This half term, Year 4 were lucky enough to enjoy a fabulous day out at Woodhall Estate in Hertfordshire. This was a countryside classroom day, packing loads into the day! We enjoyed lots of outdoor activities which included learning about arable farming, seeing owls and falcons and learning about them, a tree identification activity in …
St Albans trip Year 4 had a lovely visit to St Albans Cathedral as part of our history topic on the Anglo-Saxons. They learnt about Saxon food and cooking and how different it was to today. The children made butter, by shaking double cream until it became solid. They added salt and parsley, spread it …
It has been a very challenging task, but we have all finally sewed a seam and created our very own T-shirt bag! We began this Design Technology unit by exploring the problems with plastic bags and why there is a great need to have reusable ones. We explored various designs and thought about their advantages …
It has been a very busy half term in Year 4. We have packed a lot into the last few weeks. In Art we have been looking at the painting ‘Four Trees’ by Egon Schiele. We spent time practicing the different elements of the painting such as wax resist, watercolour blending and forming trees using …
In Year 4, we have been studying the Ancient Egyptians. As part of this we have looked at the process of mummification to prepare the dead for the afterlife. We had a go at this, using an excellent resource from Hertford museum. This included removing the internal organs, putting them in Canopic jars and wrapping …