Today our Year 3 and Year 4 classes performed at the Gateshead Schools Dance Festival. They opened the show with a fantastic dance to Believer. All the effort that has gone into each PE lesson was worth it for every child to have this experience. We are so proud of...
Today we went Pizza Express to make out healthy pizzas. We really enjoyed making the pizzas using all of the fresh ingredients. A big thank you to Pizza Express, Gateshead for having us.
On Friday, we had another session of Commando Jo. In this lesson, we had to work in small groups. One member of the group had to be blind folded and the other members of the group had to guide them around obstacles using specific instructions. We quickly realised that...
Today, we had to adapt our biscuit recipe to try and improve the appearance, taste and smell of the biscuit. We worked in groups to come up with ways to adapt the recipe. Table 1 added cocoa powder, Table 2 added honey Table 3 added lemon flavouring Table 4 added choc...
We have been learning to sing Mamma Mia by ABBA. We have found out lots of facts about this song and we know it was very popular in the 1970's and is now the title of a stage show and film. Today we have continued to sing the song and we even had a go at playing the...
In Science, Year 4 have been learning all about teeth. Today, we set up our own experiment to investigate the effects different liquids have on our teeth. For the purpose of this experiment a boiled egg is going to be 'a tooth'. We placed the boiled eggs in a plastic...
During our PE sessions, we have been taking part in Co-Jo sessions. We have had lots of fun using all of the equipment. We needed to work together as a team and come up with ways to use and adapt the equipment to meet our surroundings.
Year 4 have been researching biscuits. We had to fill in a research grid and comment on the taste, smell, texture, appearance and packaging of each biscuit. We then had a go at following a simple recipe to bake our own plain biscuit. Next week, we will be looking to...
In Science, we have been learning all about electricity. First, we had to sort electrical and non-electrical items and we had to try and explain why we had grouped the objects in this way. We then had a go at building electrical circuits. We had to follow the...
In Science, Year 4 have been learning all about Electricity. We designed an investigation to find out what objects conduct electricity. We really enjoyed finding out about conductors and insulators. We know that electricity can be dangerous so we had to make sure our...