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Friday 4th April 2025

We all know about food chains but the real picture is far more complicated. Today we were creating food webs which showed that there are many links between animals and the food they eat. For example what other predators eat mice and what variety of food do mice eat? The children connected the producers to their many consumers using arrows showing the transfer of energy. 

Friday 28th March 2025

Gathered round the fire, Paua Shell enjoyed a trip to the past this Monday morning. We started our experience with some facts about the Anglo Saxons and how important fire would have been to them. This was followed by some baking where we hand mixed flour and water to create our bread dough, then took it in turns to flip our bread on the griddles over the fire. We then enjoyed our warm, crispy, freshly baked bread with the extra option of jam! What a way to start off the week.

Friday 21st March 2025

In art we have been creating our mythical dragon eyes. Last week we moulded our designs out of clay using a variety of tools to create patterns and grooves. This week we painted them with metallic paint to bring them to life! 

Friday 7th March 2025

Going for Gold is our new times table scheme. We are loving exploring the table pairs and are enjoying being challenged. Keep going Paua!

Monday 24th February 2025

Last term in computing we learnt about stop bit animation.

Please click on the animation link below to see our work.

Friday 14th February 2025

Our sound experiment this week involved tapping a glass bottle (sound source)and measuring the decibels using a data logger. We did this in metre intervals away from the source and found out that the further the distance, the quieter the sound. 

Friday 7th February 2025

Paua class were up, up and away yesterday after enjoying an exciting and inspiring trip to the Aerozone Education Centre at Stansted Airport. We learnt about planes taking off and landing and learnt about careers in aviation. We were extremely fortunate to have two guest speakers too: the CEO of the engineering department and the designers of the multi-million pound new baggage handling system.

Friday 31st January 2025

On Tuesday, we were lucky enough to have some visitors from UK Power Network Services. They explained to us the importance of safety around electricity and showed us some PPE that electricians have to wear. Following this, we had various activities which included looking at different types of wires and discussing what they were made from. We really enjoyed the visit from the team!

Friday 24th January 2025

On Tuesday the 21st of January, Year 4 travelled back in time to Ancient Rome. Our visitor, Nasos Chrasios, led us through our exciting day kicking it off with a tour of the Roman Empire. We then split off in to classes where we played traditional games, viewed artefacts and learnt new facts in a quiz. The afternoon was the main event where we took part in exhilarating chariot races, fought in gladiator battles and tried on the weighty armour. We had a fantastic day and would like to thank our Roman visitor for making it so authentic!

Friday 17th January 2025

This term in science we are exploring sound and vibration. We saw the effect of sound through solids, liquids and gases and discovered that it can move through them all. 
 

Friday 10th January 2025

This week we have been celebrating our achievements from 2024. Here are just a few of the incredible skills and talents our class have.

Friday 13th December 2024

This Friday, Paua Shell had the opportunity to share some of their favourite stories with Angelfish Class. We also had the pleasure of hearing some beautiful independent reading from the ‘Aspiring Angelfish!’

We were very impressed!

Friday 6th December 2024

This week, our Year 4 students had their very first rehearsal for the much-anticipated Christmas production: “Lights, Camel, Action!” With creativity, laughter and a sprinkle of Christmas spirit, our talented young stars will soon be ready to dazzle us all! We can’t wait to see the joy and talent shine through in their performances.

Friday 29th November 2024

Did you know that not all materials melt at the same temperature? Our experiment today involved melting chocolate, butter, ice and aluminium. We placed bowls with these items into a tray of boiling water and watched to see which would melt first. What do you think melted first?

Friday 22nd November 2024

Friday 15th November 2024

What an explosive science lesson! Today we were finding out what happens when you try to trap a gas. We placed an effervescent (fizzing)tablet in to a sealed pot and waited for the energy of the gas particles to build. After a few seconds the lids blew off and the gas inside escaped with a bang!

Friday 11th October 2024

On Tuesday, Paua Shell ventured down to the beach for an exciting day filled with ‘Iron Man‘ themed activities. This included performing poetry, sci-fi sculpting, mesmerising metal detecting and skyline sketching. A huge thank you to our wonderful parent helpers- a sun and fun filled day for all!

Friday 4th October 2024

Paua have been exploring maps during our Outdoor Learning lesson this week. We looked at tube maps, road maps, world maps and many more. Then our task was to match up map symbols with their meanings- it was a really fun challenge!

Friday 27th September 2024

In English, Paua Shell 4 were challenged with the choice to capture the mysterious Iron Man or leave him alone. We created a conscience alley consisting of two lines of children (for side and against side) then 'Hogarth' walked down the lines listening to the arguments and chose whether or not to trap him. Which would you choose? 

Friday 20th September 2024

In history this term our topic is The Iron Age. This week we have been learning about the different layers of a hill fort and designing our own. 

Friday 13th September 2024

The children had a great deal of fun on the 'Learning to Learn' days, designing their own robotic creations which we have made good use of in our English lessons this week!

Friday 12th July 2024

Feeling the festival flare, last week in Paua we became composers in music and tie-dye experts in art. We thoroughly enjoyed the cacophony of sounds and colour in both the subjects and look forward to showing you the results!

Friday 5th July 2024

This week started with the celebratory LNSPS Olympic Opening ceremony. Together as a school we sung, signed and cheered all the flags as they were paraded around the playground. Further excitement this week, in outdoor learning we have made our solar cookers -ready to cook sustainably soon!

Friday 28th June 2024

The Year 4 boys enjoyed a morning of orienteering, fantasy football games and flag painting. As the Euros is in full swing we took it in turns rolling dice to see what score each match would achieve. Then with the end results discovered who the overall winner was. Then we used our hunting skills combined with maths and puzzle solving to complete a fun treasure hunt! We finished off with painting flags from the Oceania.

Friday 14th June 2024

Friday 24th May 2024

Masterchef comes to Year 4!
As part of our food technology project, Paua class has been making bread rolls.
We measured, we mixed, we kneaded, we proved, we added our own flavourings and we tasted.

Friday 17th May 2024

Paua have been practising ready for sport day! House teams have been cheering and supporting - lots of enjoyment & perseverance shown.

Friday 10th May 2024

Paua have been practising their acting skills in small groups, ready to perform to the class. We definitely have some natural thespians!

Friday 19th April 2024

What a welcome back treat to have the privilege of reading with the lovely Year ones. We were very impressed by their reading skills and hope they enjoyed our stories too!

Friday 22nd March 2024

In art this term we have been looking at dragon eyes. Using air dry clay, we created our own unique, mythical eyes. Next week we will be painting them- prepare to be dazzled!

Friday 15th March 2024

Here is a collage of crazy characters we celebrated on World Book Day 2024. What’s your favourite book?

Friday 8th March 2024

This week we have had the chance to get stuck in to some map reading. Using coordinates and grid references we searched for map signs and even some treasure! 

Friday 1st March 2024

Just before half term we enjoyed a visit by the international search and rescue team with their three amazing dogs. They had been sent to New Zealand to help after the Christchurch earthquake which we had studied.

Friday 9th February 2024

Keeping up with the Romans, we have been researching facts all about them using sites such as ‘BBC Bite size’ and ‘BBC teach’ to name a few. In our English books we had a go at making notes to help us with our upcoming reports.

Friday 2nd February 2024

Lead by our Roman visitor Octavius, we started the day learning about Roman day to day life which included some peculiar pastimes (like playing games with bones.) We concluded our day with chariot races and a gladiator fight! “Are you not entertained?!” We certainly were!

Friday 26th January 2024

Channelling our thoughts back to Pompeii, we have been recreating some of the art they would have enjoyed in their beautiful city. Using tiles, glue and individual design, here are the mosaics we created.

Friday 12th January 2024

To begin our 2024 in positive spirits, we had a look back together over all the things we achieved in 2023.

Friday 15th December 2023

The festive fun has begun in Paua 4. Our Christmas card making was a hit, filled with colour and sparkle. We have also been practising our Christmas songs ready for our performance on Monday. See you there!

Friday 8th December 2023

Year 4 have been rehearsing for the fabulous Christmas production...the sheep, shepherds, angels, narrators, donkeys, wise men, innkeepers, Mary and Joseph and many more have been practising their lines, songs, stage directions and dance moves ready for the year performances.  Put it in you diaries ‘Straw and Order’ performances on Monday, 18th December 2023 at 9.15 am then again at 2 pm. See you all there and remember your tickets. 

Friday 1st December 2023

In Design and technology we enjoyed making light up pictures. Using our electrical circuit knowledge we’ve learnt in science, combined with art and team work skills, here’s what we created. 

Friday 24th November 2023

Investigation time! In science we are learning about solids, liquids and gases. Today we used boiling water in bowls with metal trays on top to test whether materials would melt. We used chocolate, sand, ice, wax, sugar and steel. What are your predictions?

Friday 17th November 2023

On Tuesday 14th November, Paua Shell dived into a fun and enthralling day at the Aerozone within Stansted Airport. Our day was filled with fascinating and detailed facts about everything airport related (including stories of celebrities travelling in style and some peculiar animals reaching security!) The class activities were also brilliant, here are a few that we enjoyed: plane simulation, dressing up, problem solving, map skills and watching planes take off and land. It’s safe to say we had the best day!

Friday 10th November 2023

In English we are looking at newspaper reports. This week we had the opportunity to have a look at some real life news papers and identify the different features in the texts.

Friday 13th October 2023

Our Year 4, Iron Man inspired, beach trip was a success. We enjoyed a variety of activities including poetry, sketching, metal detecting and sculpting. Here are some examples of our team work in action.

Friday 6th October 2023

This term we are looking at the book ‘The Iron Man’ by Ted Hughes. 

In our art lessons we have been trialing different strengths of pencil and this week used them to create our own images of the Iron Man. 

Friday 29th September 2023

In science we are learning about electrical circuits. Here we are making some of our own.

Friday 8^th September 2023

Paua Shell have been enjoying a variety of learning to learn activities during our first few days back, including some problem solving origami and team building tasks.