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  • 08/11/23

    Ancient Greek Democracy

    Did you know the ancient Greeks invented democracy? Year 4 have learned about how the Greeks would vote and how they could exile a leader they didn’t trust! We created our own vote in the classroom and wrote on shards of pottery, just like the ancient Greeks!
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  • 08/11/23

    Living Things and Their Habitats

    Year 4 visited Shibdon Pond to continue their inquiry into living things and their habitats. They sketched pond plants to see if they could identify and classify the type of plant they had found. 
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  • 07/11/23

    Ancient Greek pottery

    Our art project this half term was to create red figure and black figure pottery like the ancient Greeks! We researched the different pictures and patterns that would usually be seen on Ancient Greek vases and included picture of Greek myths and geometric patterns in our own designs. We sculpted the...
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  • 07/11/23

    Black History Month

    For Black History Month in Year 4 we researched the life and legacy of NASA’s Katherine Johnson. We created timelines to show the key events in her life and what she had to overcome to become such an influential figure today.
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  • 07/11/23

    Ball Skills

    Year 4 have developed their ball skills this half term, practising with tennis balls, basket balls, footballs and rugby balls. They are becoming experts and controlling and moving around with their ball!
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  • 07/11/23

    Identifying and Classifying Creepy Creatures

    Year 4 put their identifying and classifying skills to the test as part of our Spooky Science week. They have been learning about living things and their habitats this half term and have enjoyed identifying some creepy crawling and spooky animals and choosing their own categories to classify them. T...
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  • 07/11/23

    Spooky STEM Witches Potions

    As part of our Monster Mash Up morning, KS2 investigated how different ingredients changed the witches potions as they observed what happened  in their different recipes.
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  • 27/10/23

    Year 4 Spooky STEM Structures

    As part of our whole school Spooky STEM week, Year 4 were challenged to design and make a haunted house using 3D shapes that would be strong enough to hold a pumpkin. They made some fang-tastic structures!
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  • 27/10/23

    Spooktacular Science morning: optical illusions!

    During our Science mix-up morning, KS2 created their own Halloween themed optical illusions. They then researched what an optical illusion is and how it can trick our brains into thinking something is what it isn’t!  
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  • 24/10/23

    Spooky Senses

    As part of yesterday’s Monster Mash-Up Morning, children from across KS2 visited the Year 3 classroom to take part in a range of sensory-themed activities. When doing so, the children had to put their senses to the test in order to correctly identify a range of spooky sounds, smells and o...
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  • 26/09/23

    Summer Reading Challenge Success!

    Year 4 had a fantastic day at Gateshead Library yesterday to celebrate their success in completing the summer reading challenge!
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  • 11/09/23

    How do we know so much about the ancient Greeks?

    How do we know so much about the ancient Greeks who lived over 2000 years ago? Year 4 enjoyed their first enquiry into the lives of the ancient Greeks where they voted with Pebbles, how the Greeks would have, on a true or false quiz, learning some amazing facts about Greek history. They made predic...
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