Clarinet concert, Nothe Fort and learning.

Thank you to everyone who was able to come and celebrate the children's success and new found skills in playing the clarinet. I would like to reiterate how impressed I have been at their ability to learn so quickly, not only the physical ability to play but also learning the notes and being able to read music - EVERYONE! It was lovely to hear how inspire the children have all been to want to continue learning a musical instrument.

Our trip to the Nothe Fort was excellent. It was a really fitting way to end out topic, the children were able to show they new knowledge, secure understanding of existing knowledge and prior learning and also learn new things about Weymouth and WW2. Despite the weather the children were all enthusiastic and incredibly well behaved! Well done!

A huge well done to the children who played basket ball today, representing Year 3 and Year 4!

We began an investigation in maths, proving or disproving this statement "Tall people make the best athletes!"The children discussed this and have begun to plan how they will prove/disprove it tomorrow and Friday! In literacy we carried out interviews in order to gather information to be abe to plan and write a newspaper article based around the nativity - with a twist!!!!!

Finally, well done to Shannon who shared her gold medal and silver medal with us from a competition she took part in last week end - gold in floor and silver in vault.
Also Rocco earned a silver medal for 50m butterfly and a bronze medal for 50m freestyle in an inter-club gala at West Dorset Swimming Club!

Keep updating me on your personal successes out of school!

Thanks to our change in the use of photographs on the internet, I will be able to add photos to the blog, so watch this space!

Mrs. Johnson and the Year 4 Team