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This term, in History, we have looked at Ancient Greece. In Art, we designed a mosaic based on a Greek solider, an olive tree or the famous Parthenon in Athens, Greece. We enjoyed used the paste, glue spatulas and colourful tiles to create a Greek tiled mosaic. After that, around the border…

This term, Year 4 are learning about the Ancient Greeks and Greeks myths and mosaics. For our stunning start, we tasted various Greek foods: including olives, pitta bread, hummus, feta cheese, tzatziki and taramasalata. We rated the food based on appearance, taste, texture and smell. 
 

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The children in 4B made paper maché volcanoes as part of their art project. Once they were painted, we were extremely pleased with how they turned out.

This year’s theme for Science Week was Time.

We decided to explore phones over time and began by making cup phones. This also linked in with our sound topic. We learned about how phones have evolved over the years and looked at a range of mobile phones from over the years and tried to order…

Year 4 had a wonderful overnight experience at Castlerigg Manor in Keswick. 

We stayed overnight and completed the programme ‘Let Your Light Shine’ thinking about what we are good at and how we can share this with others. Take a look at the photos to see what we got up…

Year 4 had a fantastic morning planting trees with the River Ribble Trust. The children got stuck in, literally, to help the local environment.

Year 4 Sacrament shared their innovated stories based on 'Puss in Boots' to a child in Year 2 Sacrament. We received some great feedback!

As part of our pastoral learning around Baptism, Year 4 visited church to see what happens. 

The children enjoyed seeing the visible signs of Baptism, exploring the Font and speaking to Deacon Michael about his experiences of Baptism. 

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4 Blessed loved having a taster session of Yoga!

They found the strategies for relaxation and reducing anxiety really helpful - we continued them when we returned to the classroom! Ask your child to show you.

As part of our work on Italy, we made pizzas in D&T. We planned our pizza, choosing the ingredients and then made it from scratch, including the dough! They were delicious!

In DT, this term, 4 Sacrament have been learning about Italian food and have been focusing on cooking. We started by tasting a range of pizza styles to evaluate existing products in preparation for planning and designing our own pizzas. We made fresh dough, kneaded the dough and gathered our…