Joshua Ball 4NK
Thursday, 28 April 2016
Electricity circuits
During this term, we've been learning about electricity. A few days ago, we got to learn about electricity in circuits and even got to make our own. Some people had done it before but some had not. However, it was still great fun for everyone. We had to arrange all the different components correctly together, using batteries, wires and crocodile clips. We had to make a light bulb light up, an alarm sound and make a motor come on. Lilla and Leo were able to make a really, really long circuit which meant they needed a lot of battery power. After that, we drew the circuits we made into our books.
Joshua Ball 4NK
Joshua Ball 4NK
Shane Long visit
A few weeks ago, Year 4, 5 & 6 had the once in a life time opportunity to meet Shane Long, the Irish international and Southampton FC football player. As you can imagine, it was amazing! We were able to meet him because Mr Kelly, who was running a Gaelic football club at the time, invited him in to our school to meet the the children. Shane Long came to help us with our Gaelic football skills and also talk a bit about football, he even got involved in our training drills.To add to this, Mr Kelly competed in a crossbar challenge with him. Guess who won? Mr Kelly! After that, Miss Andrews put Shane on the spot and asked whether he could do twenty keepy ups and as you would expect, he was able to do twenty and even threw in an amazing trick called around the world.
Joshua Ball, 4NK
Thursday, 21 April 2016
Tri Golf Tournament
On Wednesday 20th April, we took part in a golf tournament at the Sports Centre in Southampton. We practised putting and chipping against five other schools.
Hitting the ball high was great fun and we all want to play again.
Hitting the ball high was great fun and we all want to play again.
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| Developing our golfing skills. |
Raphael 4MR
Friday, 15 April 2016
The Art Gallery
On Tuesday 12th April, all 4PA went to Southampton Art Gallery. We worked on clay to make Roman shields.
All of us started with a brown, wet block of clay. After sketching our designs, we used a rolling pin and runners (little sticks that help to keep the clay thick) to make a big, round shape. It mostly looked like a pancake.
Using our design, we traced it onto our clay, then we used a knife to carve any pieces left outside the outline. It was difficult!
Next, we used a pencil to draw our design on the base, before we put air-drying clay on top. The purpose of the air-drying clay was to use a different colour and to be the final layer of the Roman shield. To shape the clay into lightning bolts and daggers was very hard. However, the parents were very helpful and helped shape the clay out. For the next step, we used Roman numerals to mark our birthday.
A bead was used to make a dot in between the one or two numbers of when we were born. We also put one on top of the boss (the metal centre). To add a bit more life, we gently pressed golden dust onto the shield with a paintbrush. That represented the shimmer on the shield to scare off the opponents.
Overall, people enjoyed the trip. Maybe because of time with family or to have had more fresh air or maybe even to have their own Roman shield completed.
It was fun!
Alicia & Joseph 4PA
All of us started with a brown, wet block of clay. After sketching our designs, we used a rolling pin and runners (little sticks that help to keep the clay thick) to make a big, round shape. It mostly looked like a pancake.
Using our design, we traced it onto our clay, then we used a knife to carve any pieces left outside the outline. It was difficult!
Next, we used a pencil to draw our design on the base, before we put air-drying clay on top. The purpose of the air-drying clay was to use a different colour and to be the final layer of the Roman shield. To shape the clay into lightning bolts and daggers was very hard. However, the parents were very helpful and helped shape the clay out. For the next step, we used Roman numerals to mark our birthday.
A bead was used to make a dot in between the one or two numbers of when we were born. We also put one on top of the boss (the metal centre). To add a bit more life, we gently pressed golden dust onto the shield with a paintbrush. That represented the shimmer on the shield to scare off the opponents.
Overall, people enjoyed the trip. Maybe because of time with family or to have had more fresh air or maybe even to have their own Roman shield completed.
It was fun!
Alicia & Joseph 4PA
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| Alicia's shield |
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| Joseph's shield |
Going to the Art Gallery
On the 13th April, 2016. 4MR went to Southampton Art Gallery. We all enjoyed it very much. Once we arrived there, we went straight to the workshop. Today we made Roman shields out of clay! First, we designed our shields. Then, we took a lump of brown clay and marked out the shape. We then cut it out. Using a pencil, we had to carve our design into the clay. After that we had grey clay and made our design. We then stuck it on and we used water. Only a little! After this, we put the date of our birth on the bottom in Roman numerals. Last, we dabbed gold dust around the edges of our work. All the shields were beautiful because they were unique.
We had a wonderful trip and would love to go back again!
Maya & Grace 4MR
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| Maya's shield - depicting a sword, laurel and eagle wings |
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| Grace's shield - depicting a bird, representing the Roman eagle |
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