Year 4 was excited to receive a journal in the post this week! The journal started it's journey at a Primary School in Rieux in Northern France in December and then it was sent to Paris​ and then on to 4 other schools and then it was sent over the 'pond' to Santa Barbara (USA), and then to us! (It has been quarantined each stop as per instructions).  The idea being, as no one was travelling, the journal could travel for the children, collecting experiences.
We were thrilled to contribute to it too. We wrote about what we liked about school, our hobbies and our lockdown experiences.  We sent  information about South Zeal, Cosdon and the Triple Row.  Miss Chalcraft gave the teachers our school address so we hope to start writing to each other. So exciting! Next time we will write in French ... peut être!

Yet another super dooper week of learning in Year 4. We have been learning about the First Fleet and what you had to do to become a convict on board a ship heading to Australia! We found out that petty felonies like stealing an apple or a pig to feed your family family was a 'just crime' back in those days, which justified being sent on board one of the ships to the new colonies.  In DT, we have started building HMS Charlotte, one of the convict ships of the First Fleet of 11 ships lead by Captain Arthur Phillip.  
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As it was dry, we decided this was the best way to show case our Comic Relief Colours :)

Have a super weekend, 
Miss Chalcraft, Mrs While and Miss Bennett

For your info:
​Charlotte, one of the ‘two ladies’ of the fleet, was built on the River Thames in 1784 as a three masted, two-decker, barque built ship, weighing 345 tons. Charlotte was chartered by the Admiralty from its owner Mr Matthews late in 1786.  She was fixed out at Deptford, one of the royal dockyards established to build, repair and victual ships of the Royal Navy.  Her master for the voyage to Botany Bay was Captain Thomas Gilbert.
Charlotte carried 88 male convicts and 20 female, among them were Thomas Akers, James Squire, James Bloodworth, James Underwood, Samuel Lightfoot and the later-to-be-famous Mary Bryant.   Described as a light or slow sailor Charlotte had her fair share of accidents through rough winds and collisions of others ships.

So wonderful to see everyone back and looking so happy and very TALL after all that lockdown growing! As this week is Science week, we have explored what makes a good structure. Check out how we did below and also the superb marble run video in slow motion at the bottom of this page.  These activities promoted team work, listening, turn taking and trouble shooting as well as the science behind which structure is stable and why.  So much fun! 

 What a super arty week! We are very excited to be seeing everyone on Monday 8th! Have a super weekend, 
 MIss Chalcraft, Miss Bennett and Mrs White

Our topic on Australia has started very strongly with superb Aboriginal style dot art, country size and location comparisons, Aussie Pavlova and Aboriginal tales from the Billabong, plus wonderful Digeridoo making.

See below for actual Didgeridoo playing and a slumbering hedgehog who was found by mistake and is now back snoozing again. 

In PE this week we focused on a one leg balance. The children worked through different colour levels which got progressively more difficult. I was really surprised with how well the children were able to balance when on one leg, on an uneven surface with their eyes closed!

Monday's English challenge was to design a job advertisement for a pilot in the form of a poster. I was very impressed with the amount of effort put in and the level of research that our Year 4 pupils have done. Well done Year 4!