During our class assembly today, the snow came down thick and fast. As we only had a short time following the assembly and before break, the children were set a short task. As an outdoor challenge the children had a miniature snowman making task. They had to attempt to make a snowman whose head was...Read More

A big ‘Well done!’ to the children in Years 4 and 5 on their class assembly this morning. The children compiled the assembly themselves, from deciding what they wanted to showcase, to writing their own version of Adele’s ‘Hello’ to welcome everybody!Read More

This afternoon, Years 4 and 5 have had fun investigating how light travels. At the beginning of the session they were given the question ‘Can light change direction?’ Following this they were given different resources to investigate whether or not light can change direction and thinking about why this was. The children were also challenged...Read More

After sending a letter to Sir David Attenborough via Harry and Amalie’s Auntie Katie, this week we received a reply! The children were so thrilled to get a reply so soon, and it was handwritten! David responded to all the questions that the children had asked him and even gave them top tips for writing....Read More

Year 4 and 5 went on a very chilly winter walk this morning around Sutton. The frosty walk has enabled the children to begin to write some poems, which they will continue to draft and improve during the week. Rich vocabulary, descriptive language and thinking about the senses will help them to produce some superb...Read More

This term Year 4 and 5  have been using Sir David Attenborough as inspiration to make their writing better. Using a variety of sentence types, powerful adverbs and adjectives, punctuation including direct speech punctuation, have all been a focus this half term. The children have all done exceedingly well and particularly enjoyed our animal theme....Read More

On Monday 16th November, the Year 4 and 5 children were challenged to deliver and egg safely to the ground when dropped from a height. The children worked in pairs to plan, design and make their ‘egg parachutes’ before testing their creations in the year 4/5 outdoor area. The children had great fun experimenting with...Read More

The Year 4 and 5 children have been investigating 3D shapes using straws and plasticine to help them. They used 2D images and visualised the 3D shapes, concentrating on the number of edges, faces and vertices of each shape. Following this the children continued their investigation to see if they could find any patterns between...Read More

In maths the children have been doing addition and subtraction in a ‘real life’ context buying Wonka Bars and working out how much change they would receive.Read More