In Jesus We Learn, Love and Grow together
Be the Good Soil Mark 4:1-20

Year 4H: Gallery

4J visit the Catalyst Science Museum - September 22, by Mr Jolly

Date: 13th Sep 2022 @ 5:55pm

On Tuesday 13th September, we completed two workshops and had some time to explore the interactive gallery.

One workshop was based on working scientifically. Firstly, we explored stereotypes of what a scientist looked like or did and debunked this. Afterwards we went through some areas of what a scientist does: predict, question, observe and evaluate.

The other workshop explored proving that gas exists and that is all around us, as it is harder to observe and see it in comparison to solids and liquids.

KS1 Sports Day, by Miss Kyte

Date: 27th Jun 2022 @ 3:03pm

Take a look at some of our photographs and videos from our fantastic KS1 Sports Day! 

Reading the News, by Mr Jolly

Date: 23rd Jun 2022 @ 3:47pm

EYFS and KS1 'Washing the Feet' Collective Worship Service, by Mrs Andrews

Date: 8th Apr 2022 @ 3:22pm

Today we learnt about Maundy Thursday and why Jesus washed the feet of his disciples.  Mr Whelan and Mr Wood washed 12 children’s feet to show us how we can show kindness to other people, just like Jesus did.

Stations of the Cross Service - April 2022, by Mrs Cavill

Date: 8th Apr 2022 @ 2:54pm

This morning Reverend Anne and Father Darren came to school to watch and take part in our Stations of the cross service. Children from each year group read a reading and a prayer for eac station. Reverend Anne and Father Darren lit a Paschal candle to remind us that Jesus was resurrected on Easter Sunday. He gave His life to save us all. We wish you all a Happy Easter.

4J Cornet Concert - April 22, by Mr Jolly

Date: 7th Apr 2022 @ 4:40pm

Over the last three months, 4J have been learning to play the cornet. They built up their initial skills by learning individual notes of C, D and E. Then they learnt to play songs with one note and then multiple notes. Finally, they learnt another note - B flat -  in order to play and sing the well known song - The Eye of the Tiger.

The concert today was the culumiation of their hard work with Mr Merter. They played and sung six different pieces of music:

1. Cha Cha Cha 
2. William Tell
3. Boogie Shoes
4. Limbo Rock
5. Achy Braky Leg
6. Eye of the Tiger

Well done on your performance. KS2 and the parents who attended thoroughly enjoyed it.

Easter Church Service - April 22, by Mr Jolly

Date: 4th Apr 2022 @ 5:56pm

4J Class Assembly - March 22, by Mr Jolly

Date: 29th Mar 2022 @ 8:34am

4J's assembly was on the theme of Trust and Betrayal in the lead up to the Easter Story.

 

World Book Day in 4J - March 22, by Mr Jolly

Date: 7th Mar 2022 @ 4:45pm

On Friday, Year 4 caught up with the rest of the school and we had our World Book Day celebrations.  We started the day with some drama games to get us into working in groups and building our confidence to speak and act. Mrs Freeman gave Year 4 the book, "Voices in the Park," by Anthony Browne. This book is about four gorillas, a mother, a father,a son and a daughter from different backgrounds. We had lots of fun looking at  pictures of the characters and deciding what kind of person they would be, what they would say, how they would talk. We created our own little scenes and acted them out, before we even read the book. Well done 4J, I was very impressed with your group work today. You worked co-operatively and listened realy ell to each other.

Your costumes as always were fantastic-thanks to parents and carers!  

World Book Day 2022, by Mr Wood

Date: 4th Mar 2022 @ 10:28am

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We all had a great time on World Book Day! Please click below to see all our costumes, even the teachers dressed up!

4J visits Anglo-Saxon Village in Tatton Park, by Mr Jolly

Date: 4th Mar 2022 @ 10:06am

The intention of the visit to Tatton Park was to be immersed in Anglo- Saxon and Viking life. We completed 5 activities throughou the day which included:

  • Bread making from planting to eating;
  • Armour and weaponry;
  • Shield Wars;
  • Weaving to sell at the market; and
  • Deer hunting – chasing the footprints and the poo.

Christmas Church Visit - December 21, by Mr Jolly

Date: 7th Dec 2021 @ 12:06pm

4J visit M6 Theatre, by Mr Jolly

Date: 16th Nov 2021 @ 3:45pm

Today, Tuesday 16th November, 4J visited M6 Theatre to have their first linking schools meeting with St Joseph’s (Heywood). First, they were split into two groups, cuckoos and hedgehogs. In these groups, they then met a randomly assigned partner to work with throughout the day. After the introductions and some games, the two groups came together and watched a production called Mavis Sparkles.

It was the story of a cleaner with an extraordinary story to tell. Mavis was on a journey north to see nature’s biggest light show with her own eyes. With a cleaning trolley full of secrets and surprises, and a little help from Spike the hedgehog, Mavis moved ever closer to making her dream come true. It featured a heart-warming mix of illusion, animation and captivating performance. This life-affirming production inspired us all to think about being brave, dust away doubts and reach for the stars!

After lunch, they were split into their two groups and worked on freeze framing feelings, some of which were experienced during the performance. The afternoon concluded with a group freeze frame of people’s wishes for the world including: ending homelessness, being kinder to the environment and stopping violence.

They were extremely well behaved and I know 4J are looking forward to meeting Class 9 again both at St Peter’s and when visiting St Joseph’s at some point in the Spring term.

Church Visit - Harvest - October 21, by Mr Jolly

Date: 12th Oct 2021 @ 4:50pm

On Tuesday 12th October, we went to Church with Nursery. We sang hymns, read prayers, heard a Bible message and explored words we could make from the word harvest.

Catalyst Science Museum, by Mr Jolly

Date: 16th Sep 2021 @ 2:41pm

Today, 16/9/21, Year 4 visited the Catalyst Science Musemum in Widnes. 

In the morning, we attended the first of two work shops; it was on fair testing and working scientifically. We explored what a scientist looked like and what they do - work safely, oberserve, mkae predictions and then test fair, chaning only one small thing.

Before lunch, we had the opprutninty to explore the rest of the mseum and we really enjoyed the interaction elements on the ground floor. Here we could pretend to be a weather reporter using a green screen and an auto cue, catch cloths from a vaccum and find out which parts of the body were the warmest using a heat map.

After lunch, we had the second workshop which was called glorious gases. Here we used the knoweldge we had learnt last week in Science to sort items into solids, liquids and gases. After this, we made a rainbow using air pressure, made a fire entiguisher using bicabinate of soda and vinegar and finally made a vacuum and observed an even bigger one. 

Y4 Sports Day, by Mr Jolly

Date: 16th Jul 2021 @ 10:20am

4J and 4C competed in a Year 4 Sports Day. They were split into 6 groups to go round a carousel of events: sprinting, ball and spoon, skipping, javelin, long jump and an obstacle course.

In each group, there were a mixture of children from the 4 houses (St Andrews, St David, St Georges and St Patricks). They all competed for points  with 4 points avoided for 1st, 3 for 2nd, 2 for 3rd and 1 for 4th. 

Maths Hunt in 4J - July 21, by Mr Jolly

Date: 9th Jul 2021 @ 12:21pm

Today, Year 4 completed a problem solving treasure hunt around the Woodland Walk. 

St Peter's Day in Y4 - June 21, by Mr Jolly

Date: 9th Jul 2021 @ 12:09pm

Own Clothes fun and Ice Cream!!!!

Wow a whole week has disappeared since St. Peter's Day. What a great day we had.  We started the day with a lovely assembly on Zoom with Mrs. Parr. We then devoured a gorgeous ice cream with sherbet, ( most of us had sherbet) and we had so much fun watching Dazzling Darren -he was so funny and VERY clever. Have a look at our photographs and  see if you can spot Year 4's very own St. Peter's Day birthday boy!

4J as News readers, by Mr Jolly

Date: 17th Jun 2021 @ 1:19pm

Today, 4J pretended they were news readers, reporting on the beheading of Henry XIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn.

They maintained eye contact with the camera; used loud, clear voices; and spoke in a confident, formal manner.

View the excellent performances.

Reading aloud a diary entry., by Mr Jolly

Date: 27th May 2021 @ 1:42pm

Recently 4J have been studying the book 'Mr Stink' by David Walliams in which a girl, named Chloe Crumb in the main character. She doesn't get on with her mum or younger sister but has a great affinity to a homeless character called Mr Stink and a shopkeeper named Raj. On Friday 21st May, everyone in 4J wrote a diary entry for Chloe. They were highly entertaining and the writing was of a high standard. Today, Thursday 27th May, they read their diary entries aloud to the rest of the class.

Planting Cabbages and Sprouts, by Mr Jolly

Date: 12th May 2021 @ 2:13pm

On Thursday 6th May, 4J went to the our new allotment. There was a large table for us to work around and a covered area so that the seeds we plant are protected until they grow strong enough to put in the raised bed area. We planted cabbage seeds and sprout seeds at the table using compost and the watering can. We now have to keep them watered for six weeks after that we can go and replant them in the outside soil. We had lots of fun.

Easter Story 4J - March 21, by Mr Jolly

Date: 1st Apr 2021 @ 3:57pm

4J acted out parts of Holy Week.

Virtual Linking Network visit to M6 - November 20, by Mr Jolly

Date: 12th Nov 2020 @ 4:13pm

Today, 4J completed their first linking experience with St Joseph's. We had a great time working with Caorline from M6. We did some call and reponse, made up some sign language greetings and fianlly created a class poem about what we wanted to tell Class 9.

Linking Project St Joseph's visit 4J - March 20, by Mr Jolly

Date: 12th Mar 2020 @ 5:09pm

Today (Wednesday 11th March), 4J met up with their linking project partner school - St Joseph's (Heywood).

St Jospeh's arrived promptly at 10am ready for a day of action, fun, learning and working together. Both classes started in the hall with some circle games. First up was cross the circle if...; a game played to mix the children up as they had congreagted with their school rather than mixing with each other. Next up was a game of 1,2,3 which starts off easy and gets progressively harder and more thought provoking but gets the children communcciating face to face with each other. After this, the children split into 4 teams and had to hold hands and get a hoop round it without breaking the circle (see the videos). This involved lots of key skills: cooperative, collaboration, communication, planning and team work amongst. The final activity in the hall was again in teams and again used all of these skills. Each team had to get from one end of the hall to the other without touching the floor. To do this, they each had two mats but only three people could be on a mat at any one time. Unfortunantely, the children were unable to complete this activity.

After a quick run around outside, the children split into two classrooms where they completed me and you drawings (see images). In the afternoon, in their pairs the children picked out a conversation starter from the jar and had to discuss whether they liked or disliked it. From this, they made a poster from each one and then put them together in a video called Great Together.

Overall, it was a fantastic day, where the children worked together and were behaved impeccably. 

4J Class Collective Worship - March 20, by Mr Jolly

Date: 12th Mar 2020 @ 4:59pm

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