Year 4: The Zebras: Blog items
Assembly blog, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 30th Jan 2022 @ 10:48pm
In our assembly on Tuesday, we talked about a picture and how old it was and how we knew it was old then Mrs Catterall told us a story about the boy in the old picture. Next, we saw a picture of a light bulb, then an old film projector, after we saw a picture of a phonograph and a gramophone. We then discovered that the boy in the first picture was Thomas Edison and he invented all of the other items in the pictures. We discussed how he would have needed to work hard, that there would have been failures along the way but he kept going. We reflected on when we have had to be like Thomas Edison today and how if we come across something which is tricky or hard work we shouldn’t give up.
In our assembly on Thursday we talked about Rose off strictly come dancing and how well she did because she is part deaf. We also talked how many people want to learn sign language. This is in the news because people were voting for it to be recognised as an official language in law. We also asked if anyone knew any parts of sign language, year 3 and year 4 performed the rainbow song to the school, they have been learning it during their LPS+ lessons. We also talked about which is more important touch, sound, smell, taste, hear or sight.
Lucie and Evie
Zebras amazing learning, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 28th Jan 2022 @ 5:53pm
In Art we have been combining our new skills, mixing shade of colour and adding texture.We have created the background to our cold pictures ready to add more deatail, they are looking great! In English we have finished our leaflet on our cold theme parks, we have had some fabulous ideas, all of the would persuade me to go! In Geography today we enjoyed finding out about the equator and where hot and cold places are.
Mrs Woolley told us all about Burns Night , we tasted haggis and made short bread, don’t forget to return your completed bird watch surveys so Mrs Woolley can send them off to the RSPB.
Today Samuel shared with the class how he is raising money for the charity Stand by me by taking part in February on the floor. He is sleeping on the floor a couple of nights to raise awareness of how not all children in the world have a comfortable bed to sleep in when they go to sleep. The Zebras thought this was great idea , if you want to join in visit the website, Stand by me charity for more information. Or you might even like to sponsor Samuel and help children not as lucky as us.
Have a great weekend ??
Assembly blog, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 23rd Jan 2022 @ 1:48pm
In our assembly on Tuesday we focused on dreams and goals. We are learning to face the big fears of our mountains / challenges. We read a story about a rescue dog that helps in the cold misty mountains and a little boys life, that story taught us not to give up.
On Thursday we had our picture news assembly with the question - is it ever fair to treat others differently because of their looks? We discussed that a Chinese footballer had to cover up his tattoo and he had no choice. We also thought about other jobs like nurses, soldiers and chefs etc. We talked about how it’s not right to judge people by their looks or their culture.
Lucy year 6
Assembly blog, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 16th Jan 2022 @ 3:09pm
On Tuesday in assembly, we were taking about what our Jigsaw lessons are all about - Friendships, how to be respectful, ways to keep safe, working together as a team, how our bodies change as we get older. This half term our topic is all about dreams and goals. We also mentioned what we might want to do in the future for a job. We thought about how the journey to this might be a bit of a roller coaster, there can be ups and downs and sometimes people change direction to end up doing a different job than the one they first wanted. But all the way we have to remember our learning powers to work hard and self improve, to show commitment, resilience and perseverance.
On Thursday our picture news assembly was all about the James Webb Telescope. This is in the news this week because NASA have sent it up into space to find out what our Universe looks like.
I wonder if when we grow up we might get to go into space ourselves. Does anyone want to be an astronaut? Scientists, engineers, designers will all work together to design the space telescope, it takes a long time to create and test. These people both boys and girls will have had to use their learning powers like we talked about in assembly on Tuesday.
Happy New Year!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 4th Jan 2022 @ 8:28pm
Happy New Year and welcome back. Hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas, however you may have celebrated!
Lovely to see the children all back and enthusiastic. We had a great first day settling back in to routines and finding out about how New Year is celebrated, making a promise of something to improve on.
This afternoon we met Nutmeg, a guide dog, we learnt about how clever they are at helping people who are visually impaired , how long it takes to train them and other items that help people who can’t see as well. The best bit...we all got to stroke Nutmeg. A big thank you to Oscar in Year 3 and his mum and of course Nutmeg.?
Christmas fun!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 14th Dec 2021 @ 3:35pm
Today we enjoyed a fabulous Christmas party,lots of dancing, games and Christmas fun!
Last week we enjoyed our Christmas dinner and jumper day.
A fun day!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 7th Dec 2021 @ 6:45pm
Today the Zebras enjoyed a lovely story session at the library.Tom read some very funny stories to us! We also enjoyed being artists in the afternoon, learning how to print using Lego blocks. We created some lovely pictures and effects.
A very proud teacher, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 3rd Dec 2021 @ 5:05pm
A big well done to all thee fabulous Zebras who were fantastic last night in our Production A Bindle of Joy.Hope you enjoy watching the video , alll superstars - well done !
Fantastic learning, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 3rd Dec 2021 @ 5:00pm
This week we enjoyed being geographers, armed with iPads we explored the question.What is our school like? We took lots of photos and then sorted them into human and physical features, things people had made or not made.Next we helped to create a map of school and had a go at drawing one ourselves. We have also been meteorologists , starting to use our rain gauges to measure rainfall and recording the results on a table
Trip to Blackpool to watch Aladdin, by Mr Pearson
Date: 1st Dec 2021 @ 2:46pm
Today the whole school got on 3 double deckers and travelled to Blackpool Globe Theatre pleasure land to watch Aladdin. We all had a fabulous time thank you very much to all our volunteers who came to help and to Anna for organising.
Making moving pictures, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 26th Nov 2021 @ 4:37pm
This week we have been busy practising our Nativity play, we are looking forward to performing it next week!
We have had a DT week this week where we have enjoyed making moving pictures.We practised first by cutting slits in a picture and making a slider that could go up and down or side to side. Next we designed some pictures for a story book, thinking carefully about which parts would marvel and which way. Then we had to construct it. There were some tricky bits but kept going and have made some great moving picture story books!!
Have a great weekend??
Being artists!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 19th Nov 2021 @ 5:19pm
This week we have enjoyed exploring different media to find out which one we preferred to use. We were inspired by Kandinsky to use shape in our art work. We had to carefully draw round different shapes and then fill in the colour. We could choose oil pastel, chalks, felt tips, wax crayon, pencil crayons, charcoal or water colours. We loved it and did some amazing art work.Well done Zebras!??
Have a lovely weekend.
Remembrance Day!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 11th Nov 2021 @ 5:37pm
The children have had a great day today learning about and taking part in Remembrance activities. They all looked amazing too!
Thank you to Flynn and Riley for telling us all about their Grandad’s medals,beret and belt.
Celebrating diwali, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 5th Nov 2021 @ 3:57pm
A big thank you to Santi who told us all about Howe she celebrates Diwali and bought in some special food that they eat. She told is lots and we also learnt about the story of Rama and Sita , Diwali lamps and rangoli patterns.
Have safe Bonfire celebrations, we talked at school today about why we celebrate and keeping safe too.
Enjoy ?
Snow White production, by Mr Pearson
Date: 2nd Nov 2021 @ 2:23pm
A special treat for all the children today, Mrs Brown organised for a pantomime to come into school based on Snow White. All the children had a fantastic time.
An exciting first day back, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 1st Nov 2021 @ 4:25pm
Today we were very luck to have a VR day, virtual reality cameras came to school and the children were whisked away to the Artic and Antarctic. They loved it !.Ask them what they saw.
Brilliant Brickcroft, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 22nd Oct 2021 @ 5:02pm
Today we had a lovely walk to the Brickcroft looking for signs of Autumn. We saw lots of leaves changing colours, leaves blowing off the trees, we saw a pigeon eating berries we heard leaves rustling in the wind and crunching as we walked.
We loved feeding the ducks and our little picnic, we even had a sneaky play on the park!
A big thank you to all the parents/grandparents who came along to help it was lovely having you all.
Have a fabulous holiday and see you all soon ??
Which is the oldest/newest?, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 22nd Oct 2021 @ 4:46pm
We looked at some old toys and talked about which could be old and why and which could be new and why. We also had to be be historians to look for clues as to which was the oldest dolly and which was the newest.We impressed Mrs Pratten with our thinking!!
Which do you think?
Perfect projects, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 22nd Oct 2021 @ 4:42pm
We loved looking at the children’s projects and they enjoyed telling us all about them. Well done to all who sent them in.??
15th October, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 15th Oct 2021 @ 6:13pm
This week we have really enjoyed looking at and talking about old toys. In maths we have continued our work on measuring.We used our hands, feet and strides to measure things on the playground. We also used a bag of flour to compare weights to find things heavier and lighter. We loved using the balance scales to count how many cubes different things weighed.Busy,busy as always!
Have a lovely weekend?
Google Classroom, by Mr Pearson
Date: 12th Oct 2021 @ 11:31am
A guide has been added to the class page to give you directions how to access Google Classroom and Google Meet for parents evening.
Please check you have your child's username and login.
Lion's your is coming home today 12th October
Please have a look at how to do before Monday so we can answer any questions.
Kind regards
Mr Pearson
7th October, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 7th Oct 2021 @ 5:18pm
So far this week we have enjoyed measuring in maths, finding things longer or shorter than a fork, investigating who is the tallest in our class and who was the shortest. We also used multlink cubes to measure how long and short objects were. We enjoyed PE today playing different games in 2’s and 3’s practising our rolling skills, catching skills and developing tactics to score a goal!!
Week beginning 27th September, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 1st Oct 2021 @ 4:30pm
This week in Science we carried on exploring the senses using our sense of taste and smell to guess the flavour of crisps. We recorded our favourite flavour , which was beef and onion!
We enjoyed a Science afternoon with Miss Lynch and Mrs Woolley, great fun!! Ask me what we did!! I will put the details of the Science badge on Google classroom so you can complete at home if you would like too.
Thank you so much to the children who made a poster to be our class representives.Keeva and Samuel are our eco warriors and Cole and Maisy are our school parliament representatives.
We enjoyed our Harvest Festival in church, lovely to be back celebrating in church. The scarecrows looked amazing , well done to all the Zebras who enjoyed making one, you will all receive a certificate and winners will be announced on Monday in assembly.
Have a good rest over the weekend, Mrs Pratten ??
Week beginning 20th September, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 24th Sep 2021 @ 4:33pm
This week we have enjoyed finding out about some of our senses, looking and listening. We had a partner , one had to close their eyes and the other to lead them carefully.It felt a bit scary when you closed your eyes! In maths we have been comparing numbers and objects, one more ,one less , which is greater , which is less. We enjoyed watching weather forecasts in Geography and collecting weather words and symbols. More rolling through targets and along a line in PE.
Have a lovely weekend, don’t forget homework on google classroom.If you want to be part of our school parliament or eco team get thinking about why you would be a good choice.We will be voting next week?
Busy busy!!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 16th Sep 2021 @ 4:25pm
This week the Zabras have been busy, busy sticking bodies back together and labelling them. We have been using our bodies in PE to roll, hop, skip, jump and throw, In maths we have been making numbers with tens and ones. We loved finding out about Marie Curie with Mrs Woolley and Miss Lynch and printed some hand X - rays. In Geography we have been talking about the different seasons and the months that fall in each one.
Dont forget homework on Google classroom, rainbow numbers this week.??Keep reading and have a good rest over the weekend.?
