What a busy week it's been!

 

On Monday, the year four children had a really exciting opportunity to showcase their writing skills. They had been working hard in English to produce a descriptive recount detailing an underwater dive through a variety of habitats, leading to the eventual discovery of a unique giant species of turtle. All of the children showed fantastic ambition in order to produce work that they could share with the Natural History Museum, and the year 4 teachers were very impressed by the quality of every child's writing. It was extremely hard to choose children to read out their work and we wish we'd been able to choose them all!

 

We had our video call with Kate, the events manager from the Natural History Museum, who loved hearing and reading the children's work. She was very impressed by the standard of writing and couldn't believe that they were only 8 and 9 year olds! The children behaved impeccably throughout the call and were excellent ambassadors for the school.

 

Kate then showed us some of the different specimens that the museum keeps preserved in jars. We saw different types of coral (exactly like those that many of the children described - one looked just like a brain!), various fish, sea urchins, crabs and a beautiful seahorse. We were then treated to the incredible sight of Hope, the blue whale skeleton, and a plesiosaur fossil (found by Mary Anning). As well as sea creatures, she also showed us a fossil of a giant sloth, which the children were astonished by. She also told us about Archie, a giant squid preserved in the museum's basement! https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02v2sf8

 

Of course, it has also been World Book Day this week. We've had lots of activities linked to this across the week, including an online lesson led by famous authors (including Michael Rosen), the book fair and our special reading event on Tuesday. Thank you to everyone who joined us for being model pupils! We hope you enjoyed the session - we certainly did!

 

Yesterday, the children had a great day celebrating all things book related. They particularly enjoyed being read to by different adults across the school and joining with children from the infant school to read to each other. 

 

Today was our second RE trip to a place of worship this term! This time, we went to a church to find out about how Christians celebrate Easter and how the Easter story demonstrates our concept in focus: sacrifice. 

 

Have a fabulous weekend,

The Year 4 Team