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  • Year 4 - How can you make art from card and wire?

    Published 19/07/24
    We have had fun looking at a range of artists that create sculptures from different materials. We discovered that Jaume Plensa creates art from metal. Some of his sculptures can be seen at London Bridge station.  This inspired us to cr
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  • Year 4 - How well could we skip?

    Published 12/07/24
    This week we took part in a skipping workshop. We learnt some basic skipping skills and also some tricks - some were easier than others! We also had a go at big jump ropes. We had so much fun, even if we found some of it challenging! This week we
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  • Year 4 - So what did the weather forecaster say?

    Published 05/07/24
    These lyrics are famous from Louis Armstrong's song "Jeepers Creepers".  Now, I don't care what the weather man says, When the weatherman says it's raining You'll never hear me complaining. I'm certain the sun
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  • Year 4 - What is Eudaimonia and how do we show it?

    Published 28/06/24
    Year 4 have discovered that Eudaimonia is not a disease - which was one person initially thought - but it is in fact the state of happiness and joy that we feel when we are growing and flourishing. We all experience this at different times of th
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  • Year 4 - A generous donation led to an afternoon of creativity!

    Published 21/06/24
    Last week, Green class had an amazing opportunity. After a generous donation of some boxes of Lego, Green class got creative. They were given the title of "A way to travel" in any time period. They were putting into practice the s
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  • Year 4 - Read all about it!

    Published 13/06/24
    Read all about it here! - well, in our Star Write books. This week we have put our best journalistic skills to the test in researching and writing a newspaper report about Henry VIII's break from the Catholic Church and his marriage to Anne Boley
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  • Year 4 - Do you think Henry should be allowed a divorce from Catherine of Aragon?

    Published 06/06/24
    We have become detectives this week, finding the real reasons why Henry VIII wanted to divorce Catherine of Aragon. We are going to put these to good use over the next few weeks to write a newspaper article on the scandal that was the reformatio
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  • Year 4 - What is our favourite new thing we have learned this half-term?

    Published 24/05/24
    This week we finished our William Morris inspired prints. We thoroughly enjoyed this whole process. This week has mainly been about reflecting on our learning this half-term, by completing double page spreads for Coast Geography topic and Electricity
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  • Year 4 - Which is your favourite William Morris design?

    Published 17/05/24
    Inspiration for our art work this week has come from William Morris. We have looked at his patterns and prints as well as his life. Did you know that William Morris lived and worked locally in Wimbledon?We will be using this inspiration to create our
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  • Year 4 - What impact do humans have on the coast?

    Published 10/05/24
    This week we have really thought about how we can prevent damaging the earth around us and actually do something to prevent damage. As humans, we are not great at looking after the world, but Year 4 this week have really thought about the impact of t
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  • Year 4 - What a stink!

    Published 03/05/24
    As promised last week, news about our Star Write. We have been writing a persuasive leaflet to our local MP about the situation with sewage still being pumped into our seaside resorts all around the British Coast. Did you know that 83 beaches are cur
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  • Year 4 - Our talents shone bright this week!

    Published 26/04/24
    One of the highlights this week was creating circuits to make a bulb light up. We looked at the different parts of the circuit and how we could make a bulb brighter. The week ended with one of our talented Year 4 children getting bronze in the school
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