We had an exciting time investigating which materials were conductors and insulators to help light a bulb in a circuit. We found out that conductors are often metals and some objects can be both depending on what materials they are made from....
This week in Science, we created our own circuits using bulbs, batteries, wires and different materials. We tested to see which materials are conductors or insulators....
This week in Art, we focused on artwork by the cartoonist Carl Giles - Mother’s Day that depicts a family picnic. We drew our own version of our families having a meal in cartoon style....
Year 4 looked amazing on World Book Day; we had a range of characters from Harry Potter to the Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo. In Maths, we took part in an investigation helping a school who had lost a golden envelope revealing the winner of...
Year 4 had a fantastic time at London Zoo this week. The children were able apply their knowledge on living things to different animals such as carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. We loved the workshop on rainforests as we got to be explorers for the day!...
In writing we have been writing a balanced argument discussing the advantages and disadvantages of living the Ashram of peaceful and sustainable living....
In Maths we have become fraction experts. We have been learning about equivalent fractions, improper fractions, adding and subtracting fractions. Here are some examples of Mikel and Marilyn's fantastic work!...
We published our magnificent newspaper reports about waste found in the Ashram village based on our topic book 'Be the Change'. We explored formal language, wrote two sections of the report based on a plan and worked with our partners to edit and improve our...
We have been unpicking the features in newspaper articles to help us write our own news articles based on the book ‘Be the Change’ A Grandfather Gandhi story. We created a colour key and found he features in articles about sustainability....
We have explored a range of newspaper articles to prepare us for writing our own based on our topic book 'Be the Change'. Our articles will be about finding waste around the Ashram Village which is a terrible crime as one of the vows the...