Blog by Tag: Hedgehogs

This week, the children have consolidated their learning on their unit of Christianity and the family of Jesus. They've thought about why the stories they've learnt about are important to Christians. 

We have had an awesome day in Team Hedgehogs. We worked in partners to build a Lego fairground. Then, we programmed it to different speeds. Mr Anderson was so impressed, that we were able to do some extra challenges. We added music and sounds to our ride as it spun. The afternoon was even…

In history, we have been learning about the Roman Republic and the Punic Wars. Last week, we looked at Hannibal and how unstoppable he seemed to the Romans. This week, we learnt about a Roman leader called Scipio, who came up with a clever plan to defeat Hannibal and the…

In PSHE in Year 4, we have been looking at rights and responsibilities.  We have looked at the UNICEF rights and responsibilities for children and why these are important, We have also learnt that not all children in the world are as lucky as we are and don't have the rights to things that we do. …

In writing this week, Team Hedgehogs used expanded noun phrases to create an effective description. We needed to improve the description of the Apollo 13 explosion from our book Counting on Katherine. 

We started by building word-banks of nouns and adjectives, before having a go ourselves. Some…

This week in French, we have been learning how to describe people. 

We can describe their hair and eyes, thinking about the different order in French compared to English. Our next challenge will be to draw our own people and describe the characteristics we have drawn.

In Design & Technology this week, Team Hedgehogs investigated existing stockings. We talked about function and visual appeal, to make sure we understood how these are important in DT. Then, we applied this knowledge to a stocking of our choice. We answered questions based on…

Welcome to Team Hedgehogs!

We enjoyed completing two bits of artwork - that took a while for Miss Haycox to put up! We created self portraits which had two halves. One half was our outer self and the second, was our inner self. This gave us plenty to talk about as we discussed some of our…

This morning, the children in Hedgehogs were transported into space!

We climbed inside the Stardome and were taken on a journey through space. We explored our different neighbouring planets and talked about their atmospheres. We then began to discuss the different ways in which we can search…

Team Hedgehogs had a wonderful time at the Think Tank, exploring all things SCIENCE. 

The children were able to explore the Science Garden, Wildlife and Marine Worlds, the Spitfire Gallery, All About Me and much more! They ended the day with an amazing chemistry show which was a enjoyed by…

This week in Hedgehogs every is a Gold Star! 

Everyone was celebrated this week in front of the whole school for showing resilience, positivity and being exceptional in their multiplication checks.

Our text for this half term in English in 'Julius Caesar', which  links nicely to our history knowledge of the Romans. We began the week by looking at an extract from the play and acting it out as a class. The children took their roles very seriously! 

We then spent some time planning and…