Blog by Lorraine Poole

This morning the chairs went on strike! They quit! The children received a letter from the chairs explaining why they have quit and what can be done to get them back. 

The children used their persuasive skills to get the chairs back!  

Today Year Four had a visit from Matt the Dentist. 

We are so thankful that he chose to spend his day off with us. 

We learnt lots of interesting information about teeth and how to keep them healthy. 

Matt proved that dentists aren't that scary after all! 

We entered a Cave today and created our own art work. Some of us drew around our hands, some of us sketched animals, some of us used our fingers to smudge the chalk.

We all found it difficult to draw in the dark, with only a little light to guide us. We would never have imagined what it would…

In our Science lesson we used a plaque revealing tablet to show the importance of cleaning our teeth. 

Today Poplar class explored the findings from their Science experiment. 

We were surprised to see the effects different drinks had on the shells (representing enamel) of these eggs (representing teeth). 

We had fun watching a rap by MC Grammar.  We listened carefully to see how many books we could spot in his song.

Why not have a listen at home and play along?

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We followed a simple tutorial to draw Tom Gates and then drew ourselves in teh same style.  Pretty Impressive!

Spruce class have had a fantastic day celebrating World Book Day.

The children made a huge effort with their costumes and have enjoyed sharing their favourite characters. We have listened to Michael Morpurgo's writing masterclass, played quizzes, listened to our teachers read extracts from…

The children of Poplar Class disappeared today. They were replaced with 31 different book characters!

As part of our science topic this term, Year Four have been learning about Teeth. 
We are now investigating which liquid will cause the most damage and decay to our teeth, specifically the enamel that protects our teeth. 

We used eggs to represent the enamel of our teeth and placed them in a…