Romeo , Romeo , where art thou?

This week has been a fascinating one for Year 4. We've been reading Shakespeare's play,  Romeo and Juliet  and acting in role as the main characters. The icing on the top came in taking part in a workshop facilitated by the Globe Theatre. We had so much fun and here are the pics to prove it!

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                 WE'VE GOT SKILLZ         COMPUTING 

Last week we had the opportunity to further develop our computing skills . We had a workshop on using Scratch to design our own racing and chasing games. In addition , we learnt to debug and write algorithms . It was AWESOME!!! 

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A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!

We have begun our new term with great excitement. 

We celebrated with learners as they received certificates of achievement for work done throughout the Autumn term.

Award for 100 % Punctuality 

Award  for 100% Attendance

Super Gold award for achieving between 400 and 500 stars in class. 

Gold award for achieving between 300 and 400 stars

Silver award for achieving 200 to 300 stars

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 Southwark Cathedral :

Christian Signs and Symbols

Did you know that a fish is a symbol in christianity? This week, we had our first trip to Southwark Cathedral for a workshop on Christian Signs and Symbols. It was obvious from the moment we entered that it was going to be an exciting visit as tables with art materials were laid out for every child. The task was making clay tiles with no more than 5 of the symbols that we learnt about in class. These symbols included but were not limited to : a candle, a cross, a fish, a staff, grapes, a bible and a loaf of bread.

In the first place, we were given art sheets to draw a sketch of our images on a square tile. 

After this , we were given clay to roll out , cut and shaped into square blocks.

In the end, we all made square tiles , moulded our symbols and then attached them to the surface of the tiles.  As it was a short session, we took our completed tiles  back to school where we had to leave them to dry so that they can be painted later.

                                                                                                                                                          Some of the completed tiles to be painted .    

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Year 4 Concert

Parents were in for a treat last week when all the members of Year 4 , Class Thyme,  hosted a mid - afternoon  music concert.  Firstly , they sang 'Touch the Sky'  from the Disney movie 'Brave '. This was followed by the  playing  of Jingle Bell Rock  and the Jewish Wedding Song on their  vioiins and cellos. They were ably  lead and accompanied by Jose and Laura , cellists and violinists from MUSITRAX. Well done Year 4 !!!! So incredibly proud of you .

" I thought the children played brilliantly in the concert." Laura Hewison - Singer, Songwriter , Cellist

 Check out our showing off video

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MATHS WEEK

It's been an incredibly busy and productive week...have to catch our breaths ! Not only were we MAKING A NOISE against bullying  but we were also integrating Maths in our various areas of learning. In year 4 we  had a Maths trail , explored tessellated Art patterns and used Maths manipulatives to  better our understanding of fractions. Take a journey with us through our pictures.

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 ANTI- BULLYING WEEK 

        M a k e        A        N o i s e !

This week all the children in Year 4 have been discussing bullying -what it is, how it feels , how to prevent it and what to do if it happens to them. The learners also created ANTI-Bullying posters, here are a few of them.

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RE and ART week 

Then Peter said," Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who has sinned against me, seven times?"

Jesus replied, " Not seven times, but seventy seven times."

In year 4 we learnt about the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant. We thoroughly enjoyed learning about how important it is to forgive ! To celebrate RE and ART week we took part in role play, attended a MAGIC LANTERN workshop and we even wrote a playscript!

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 Class Thyme had an amazing first term ; participating in some fantastic events and enjoying some exciting learning opportunities.

MUSIC       MUSIC       MUUUSSSIIICCC !!!

In Year 4 we started  learning how to play the 

cello and the violin.                           

                                      Future cellists in the making !

Check back for a video of the pupils playing for the first time!

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MATH MASTERY

Here at  St. Luke's we believe in the pupils embracing  the  depth and breadth of Mathematics and therefore we are developing our use of Math Mastery techniques. During these sessions our  pupils are introduced to problems using concrete, then pictorial and finally abstract methods of calculations.  Here  are a few pics showing how we do it in Class Thyme

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Writing and following INSTRUCTIONS

Do you remember how to make a paper hat? Well go ahead and ask a Year 4 pupil to refresh your memory!

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 FOTOSYNTHESIS

Class Thyme have had an amazing half term with some exciting events . We participated in a 4 week workshop with FOTOSYNTHESIS , linking our  Math skills with photography. Who would have thought that this was possible! We learnt how to make a pin hole camera and used it to take pictures around the school. We even got to use real cameras to take pictures of objects in a FUNtastic treasure hunt.







    Safety with the camera is incredibly important
                                                                                  Did someone say parallel lines?
 Writing about the picture that we took with our pinhole camera

 This week seems to have flown! In Maths, we've been practising our tables - exploring how to use known facts to work out the tables we don't know. Keep practising - Some have improved massively in a short space of time - well done! 

 In Science, we have been exploring muscles. We have also made models of muscles working in pairs.  We really enjoyed making them.