Year 4 LOVED our first ‘No Pens Day’ this week! We spent our morning looking at how we could perform a Christmas song using makaton, and then we looked at the poem ‘The Railway Carriage’. We looked at how we could use physical oracy features to perform this as a class, as well as discussing the features and language used in the poem.
Year 4 had visitors in class this morning to deliver a road safety session. We talked about how we could stay as safe as we could be, both in a car (by ALWAYS wearing our seat belts!) and also when we are a pedestrian. We were also lucky to get our own reflective slap band to help us stay seen in the dark!
This week as part of our whole school oracy training, Mrs Smith talked to us about resolving a problem. For our challenge, we had to watch a video about an argument, and think about each persons perspective, and, as a peer mediator, how would we help to resolve that issue.
Year 4 discussed this as a class, thinking about each person having an opportunity to speak, listening to each other’s point of view, empathising and staying calm.
This week in PE, year 4 continued to focus on hockey. We looked at our ball control, and how we could use our hockey stick to maintain control….which wasn’t always easy!
What a fabulous morning Year 4 had yesterday!
We visited Pizza Express in Jesmond to attend a pizza making workshop, where we were very kindly shown by the chef how to replicate one of their famous pizzas for ourselves! We shaped our dough, before adding our toppings…but of course our favourite part was bringing them back to school to eat for our lunch!
Great work all of our little chefs!
As part of UK Parliament Week, Year 4 have been looking at what an election is, and what a Prime Minister is. We used our oracy skills to discuss our big question ‘Is an election the best way to choose a government?’ We used our eyes to eyes and knees to knees technique to explain our points of view to each other.
Year 4 had a fab forest School session last week making a start on their new art topic, Warp and Weft.
First we thought about the history of weaving, and how this has developed over time. Then looked at different materials, including natural materials we found in the nature garden, and practiced our weaving techniques. We thought about which materials were easier to weave with and why, and thought about what properties these materials had.
This week, Year 4 had their Oracy training with Mrs Smith and Mrs Sharrock. Our focus this week was ‘listening to understand’.
We were challenged to sit back to back with our friends, and try to draw the image they are describing by using 100% focus, and asking the right questions.
For Children in Need, we had an oracy session using all we had learned in our training, and challenged each other to draw Pudsey bears using our listening and speaking skills. We also used our eyes to eyes and knees to knees technique to talk about Children in Need and its purpose.
Year 4 were very lucky to spend the morning with Mr Robert from the Openzone. Using the Chromebooks, we recorded our very own podcasts on BandLab! We looked at editing our audio clips, adding music and cutting out the parts we didn’t want…amazing work Year 4!
