As part of Going Global week, Year 4 studied India this week. We made flags, learnt about Rangoli patterns, made our own traditional samosas and enjoyed making peacocks, the national bird of India and elephants, one of the most sacred animals in India. 

Our final topic of the year is The English Civil War. We began our topic by finding out about the Roundheads and Cavaliers. We made puppets of each and in the woodlands, we used our whittling and slashing skills to make some mini weapons. Using the Puppet Pals app, we then staged our own Siege of Colchester battles. 

Our Earth and Space topic came to an end today with our Fabulous Finish. A huge planetarium was set up in the school hall. Inside, we learnt about the solar system and stars. Back in class, our visitor Andy taught us all about meteors and we even got to hold some real meteorites. It was a brilliant end to our topic.

Today, we began our new topic on Earth and Space with our Sparkling Start.

We learnt a catchy Solar System song and worked collaboratively in groups to sing a verse each, make props and make up actions. We then had great fun performing the song as a whole class and Mrs Porter filmed it for us to watch it back. We look forward to learning lots during this new topic.