On Tuesday we visited Congleton Townhall to perform our singfest songs. We had a great time.

Today we had a planetarium in and the children were able to visit the dome and find out even more information about space. The children took a look at the planets, the solar system, the Milky Way and some astronauts who had visited space. The children had time to ask questions, some of these were amazing and found out even more information.
When the children got back to the classroom they wrote down any unanswered questions and then they had time to find out the answers.
Following on from this they did space themed art, we used gold and silver paint to create a star effect in the background and then used watercolours to recreate the colours of the p,abets. The children then used some spray oil based inks to complete the space effect. These are currently drying but we can’t wait to show you the finished product.
Another great day – we love science week.

The theme for Science week is ‘growth’ so to link in with this we have been investigating growth and what variables affect growth.
To do this, we are have put spring onions into 30ml of water and over the next 11 days we will be measuring them to see how much they have grown. They have all been measured at 4.5cm and their roots are all 1.5cm. We have popped them in the quad in the sunshine (let’s hope the weather stays on our side).
Each day we have to check the temperature outside. We will keep you informed of the growth we have.

On Thursday we began a new computing topic on Scratch. The children worked together.

On Tuesday 8th March we had a tour of space and our solar system through a VR headset.

It was an amazing experience and found of lots of new information.

On Monday morning, we came into school to find out that something unusual had happened over the weekend. Aliens had crash landed in the quad.

We worked through a range of activities and challenges to understand what the aliens were saying, what they liked and disliked and finally helped them to feel safe on planet Earth. We had to use our essential skills in order to succeed. The skills are; listening, speaking, problem solving, creativity, staying positive, aiming high, leadership and teamwork.

Last night, some of the year 3 and 4 children took part in a football competition at Congleton High School. The team performed amazingly well and overall came 4th place, some of the games had really high scores and the team spirit matched their football skills.

Well done boys!

This afternoon in class 4 we have been investigating electricity.

Yesterday we all dressed up to celebrate world book day.

Yesterday in Year four we had the pleasure of a piano taster session. Some of the children in the class do already play so it was amazing to see their skills shine through and the rest of the class had their first try of playing a piano. The children fully enjoyed their time and would like to say thank you to Mrs Isherwood for organising this.

On Tuesday it was internet safety day. We looked at different ways to stay safe online. We talked about different situations that we could find ourselves in and ways to deal with them safely. We created example passwords so that can’t be easily guessed. We looked at the official age that people should be to access social media.

This morning Mrs Isherwood had kindly arranged for a Performing Arts coach to come into school. Our focus was Chinese New Year to link with our topic of China. The children did a range of warm up games and in small groups they acted out the movements of a bull and then different animals from the Chinese calendar.

As part of our topic some children have brought items in from home to show. Giulia brought in some items that her dad brought her from china and made a PowerPoint to share with the class. Aiden made a PowerPoint to share with the class. Bella brought in a Chinese dragon from home and Scarlett wrote her name in Chinese writing in a canvas.

We loved seeing them all.

Last week the children wrote letters as part of their English work. We used watercolours to create a beautiful picture and stuck the letters on, don’t they look great?