What's like to experience total darkness?

On Wednesday, we were raising money for the Guide dogs who support people with visual problems.  WE had an assembly where a man came in with his guide dog and it was really interesting to hear how he perceived the world and how he depended on his guide dog to be his eyes.  It was a scary feeling.  In the afternoon, we all got a chance to experience what it would be like to be in his shoes, we were put into pairs and one of us was blindfolded, while the other child had to guide us around an obstacle course in the hall.  It was a really strange but eye opening experience.  We don't realise how we take our eyes for granted.  Here are some pictures of us doing the obstacle course with blindfolds on.

Electrical circuit clowns!!!

These last few weeks, we have been learning about Electricity in Science.  We have learnt about how to make electrical circuits, what different components are needed for conducting Electricity and how they work together, we even managed to investigate what happens when circuits are broken. We have made clown faces and used electrical circuits to create light and movement.  We really enjoyed making them, here are some pictures that we wanted to share with you.

The terrible Tudors!!!

Homework projects!
The children were asked to do different types of research about their new Topic 'The Tudors'.  They had the choice to research facts, create posters and portraits, create models of jewellery, Tudor houses and create fact file booklets.  We have had some amazing projects brought in today.  The Tudor houses are magnificent, the research overwhelmingly good and the artefacts created really superb.  Well done to the children for their hard work and Thank you parents for all your support.

Christmas parties in Year 4E

WE had lots of fun today, we had a chance to ice our own cookies and designs using different coloured icing and sprinkles.  We then had our Christmas

party...we danced, we laughed, we ate lots of party food and we watched part of a movie.  It was a wonderful and enjoyable day.  Here are some pics of the highlights...

Egyptian pottery

WE have been learning about the Egyptians.  We have learnt so many things about them and one area was about their pottery and how the pictures painted on their pottery often told stories of their existence.  We were fortunate to create our own Egyptian pottery artefacts and painted them to depict our stories.  We hope you like them as much as we enjoyed making them.  Here are some pictures you might like to enjoy.