On Monday 5th December, the children in Y4 attended the Brady Arts Centre.

They went to see a performance by the  collective ‘TROUPE’.

The performance that the Year 4 cohort  watched was called  ‘The Empty Chair’. It was  a playful musical adventure exploring themes of loss, change and friendship. The story was told through a blend of original poetry, live sound, audience participation and adventurous repertoire for voice, cello and piano.

The children learnt how poetry can be portrayed in many different forms, and how stories can be told through  poetry.

This performance had an impact on the the way children performed poetry in their own lessons adapting the different techniques and styles that they had watched.

          

On Monday 26^th September, Year 4 went on a wonderful trip to the Soane Centre.  At the Soane Centre, the children learnt about temperature and how it is a measure of how hot or cold things are. They also identified some of the materials that make good thermal insulators.

The children had the opportunity to use these insulators when building a model house to keep it warm.  Take a look at their work!

 

Year 4 Amber were invited to the opening of the Switch House at New Tate Modern along with 3000 other school children. They enjoyed looking at the artwork, wandering around the remarkable new building and joining in with some Performance Art.

On the 19th of May the girls taking part in the Mosaic Project went to visit the University of Westminster. They have been working hard learning about life skills, confidence and aspirations they have in life. This trip was a chance to experience the life of a student at university and learn what it takes to get to university. After the trip, all the girls were motivated to work hard in order to go to university.

In Year 4 Saffron and Amber, the topic this half term has been The Romans. We have been learning a lot about Roman history, Roman geography, Roman stories and myths and Roman armies. The Romans fought in huge armies and they had very strong armour, like helmets and shields. In Design and Technology lessons we designed and made these shields ourselves! Thank you very much to all of the families who sent in cardboard to make this project possible!

Year Four Amber and Saffron classes went to The Science Museum to explore their new topic for the term, ‘Getting the Message’. They went on an information hunt to find out about how communication has changed over the years. They learnt a lot throughout the day and they have been using this learning in their topic and science lessons.

Year Four Amber and Saffron girls had the opportunity to go to Playon with their mums and aunties to play a lot of different sports. They had a fantastic day out and learnt a lot of new skills together!

 

The girls and their mums loved learning a new sport for them – Quick Cricket!