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Willow Class is our mixed Year 3 and 4 class.
The class is taught by Mrs Chapman with the assistance of Miss Gray.
Important dates:
Monday - spellings
Tuesday - PE day
Wednesday - PE and Forest School
Thursday - Reading books changed
Friday - Library
Friday 26th September - European Languages Day - Turkey
The children explored the culture of Turkey, learning about traditional customs and celebrations. They tasted a variety of Turkish foods, sharing their opinions and rating what they enjoyed most. The class created artwork inspired by the Turkish eye, using their creativity to reflect this important cultural symbol. In the afternoon, the children learned a traditional Turkish dance, completed a quiz to review what they had learned about Turkey, and watched performances from other classes in the hall, celebrating and sharing their understanding of Turkish culture through movement and collaboration.
Tuesday 3rd November - Hancock Museum and Newcastle Quayside
Firstly, we had a lovely time in Newcastle concluding our work on the stone age with a visit to the Hancock, Great North Museum. The children expored the stone age and fossil exhibits, usihng the resource cases to reinfroce thier learning and see lots of artefacts. After lunch we then travelled to the Quayside to launch our new topic 'Marvellous Megastructures'. The children discovered the hidden gem the Bessie Surgees building and learnt about the various different bridges that go over the tyne. Whilst sat on the Millenium bridge they did some sketching and noticed a range of impressive buildihng in thier local city.
Monday 15th December - Kite making (DT Project)
Throughout the term the children have been investigating kites. They started by learnign the story about where ite kite originated at Niagara falls, they then looked at some examples, learnt about the parts then designed , made and evaluated thier own kites. It was great fun!
Autumn Term 2 - STEMazing project
Willow class were really lucky to take part in a STEM project led by a STEM ambassador. The sessions took place over four weeks and included exploring strong sttructures (a great link to our topic), air resistance and gravity, kinetic energy and wind turbines. It was fantastic doing each of the different workshops and learning so much in a fun and engaging way.
Wednesday 3rd February - Healthy wrap making
This term we have been learnng about the Mayans, during which the children discovered about maize providing 80% of the Mayan diet. In science they have been learning about living a healthy lifestyle - understanding about the different food groups and the importance of a balanced diet. They the designed and made thier own healthy wraps which they evaluated after eating. They developed DT skills of food preparation and thoroughly enjoyed trying new foods.
