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We enjoyed making our Christmas decorations with Scot4All.

We are using all of our new skills including holding scissors in one hands to make a snowflake. This week in Nursery we have been talking about Winter. We already know that it gets cold in Winter and we need our hats and scarves. 

We have been working hard on our printing over the last two weeks. Last week, we added a second colour to our original prints, after adding more detail to our initial outline shapes.

Today we removed our main motif from our tile and worked on adding detail to our backgrounds. Finally we chose a…

We have been learning all about instructions in literacy recently.  Today we thought carefully about how to make jam on toast.  First we had to use very specific language to tell Mrs Cross what to do.  We then had a go at making jam on toast ourselves before finally writing up what we had learnt.…

We were looking at which material is the best for Traction Man to wear in an underwater adventure. We predicted which ones we thought would be the best and used a pipette to test which ones resisted water.

This week we enjoyed welcoming back Ruth and Richard who are leading us on our 'Walk through the Bible'. Ruth has recently been on a trip to the Holy Land. She was able to share some photos with us from her trip to the land where Jesus lived, taught and died. This links nicely with our recent work…

Year 6 worked hard to investigate how the thickness of wires affected the brightness of bulbs within an electrical circuit.

Using three different thicknesses of wire, we found how bright the bulbs were by counting how many layers of tracing paper it took until the bulb's light was blocked…

We have loved reenacting the Traction Man book this week. We have escaped the ‘evil cushions’ and delved into the ‘soapy waters’ to escape the ‘poisonous dishcloth!’ We have enjoyed making up our own adventures too. 
 

Look at our amazing costumes! Thank you to everyone who donated or brought in dog food. 

We dressed up as different animals today to raise money and donations for the charity ‘Animal Care’. How many different animals can you see in Y4?

Well done to all the girls who braved the cold on Thursday and represented the school in the tournament. All of the girls did amazingly well by supporting each other and showing fantastic sportsmanship. 
We are very proud of you of you all.