Streetlife Museum in Hull
Year 3 and 4 had a fantastic day at the Streetlife Museum, in Hull, on Wednesday. The children loved the chance to see and climb on lots of modes of transport through time.
We also had time to visit the East Riding Museum, which is across the courtyard. More than 200 million years of history is brought to life. The displays were fantastic and very accessible for the children.
We’ll be using our new knowledge to write a recount about our experience. There’s been so many amazing sights today that it may be difficult to narrow it down!
Living and Learning – I know how to STOP bullying
This week’s Anti-bullying theme has been Choose Respect. We have been very busy doing a range of activities to support our understanding and learning about this important Living and Learning statement.
In reading, we watched a video and answered RIC questions.
We discussed what respect means and how do we show it.
We also discussed bullying, the different types and what to do if you feel that you are being bullied.
- Our definition of bullying (‘Bullying is when you hurt someone, physically or emotionally, several times on purpose.’)
- Types of bullying – cyber-bullying and prejudice-based bullying related to gender, race, religion and belief, special educational need and disability.
- If you experience bullying, the key message is to tell someone (start telling other people)
- STOP can stand for two key messages: the definition (Several Times On Purpose) and the solution (Start Telling Other People).
3/4F Pyjamas for Pudsey!
Check out our PJ day!
Thank you to all the parents for sending in donations.
Staying safe near transport
As part of our Time Travel topic, Year 3/4 children have been studying transport, in particular the dangers of crossing a road and ways to stay safe. On Monday, our lollipop lady, Sue, kindly came and talked to us about how to stay safe when crossing the road. In English, we read all about the Green Cross Code and put it in to practice right outside our school. We did a great job of staying very safe! Why not ask your children about the six steps to stay safe when crossing a road.
Odd Socks Day
It’s Anti-bullying Week, with the theme being Choose Respect. To kick off the week, we asked children to wear odd socks. We had lots of fun looking at the different combination of socks. We discussed reasons for their choices.
- Some children wore colours to represent their football teams.
- Some children chose their favourite socks.
- Some children borrowed socks from their siblings to make different pairings.
It certainly helped raise awareness of being an individual and respecting people’s personal choice.
Perfect perimeter!
This morning, in maths, year 4 have begun investigating perimeter. We used pieces of string and ropes to measure the perimeter of items in the classroom.
We even tried to find the perimeter of each other! It’s really important to find out what is hard to measure and what is easier.
Living and Learning: I apologise when I need to.
Manners matter!
This week, our Living and Learning statement is all about manners. We’ve been learning about when and how to use good manners. The children have been encouraged to think about situations when they should use their manners in school and at home.
In particular, we’ve discussed how to behave if you accidentally knock or bump into someone in the playground. We all have accidents. It’s important to let the other person know that it wasn’t on purpose, to say sorry and check that they’re okay.
When do you expect your child to say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ at home? If there’s an accident, are they expected to say sorry? Manners matter!
We will remember them – Remembrance Day 2018
The children listened to poems and stories, then talked about Remembrance Day this week at school. They made poppies and some wrote messages to the soldiers.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Laurence Binyon
Thank you to Mrs Thorne for her artistic input and Peter Smith, from Lyndhurst View, who made the central piece.
A Transport Talk from the Past
We had two very special visitors in school yesterday. They were the grandads of two of our pupils, who came to talk to us about transport when they were a child.
Through asking questions and listening carefully, we learned how transport has changed tremendously over the past 50 years.
Interestingly, one visitor had nearly 40 years service working for Leeds Bus Service and he very kindly brought in many model buses and badges for us to look at. We loved his uniform picture!
The other grandad showed us pictures of old cars bought for just £50, horse-drawn milk carts and coal deliveries, and brilliant steam engines that powered up and down our streets many years ago. We also enjoyed listening to some of his poems.
The children loved listening to the stories from the past and had many, many questions.
You can do this at home too! Do you have anyone in your family who could discuss how times have changed? Talk to your child about generations and the similarities and differences that change over time – they’ll be hooked!
Roman Chariots!
It’s been DT week.
We started by putting our measuring skills to practical use.
Learning new skills such as sawing was very exciting.
Everyone followed our safety rules to saw the wood into the pieces. Then constructed the jinx frames. We added an axle, wheels and the card built chariot on top.
The end results are great. Everyone has fulfilled the design brief and created a Roman Chariot. Well done children, they’re fantastic! 
When was the last time you learned and used a new skill? Try something new this holiday. What can you create?