With Christ at our side to guide us,
we shine in all that we do.
The children in Year 4 enjoyed a busy day at Open-Zone at The Word on Friday.
They enjoyed time on the laptops in the morning using Scratch programme to create shapes and in the afternoon, they used Lego and the I ‘pads to build a robot and programme the instructions to make the robot move.
In English, the children have been learning the features of and writing a range of poems including: haiku poems and cinquain poems.
Today the children learnt about the features of limericks and had a go at writing their own.
They worked in pairs and used an online rhyming dictionary on the i’pads to help them find rhyming words then had good fun writing their own limerick poems.
There was lots of laughter in the class as the children worked….A great, fun lesson!
Here are a few of their poems:
There was a small child named Bea
Who liked to play ball in the sea
She played with the cat
She’d jump, run and splat
And she always got things for free!
There once was a boy names Jeff
Who liked to play chess with the chef
Who liked to eat all the food
When he was in a good mood
But then he sadly turned deaf!
There was once a Minion called Bob
Who really cared about his job
He frightened his fish
That lived in a dish
Then ran and turned into a blob!
There was a boy names Mark
Who liked to be in the dark
He liked to play ball
and liked to play with all
with a friend named Lark.
As part of Safer Internet Day, the children in Years 4 and 5 discussed the importance of not sharing personal information online and what is acceptable behaviour when gaming online.
The children discussed what they would do in a range of ‘scenarios’ when gaming online. The children had some very sensible and mature answers.
The children worked through a Safer Internet Day booklet and even 
enjoyed completing a word search and crossword.
As part of Children’s Mental Health Week (7th-13th February), Children from Years 4 and 5 took part in some activities linked to the Mental Health Week theme of ‘Growing Together’.
Firstly we enjoyed watching a virtual assembly which introduced ‘support balloons’ and ‘reaching for the stars’.
The children then designed their own ‘support balloons’ by considering the people in their lives that help them to grow. We discussed the importance of recognising the people we can turn to when we need ‘lifting up.’
They also created their star which set a goal they wanted to reach. They listened to S Club 7’s ‘Reach for the Stars’ for inspiration! The children set an emotional goal they would like to achieve or overcome then they thought about the ‘steps’ they would take to reach their goal. They wrote their ‘steps to success’ on the rungs of a ladder.
The children’s completed work will be used to create a bright, colourful display in school. 
In Science this half term, the children in Year 4 have been learning about Electricity. We decided to get creative and link this to our DT topic.
The children were asked to design Santa’s sleigh that they could make and light up by building a complete circuit which they could control with a switch that they had to make to turn the light on and off.
The children first designed their sleighs and listed all the equipment they would need.
The children brought in their boxes and they began to assemble and decorate their sleighs.
They finally had to add their circuits and light up Santa’s sleigh.
They then evaluated their sleighs and discussed what they would do differently next time to improve their sleighs. 
The children thoroughly enjoyed making these and as you can see, they did an amazing job.
Year 4 had a great time at their Christmas party. They enjoyed getting into teams and taking part in a Christmas quiz followed by some party food then it was time to play games and show off their dance moves! A great afternoon had by all!
The children in Year 4 have enjoyed a great day out to Arbeia Roman Fort in South Shields.
We enjoyed a tour of the fort learning about the history of the fort and what it was used for centuries ago. We also enjoyed taking part in an artefact handling session. The children also visited the Museum where they did a bit art work and after lunch went to the top of the West Gate to take in the beautiful views before taking a visit to the ‘gift shop’.
It was a pleasure to take out the children for their first school trip in a long time and their behaviour was impeccable. A great day out by all and after all that walking, they will definitely sleep tonight!
Mrs Davis
The children have been learning about sound in Science and have been investigating the volume and pitch of a sound. They had to make an ‘instrument’ which could create different pitches.
The children thoroughly enjoyed being creative and making their straw pan-pipes!
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