Year 4-Palm class
Class Teacher: Miss Kylie O'Rourke
Class TA/SEN Support: Ms Nadine Hamilton-Collins
Miss Kylie O'Rourke is our Year 4 teacher this year and he is accompanied by Ms Nadine Hamilton-Collins
Miss Kylie O'Rourke Ms Nadine Hamilton-Collins
London Zoo trip
PALM CLASS visit London Zoo on Wednesday as part of their learning of Himalayas and endangered species that live there. They were able to see some of them up close and had a fantastic day! Thank you to the parents that were able to accompany the class!
Mountaineering Workshop
On Thursday last week Year 4 took part in a really exciting mountaineering lesson with Mr Laws. He came in and spoke to us about different mountains he had climbed and showed us all of the equipment he needs, leaving us to answer why each piece of equipment is vital for your safety when climbing a mountain. This was to launch our topic this term on the Himalayas.
Ancient Greece Day
We baked our own Greek bread from scratch, using our maths skills to calculate the measurements and weigh the correct amount of ingredients. We then held a mini Olympics after lunch where we competed in activities such as javelin, discus, long jump and relay races just like the Ancient Greeks did. Once we had finished our Olympic tournament we had a Greek feast as a class, where we tried our bread along with, humus, grapes, olives, ham and feta cheese, all washed down with red wine (grape juice) just like the Greeks.
Ancient Greece Art Session
We are studying Ancient Greece in Year 4 and learning about how they used pottery as a form of art and story telling. The Ancient Greeks painted beautiful artwork on their pots which told stories of their daily lives. We are creating our own pots using clay and will also paint our pots in the coming weeks with images similar to the Ancient Greeks and geometric patterns.
Art work
Year 4 created some Kandinsky inspired artwork for our displays this week. We listened to classical music, drew the shapes we felt through the music and painted the backgrounds of our artwork with watercolour paints. We then stuck photographs and some important facts about ourselves onto the artwork.
DISPLAYS
