During forest school today, Year 4 found an Iron Man! Mr Usher asked our class to dig up the wood clippings pile (which was smoking in the heat!) where we eventually hit something shiny with our shovels… To our surprise it was an Iron Man! We then decided to think about any potential dilemmas the Iron Man might have faced, discussing how he ended up here at St. Oswald’s.
On Friday, Year 4 were lucky enough to learn about a range of professions during aspirations day. We learned about a disney princess, an actress, a builder, an olympic athlete, a journalist who writes about NUFC and even spoke to Oliver’s mam and dad via google meet about their jobs as a fireman and a fire photographer! The children learned many valuable lessons, the most important one being to find something that you love doing and try to make it your job! We also learned a lot about the importance of a work-life balance! Thanks to Mrs Smith and Miss Pape for arranging such a fab day!
Today Year 4 were lucky enough to have a Google Meet with Daniel and Lucy’s mam, Amanda! Two birds were hit with one stone as we were able to talk about Amanda’s job as a radiographer and also about how she helps people with cancer – we will be looking for ways to help people with cancer in Year 4 as it’s the area we have decided to focus on during courageous advocacy worship on Thursdays! We can’t thank Amanda enough for her help and excellent guidance – Year 4 were very interested and learned a lot!
During worship, Year 4 revised their knowledge on the story of the Pentecost. After watching a short video we created some freeze frames to retell the story. Most of Year 4 wanted the chance to become a disciple for the freeze frames and were very enthusiastic with their ideas!
Here’s a big smile from Isla for walk to school week! We love it, Isla!
Yesterday, Year 4 went out into the nature garden to write some poems about nature. Whilst doing this we focussed on the benefits of being in nature and how this can impact our mental wellbeing. To begin with, we sat in the nature garden with our eyes closed and listened to the sounds – we discussed how we were feeling. Lots of children said they felt calm and peaceful and thought that being outside had a positive impact on their mental wellbeing!
Yesterday during Worship, Year 4 looked at the story of Shadrach, Mesach and Abednego. This was an unfamiliar story from the Bible for most of our class! After learning the story Mr Richardson challenged us to create some freeze frames retelling certain scenes. We worked in two groups with Mr Barron and Miss Topping and ‘froze’ each scene to retell the story (left to right).
