We discovered that the stones for Stone Henge came from quite far to get to the site. We looked at how they might have moved them, using only neolithic technology.
Butterfly Release
On Friday, before we went home for our weekends, we decided it was time to release our class butterflies. We have been watching them grow and change over the past 3 weeks from tiny caterpillars all the way to the beautiful butterflies we let go. We watched them through all the stages of change such as into chrysalis’s and then into butterflies.
Thetford Forest Trip
On Thursday, the whole of year 6 got to go on a trip to High Lodge in Thetford Forest. We got the chance to do 3 different activities throughout the day, The first was an orienteering walk around the forest, working together to decipher clues and find the hidden symbols in the woods. The next was a game of disc golf, where we had a frisbee in our group and worked to throw them into the chain bucket at the end. We managed to lose these a few times but by the end we were pros. Finally we had a chance to play on the large climbing equipment and go down the big slides in the play area. Overall we have a fun day exploring Thetford Forest with our friends.
Arctic Explorer – Adrian Hall
This week we have been visited by a real life explorer to help give us information on our terms inquiry question of ‘What drives people to embark on journeys which involve danger or uncertainty’. Adrian Hall came to speak with us about his experience of trekking through the arctic and to give us a lesson on map and compass reading. We began the day with a talk about his journey through the Arctic and everything it took to prepare. He also showed us what he had to pack in his bag and how he carried it along with the amazing things he saw such as polar bears and wolves. After break, we got to learn how to properly use and read a compass as well as how to measure a distance using only our feet. We then got the chance to use our skills we’d learnt by participating in a scavenger hunt where we were searching for little flags with letters on around our playground. By the end, we were able to read a map to accurately find the flags and give others clues
Times Tables Rockstars
All of the children have been working so hard on their times tables recently. We had an awards ceremony to celebrate those that have gained Rock Legend and Rock hero status! Well done Year 4! Also, after a hard week of competing between 4GM and 4SC the inter class competition resulted in a win for 4SC. The trophy will stay with 4SC until the next battle. Good luck Rockers!
SAW: Science & Writing Project
A team of people from the John Innes Centre came to work with us in school. We had lots of opportunities to develop our communication, team work and collaboration skills. We enjoyed being scientists and writers for the day.
A monk visits West Earlham
Year 4 welcomed a monk ‘from another time’ (around 793AD to be precise) to join the class today for a Q & A session. The class were incredibly respectful to ‘Brother Brian’ who told them all about the Vikings raid on the Lindisfarne monastery. The class will be using the information they gathered to create their own diary of a monk.
Row like a Viking
4GM learnt how to row in an imaginary Viking long ship today. Mrs Stanners beat a drum and they rowed to the rhythm in time. The class thought very hard about which parts of their body would begin to hurt if you were had to row for a very long time. They came to the conclusion that being a Viking – rowing on a long boat – would be incredibly hard work.
