Today a few children went with Mrs Tatam-Hall to the pet shop to buy some new guinea pigs!
We went in the minibus which was very exciting!
There were lots of things to see in the shop – fish, birds, reptiles and all manner of small furry animals!
This afternoon we joined a workshop with Cressida Cowell the author of ‘How to train your Dragon’. We chatted about reading being a magical power, we heard some extracts from her new book and discussed how Writing is so much more than the mechanics!
She was incredibly engaging and gave the children lots of ideas for their own stories!
Today Year 4 took part in a drama workshop with Arts People around our book ‘The Boy Who Met a Whale’. We played some drama games and discussed how performances like ‘War Horse’ and ‘The Life of Pi’ use animal movements to bring the performance to life. We managed to recreate a storm and had a go at using body movements to create Elephant Rock and the Whale from our novel.
This last week some of our strongest Mathematicians across Years 4-6 have been having a go at the first round of the Primary Maths Challenge. It’s been fantastic to see them really testing themselves in the face of tricky reasoning. Mrs Bentley has been kindly facilitating this.
In a week full of literacy inspiration Year 4 joined a virtual workshop with new author Aisling fowler. For lovers of Harry Potter and Philip Pullman these books are certain to appeal to the action/fantasy lover! We had a go at making our own character, monster and setting under the keen guidance of Aisling Fowler.
Today we were lucky enough to have the poet Tony Peek in for a workshop with Year 4.
