a great afternoon we have had at the Y3/4 netball tournament. All the children played amazingly well and they showed true determination and perseverance, especially in the hot weather! They represented Scotforth superbly, we are really proud of them all.

We have had a really fun afternoon learning all about the ancient Greeks. Professor Tuesday told us all about the different city-states and we acted out key parts of each one. We also made a human timeline showing the main periods of history during the Ancient Greek times. She then gave us lots of…

Today, we have started our unit on humans and animals. We drew round a child and then had a go at drawing the bones we have in our body. We were a little unsure to begin with but Cedric the Skeleton arrived to help us name some of the 206 bones in our body. We learnt lots of interesting facts…

Today, Year 4 started their English unit on classical poetry. We have been looking at the poems of TS Eliot in his book Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. The first poem is all about naming cats. According to TS Eliot, all cats should have 3 names including a secret one. We made cat badges…

We were investigating air resistance today. We made different sized parachutes and dropped them from a height to see which landed first. We found out that the larger the canopy the slower the parachute travelled to the ground. We discussed all the different variables and how to make the test fair.

Today we enjoyed exploring God’s amazing creation in the sunshine! We read a version of the story of creation and then made some creations of our own. We used natural materials to make animal pictures in groups. Some of them were real animals and some were made up ‘creations’ of our own such as…

On Thursday, Year 3 & 4 attended a Korfball tournament at Moorside School. The children (and Miss Smith!) had a great time playing this game which was new to many of them. We did not get through to the final but really enjoyed ourselves and played enthusiastically and with a positive, sporting…

We used the Newton meters to pull our bags across different surfaces. We found out that concrete and astroturf created the most friction as it took more force to move the bags across these surfaces.

Today, we have celebrated World Book Day and we have had so much fun. Our costumes looked amazing! We have taken part in an online workshop led by the author-illustrator Thiago de Moraes who has written the book Mighty Myths. We were taught how to draw creatures that could feature in his book. We…

Today, we have learnt about Sir Isaac Newton and how he invented gravity. We used the Newton meters (which were named after him) to find out the mass and weight of objects and the link between the two.