This year, Year 4 have been discussing the importance of looking after our environment and have begun to make our school community a more eco-friendly place. We introduced paper and card recycling boxes in every classroom and have been keeping up to date with any news about how the waste we produced is damaging our environment. We were really disappointed to see how much rubbish we noticed in the river on the way to our Swimming lessons each week and really wanted to do something about it!
So, we went down to Ladywell Fields and got geared up in special waders and gloves, ready to help the community by removing rubbish from the river. We filled up lots of heavy duty sacks with the rubbish we found. We found lots of plastic, a towel, a shoe, cans, bottles and many more! We felt really happy to be helping out make our green spaces more attractive for our community but the most important thing was that we helped reduce a tiny about of rubbish that would probably eventually end up in our oceans! Who knew that cleaning up rubbish could be so fun! Year Four had a fantastic day on the Heath representing St Mary’s in an interschool cricket festival! Having spent last term working with the Platform Cricket coaches, Year Four have been developing their cricket skills and game play. We took three teams to the festival to battle for first place.
All of our teams played fantastically using their collaboration and communication skills. We are very proud that Team A won all their games and went on to win the tournament, bringing home some medals for our school. We loved it! In Year Four, we had a brilliant day carrying out investigations and learning about different journeys in science. We showed lots of perseverance and collaboration skills when we acted like structural engineers and built a structure out of straws and tape. Next, we investigated the differences in the distance a sneeze travels when using a hand or tissue in front of our mouths.
After lunch we developed our knowledge of pollution in different environment and thought about how we an help to reduce the impact of pollution. Finally, we made poo! This was brilliant fun because we learnt all about the journey of food through our bodies. It was disgusting!! |
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