I just want to say well done to every single person in Year 4 for an amazing class assembly today!
You practised your lines and really showed enjoyment in your performance. Did anybody have any favourite parts?
Well done and have a great half term. Remember it’s getting dark earlier now so be careful!
Mr C
This morning, we leant about one of the most important documents in British and World history, the Magna Carta.
To help understand it, we watched a series of videos explaining why it was made. Mr C even pretended to be the horrible King John and boss us around unfairly! We even had a look at our very own replica.
Thanks to this document, people have to the right to a fair trial and powers of the country are shared.
Here is the link to all the chapters to the videos:
http://www.salisburycathedral.org.uk/resource-page/road-magna-carta
This week’s rule had us thinking of lots of words today! If the root word ends with -t or -te then it usually ends with the ‘-tion’ spelling e.g. inject = injection and act = action.
There are also 3 Year 3/4 words again this week!
A huge hit with everyone this week! So many of us knew or recognised songs for this artist and we loved the dance moves!
Artist: Michael Jackson
Song: Thriller (we also listened to beat it, man in the mirror, smooth criminal and black or white)
After looking at healthy living and our recent harvest assembly, we looked at what everyday Normans would eat.
We practise our chopping skills by trying out different techniques including dicing and julienned. Our ingredients included spinach, carrots, herbs, onions and even a freshly picked marrow from our local farm.
It tasted delicious!
Check out some times table songs Mr C found today! A teacher from America has made them and they’re so catchy!
Click on the Times Table Practise Page on the left to view them all!
This week’s spellings is for words that sound like they end with ‘shun’
There are lots of ways to spell the ‘shun’ sound and this week we have -sion. If the root word ends with a -d or ‘d’ sound or an -se or ‘s’ sound then you put -sion!
Here are all the ones we found. There are also Year 4 words this week!
Artist: Jackson 5
Song: I Want You Back
Can you spot Michael Jackson?
Yesterday, we all went to Stafford Castle to learn even more about the Normans. We explored the bailey and used our imaginations to help us picture what it would look like. We ran up the motte and pretended to storm the keep!
At the keep, we discovered that there has been 4 castles built on the site, including the wooden Norman motte and bailey. We held and wore helmets, chainmail and swords as well as have a mini Battle of Hastings. There was also replicas of the Bayeux Tapestry and we looked at them to learn more.
All of us were able to make lavender bags and mint Norman coins. Normans used herbs to help heal cuts and wounds. To make the coins, we used a hammer to press the Norman heads and tails onto a piece of metal.
On the way back, some of us fell asleep so Mr C took photos for our class book! Everyone really enjoyed touching and feeling the armour and weapons. It was an incredible experience.
Thank you to everyone at Stafford Castle for an amazing trip and the cool gift bags at the end!
Check out the English Heritage website, they are re-enacting the entire battle including the journey the Saxons took from York!
You can also find out lots of facts and take a quiz to see which side of the battle you would be on, Norman or Saxon…
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/1066-and-the-norman-conquest/
Mr C