Year 4 Trip to Linford Wood, Monday 8th December

5th December 2014Mrs J Gowen

On Monday 8th December, we will be visiting Linford Wood as part our Tree Week project based on the book ‘Into the Forest’ by Anthony Browne.  We will explore the forest and the atmosphere the different trees create, making observational drawings and sharing well known children’s stories set in the woods.  In the afternoon we will consider what the forest is home to and begin a habitat study.

We will be leaving school at 9.30am and returning at 3pm. Please ensure that your child wears a coat, old clothes, and wellington boots or trainers as they may get muddy with the outdoors activities. They will also require a packed lunch in a disposable bag which can be thrown away when finished with.  The school will provide a packed lunch for any children who receive free school meals.

Please ensure that your child has any medication with them that they may need.  This should be named clearly – this includes inhalers.

Many thanks,

Iain Mortimer and Juliette Roberts

 

linford wood letter

Year 4 become Bear Grylls survival experts

17th November 2014admin

On Monday this week, the children in year 4 were able to learn some fantastic techniques to help them survive in an extreme environment.

They gained some superb knowledge from some incredible Parks Trust employees and were able to put some of these ideas into practice: learning how to create effective shelters, collect and filter water, find nutrition that was edible and learning how to create an effective fire to provide warmth.

The children were inspired by their ignite day and returned to school with some amazing questions and ideas for their learning in the new project.

A special thank you must go to the parents who supported us on the day and for all of the parents who volunteered.

 

VW week begins

22nd October 2014admin

What an amazing start to the week the year 4 children have had. They finally found out that their project for this week is about solving logistical problems and then had the opportunity to see cars from the VW brand on Monday.

 

Then on a busy Tuesday, the children had the opportunity to ask people from the VW breakdown assistance group and The AA some questions about how to solve the baffling breakdown system. This also included the chance to get to see 6 different types of breakdown vehicle. The children were full of ‘superb questions’ and ‘were some of the most polite children that The AA men had worked with’.

We can’t wait in year 4 to be able to set up our own control centre and begin co-ordinating our own Brooklands Breakdown service.

VW have arrived!

20th October 2014Mrs c Hern

Years 2-6 are currently sitting in an assembly presented by Laura and  Lara, from VW.

A range of cars are currently arriving in the car park as I type.1413793064066

The atmosphere in school is amazing! We  are all looking forward to working together on our exciting whole school project.

All of the children are especially looking forward to working with the VW staff and welcome them to our school.

 

 

 

 

 

Reading at home questions

17th October 2014admin
Dear parents,

As we mentioned at the year 4 curriculum teas, the reading questions that you can use to help your child with their reading are below. These questions should be used after they have read and we would encourage the children to look back in the book to find evidence for their answer.

Please only use 3 questions at a time as the focus is also on the children’s ability to read fluently and with expression.

Mr Mortimer and Miss Roberts

Comprehension questions you can ask to help your child with their reading -1-

The Curse of the Egyptian Tomb

16th October 2014admin

Year 4 today shared their incredible learning with their parents as they invited them into their living tomb. The children first had the problem of trying to entice their parents into the tomb and began by reading their persuasions to them. Some parents seemed hard to win over but the children managed to wow them with their vocabulary and their ideas.

 

After this, the parents were able to look at some of the Egyptian artefacts that the children had created across the project and were able to meet two embalmers giving a demonstration of mummification as one of our children became a real life mummy.

 

The tomb and persuasions were well received and the children created a fantastic show, explaining all of their knowledge that they had learnt over the last 4 and a half weeks.

 

The Great Brooklands Bake Off!

3rd October 2014J Francis

This afternoon the children in Year 4 put on their baking hats in preparation for the curriculum teas on Monday and Tuesday.  We’ve made some delicious cakes to share with you!

Over the past two weeks we have been growing our knowledge of addition and subtraction methods.  This will be put into practice further next week when we look at measurements.

In Literacy, we have been learning to write a persuasive text…can you practice your persuasive skills on your parents over the weekend?

We are looking forward to inviting you all into our classes for the curriculum teas next week!

Have a lovely weekend.

Miss Roberts and Mr Mortimer

The Egyptians took over!

By admin22nd September 2014

The children in year 4 had an amazing ignite today as they left their normal selves behind and became Egyptian slaves, dancers, Pharaohs, craftsmen and actors today.

They had an amazing morning in which they were given the alter ego of an Egyptian to perform as for the day and took part in creating a variety of different objects that would have been placed in a Pharoah’s tomb. Amazing learning zones were achieved by all of the children in the morning as they were able to physically learn about the Egyptians.

Some children made charm bracelets to place in their tomb.
Some children learnt how to create embalming oils and mummify something.
Whilst some children created their own perfume from herbs.
In the afternoon, the children became their Egyptian counterparts as slaves, dancers, Pharaohs and actors. The children were superb and were congratulated on their acting skills.
A huge thanks must be said to all of the parents, aunties and adults who helped on the day.
The children are definitely excited about the rest of their project and are looking forward to creating their own tombs.