Year 4 blog Friday 17th June " Happiness is only real, when it is shared.'

These lovely children planned and led a really well-thought out worship to the class this week. It was all about God’s Power and they read the story about Jesus calming the storm.

On to other storms - we have been very excited to begin our unit in English on Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest.’ We have some very dramatic children! They will be given opportunities to link their writing to this over the coming weeks. Watch the video below to see them immersed in the play already!

This week has been our health and happiness week in school. In year 4 we thought about what happiness really is. Children asked questions such as, ‘Can you choose to be happy?’ ‘Are richer people happier,’ and ‘Can you feel happy and sad at the same time?’ We then looked at Jesus’s teaching about happiness, ‘The Beatitudes.’ We realised that Jesus wants us to make others happy and this in turn does bring happiness for all. We witnessed this on Wednesday, when we had our fantastic sports afternoon. The children really supported each other whilst racing, jumping, throwing and many other things. They made each other feel comfortable and happy! Thanks for your wonderful support. You were a fabulous audience and it was lovely to welcome you back into school! You can come back again for our Gym Jam Jog!

We also had a big focus this week on keeping safe when in the car, on a bike and as a pedestrian. Children learned the Green Cross Code and practised many elements of road safety, such as finding safe places to cross, identifying hazards and learning about different crossings.

In other news, we continued our work on Sound in Science and children discovered what causes sound through lots of investigations. We proved that sound is not matter - as some children theorised, but vibrations in the air.

I will include pictures from our exciting golf experience today on next week’s blog.

Let’s Celebrate!

This week, our certificate winners are:

Connor-Sean who both received a Bobby Bee certificate for really believing in himself and doing so well with his maths this week. Excellent thinking and great explanations too. Well done!

Stanley who received a Kiki Chameleon certificate for having such super ideas in drama and in all lessons in class. We love your confidence and you read out beautifully to the class this week.

Music stars this week were Tabby, Ruby-Lilly, Angel and Georgia

Notices

1. Monday is our times tables check test. Please keep practising over the weekend.

2. GYM JAM JOG NEXT FRIDAY 24th June. This is our ANNUAL GYM JAM JOG (sadly postponed since 2019!) Below are the details for all joggers, old and new:

   • The children are invited to school in their PYJAMAS plus cuddly friend.

   • We arrive super early!!! The gates will open at 8 O'clock.

   • The children are then invited to run with their friends or their parent (pyjamas not essential). It is important that you count the laps.

   This is a sponsored event. There has been much debate at school council level about what the children want in their playground and they want a castle!!!!

   A place where imaginations can run wild! Needless to say, we need money for the build - we know as a community we can do this!

   Use the sponsor form sent home this weekend to ask family and friends to sponsor you for each lap or to donate on the promise that you will jog your heart out!!!

   We will jog right up until our swimming lesson so children will need a good breakfast before school. They will get a school breakfast when they return from swimming too!

   We can't wait to share another event with the whole school family together!

Have a nice, restful weekend in this baking hot sun.

Mrs Lyons and Mrs Mather