Remembrance Week in Year 4
This week, Year 4 have been learning all about The Blutz. First, we learnt about how people would blackout their houses by covering the windows and turning off the lights to confuse German bombers. Then we learnt about how Britain needed to ration food as the German’s were bombing ships with food…
Solid, Liquid or Gas?
This week, Year 4 have been learning about solids, liquids and gases. We discovered that some solids can behave like liquids (because we can pour them) and some materials are really hard to catergorise. Mrs Ward made some oobleck, which feels like a solid when you pick it up, but as soon as you…
Collecting data in Science!
This week, Year 4 went to Forest School to find as many invertebrates as they could. They used a tally cart to keep score!
Finding the 5 key events in the text - Reading!
We have been reading the story 'Zombierella' in Year 4 and the children are absolutely loving it! Tuis week, we read chapterfour, where Cinderella died and turned into Zombierella! Children worked in pairs to find the 5 key events from this weeks chapter and put them into chronological…
Graphic Design in Computing - 2024
Year 4 started practising their graphic design skills in Computing last week. They designed a mail icon following a step-by-step guide using the app Keynote. They did so well that we managed to go even further and design a watch on their too!
Grouping Animals in Y4
This week, Year 4 have been learning all about classifying animals based on their physical features. We worked in groups to sort animals into mammals, fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and insects!
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Flexible partitioning in Maths!
In Year 4, we have been learning how to flexibly partition numbers using part-whole models!
Aspirations Week - West Lancs College visit
Year loved visiting West Lancs College, as part of our Aspirations week fortnight, to look at career opportunities there. They loved seeing the different courses on offer, from hairdressing, construction, mechanics and sports therapy...so many choices.
Aspirations Week Part 1 - Year 3
A great start to Aspirations week with 2 visitors coming in to tell us about their jobs.
We enjoyed a visit from Sparta Martial Art in Skelmersdale and they taught us a range of different moves.
We then found out all about what an Optometrist does, with Joe from Suzanne Dennis…
Attendance Award Winners!!!
Year 3 were excited by the news that they were 'Attendance Award' winners and their prize was a cinema afternoon at West Lancs College.
Lessons were cancelled as we watched Inside Out with popcorn and drinks!! There was even time to watch some football on the big screen as we used the toilets!…
Plant disssetion
Hand on science learning at its best!
Year 3 enjoyed dissecting plants to identify the different parts and learning about the role of each part of the plant.