Latest News Learning about different shapes in Year 4 In maths, we were learning about perimeter. In this lesson, we used string to measure the distance around different shapes/objects in our class then used a ruler to find out the perimeter. Latest News Performance Poetry in Year 4 In year 4 we did performance poetry in writing. We added actions to our performances. Latest News Creating storyboards for playscripts in Year 4 In Writing, we created a storyboard plan to help us with writing our own play scripts! Latest News Having conversations about ourselves in Spanish in Year 4 In Spanish, we have been learning how to hold conversations about ourselves. We walked around the classroom sharing information about us in Spanish! Latest News Making electrical circuits in Year 4 Science In science, we are learning about electricity. In this lesson, we constructed our own circuits that we will use for our experiment next week! Latest News Writing play scripts in Year 4 In writing we are writing play scripts based on tales of Anansi the Spider. Here we are putting on a show based on the book Tiger Soup. Latest News Creating friendship group 'concircles' for PSHE in Year 4 This week in PSHE, we had a discussion about the different friendship groups we have formed, how we fit into them and the friends we value the most and why. Our activity was to created friendship grou... Latest News Map skills and exploring the culture of St Lucia in Year 4 In Geography we started exploring the Caribbean. We identified countries using maps and started to learn all about the culture of St Lucia. Latest News Learning about different sewing stitches in Year 4 Our focus this term in Art is textiles. In this lesson, we were learning how to sew. We were practising how to do 2 different stitches: back and running stitching Latest News Creating embroidery pencil cases in Year 4 In 4T we have been creating pencil cases using applique and embroidery. Here we are researching varying patterns on different textiles. Latest News Exploring animal classification in Year 4 In Year 4 in Science, we have been learning about animal classification. We did an interactive quiz to consolidate our learning. Latest News Writing letters from the perspective of Nelson Mandela in Year 4 In Writing, we were exploring the use of fronted adverbials to help us write letters from the perspective of Nelson Mandela. Latest News Working through Real Life Scenarios in Year 4 In PSHE , we were given different scenarios to act out in groups. We had to show how we could overcome disappointment and how we could remain hopeful despite life’s challenges. Latest News Writing Balanced Arguments in Year 4 In 4T we published our balanced arguments by recording them as speeches. We used formal language and formal tone. You could’ve mistaken us for newsreaders! Latest News Using 'fronted adverbials' in our writing in Year 4 In Writing, we are learning all about fronted adverbials and how they can bring cohesion to our balanced arguments. Latest News Creating animal classification posters in Year 4 In Science this term, our topic is 'Living Things and their Habitats'. In this week's lesson, we did research on the different groups animals can be classified into and created posters. Latest News Learning about trees and animal classification in Year 4 In Science we have been learning about classification trees. We created our own to classify different types of sweets and will eventually be using the skills we have learned to classify animals. Latest News Discussing disappointments and solving them in Year 4 In PSHE , we had a discussion about broken dreams and disappointment. We explored different strategies we can use to deal with and overcome disappointment through discussing different relatable scenar... Latest News Creating printing blocks in Art in Year 4 In Art this week, we are doing block printing. In this lesson we were designing our patterns onto cardboard. Latest News Year 4's trip to the London Museum of Docklands In Year 4 we went on a trip to London Museum of Docklands to research all about our new topic of Empire for History and Geography. Ask us what we found out about on our trip! Latest News Participating in the Reindeer Run in Year 4 Year 4 were so proud of how many laps we completed in our Reindeer Run! We ran for such a great cause! Latest News Hotseating the man on the moon in Year 4 In our Writing lessons, we were exploring the thoughts and feelings of the main character from the John Lewis Christmas advert, Man on the Moon. A few of us took on the persona of the main character w... Latest News Christmas Lunch was DELICIOUS! ... Latest News Peaceful wishes for Christmas in Year 4 In Year 5 as part of our Christmas door display we made peaceful wishes for Christmas. Latest News Learning about food chains and biomes in Year 4 In science, we were learning about food chains and the biomes. Our chosen biome was Grassland. We researched plants and animals adapted to grassland and created our own food chains! Latest News Creating scratch paintings in Year 4 In our Art sessions, we have created scratch painting of stars for our Advent art. Latest News Learning about weather in Spanish in Year 4 In Spanish we are looking at the weather. Test us on how to say the different types of weather! Latest News Exploring what 'Peace' means to us in Year 4 In RE this week, we are learning about 'peace'. We had a discussion about what peace means to us then drew our own peace symbols in our books! Latest News Doing experiments about the use of our teeth in Year 4 In science, we were learning about the different types of human teeth and their functions. We did an experiment to see which teeth (incisor, canine or molar) we use to eat popcorn, apples and raisins! Latest News Exploring how to round numbers in Year 4 In Maths we were looking at rounding to whole numbers, we were also looking at rounding to tenths and hundredths. Latest News Rivers research in Year 4 In writing, we worked in groups and used our iPads to research information on rivers. This helped us to prepare us for writing our own information text. Latest News Celebrating our talents with the Arsenal football club in Year 4 In PSHE this term, we are taking part in a social action project with Arsenal football club. This week we discussed the importance of recognising and celebrating each other’s talents. Latest News Studying and naming the world's rivers in Year 4 In Humanities we became Geographers and studied world rivers. We can name the longest on each continent. Latest News Making pop up books in Year 4 This week in Design Technology we have been exploring different mechanisms to design and make our own pop up books. Latest News Exploring how to keep a 'Positive Classroom' in Year 4 In PSHE this week, we had a discussion about how important a positive classroom environment is and how we can help to create it individually and collectively. Together with our teacher, we created our... Latest News Performance poetry in Year 4 In Year 4 in our writing, we analysed poetry and put on some amazing performances. Next we will be writing our own and performing them. Latest News Writing persuasive letters from someone else's point of view in Year 4 We have been exploring the book ‘Emmanuel’s Dream’, an inspiring story about a young boy born with one deformed leg who later became a cyclist, riding an astonishing 400 miles across Ghana! This week ... Latest News Maya Angelou poetry in Year 4 We explored the poetry of Maya Angelou for Black History Month. We annotated her poems in groups and put on performances which we hope you’ll enjoy during our culture evening. Latest News Debating 'Is Junk Food Suitable for Children?' in Year 4 In Writing, we are looking into persuasive techniques to prepare us for writing a letter next week. To prepare us for this, we took part in a class debate. Our topic was: Is junk food suitable for chi... Latest News Exploring 4 digit Numbers in Year 4 We are exploring 4 digit numbers in Maths. We broke them down and are now rounding them to different place values! Latest News Raisin dance investigation in Year 4 In Science we have been investigating the properties of solids, liquids and gases. We used raisins to make them 'dance' as the gas in the fizzy water made the solid move with the bubbles. Latest News Weighing ice and water experiment in Year 4 This half term we are looking at 'changes of matter 'in Science. We did an experiment to see if the weight of ice changes when it melts to water. Ask us what the results were! Latest News Exploring multiples of 100 in Year 4 In our Maths lessons, we have been exploring different strategies we can use to add multiples of 100. We used different practical resources to help us. Latest News Chariot races in Year 4 In Writing, we are exploring a new book - 'Romans on the Rampage'. To immerse ourselves into the book, we pretended to be Romans and took part in a chariot race on the playdeck! Latest News Exploring measures in Year 4 We have been looking at the number 1000. We have used different types of measures to explore the number, looking at capacity, length and mass. Latest News Debating in Year 4 In our Writing lessons we took part in a debate about whether iPads should be banned in schools. We wrote a list with our own reasons for iPads and against them. We then came up in pairs, voicing our ... Latest News Non-Chronological reports in Year 4 Year 4 are excited to publish their non- chronological reports on West Africa. We have been working hard on ensuring we are using features including relative clauses, fronted adverbials and a list of ... Latest News Persuasive posters for West Africa in Year 4 We created persuasive posters encouraging travellers to visit West Africa. We explored some historic landmarks, food and culture that travellers could appreciate from visiting countries in West Africa... Latest News Reports on West Africa in Year 4 We have had a fantastic week! We started to plan our non-chronological report on West Africa using our learning from our Geography lessons. We looked at a non-chronological report example and to recap... Latest News Analogue clocks in maths in Year 4 This week, we have started learning about time and reading an analogue clock. We have loved using clocks and developing our understanding about minutes and hours. We now know how to read the time to t... Latest News Atom workshop in Year 4 with Cambridge University. We took part in a science STEM workshop with Cambridge University students. We learned all about the periodic table and atoms! We also created our own artwork based on atoms! Latest News Writing folk tales inspired by Anansi the Spider in Year 4 We have had an exciting week in Writing as we have been creating our very own folk tales! We know that folk tales are fiction, often teach a lesson, have repeated phrases and involve a trickster, such... Latest News Symmetry in Year 4 Year 4 have had a fabulous week in Maths learning about symmetry. We have identified lines of symmetry in polygons by folding paper and using mirrors. We have also been reflecting symmetrical patterns... Latest News Anansi the Spider inspired writing in Year 4 In writing, we have started to explore a new book - Anansi the Spider which is an African folktale. In order to fully immerse ourselves into the tale, we created our own Anansi inspired art! Latest News Persuasive Jubilee celebration letter writing in Year 4 In preparation for our Platinum Jubilee celebration this week, in writing, we wrote persuasive letters inviting a special friend to a Royal wedding. Latest News Designing and creating our own royal wedding dress in Year 4 Year 4 have been preparing for the Queen's Jubilee this week. Our theme is Royal Weddings, so we have been researching royal wedding dresses through the ages and together created own wedding dress! In... Latest News Newspaper reports in Year 4 In Writing this week, we have been writing a newspaper report based on a Chinese tale called the Rainmaker. We used our knowledge of report writing to retell this fiction fable in a non fiction style.... Latest News Times Tables superstars in Year 4 In maths, we are busy preparing for our times table test in June. This week, we created a help sheet for each times table to help each other think of useful strategies to practise each times table at ... Latest News News reporters in Year 4 This week, we will begin writing a newspaper report based on a tale from the ‘Tales of China book. In preparation, we worked in groups to create our own news reports. Latest News Shang Dynasty fact files in Year 4 In topic, we are learning about the Shang Dynasty. This week, we worked in groups to discuss what we have already learnt about the Shang Dynasty and asked questions about what we wanted to find out, e... Latest News Shang Dynasty in Year 4 In history we are continuing our investigation into Fu Hoa’s tomb. We used our classification and inference skills to organise the artefacts found into groups that could tell us about life in the Shan... Latest News Observing artefacts found in Fu Hao's tomb in Year 4 In History we took a close look at the artefacts found in Fu Hao’s tomb in the Shang Dynasty. Fu Hoa was a female army leader and she was buried with many valuable items. Latest News Getting back to 'green' in Year 4 In PSHE we explored the different zones of regulation and discussed the importance of acknowledging our feelings and understanding that everybody at some point experiences all of the different zones a... Latest News Willow Pattern Story in Year 4 In writing, we have started reading the beautiful 'Willow Pattern Story' by Allan Drummond. The story is pictured in the very famous willow pattern blue and white crockery still used today. At the st... Latest News Playscripts inspired by 'A River' by Marc Martin in Year 4 This week in Writing, our learning objective is to write a play script. In preparation for this, we immersed ourselves in play scripts by acting them out, explored and identified features of them and ... Latest News Testing circuits in Year 4 This week as part of our science enquiry, we devised a fair test to see what variables could impact the brightness of a bulb in a circuit. Latest News Investigating area using manipulatives in Year 4 In maths we were investigating area using manipulative, we challenged ourselves to see how many different shapes we could make with an area of 7 squares of the same size. Latest News Geoboards in Year 4 We have loved learning about area this week using technology. We have learnt that area is the space inside a closed two-dimensional shape. We have been calculating area, comparing area and making our ... Latest News Bread baking in Year 4 For science week we are exploring the theme of ‘Growth’ we investigated how yeast causes dough to rise. Latest News Narratives in Year 4 inspired by 'A River' by Marc Martin We published some fantastic setting descriptions based on their own narrative inspired by ‘A River’ by Marc Martin. Miss Porritt was blown away by the captivating figurative language used such as onom... Latest News Electricity in Year 4 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 depen... Latest News Circuits in Year 4 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. Latest News Artwork in Year 4 inspired by Carl Giles 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. Latest News Book Day maths investigation in Year 4 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 l... Latest News London Zoo in Year 4 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 works... Latest News Exploring how to live the Ashram way of life in Year 4 In writing we have been writing a balanced argument discussing the advantages and disadvantages of living the Ashram of peaceful and sustainable living. Latest News Fractions in Year 4 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 fantasti... Latest News Newspaper reports in Year 4 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 ... Latest News Newspaper feature hunt in Year 4 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 feat... Latest News News reporters in Year 4 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 ... Latest News Zones of regulation in Year 4 We have been focusing on mindfulness and being aware of our emotions and behaviours. We have been using our calm me script and chime at the beginning of PSHE to bring awareness to our minds and bodies... Latest News Plant life in Year 4 We have been loving our science topic 'Animals and their Habitats'. We used our researching skills to make comparisons about flowering and non-flowering plants. Did you know the key difference is flo... Latest News Multiplication using concrete resources in Year 4 In Maths we have been investigating the laws of distributivity and the commutative law in multiplication. We used counters to fine factor pairs for different numbers. Latest News Writing letters in Year 4 We have loved reading 'Father' by Grahame Baker-Smith this week. We have been exploring character inferences and themes from the story. This week, we have been writing letters in the perspective of th... Latest News Character descriptions inspired by the book FArTHER in Year 4 We have made an excellent start to the new year! In English we are looking at the story 'FArTHER' by Grahame Baker Smith. We started off our topic by using expanded noun phrases to describe the charac... Latest News Sorting vertebrates and invertebrates in Year 4 We have started our new Science topic on 'Living things in their habitats'. We first looked at what vertebrates and invertebrates are and sorted different animals into these categories. Latest News Art in the style of Giorgio Moradi in Year 4 In Art we learnt about Giorgio Moradi, a famous painter who specialised in still life paintings (A painting or drawing of an arrangement of objects). We sketched some objects from the kitchen and clas... Latest News Still life Art in Year 4 We explored still life art and created our own still life drawing based on objects from our school kitchen. We practised shading and tinting with our pencils to show light and dark. The art work i... Latest News Willow patterns in Year 4 In Art, we created our own willow pattern plates. We first drew pictures related to the nativity and then painted around our plates by mixing blue, white and black paint! ... Latest News Thomas Minton inspiration in Year 4 We have learnt about Willow pattern art which was designed by an artist named Thomas Minton. You will probably recognise his traditional designs on china plates and bowls; they are still very popular ... Latest News Lenticular prints in Year 4 We were inspired by the ‘lenticular prints’ of Luz Perez Ojeda. We designed our own optical illusions by cutting 2 images into strips then alternating them side by side in sequential order! Latest News Optical illusions in Year 4 inspired by Luz Perez Ojeda We have been creating optical illusions inspired by the 'Lenticular Prints' of Luz Perez Ojeda. We created an image using the principles of lenticular printing and discussed that art can be viewed in ... Latest News Delicious science in Year 4 We have been learning about the different types of teeth we have and then investigating which teeth we use to eat different foods. It was a yummy science experiment! Latest News Caring for our teeth in Year 4 We have loved learning all about how we can look after our teeth. We have explored the different types of teeth we have and what they do. We also researched tooth decay and foods which are not g... Latest News Kindness in Year 4 For Anti-Bullying week, we enjoyed wearing odd socks on Monday to represent how we should celebrate our differences. On Tuesday, our wonderfully confident school councillors delivered a presentation o... Latest News Digestive system Science experiments in Year 4 We are learning about the digestive system in Science. We did an experiment on what happens to our food as it passes through our body and comes out as waste! Latest News Romulus and Remus in Year 4 We have been preparing for our assembly on the Romans. We can't wait to teach the rest of the school about our learning! We have prepared a song and we will also be telling and acting the story of Ro... Latest News Investigating Perimeter in Year 4 Maths We have been investigating perimeter. We were using pieces of wool to understand the importance of a unit of measure when measuring lengths. Latest News Figurative language with Varjak Paws in Year 4 We have been using figurative language to describe the characters in our class text 'Varjak Paws'. We explored the characters through drama and created a word bank of wow vocabulary. We understand tha... Latest News Cooking Kelewele in Year 4 We have been learning about Ghana and this week we made a traditional dish called Kelewele, it was quite spicy! Latest News Evaporation Experiments in Year 4 We carried out an experiment to find out the affect temperature has on evaporation. We weighed and evenly wet three cloths and put them in three different environments of various temperatures, the fri... Latest News Designing Adinkra prints in Year 4 We have been learning about Ghana, its history and its culture. In Art we were designing our own Adinkra prints which we will print next week. Latest News Civil Rights with Rosa Parks in Year 4 In writing, we immersed ourselves in the inspirational story about Rosa Parks and the bus boycott. This week, we have discussed and explored the story and put ourselves into the perspective of the out... Latest News We LOVE our singing lessons with Mr Cook! Mr Cook joined us in September and is teaching our singing lessons every Wednesday! Latest News The Water Cycle in Year 4 Our Science learning is focused on the water cycle and states of matter. This week we used boiling water to observe the process of evaporation and condensation. Latest News Roman Shields in Year 4 In art we have also been recycling boxes into Roman shields so we are ready for battle! We have been exploring how Roman shields would have been used to protect soldiers during battles and discussed t... Latest News Super School Council Selections We have elected our school council members and they are now on show for everyone to see so we know who is representing us. Latest News Roman Rebellion in Year 4 We have loved learning about Boudicca and the Rebellion. We have had discussions on whether we think she is a hero or a villain and explaining our reasoning. In history, we have been creating biograph... Latest News Boudicca’s life in Year 4 In History we are learning about the Romans. We created freeze frames to re-enact the last moments of Boudicca’s life. We also created missing person posters! Latest News Romans in Year 4 We have been reading a newspaper all about Julius Caesar. We have then learnt about the key features of this type of text so that we can then use them in planning an article of our own in writing less... Latest News Column Addition in Year 4 We have been reviewing our understanding of column addition all week and we learnt the vocabulary addend and sum. We have then used our learning to calculated the cost of flights to different countrie... Latest News We are very excited for the new term and we are really looking forward to seeing you all in September. As you may know, the Government has asked schools to open up for all children from September 2020. We understand that for some, this will be a welcome relief, for others it may cause huge an... Latest News Term Dates for 2020 - 2021 Please see the link below for the term dates for 2020 - 2021. Term Dates 2020 - 2021 Latest News Parents of Reception 2020 Starters - Questionnaire We have already sent this out by email but in case you have missed it, here it is again. We are so excited that your child is going to be joining us in Reception at Holy Trinity CE Primary School i... Latest News Summer Play Scheme for 3-4 Year Olds - Book Now We are pleased to announce that we will be running a Summer Play scheme for children aged 3 & 4 years old. To book your space please follow this link. Latest News Collection of Science Workbooks for Years 1 - 6 - Monday 8th June and Tuesday 9th June Dear Parents and Carers, To support the distance learning that is continuing to take place at home, we have purchased Science workbooks for all children in Years 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6. If you ar... Latest News Year 4 Trip to Natural History Museum - Cancelled We are informing parents and carers that the Year 4 trip to Natural History on Tuesday 24th March 2020 is now cancelled. Latest News Our School Newsletter for 24th January is now available online Check out our latest school newsletter to find out what we have been up to, dates for future events and additional important information. 24.01.20 Newsletter Latest News Fortnite Parental Controls If your child loves gaming, there’s a chance you’ve heard of Fortnite. Fortnite offers a range of parental controls to help you control what a player can see and do within the game. In addition to the... Latest News Digital Resilience Toolkits Give your child a guiding hand as they start their digital journey online with practical tips to help them build up their understanding of the online world and create a safe space for them to explore.... Latest News Apple Family Sharing Controls & Settings guide Family Sharing makes it easy for you and up to five family members to share Apple Books, and App Store purchases, photo album, family calendar, an Apple Music family p... Latest News School Closed for INSET - Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th January 2020 School will be closed for all children on Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th January for INSET. School will reopen on Wednesday 8th January at the normal time. Latest News Latest Weekly Newsletter - Online Now The latest weekly newsletter is now available online for you to view. Check it out here. Latest News Christmas Community Lunch - Saturday 7th December 2019 We warmly invite school families to attend a Community Christmas Lunch on Saturday 7th December 2019. This event was held 6 years ago and was a wonderful day, one which we hope many of you wil... Latest News Digital Leaders Supporting 30 Days of Keynote Challenge Our Digital Leaders have been supporting other learners during our new lunchtime club called Deepening Digital Dexterity. Learners from across the school have been taking part in the 30 days... Latest News Individual School Photographs Wednesday 20th November 2019 Please note that individual school photographs will take place on Wednesday 20th November. Please ensure your child is in full school uniform and if you need any items please order from the on... Latest News Get your Spots on for Children In Need - 15th November On the 15th November we will be collecting money for Children In Need. We would like you to wear something spotty and donate £1 at the school gate to participate. Latest News Learning at Home If you are unsure about the homework that your child needs to be completing it can be found online, please click here to view it. Please ensure that you are giving your child the opportunity... Latest News Roman artefacts in Year 4 We used Roman artefacts to make historical inferences about the Romans. We learnt that as the Romans had oil lamps and scrolls, they probably used lamps to read their scrolls in the dark. Fr... Latest News Uniform now available online with M&S Holy Trinity uniform is available to purchase online at Marks and Spencer. If you click here you will be taken directly to the school page. We will still be selling the remaining uniform we ha... Latest News Parent Pay - Need some support? We can help... Thank you to all the parents and carers who have signed up to parent pay and where relevant merged accounts for siblings. If you would like help in setting up your account or merging accounts ... Latest News Advice and Information from Hackney Learning Trust The following statement has been sent out to schools by Annie Gammon, Head of Hackney Learning Trust, who has requested that it is shared with our school community. In light of the recent incident ... Latest News Weekly 2K Junior Park Run at London Fields A free weekly run for 4-14 year olds. All abilities are welcome, you can walk, jog or run. Meet at 8:50am on Sundays for a gentle pre-run warm up near the cricket pitch before setting off on the 2K co... Latest News After school club collection times A reminder to all parents and carers with children in after school clubs. Please note children who are collected late twice will have their place withdrawn from the club for the remainder of t... Latest News Spring Term After School Enrichment Clubs The Spring Term After School Enrichment Club timetable is now out, click here to view it. Talk to your child about which clubs they wish to do before coming to sign up. Remember it is first come, firs...