Miss Farrell

Miss Farrell

Year 4: Evaluating our investigation.

1. How did we ensure the investigation was a fair test? 2. What was our controlled variable? 3. What was our independent variable? 4.How did you present your data? Was this effective, how else could you have done this? 5.What…

4Red: Sole Project.

This week the children independently researched the impact of plastic on marine life, and were given the opportunity to present their findings in a manner of their choice. How does plastic impact marine life?

4Red Greenpeace.

Today, 4Red explored how the planet around us is changing. List three ways that you can be a better citizen. What is Greenpeace? Why is it important to protect ecosystems? How does plastic impact the lives of marine wildlife?

Tessellating Patterns.

Today, 4Red were set with a task of creating a wallpaper design using tessellated patterns. What shapes feature in your wallpaper design? Why did you choose the shapes ? What are the properties of the shapes you have chosen? How…

Creating 3D Shapes.

Today, 4Red created a variety of 3D shapes with concrete resources. We kickstarted the activity by discussing the properties of different 3D shapes, which helped the children create the shapes later. Test your 3D shapes knowledge below. How many vertices…

Anglo Saxon Day!

Today, was Anglo Saxon day in year 4 and what a fantastic day it was! The children had the opportunity to participate in a variety of different activities such as baking Anglo Saxon bread, cracking Anglo Saxon codes, making brooches,…

Drama Club.

Yesterday, was the last drama club of Spring 1 and what a fantastic finale it was. The children took this opportunity to recap and showcase all of the skills they have explored over the past few weeks. It has been…

Drama Club.

Yesterday, the children explored the characterisation and voice of a variety of characters from Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. They explored their voice through intonation, tone and blending different pitches to voice their character. Next, they moved onto using their…

Missing fractions

Today, 4Red have worked exceptionally hard at counting on in fractions. Can you use all of your new knowledge and discover the missing fractions on the number lines below.

Drama Club.

Yesterday, the children focused on facial expressions, body language and voice. The children were given a script and watched a clip from Matilda, their task was to then recreate the scene in focus groups. Each child had to recreate the…

Drama Club

Yesterday, was the second drama club session of Spring term and I am delighted with how the children embraced all of the challenges I set them. The focus of the session was improvisation, we explored this through a variety of…

Drama Club.

Yesterday, was the first drama club of the Spring term and what an amazing start it got off to! The children were engaged, enthusiastic and relished challenge! We kickstarted the club by playing a variety of team building activities to…

4Red: India SOLE project.

This week, a group of children in 4Red have worked exceptionally hard to create a project based around a key question, how has India impacted their life in Britain. The children worked independently researching and creating a poster. 

4Red: Comprehension

Using the text provided, please answer the questions below in full sentences. For example,  2. The school children in India go to after primary school is called………

Year 4 Poetry.

This week, year 4 have been working exceptionally hard at creating poems based on a winter theme. The children have had the opportunity to plan and perform their poem, but now it’s time to publish their wonderful hard work.

Year 4 – Week 5 SPaG homework.

Over the past few weeks Year 4 have been focusing on using the correct homophones in their work.Test your homophone knowledge by writing out the sentences, filling in the gaps with the correct their, there or they’re. Please write the…

Y3/4 Drama club.

Yesterday, was the last drama club session for Autumn term. I am astonished by the progress of the children, not only have they gained new skills but their confidence has came on leaps and bounds. I am so proud of…

Y3/4 Drama club.

Yesterday afternoon in drama club the children used and recapped all of the skills they have focused on during the past few weeks (voice, characterisation, emotion.) It was wonderful to see the children develop their characters using their voices and…

Year 3/4 Drama club

This afternoon, the children focused on body language as a means of expression. We began by exploring different elements of physical theatre, starting with an ice breaker where children had to group together to create a different object with their…

4Red: World War 2 artefacts.

This afternoon in 4red, we examined different artefacts from WW2. We had the opportunity to look at letters, ration books, satchels and evacuee labels. Having access to the resources was a great opportunity for the children to gain a deeper…