We had a brilliant time on the obstacle course this morning, whilst raising money for charity.  We thoroughly enjoyed all of the obstacles with the parachute being a favourite!

This afternoon, the children had a fun time creating and performing their own shadow puppet shows. This was inspired by our Science learning about light and how shadows are created. We used opaque materials to create our shadow puppets alongside a dose of imagination! The children designed characters, developed stories, and brought them to life through light and shadow. This activity encouraged creativity, communication, and teamwork as the children worked together to plan and present their performances.  It was fantastic to see their confidence grow as they shared their unique stories and entertained their audience with their shadow puppet creations.

 Year 4 had great fun this morning completing the charity obstacle course whilst raising money for charity. A great time was had by all and well done to everyone!

  S tory focus : Once There Were Giants by Martin Waddell We have daily Phonics and handwriting sessions.  We have a Literacy session where we discuss a picture, compose sentences and then write them.  We also have individual reading sessions, practising our blue Phonics book or reading books.  Maths focus: the number system . We verbally counted beyond 20; identified the 'stopping number' (cardinal principle); counted things that cannot be seen or tagged (abstraction principle); developed strategies to keep track of what has and hasn't been counted (e.g moving into a line, moving objects as they are counted). PE focus : In RW, Country Dancing. RJ's hall slot was being used so we practised some skills for Sports Day. Understanding the World/PSED focus:  recapping life cycles and identifying the life stages of a human (baby, toddler, child, teenager, adult, elderly person). Our story was a lovely way of showing the stages of life and we really enjoyed reading it....

 For the last two Wednesday afternoons we have been making moving pictures linked to our Space Theme. In these fabulous pictures the rocket, or flying saucer, can be moved up and down while the moon is able to spin around. The pictures have been used to make a Voyage story which the children will finish in our next session. I've heard some great rocket noises when the children have explained their story plans. Mr Hopegood :)

 In computing, the children started to learn how to programme.  They now know that programming means following instructions on a computer. 

 Tonight we played a friendly game against Home Farm.  We wanted to give the children in the club who had yet to play a match a chance to experience the skills we have been learning in real time.   This was the first time the girls had played together as a team and after a slower start, warming up and finding their feet, we stormed ahead and won 3-2! An amazing game, watching how the girls pulled together, marked their players, communicated and supported. Here's a picture of the team sporting their new netball t-shirts! Well done!