Class 4 Activities 2019-2020
Summer 2 TTS home learning packs
Summer Term
Welcome back everyone; I hope you have all had a super Easter Holiday and are ready for your Summer Term’s activities.
This term our topic takes us on a magical journey to Alchemy Island. What can you find hidden in the mysterious landscapes? The only way is to study the map, solve the riddle and begin your adventure!
Attached are resources to help you on your imaginative venture; can you:
– write poetry
– create an imaginative piece of artwork
– research magical lands…
I can’t wait to see what you come up with whilst working at home with your loved ones. Please remember to email me with examples of your work; I have loved the pieces people have sent in so far.
Remember to keep working hard, stay safe and enjoy.
I can’t wait to see you all.
Mr. Graham
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Professor Brainstorm Home Science Experiments
A fun Sound experiment
If you only have time to do one experiment,
make sure you do this one!
Suitable for Reception to Year 6
YouTube link https://youtu.be/jqMOyVrEGuE
A Chemical Change experiment
Find out how to make a crisp tube explode!
Aimed at Years 5 & 6 – but younger children
will enjoy it as well !
YouTube link https://youtu.be/FMCbywikk7o
A great Forces experiment
This experiment investigates Friction,
Motion and Energy.
Suitable for Year 1 to Year 6
YouTube link
A Light experiment
A quick 5 minute experiment
investigating reflections
Suitable for Year 3 to Year 6
Superhearing & Homemade Stethoscope
Two Sound experiments
Investigating how sound travels from a
sound source to our ears
Suitable for Year 3 to Year 6
A Light experiment
Investigating how we see things.
Suitable for Year 3 to Year 6
School Closures
I am sure that you all agree that staying at home isn’t the perfect scenario, but it is essential that we try our best to remain safe from the current epidemic we find ourselves in.
I hope the initial Home Work packs are keeping your children occupied. Please support your children to complete these packs. I genuinely hope that you email me with any queries you may have regarding the packs, or any other thoughts you may have.
Please let me know if you require more work and I will supply more as soon as possible.
Please also direct you children onto well known online websites such as:
– BBC bitesize
– TT rockstars
– Hit the Button
– Oxford Owl
Thank you all for your continuing support.
Learning Log
Summer 1 Year 5/6 Home Learning Pack.In light of the emergency closure of the school, Classroom Secrets have provided learning packs that can be used at home.
School closure is also a time for your child to create a project around an area that they are really interested in. They could research the topic and report their findings. They could make a short film, design a set of revision cards to share with their friends. They could make a model, write a song or poem linked to the topic!
It could also be a time to get your very own Blue Peter Badge- see the link for more information!
Mr. Graham
Geography – Frozen Planet
UNCRC Article 17 (access to information from the media)
What a brilliant geography lesson we had today. We explored the similarities and differences between 2 Polar Regions (Arctic and Antarctic); we compared plantations, people, animals and weather – we even had a group of children comparing both Polar Regions with the UK!
We relied on the internet to supply the information necessary, along with information cards supplied by our Cornerstones Curriculum.
Well done everyone.
Scientific Enquiry (Electricity)
UNCRC Article 29 (goals of education)
What an excellent science lesson we had today when we were faced with the question…What happens to the brightness of the bulb when more wires are added to the circuit?
We had to design our own lines of enquiry, ensuring that we adhered to a fair test; we created our own results tables, predicted and concluded our findings. We even drew circuit diagrams to show which tests we carried out.
Well done everyone.
Cornerstones Memorable Experience – Frozen Planet
UNCRC Article 31 (cultural, artistic activities)
What a fabulous way to introduce our new Cornerstones Curriculum for this half term – Frozen Planet.
Class 4 welcomed Class 1 and 2 to share their experience when we observed what an actual iceberg looked like…
How are icebergs formed?
Where would you find them?
Which part of the iceberg melts the quickest; above or below the waterline?
What happens to the ice berg when salt is sprinkled on top?
Why can I see bubbles inside the iceberg?
The children had a wonderful time touching and observing the icebergs, and were memorised how it actually melted. What a memorable experience; we can’t wait to start our topic now!
Cornerstones Curriculum Showcase Event
UNCRC Article 29 (goals of education)
Well done to everyone associated with our school today – we welcomed our family and friends into our classrooms to showcase all the lovely work we have been doing over the course of the half term on our topic – Off With Her Head.
Our parents helped us to complete a variety of activities including Geography, History and ICT.
Mr. Graham was very impressed with the level of peer and self assessment that was going on!
Well done everyone.
Forest School
UNCRC Article 29 (goals of education)
What a fabulous afternoon we’ve all had; spending valuable time enhancing our outdoor skills during a Forest School session with Miss Grant – our very own Forest School expert. After our initial safety briefing and expectations for the session, all our children completed a nature awareness activity, identifying different types of plantations and animals that live within specific habitats, we were all then sent to find appropriate sticks that could be used to build a fire. We graded the wood that was collected, then made ‘waffle’ fires using flint and steel to ignite. To celebrate our work, we cooked marsh-mellows over the open fire!
Well done everyone.
DT Sculptures
UNCRC Article 31 (cultural, artistic activities)
We are delighted with the way our 3D sculptures of Henry VIII have turned out; the Cornerstones Curriculum (Off With Her Head) has been fabulous this half term. All that’s left to do now is to evaluate it!
Well done everyone.
PE – Dance – SSCo
UNCRC Article 31 (cultural, artistic activities)
Today, we were very lucky to welcome Gemma (a member of the School Sports Coordinator Programme) into our school. We practised a range of dance moves, individually, in pairs, small groups and as a whole class. Gemma was also able to watch the whole class dance we’ve been working on in lessons, and offered enhancements to improve it – all in preparation for our performance at the Gala Theatre on 24th March. Please remember that parents are able to spectate at this event (ensure you have your tickets – from the box office).
Thank you Gemma; we all had a super morning.
Showcasing our talents
We are incredibly proud of Poppy who has completed another dancing examination with a Merit. Well done Poppy on an unbelievable achievement.
PE
UNCRC Article 29 (goals of education)
Our street dance is progressing nicely; we have split ourselves into our teams, and are currently creating movements to specific age categories (children; teens; parents; OAPs). Hopefully you will be able to identify our groups when we perform our dance.
Art – Hans Holbein
UNCRC Article 31 (cultural, artistic activities)
We are all loving our Cornerstone’s Curriculum topic this half term – Off With Her Head. The Tudors were definitely an interesting bunch!
We’ve taken inspiration from one of Henry VIII’s royal artists today (Hans Holbein) and began sketching portraits of Henry VIII and his 6 wives. A great start we have made…watch-out for our updated portraits.
Design and Technology
UNCRC Article 31 (cultural and artistic activities)
Another project is started…I just love to see how well our children work as part of a team; the encouragement, patience, teamwork and desire to succeed are qualities all our children show on a daily basis. Well done again Class 4.
Conceptual Mindsets…
UNCRC Article 29 (goals of education)
I can’t believe how talented our children are! After introducing the children to a bundle of Rubik’s cubes and puzzles, we’re all delighted with how quickly some of them were to solve the Rubik’s Cube. Well done to you all.
Design Technology
UNCRC Article 31 (cultural, artistic activities)
Finally our finished sculptures from last term’s design technology – Hola Mexico. We’re very proud of how they have progressed into bright pieces of art, as well as the intricate details on all our efforts.
Cornerstones Memorable Experience – Adam Bushnell
UNCRC Article 31 (cultural, artistic activities)
What a unique and fabulous way to introduce our new Cornerstones Curriculum for this half term – Off With Her Head.
We welcomed a popular children’s author into school who delivered a series of workshops for all our classes throughout school. The children of class 4 enjoyed listening to stories based on the Tudors, as well as writing and drawing illustrations based on Tudor Family Shields. What a memorable experience.
Physical Education – Street Dancing
UNCRC Article 29 (goals of education)
Welcome back Class 4 and we’re straight in at the deep-end with our new PE sport; Street Dance. We are all learning to freestyle to modern dance music in preparation for the upcoming Dance Festival on March 24th 2020. Some fabulous teamwork, encouragement and leadership on show this week – well done everyone.
Christmas Party
UNCRC Article 31 (leisure, play and culture)
What a wonderful way to finish the Autumn Term and our festive period with our own Christmas Party and disco. There was lots of dancing and, games and treats for all to enjoy; even the teachers joined in the dancing!
Have a wonderful Christmas and a joyous New Year – from all of us in Class 4.
Christingles
UNCRC Article 14 (freedom of thought, belief and religion)
What a lovely session the children from Class 4 had today learning about the true Christian meaning of each element that makes up the Christingle. Using an orange, fruits and sweets, red ribbon, a candle and tooth picks, the children were able to derive a deeper understanding of how Christians see Jesus as the Light of the World. We are all now looking forward to our Christingle Service tomorrow.
Key Stage 2 Christmas rehearsals
UNCRC Article 31 (take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities)
Another fabulous week for the children of Class 4 as they all worked incredibly hard to learn their scripts and music for the upcoming Christmas Production – Super Star.
We are all very proud of your commitment and desire to learn your parts, and our dress rehearsal was fantastic. Your parents are going to be thrilled when they see the final showing.
Design and Technology – Sculptures
UNCRC Article 31 (artistic activities)
Our children just love getting ‘messy hands’! Over the course of this half term, we have been designing our own Maya Skulls, using our design knowledge on how we could construct them. Today, after deciding to use papier mache, we got to manufacture our designs; what a mess – lovely!
Basketball
UNCRC Article 29 (goals of education)
Another fabulous coaching session today with our basketball coaches – Betsy and Molly; we really are ready for our competitive festival next week. Today we were enhancing our offensive and defensive skills, with and without the ball.
Gymnastics
UNCRC Article 31 (leisure, play, culture)
What another outstanding lesson Class 4 had today in PE; after prior learning opportunities to develop our balances, rolls and different forms of travelling, the children created their own sequence consisting of 8 elements in total. With their partner, each pairing coached and performed their sequence, as well as recording for enhancement. Well done Class 4.
Class 4’s Crisis Sleepover
UNCRC Article 27 (adequate standard of living)
The children from Class 4 experienced what it would be like to be homeless last night as they raised awareness for the charity Crisis. During our sleepover, we were able to: build shelters using only materials that could be found on the streets; sample soup, hot dogs and hot chocolate from the soup kitchen; make clothing out of scrap materials, as well as meet some homeless children!
We are very proud of all our children, who managed to brave a ‘night on the street’ (in the school hall) – even Mrs. Lee, Mr. Graham and Mrs. Aspinall braved the evening!
Well done everyone.
Key Stage 3 Transition @ Durham Federation (DCBC)
UNCRC Article 29 (goals of education)
The children from Class 4 had the opportunity to experience another transition activity at DCBC today. We participated in a History session on World War One Trench Warfare and Remembrance along with 7 other cluster primary schools.
We linked this transition with our recent Cornerstones Curriculum – Fallen Fields.
Once again, our children demonstrated their Rights Respecting ethos and were a credit to their school.
Well done everyone; we’re very proud of you all.
Cornerstones Curriculum – Hola Mexico! – Engage
UNCRC Article 28 (right to education)
Wow! What an experience we have all had today; the children participated in their new Cornerstones Curriculum topic Engagement – Hola Mexico! The children were put to the test instantly with a tasting session of Mexican delights. We sampled many varieties of Mexican food like: enchiladas; fajitas; salsa and Maya hot chocolate.
We can’t wait to discover what lies ahead in this new venture!
Cornerstones Curriculum – Fallen Fields – Innovate
UNCRC Article 38 (war and armed conflict)
We are very proud of Class 4 children as they led their own Service of Remembrance to commemorate the end of World War 1. The children planned, prepared and delivered the service with outstanding commitment, giving a variety of readings and wartime poetry, along with conducting a 2 minute silence with the whole school and staff.
Once again, fabulous Rights Respecting Gold ethos demonstrated by each and everyone of you.
Cornerstones Curriculum – Fallen Fields – Innovate
UNCRC Article 38 (war and armed conflict)
We are very proud of a congregation of Class 4 children today as they represented our school with distinction, demonstrating outstanding Rights Respecting Gold ethos during the War Memorial Service at St. Philip and St. James Church, Kimblesworth.
This Innovate Stage of the topic challenged the children to participate in a remembrance event to commemorate the end of World War 1. Your poems were beautiful, and your family and friends have the right to be immensely proud of you all.
Well done Alisha, Olivia and Peyton.
School Sport – Basketball
UNCRC Article 31 (leisure, play and culture)
We were very lucky to welcome Betsy (American basketball coach) into school today, who will be working with us over the next 6 weeks to prepare us for our upcoming basketball festival. Today we enhanced our passing and dribbling skills.
Cornerstones Curriculum Showcase Event
UNCRC Article 29 (goals of education)
Well done to everyone associated with our school today – we welcomed our family and friends into our classrooms to showcase all the lovely work we have been doing over the course of the half term on our topic – Fallen Fields.
Our parents helped us to complete a variety of activities including Geography, History and ICT.
Mr. Graham was very impressed with the level of peer and self assessment that was going on!
Well done everyone.
Harvest Festival
UNCRC Article 14 (freedom of thought, belief and religion)
A fabulous well done to all our children who gave thanks to the Harvest at the church of St. Philip and St. James, Kimblesworth. The children demonstrated outstanding behaviour, along with their Rights Respecting Gold ethos to deliver a series of readings and songs with Rev. Caroline.
Thank you ever so much to all the kind donations all our family and friends gave; they will be delivered to the local food bank in Chester-le-Street after the service.
Fallen Fields Remembrance Talk
UNCRC Article 38 (war and armed conflicts)
We were incredibly lucky to welcome Steve into school today, a member of the County Durham Fire Service who represents our region in Remembrance Services across the Country and Europe. Steve has participated in memorials in County Durham, White Hall – London, and Belgium, often giving speeches as a guest at each event.
Our children participated in a speaking and listening session with Steve about life as a soldier during The Great War (WW1), as well as what it was like for those people who stayed behind.
Once again, our children demonstrated outstanding Rights Respecting attitudes and asked many sensible questions.
Thank you again Steve for your commitment; we all enjoyed your stories and speech.
Travelling Book Fair
UNCRC Article 29 (goals of education)
One of our favourite times of the year…welcoming the travelling book fair. Our children invited their parents to look through all the wonderful titles that were on offer, and used their pocket monies to purchase their favourite books.
Even Mr. Graham found some books that he liked!
Professor Brainbox
UNCRC Article 29 (goals of education)
We were very lucky to welcome Professor Brainbox into school today who gave our children a series of ‘Exploding Science’ experiments.
The children thoroughly enjoyed watching the spud gun and the liquid nitrogen in action.
I believe we could have a few future scientists!
Key Stage 3 Transition Visits – Durham Federation (DCBC)
UNCRC Article 28 (right to an education)
What a fabulous day our Year 5 and 6 children had at the Durham Federation Transitioned Themed day. Everyone was welcomed into the auditorium and briefed to the mysterious murder that had occurred during the previous night at Dunsinane Castle; but one question – who did it?
It was the job of our children to turn detective, analysis the evidence, question the suspects and derive their own conclusions, whilst writing the front page of their newspaper story.
Once again, our children’s behaviour was exemplary and we are all very proud of your efforts. Well done class 4…and well done to the staff of Durham Federation for you efforts in organising a wonderful day for all children who attended.
Engage – Memorable Experience
UNCRC Article 38 (war and armed conflict)
Our children were delighted to to visit an actual war museum when they experienced their Memorable Experience to Eden Camp. The children were guided through the 33 huts within the camp, witnessing what it was like in numerous situations through out World Warfare, including WW1, WW2, and other wars to date. We all had a wonderful time and are excited to put our new knowledge and experience to create our own memorial service in honour to all those who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect peace and order.
Well done Class 4, your behaviour and attitude to learning was exemplary; we are all very proud of you.
Hidden Talents
Wow…what can we say. A massive well done to Alisha who has won 2 first place rosettes in recent Dog Handling competitions; I think you need to help me to train my dog Alisha!
A future Crufts Champion in the making?
Extra-Curricular Activities
What a superstar we have on our hands…
Olivia achieved 2 rosettes for her fabulous horse riding skills in a recent competition. Keep up the good work Olivia; we’re all very impressed.
Cycle Workshops
Class 4 enjoyed a cycle workshop today where we learned the various parts to our bikes and how we should maintain them in order to stay safe. We worked as part of a team to see how far we could peddle in 5 minutes; this was surprisingly very tiring!
We also took our own bikes outside onto the playground to practise some basic manoeuvres.
A super session enjoyed by all.
