Blog by Tag: Hedgehogs

We had the pleasure of visiting Birmingham Botanical Gardens which links to our geography topic of Climate and Biomes. The children had the opportunity to explore the unique Glasshouses and experience an authentic rainforest adventure! The children experienced the humidity and smells of…

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This week we have been continuing to count in French. We can now count up to 20!

In English today we have been continuing with our topic of Greek Myths. We have been using our knowledge of The Odyssey and using our inference skills to try to understand what this picture is telling us about the adventures of Odysseus. Firstly, we worked as a table group and then we worked in…

This week in Geography we have been beginning to understand how the oceans can impact a place's climate. In particular, we have discussed how the Gulf Stream impacts our climate in Britain. 

In PSHE this week we have been having discussions about friendships and appropriate behaviour. We have been thinking about how we might respond in different situations and how we should be mindful of how others might be feeling. 

This week we have been continuing to learn about Philip of Macedon. Today we have listened to the story about the oracle at Delphi and how Philip was able to create the League of Corinth by uniting the Greek city-states. 

We were left on a cliff hanger at the end of the lesson and we are all…

In RE, we finished our topic of Joseph, Moses and the Exodus. The last lesson focussed on how Jews celebrate the stories, that the children have learnt about. This is during Passover once a year. The children learnt that each piece of food is symbolic and that they represented something linked to…

During our first basketball lesson, the children practised dribbling the ball using their primary and secondary hands. They used their fingers to help control the ball and practised using the right amount of force to dribble the ball whilst moving.

Year 4 (Hedgehogs) had Hyett Education’s Stembotics workshop in for the day. We had a great time building and programming the Lego robots. We even impressed the workshop leader so much with our teamwork, that we were able to choose our own project for the afternoon session.