Excavating for artefacts. | Preparing the body. |
Placing the organs in canopic jars. | Mummifying Oliver. |
Well done to everyone for another fantastic class assembly. You showcased all of your learning in a fun, and creative way and it was a pleasure to watch you shine!
After “The Beast from the East” postponed our planned visit to Tropical World on 2nd March, we finally managed to get there last Friday.
As part of our “rainforest” topic, we went to see the wide range of animals and plants housed there and experience some of the hot, humid conditions that are recreated inside Tropical World.
Whilst we walked through the various sections, there was a huge amount of learning to be had. Armed with our activity packs and a camera in each group, we discovered fascinating facts about the rainforest and the creatures that can be found there. We saw Poison Dart Frogs, a Morelet crocodile, bright blue butterflies and enormous Koi carp all in the first 10 minutes!
Next, we entered the aquarium section and were absolutely amazed by the size of some of the fish! They were bigger than our heads! We also found Nemo and friends, along with coming face to face with some mean-looking piranhas. To our surprise, whilst we were in the aquarium section, a very large bird joined us! We discovered that it was a Victorian Crested Pigeon and it certainly took a shine to us! It followed us everywhere and made a very loud noise – which sounded like a drum – and kept bowing in front of us.
Tropical World has a number of birds that we were able to see, alongside Tamarin Monkeys, various reptiles and a colony of Harvester Ants (which we were absolutely fascinated by).
The highlight of our visit was to see the resident Meerkats. They were very funny and interesting to watch. Some were sleeping whilst others took their turn keeping watch (mostly watching the Victorian Crested Pigeon who was still very interested in us!)
Finally we entered the nocturnal area and were able to see a very cute Slow Loris which had the biggest and widest eyes we had ever seen, and lots of fruit bats – luckily though they were behind glass as some of us were a little unsure of them!
We had such a lovely day out and are really glad that, despite the snow, we did get to go to Tropical World in the end.
Keely – “I really enjoyed the desert area because I liked seeing the Meerkats.”
Cian – “I really enjoyed the Pacu fish because they were very big but interestingly didn’t eat the smaller fish.”
Charlotte – “It was really fun and all of the animals were very amusing to watch.”
Sam D – “I learnt that Milk Frogs produce a really bad tasting mucus that scares their predators away.”
Dominic H – “I learnt that crocodiles have to stay very still in the water so that their prey doesn’t see them.”
On Friday 13th October 2017, Year 4 took part in the whole school skipping festival. It was an enjoyable day and we all learnt new skills. It was tricky to get the hang of some skills, but with perseverance and a smile, we improved greatly! Some children were able to perform their new skills in a celebration assembly at the end of day. This has whetted our appetite for the Year 4 skip dance and competition in early 2018!
Have a look at some of our pictures from our gymnastics lessons. We are really enjoying learning (and inventing our own) gymnastic skills! We know how to perform sequences that include pike, tuck, straddle, straight, stag and wolf shapes. We have also been adding in flight elements and turns. Our balancing is improving and our sequences are getting better each week!
On Friday 29th September, Y4 went on a walk around Boston Spa. We looked out for the features of Georgian architecture that we had been learning about in class. We found many examples of crowning pediments, sash windows and pilasters. One of the places we found most interesting was The Crown Hotel where we noticed that the original door had been blocked up. Later in the day we went to look at the River Wharfe and the pathway to the Old Bath House. Unfortunately, as there had been lots of rain the previous night we weren’t able to walk up to the Bath House. We also took turns in carefully walking across the narrow bridge to observe the weir.
“I thought that it was really fun because we got to learn new things” Zara Quyn.
“I didn’t know that the first Boston Spa house was so big” Sam Alker.
“I found out where the sign to the village baths was” Henry Elliott.
“I didn’t know that the cricketer Geoffrey Boycott lived in Boston Spa until I saw the blue plaque” Safina Batty.
“I enjoyed finding out where the old door in Costcutter was “Ethan Hennessey.
Here are some of our pictures from the walk: