4G ~ Snow Leopards
We’re the Snow Leopards!
Welcome to our class
We’re adventurous explorers, brave and bold.
We try new things and never ever give up!
“You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.”
Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
Trip to Harlow Carr Gardens
All of Year 4 had a successful trip to Harlow Carr last week. They were able to observe many different plants and flowers - there was even a smelling garden full of herbs! Year 4 discovered the apiary and were able to watch the bees being very busy in the hive. Bumble bees were also spotted all around the gardens. We walked through Wild Flower Meadow and sketched various plants. 
Trip to Harlow Carr Gardens
Science Week 2018
The children of 4G have had an exciting week! They have investigated different areas of Science and ended it with a very exciting experiment. The class were lucky enough to be visited by Mrs Mortimer, who is a high school Science teacher. The children had lots of fun learning about seed dispersal and then they used paper to create their own helicopter 'seeds.' When the class tested them, they span, flew and fluttered all over the school field.
Coca Cola and soft mints experiment
Special Mentions
Congratulations to Tom and Robyn for all their hard work in Summer 1. 4G are lucky to have you!
Class Novel
After finishing Iron Man, 4G have started Beasts of Olympus - Beast Keeper by Lucy Coats. This book links to the summer History topic of Ancient Greece. So far, we have encountered Nemean Lions, birds with sword feathers and a Minotaur!
Royal Wedding Week
On the run up to the much anticipated royal wedding, 4G have taken part in a range of activities linked to the royal wedding. This has included, solving the maths mystery of 'Who unwrapped the wedding presents', royal wedding cake fractions and hat decorating. The children also really enjoyed creating a family tree of the royal family.
Class book
After a quick vote, 4G chose to read The Iron Man by Ted Hughes this half term. So far, The Iron Man has almost put himself back together but he is missing one of his ears!
Science - plants and living things
4G have just begun their new science topic! We’ve discussed the parts of a plant and we have now planted several types of herbs in tiny pots. Let’s hope they grow.
Update: We have growth! A few tiny sprouts of cress and rosemary have appeared over the weekend.
Special mentions
Congratulations to Georgia and Anthony! You are both a credit to Snow Leopards as well as the school!
Culture morning house event
What a lovely morning! In Snow Leopards’ classroom, we made Hawaiian flower leis. There were flowers of all colours and sizes, headbands, bobbles and necklaces made. The children and I had a lovely time making these crafts while listening to some Hawaiian music. Leis are presented to others as a sign of affection and it was lovely to see some of the children give their leis to others.
Mahalo, children!
Decorated egg competition
What an eggcellent turn out! I was so impressed and interested by all the eggs that Snow Leopards brought in. The eggs ranged from ‘eggmojis’ to ‘Elvis Preggsley.’ I have to say, I had a good giggle at all the puns. Well done to Emmie Fox for winning first prize in year 4 for her ‘eggshausted’ egg!
The Snow Leopards also enjoyed an afternoon of making Easter cards for all the important people in their life. We were also lucky enough to have some children from 3/4K join us!
Enterprise afternoon
Congratulations to Snow Leopards, who raised £28.53 during enterprise afternoon. There were some great games going on in our classroom and certainly lots of snacks being sold as the snack stall made the largest profit out of the groups! Well done again, everyone.
Self Portraits
Arts Week - Contemporary Arts
Creating study drawings and clay maquettes for our Pollen project. See Key Information - Arts at OJS- Arts Week, for further information and photos of what we have been taking part in.
Plant The Seed Project
Playtime poster winners!
Playtime Class Posters
Year 4 Christmas party
Christmas has landed!
Snow Leopards have been busy putting together their class Christmas display. Each class has a different Christmas subject and, for Snow Leopards, this is the Christmas Wreath. The children created the wreathes by drawing around their hands on different shades of green paper. The decorative baubles each contain a Christmas message written by the children, their Christmas hopes and wishes for the future. Emmie hopes that 'people are more eco-friendly in the future'. Joseph B hopes that 'in the future, there are no more wars'. Ciara hopes that 'everyone in the future has homes and food to eat'.
The central Advent Wreath shows the five Advent candles that are a popular tradition in the Christian religion. Each candle represents an aspect of the spiritual preparation for the coming of the Lord, Jesus Christ. The wreath candles are lit on the four Sundays during Advent and the white candle is lit on Christmas day.
Snow Leopards are really looking forward to all the Christmas celebrations in the coming weeks!
Wind in the Willows - Image Theatre
Class reading book
Science
Swimming lessons!
Children In Need
Last Friday was Children In Need Day - Spotacular! The children made a super effort coming to school dressed in spots and we raised lots of money for Children In Need. We also collected round pounds.
Anti-Bullying Week
Last week was also Anti-Bullying Week. This year the theme for Anti-Bullying week was ‘All Different, All Equal’. We explored the different kinds of bullying, the verbal, emotional and physical types of bullying and what to do if your or someone you know is being bullied.
We created a colourful class display of our hands which celebrated our talents and individuality. We then tried to decipher which hand belonged to which child!