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Year 4 at Laing Art Gallery

Posted on October 7, 2021 by Mr S. Moore • 0 Comments

Year 4 had a fantastic visit to the Laing Art Gallery today to tie in with our ‘Autumn’ art topic. We began by looking at the work of the famous north-east engraver and printmaker Thomas Bewick, and sketching leaves from artworks around the gallery.

Then we went to the printers’ workshop, where we used a styrofoam printing plate to turn our sketches into wonderful printed designs.

Over the next few weeks we will use these and the other artworks we’ve made this term to make a curtain of autumn leaves. We will also write printing instructions and about Thomas Bewick and the history of printing.

Living things and their habitats in Year 4

Posted on October 4, 2021 by Mr S. Moore • 0 Comments

Today we were joined by our special visitor Mr Gates, who taught us about how different animals are adapted to different habitats. Then we went into the school grounds and thought about what we can change about our environment to make it more welcoming to animals and plants. As we come to the end of… Continue Reading

Nurture Group Trip

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Mrs G. Villalobos • 0 Comments

Nurture Group from Year 3 and Year 4 had a fabulous afternoon out to Scotswood Community Garden, where they took part in pond-dipping, learnt about bees and pollination and went on a mini-beast hunt! The children were beautifully behaved and an absolute credit to the school and their families. Continue Reading

Languages Day

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Mrs G. Villalobos • 0 Comments

Last week, the whole school celebrated Languages Day. The theme was food from French speaking countries which made everyone happy! Natalie Paris, a French story-teller performed stories in French to the children, there was a pop-up French cafe in school and each class enjoyed watching a film in French. It was a fantastic day full… Continue Reading

Chalk Art

Posted on June 17, 2021 by Mrs G. Villalobos • 0 Comments

This week in Year 4 nurture group, we have been creating art inspired by trees. We have been learning how to use chalks to create different effects. As you can see, Charis enjoyed the blending part very much! Continue Reading

Butterfly Garden

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Mr P. Jeffrey • 0 Comments

Nurture Group is currently looking after some caterpillars which will grow into Painted Lady butterflies. To make sure they have plenty of food when we release them, we have planted a butterfly garden in the Key Stage 1 yard. This is mainly made up of herbs such as marjoram, oregano and thyme which apparently these… Continue Reading

Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Mr P. Jeffrey • 0 Comments

We have some new members of the group in Year 4 Nurture Group- 5 caterpillars! We will be watching them go through their life cycle before releasing them as Painted Lady butterflies when they finally emerge from the chrysallis in a few weeks time. Today we looked closely at the caterpillars and made sketches of… Continue Reading

Cohen to the rescue!

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Mr P. Jeffrey • 1 Comment

This week, Mrs.Villalobos needed help constructing a wheelbarrow which arrived flat-packed much to her dismay. Cohen came to rescue and single-handedly put the wheelbarrow together. Thank you Cohen! Continue Reading

Bird Box Building

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Mr P. Jeffrey • 0 Comments

This week in our weekly nurture group, we have been learning about birds and their life cycle. We learnt how to use a hammer and nails safely to construct our own bird box which will be going up in the school grounds. Hopefully some birds will nest in it over the next few years! Continue Reading

Art and Clay

Posted on April 27, 2021 by Mr P. Jeffrey • 0 Comments

This week, Nurture Group are learning how to work with clay and clay tools to create a nature themed medallion. The children searched the yard for signs of Spring and chose items from nature that would make interesting imprints in their work. We will show you the finished products next week! Continue Reading