Bringing our design to reality.

This week we have created our torches as part of our D & T project and Science theme. We had some success however we realised we needed more space for the wires as when they were place into the tube we started getting crossed circuits. We will be evaluating our...

The Rotten Romans

Year 4 had a wonderful time at the Reel cinema watching the Horrible Histories film – The Rotten Romans. The children made links with their learning and enjoyed the ‘funnier’ moments. All the teachers were extremely impressed with their behaviour and...

Wroxeter

On Tuesday we went to the Roman city at Wroxeter in Shropshire. It was the best trip ever and we were amazed by how the Romans lived. Their buildings (even though now in ruins) were very skilled and impressive. The one wall today is 7m high, although it used to be 14m...

Mosaic Tiles

We learnt that the Romans used to have mosaic flooring and tiles in their homes. We looked at a variety of patterns and learnt that thousands of tiny stones were used to create the designs. We then designed our own mosaic tiles and were very pleased with our...

Y4 Library Visit

In the week before half term, Year 4 visited Brandhall library to meet a real life author!  Paul Dowswell told us all about becoming a writer and read some of his work to us.  Paul writes historical fiction and we learned what it was like to be a young boy on a ship...