Class 4 Blog 2016-2017
14/07/17 - WAGOLL STAR
Zaynab, you have impressed the adults in maths this week - your attitude and the independence you demonstrated during our work on symmetry was excellent - well done!
10/07/17 - Visit to Windermere, The Lake District
Class 4 had the most amazing time on their school trip today. While it may have been raining in Swinnow when we set off , we were greeted by glorious sunshine when we got to The Lakes. The children were awe-struck by the sheer beauty of the area and couldn't believe how different the environment was to the one they are used to. Staff at Brockholes were full of praise for the children; they displayed excellent behaviour and impressed everyone with the things they had already learnt back in school. During the workshop they answered questions showing a deep understanding of the effects of tourism and during the trail they asked excellent probing questions. Well done everybody, you were a credit to yourselves and our school, thank-you for a lovely day!
Take a look at the gallery of photographs.
07/07/17 - WAGOLL STAR
Huge congratulations go to Rhea this week - she has now been named as WAGOLL STAR on three occasions - fantastic! This week it was her writing that wowed us. She produced a wonderful character description correctly using commas and semi-colons. Well done Rhea!
30/6/17 - This week's WAGOLL
Class 4 were visited by Mr Clayton - a dentist, who is also one of our school governors. The whole class have been chosen as the WAGOLL because of the interesting and curious questions asked by the children.
CLICK HERE to read the questions.
29/08/17 Local area walk
Next Tuesday afternoon Year 4 will be walking around the local area (including Pudsey Town centre) as part of our geography work. We will be leaving after lunch and will return by 3pm. Please ensure your child has sensible footwear and a coat. If it's hot send sun cream and a hat too!
28/06/17 Literacy
This week in literacy we have been learning how writers use language to show character's emotions. This technique is called 'show not tell'. We've had a go at using it in our own writing. Here's some excellent examples:
"I could not believe what I had been told. My beloved dog, Woody, had passed away. My head hung low as tears rolled down my face. My body was trembling as I gave my mum a hug and wiped my tears away." Harvey
"I stood rooted to the spot as the fox began to creep towards me. Goosebumps started to rise on my skin and holding my breath, my body started to shake..." Ben
"I was then I realised my heart was giving up on me. I shivered as I stepped back step by step, as the black shadow was approaching me every time I moved. My body couldn't move one more bit. My feet were stuck to the floor. My ears were ringing with fear and my teeth were clacking together..." Olivia
26/06/17 - WAGOLL STAR
Congratulations Freya - you have been chosen as this week's WAGOLL STAR for your poetry detective work.
23/06/17 Bake-Off winners!!
Congratulations to the following children who were chosen as the winners of our recent Bake-Off competition: Freya, Frank, Mia, Peggy, Savanna and Erin.
19/06/17 - Bake-Off
We have been blown away today by the fabulous entries for our 'Bake-Off' competition to help us raise money towards our forthcoming trip to Lake Windermere. Take a look at the gallery of photos of all the masterpieces. Thank you and well done to everyone! Winners to be announced soon.
15/06/17 - Super Science
What a fantastic science lesson we had today. The children all co-operated so well in their teams to construct images of the digestive system and label them. We are all really enjoying this new topic 'The Human Body'.
09/06/17 - WAGOLL STARS
Wow, just look at this super death mask that Erin and Rhea worked so well together to design and create! Well done girls, you are deserved WAGOLL STARS.
08/09/17 - Author visits Swinnow
What a fantastic day the children had today when well-known children's author Billy Bob Buttons came to Swinnow to work with children in years 4, 5 and 6. Not only did the children take part in a fantastic writing workshop, some children purchased signed copies of his books.
26/05/17 - WAGOLL STAR
Congratulations to Theo who is this week's WAGOLL for his beautiful handwriting. He has worked so hard to improve this and we are all so proud of him. Keep up the great work Theo!
19/05/17 - Home Learning Logs
Today, your child has brought home their new learning log to be completed by Monday 12th June. Please help your child which task to choose and encourage them to complete it to reflect the best work they can do.
19/05/17 - WAGOLL STARS
Peggy and Frank have proved what fantastic writers they are this week. They both produced well-structured balanced arguments about animals being kept in zoos which demonstrated their maturity and passion for the issue. Well done to both of you.
16/05/17 - The River Nile
In topic lessons we have been learning all about the world's longest river, The River Nile. We learnt why it played such an important role in the life of ancient Egyptians. Take a look at these examples:
15/05/17 Superstar Swimmers
Well done Jacob, Harvey and Isaac - you have all been chosen as superstar swimmers this week. Harvey you worked incredibly hard, Isaac you showed excellent listening and application and thank you Jacob for sharing your newly acquired skill of the 'tumble turn' with the group.
12/05/17 - WAGOLL STARS
The whole of class 4 have been chosen as WAGOLL stars this week for their fantastic performance poetry.
09/05/17 Egyptian Art
This term our Art lessons are linked to our topic 'Ancient Egyptians'. Take a look at these creative Egyptian collars we have designed:
08/05/17 Superstar Swimmers
This week Joseph, Mia and Zoja have impressed their teachers at swimming. Well done, keep up the hard work!
05/05/17 - WAGOLL STAR
Savanna, what an amazing 'Mathemagician' you have been this week! You particularly excelled using column method to subtract 4-digit numbers extending your learning to the blue challenge! What a star!
28/04/17 - WAGOLL STAR
Well done Grace, you have been chosen as Class 4's WAGOLL STAR this week for your super advertisement - you used a range of techniques to make it extra persuasive! Here's your fabulous work:
26/04/17 Maths - Negative numbers
All the children have worked incredibly hard in maths this week to grasp negative numbers. For more practise take part in a special mission by following the link below:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/number/negative_numbers/play/
25/04/17 Robinwood residential
Today the children enjoyed a visit from some children from Class 5 who took part in this year's Robinwood residential. They spoke to us about their wonderful experiences, told funny stories from their visit and shared a slideshow of photos . Don't forget if you're interested in being a part of next year's Robinwood residential then there's a parents' information evening on Friday 5th May straight after school.
24/04/17 Superstar Swimmers
This week Dexter, Frank and Savanna all impressed their swimming teachers with their excellent listening and the way they were working hard to improve. Well done you three!
21/04/17 WAGOLL STAR
Isaac has been impressing the adults in Class 4 this week during literacy. He used his wonderful imagination to create a super poem - keep up the good work!
24/03/17 WAGOLL STAR
A huge well done to Rhea this week, she has been chosen as our WAGOLL STAR for her great work in our topic lesson. She thought carefully about both the positive and negative effects of deforestation.
23/03/17 They've got talent!
Well done girls, you represented Class 4, Swinnow and yourselves superbly last night at Bramley's Got Talent. Amazing singing and dancing.
23/03/17 Holi
The children have had a fantastic day today working collaboratively with children from year 3 and 5 to learn all about the Hindu festival Holi. They took part in cooking, dancing, drama and art sessions.
17/03/17 WAGOLL STAR
Congratulations to Isaac! You have been chosen as this week's WAGOLL STAR for your excellent effort and hard-working attitude in maths, you always rise to the challenge! Keep up the great work!
13/03/17 Superstar Swimmers
Dexter, Joseph and Rhea have really impressed the teachers with their outstanding attitude and effort at swimming today - well done!
10/03/17 WAGOLL STARS
Well done to these two children this week who showed fantastic team work in DT to create an automata animal using a cam mechanism. Fantastic work!
07/03/17 Fractions in action!
What a fantastic maths lesson we had today. We all had great fun learning how to find fractions of numbers using counters to help us. Here we are in action:
06/03/17 Superstar Swimmers
Wilf, Frank and Tracey have really impressed the teachers with their outstanding attitude and effort at swimming today - well done!
03/03/17 WAGOLL STAR
Congratulations to Jacob. You have been chosen as this week's WAGOLL STAR for your hard work and clever thinking in maths when learning about equivalent fractions. Keep up the excellent work!
27/02/17 Superstar Swimmers
This week Isaac, Zaynab and Peggy have really impressed the teachers with their outstanding attitude and effort at swimming - well done!
27/02/17 Author Donna Iliffe-Pollard visit
Today we were fortunate to have a visit from author of 'The Squizzle' Donna Iliffe-Pollard. She shared some of her story with us before we worked in teams to create our own weird and wonderful characters. Later this week we will be working together to plan and write our own stories using our different characters.
See photos in the gallery down the right hand side.
24/02/17 WAGOLL STAR
Congratulations to Joseph who is our WAGOLL STAR this week for his fantastic attitude towards his maths work. He showed excellent perseverance when problem solving and cracked it by the end. Way to go Joseph!
23/02/17 Trip to Leeds Central Library
Despite the blustery conditions we had a great trip out to Leeds Central Library today to enhance our learning about the Scott expedition to Antarctica. We had the opportunity to access historical local newspapers on microfilm so we could look up some news stories about Captain Oates and we studied maps of Meanwood from the 1930's. While touring the library we found out some fascinating facts about the beautiful building. and we even had time to borrow a book each.
See More photos in the gallery down the right hand side.
10/02/16 WAGOLL STAR
Following the amazing Class Assembly on Wednesday afternoon it seems only fitting that the WHOLE CLASS should be WAGOLL STARS for their hard work and enthusiasm. Well done everybody!
08/02/16 Amazing Assembly
A huge, huge, huge well done to all of Class 4 for their fantastic assembly today. They presented a whistle-stop tour of our learning across the curriculum so far this half term.
You all read beautifully, the work you shared was lovely and the dance at the end was brilliant! Congratulations everyone, we are all so proud of you! Take a look at the photos in the gallery down the right hand side of the page.
07/02/17 Happy Happy Happy!
What a fantastic morning we had today! As part of Children's Mental Health Week we have been thinking about different feelings we experience. We focused our work on happiness and the children wrote lovely poems about their happiest memories.
See photos in the gallery down the right hand side.
06/02/17 Superstar Swimmers
This week Nyle, Joseph and Izzy have really impressed the teachers with their outstanding attitude and effort at swimming - well done!
06/02/17 Awesome Attendance Again
For the second week running Class 4 are the weekly attendance winners with an impressive 99.7% - way to go guys!
03/02/17 WAGOLL STAR
Ben is this week's WAGOLL STAR for his impressive literacy. He wrote a fantastic factual report all about an animal he created using his imagination. What a great week you've had Ben!
30/01/17 Swimming
Congratulations to Ben, Jack and Erin who were our STAR SWIMMERS this week.
30/01/17 Awesome Attendance
Way to go Class 4, we are the attendance winners from last week - fantastic!
Speaking of attendance, today a small group of children worked with Mrs Denham to make each child in Class 4 an 'Apple and Courgette Muffin' as their healthy snack prize from our 'Attendanceopoly'. They were absolutely scrumptious! Thank you to Chef Suzi for providing us with the recipe and ingredients. Follow this link to see the recipe.
27/01/17 WAGOLL STAR
Congratulations to Anya who is our WAGOLL STAR this week for her fantastic dictionary work in literacy - she was great at ordering words alphabetically and super quick at finding words in the dictionary!
26/01/17 Aladdin Pantomime Trip
What a fabulous night was had by all the children from Class 3 and Class 4 (and not to mention the staff) who attended tonight's Pantomime. All the children embraced the pantomime spirit - cheering, booing, singing and dancing along and their behaviour was amazing, so much so they received compliments from members of the public.
23/01/17 Home Learning Logs
This afternoon we held a 'silent gallery' where each child was able to showcase their recent project work completed at home. We all had the opportunity to feedback on each other's work and admire the time, effort and creativity that had gone into these wonderful home learning logs. View some examples in the gallery.
20/01/17 WAGOLL STAR
Huge congratulations to Amelia who is our WAGOLL STAR this week for her fantastic maths work - she was using column addition to add 4 and 3 digit numbers with confidence! Well done Amelia!
19/01/17 Outdoor Learning
What a fantastic session the 'friendly foxes' group had outside with Miss Crowther and Mrs Denham today. Working collaboratively the children have planned, and are now busy building, habitats for different animals - we can't wait to see the finished articles!