Gold book (22/10/15)

Here is this weeks Year 4 Gold Book

Rose B
Rose is in the gold book this week for her fantastic Big Writes over the last few weeks, her writing has been interesting, correctly punctuated and a pleasure to read and mark, well done, please keep it up!

Kayne 
Kayne is in the gold book this week for his fantastic art work during the Big Draw and our Black History month activity, he drew a picture that told a story and depicted the Red Summer, he has a great eye for art, well done!

Big Draw Morning

This morning our whole school took part in the Big Draw (link to website; http://www.thebigdraw.org) this years theme was to draw a picture that told a story.

So laden with a large piece of plain paper, a pencil and some coloured pencils year 4 set about drawing pictures that told a story, here are some examples, can you tell what story they are telling?

What story did your picture tell? 

Black History Month

October is Black History Month and as part of this we have looked at an African American artist called Jacob Lawrence, he painted a series of 60 slides depicting the African American migration from the south of America to the north, here is a link to a website showing his work; 

http://www.phillipscollection.org/migration_series/index.html

We drew our own versions of the migration series, here are some examples;

In the south the black people had to work in the fields so the white people.

When the people migrated north the homes were cramped.

There were different water fountains for the black and white people.

During the Red Summer, white people bombed the black peoples homes.

An example of segregation.

I was so impressed by the children's work, what part of the series did you draw?

Gold book (19/10/15)

Freddie
Freddie has been really trying this week to do his best, to do the right thing and help others, this is lovely to see, please keep it up.

Kacey 
Kacey is always doing the right thing even when no one is looking, she gives 100% to everything she does! a real golden girl! 

Gold book (12/10/15)

Liam 
Liam is in the gold book this week because he has shown great persistence and effort, he has tried his absolute best even when he has been unsure and his confidence has grown and he has seen how capable he really is, well done please keep it up.

Rose D
Rose is in the gold book this week because she is such a kind hearted, friendly, thoughtful girl, who always looks after her friends and puts their feelings first, an absolute pleasure to have in class!

Science, Electricity

This week I set Year 4 a challenge to make a bulb light brighter, I gave them lots of equipment and just asked them to investigate, and they did!

They really enjoyed themselves and all met the challenge and made the bulb shine lighter, here are some photos;

How did you make the bulb shine brighter?

Gold Book (5/10/15)

This weeks gold book children are;

Tarja 
Tarja is in the gold book this week because she has been trying really hard to work independently, she has been doing this and succeeding, she did especially well during our rounding to nearest 10 and 100 maths session, please keep it up.

Jake 
Jake is in the gold book this week because he has been trying really hard with his joined up handwriting, it has improved greatly over the last week, please keep this up.

Learning Log Homework

As usual the learning log homework was fantastic, they were well presented, well researched and excellent to read! 

Here are just a few examples;

What would your dream house be?