Today year 4 and 5 went to Milldene to take part in a music festival with a few local schools. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and learnt about different aspects of music such as pitch, dynamics and tempo. We would like to thank Mrs Richards, Mrs Ruske and Mrs Eastbrook for taking us and for the… Read more »

This afternoon we have been learning about Jewish beliefs. We found out about Kosher food and designed our own meal following the Jewish law of not mixing dairy with meat. What would you eat?

We have been talking about our school value – friendly. We thought about how to be friendly and how people feel when we are kind to them.

To go with our story The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark, we had the chance to study some real owl pellets. We found out that the owl pellets are what the owl makes from the bits of its food that it can’t digest. Then we pulled them apart to see what they had… Read more »

In our science we have been thinking about how the eye works. We conducted experiments to find out how our eyes work. Today we studied how other animals see in the dark. We studied four animals, owls, rabbits, moles and cats. We used goggles to represent what each animal can see.

Yesterday we were excited to welcome bishop Stephen to school. He arrived on a tractor! In our assembly he explained what his job was and how we could spot a bishop (purple socks). He explained what the different symbols meant on his clothes and how the symbol of the cross reminds of the answer to… Read more »

In our writing we have been focusing on full stops and capitals, as well as introducing exclamation marks. Today we wrote a book review of our topic book, The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark, to practise these skills. Here are some examples of what we wrote: