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Assessment

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 This week the children completed an assessment to showcase their learning over the past six weeks.  First, they recapped their knowledge and played ‘Where in the World’.  Following this the children produced some amazing posters about National Parks. Have a look at the amazing work they have produced. 

Author Visit - Peter J Murray

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Today we were really lucky that Peter J Murray visited us. He talked us all about his 20 anniversary of his original series of ‘Mokee Joe’. He talked us through how and why he became an author; it was surprising that he was actually a maths teacher before he was a author.  He then spoke in depth about the characters of Mokee Joe and how he developed them all. The children were so engaged and loved hearing Peter retell some of the Mokee Joe story.  

What is the climate like in the Lake District?

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  This week, the children recapped their understanding of weather and climate. Weather is what we get everyday and it can change many times during that day. Whereas, climate is measured over a long period of time. It is also the weather you would expect to find in a certain location. Example: you would expect the climate near the Equator to be hot.  The children then used this knowledge to help them understand how the climate in the Lake District is milder in the winter and cooler in the summer because of the warm air brought in by the Gulf Stream. This climate is not great for growing crops so they use the land to breed sheep. They also utilise the wind and rivers to make electricity. 

WB: 2/12/24 English- Editing and Improving

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 This week, Year 4 have been looking at editing their own work. After writing some brilliant versions of Podkin, it was time to look at how we can change our work for the better. The children used the new level system of editing to get the best out of their work. We had level 1, which was basic correcting and proofreading, all the way to level 3 that involved replacing and removing sentences and words.  Take a look!

Landscape of The Lake District

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 This week the children were introduced to a topographic map and its key. They then used a topographic map of the United Kingdom to identify its landscape as well as zooming into The Lake District. The children enjoyed playing games to find places on the map and identifying that the north snd west of The United Kingdom are very hilly but the east and south are mainly flat, thus, there is a bigger population there.  Using knowledge from year three, they looked at how the mountains were formed (tectonic plates) and how glaciers could have formed the u shaped valleys found in the Lake District . 

Computing - Scratch Shapes

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 Today in Computing we learned how to programme a sprite in Scratch to draw a shape by creating and running code. We had to think carefully about the algorithm that we chose and had to select the values that would accurately draw our chosen shape. We then used repetition to simplify the code and repeat instructions. 

RE Festival Workshop- Bodhi Day

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Today we learnt about the Buddhist festival of Bodhi Day. This day falls in December each year and marks the day that Siddhartha Gautama reached enlightenment and became the icon we now know as Buddha. Buddhists around the world may mark this festival by meditating, spending time in prayer, eating special meals and decorating fig trees. The traditional way to decorate a fig tree for Bodhi Day is to put colored lights and strings of beads through the branches to symbolize how we are all united: from the smallest ant to the largest tree.  In acknowledgement of this unity, we made our own string of beads for our class Christmas tree, using edible ingredients. I'm sure you will agree they look amazing.