The run up to Christmas!

Over the last two weeks we have started to prepare for Christmas. It's been an incredibly busy time and we can't believe how much we have achieved:
- the Christmas show
- Christmas enterprise week
- the pantomime
- Christmas parties!

Well done 4EL for all your hard work in the run up to Christmas!

Proving that the earth spins round

In science this week, 4EL measured shadow length through the day to prove that the earth is spinning.

Our visit to the space centre

We had an out of this world time at the space centre in Leicester as part of our Human Achievements topic and our science work on space!

Science morning meeting

We are artists!

Today we are using our science and art skills to create accurate constellations in our Van Gogh inspired drawings!

Can you tell me what a constellation is?

Dragons' Den

Thank you to everyone who came to the year 4 presentations this week. It was great to see so many parents today and we were so proud of the incredible research and writing that the children have done this term!

Science Morning Meeting

Our Christmas craft market ideas!

Share your ideas for the Christmas market on this post!

What do you think of this idea?

Dragon's Den!!

Have you ever wondered what the most amazing human achievement of all time is? Well the wait is almost over! Join us on Thursday 28th November at 2.00pm for our very own 'Dragons Den', where Year 4 will battle it out to convince you and the judges, which achievement they have been learning about is the best! See you there...

Research resources:

The ISS:
http://iss.jaxa.jp/kids/en/station/01.html

Arctic Explorers:

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/explorers/roald_amundsen.php

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/s/scott.shtml

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215022/explorers.htm

Joseph Banks:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/banks_sir_joseph.shtml

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/science-of-natural-history/biographies/joseph-banks/

http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/si/Sir_Joseph_Banks


The Moon Landings:

www.kidport.com/RefLib/science/MoonLanding/MoonLanding.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/07/99/the_moon_landing/396037.stm http://www.spacekids.co.uk/moon/  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd0C8HuGOHM http://video.nationalgeographic.co.uk/video/kids/science-space-kids/1969-moonlanding-vin-kids/

Triangles explain grid method

Planet facts!

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mercury&Display=Kids

http://ellerbruch.nmu.edu/classes/cs255f04/cs255students/jbowerman/P11/PlanetFactSheet.pdf

World Hello Day!

Today is our World Hello Day!

We would love to hear from our international visitors to the blog!

We are also thinking about ways that people say hello around the world. Write a comment if you know how to say hello in another language!

4EL visit the North Pole!

Today 4EL went n a dangerous and difficult mission to the freezing lands of the Arctic! After a long journey we set up camp and got warm with hot chocolate and marshmallows!

Explorers' Diaries

There are some diaries of people living and working in Antarctica here:

http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/living_and_working/diaries/rothera/2013/index.php

Researching Polar Explorers

Use these links to research famous Polar Explorers!

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/explorers/roald_amundsen.php

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/s/scott.shtml

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215022/explorers.htm

The Incredible Journey of Joseph Banks

This week we have learnt about the Incredible Achievement of Joseph Banks and Captain Cook. They were the first Europeans to visit Australia! Joseph Banks was from Lincolnshire and you can still visit his Conservatory in Lincoln today!!

The terrible storm

Today in class 4EL there was a terrible storm! Our visitor, Joseph Banks, told us what it was like to sail through a storm at sea. Then we had a go at recreating the storm in class!!

Science Morning Meeting

We are thinking about....

Why do we have day and night?

Our ideas-

Because the clouds are blocking the sun. Aiden.

When we go round the sun, each planet gets a bit of sun. Connor

The reason we can see the moon at night is because the sun goes behind the moon. Andrea

Because the sun needs a rest. Teigan

Because if we didn't have night and day, we wouldn't be able to tell what time it is. Jamie

When we have our sun, on the other side of the earth has night and its dark. When the sun moves round, they get the night and we get the sun. Sephora

Our storm descriptions - here's what we wrote!

Find out more about the International Space Station

Follow these links for some amazing videos!!

Scientists and Inventors:

You can find out more about the ISS here:

http://iss.jaxa.jp/kids/en/life/index.html

Corie explains how to punctuate speech!

Have a look at Corie's video!

Our reading event!

Today we celebrated our reading event. We would like to hear what you thought about the event. Please comment on this post!

An AMAZING video from the International Space Station!!

Find out more about the International Space Station

http://iss.jaxa.jp/kids/en/station/01.html

4EL's Making a Difference Day

4EL have been helping nature because it was making a difference day!

Yesterday 4EL was helping nature by making mini-beast hotels also painting bird boxes and making bird feeders. One group made some fantastic boxes for the bugs because the children tried to help the wildlife. 4EL used bamboo sticks and plant pots to build a bugs hotel. Another group used the wood from the garden to make bird boxes and repair the bird table so the animals can eat and drink. The final group made a food bottle for the birds to eat when they are hungry because in the winter they won't find any food.

"It was really good!" said Abi Croft in year 4.