Year 4

Published on 1st December

We had our first Remarkable People Day in Year 4 today, learning all about Mary Anning. The children handled some real fossils, then spent the morning learning all about Mary and why she was so important. They found out that her findings were not taken seriously at first because she was a woman, but that her discoveries were really significant in our understanding of prehistoric creatures. They produced posters about her life and the important discoveries she made. In the afternoon, they created a 3d ammonite sculpture using card and art straws (we haven't painted these yet). They were all really proud of their work!

Published on 17th November

As part of our work in Equalities & Diversity Week, we are reading the book ‘Lubna and Pebble’.

Published on 21st October

Year 4 have been busy making Benin leopard masks and learning how to play djembe drums as part of our Benin topic. We used cereal boxes, kitchen roll tubes and masking tape to make the masks, then covered them in papier mache & painted them. We used a little bit of gold paint to make it look like they were really old and parts had been worn down to show the bronze underneath, like the real Benin bronzes.