The Egyptian Nativity

The Egyptian nativity is all about Mary and Joseph travelling to Hermopolis and trying to find a place to stay until god tells them when it is safe to come back. There running away from an evil king called Herod who was trying to kill Jesus!

The wise men came to see Herod and said where is the king of Jews, so King Herod thought that someone was actually trying to take his place as king. So the wise men came to tell Mary and Joseph to run away to Egypt because King Herod was trying to kill the baby Jesus. There wasn't any place to stay so they had to live in the stable but Mary wasn't happy at all so they tried convince the town council members so they can live in Egypt.

There are two Marys and two Josephs because the teachers think it will be to hard to learn so many lines. So the Marys are Jamima and Annebelle, the Josephs are Raymon and Dawood. All the children hate King Herod who is played by Kulvinder. The lights people are Chloe and Bolu and the sound people are Hamida and Ashley. Everyones favourite song is the Egyptian Finale. The play is very funny with silly people and weird jokes.

Soca dancing from the Caribbean comes to Glade

Dance teachers from Black United Kids came to Glade today to teach us different styles of dancing.

We learned some steps to Indian dancing and also 'Soca' dancing, which is popular in the Caribbean and in South America.

During One World Week, Year 4 have been learning about The Americas.

The video shows us having a go at Soca dancing. Enjoy!

4N go to Odeon Cinema in Leicester Square

We travelled by Underground today to London's Leicester Square to see the new film Ramona and Beezus.

Most of us loved the film, starring Selena Gomez as Beezus and Joey King as Ramona.

We used our tube maps to locate where we were and counted that it took 11 stops to reach our destination. It was the first time on the Underground for 4 of us and Mahnoor commented:
"It started really fast, and riding on the train blocked my ears!"

4N recommends that you see the film for yourself.

Year 4 Science experiment

22nd September 2010

This week in science we carried out a fair test experiment which involved recording observations and data. The aim of the experiment was to record which type of fruit minibeasts prefered. The purpose of this experiment was to help inform Ms. Willers as to which fruit would be most useful for her to use in her garden to attract the most insects. She wanted to attract more insects to help feed the three new baby birds that had just hatched.

The experiment involved chopping up 5 different types of fruit, apples, bananas, oranges, pears and grapefruits, and placing them in equal quantities outside in the same grassland habitat. Every hour a different group of children would go out and record the number of minibeasts that were eating each type of fruit. The class recorded all their results in a table and from the evidence obtained it was clear that apples were the best fruit to attract more minibeasts to Ms. Willers garden!

See the pics below of our fun day!

lullaby

This week in year 4 we wrote our own lullabys first we choice wich baby the lullaby was for such as baby dragons,baby monkeys,baby bats,and so on. We listened to an alien poem and we thought about the rhyming bits they were called rhyming cuplets.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE LULLABYS

MONKEY LULLABY

Hush little monkey dont you cry mamas

gonna make you swing so high. If you

cant swing that high mamas gonna

teach you how to fly. And if you cant

fly that high mamas gonna give you

a coloured tie. If that coloured tie fades

away mamas gonna let you rest all

day.

By Faizah Ahmed

Baby owl

hush little owl dont you

cry mummys gonna teach

you how to dive if that dive

falls to the ground mummys

gonna give you a worm that

goes round.

By Anjola Sofuyi

sports day

Last week we had the most best day of the year,it was SPORTS DAY! Sports day is a day that we do sports on.we done lots of fun activity's and every one enjoyed it.

we had different types of races to do.
1.speed stacking.
2.jump over the hurdles
3.bunny hops
4.football
At last we all sat down and had an ice-cream.
Then we had all the fastest runners running and Christopher in our class is the second fastest boy in the whole school.well done Chris!then we had the mum race and Banita won.well done Banita!
that's all from us.see you on our next blog!

sports day

tudor trip

On Tuesday 29th june year 4 went on a trip to Eastbury Manor House we went on a coach and we got there at 9:30. Frst we tock a look at the house and saw how big it was it had so many chimneys because every chimney went to every room to show how many rooms thier were.
The person who made the house was called Clemence sisly he also lived in the house as well with his wife Anne Sisly and his three children. We did loads of activities there such as dancing,playing tudor games and many more. The funniest part of the day was when we all learnet about the p-pot and bum roll every one laughed so much. They used a p-pot to get rid of stains of clothes.And the bum roll was used for making the ladies dresses wider.

After that we had lunch Blaise: I had a lolliepop ,sandwich and a drink. Alina: I had a sandwich, crisps,chocolate and a drink. Then we went to explore the house we found lots of things one of those things were a spoon made out of goats horn and a broom made intirly out of sticks and twigs. After that we went to the attack and saw a lovely big veiw of the outside of the house. Then we went to the gardens and there was loads of different herbs they all smelled.
thank you for reading our blog join us next time on the year 4 blog
by Alina Bashir & Blaise Swan

Year 4's trip to Eastbury Manor House

The first year 4 trip that has finally taken place! The trip was called Eastbury Manor House. We were all very excited when we found out about our first trip. We had to dress as Tudor children and we were allowed to bring 5 pounds with us, to buy things.

Our journey was roughly about 10 minutes also, we were divided in to 4 groups. the teachers names were , Ms.Patel, Miss Miller, Mrs.Dupaj and Mrs.Khan. We had a good time there aswell. They had a Gift Shop so we could buy stuff and we even learnt a dance it was a very famous dance aswell.

ART WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This week in year four we have been making our own solor system mobiles.

To make the mobile you will need:

Different coloured paper

Ten string cut in the same lenth

One round bowl

Different round things such as glue stick lids and sticky tape roll

Firstly, you get a black piece of cardboard and put the bowl on it and draw around it.

Next you cut out the circle and you find the mid point then you done the first bit (you can do one more to make it more stiff).

After that, then you stick all the strings on it but not to close!

Now you need to make the planets the planets are :

The Sun (NOT THE NEWS PAPER)

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

Juipiter

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

Pluto

Finaly , you attach the string to the planet and and stick it on the circle (Add two string at the top to make a holder).

join us next time on our blog thank you for reading.

by Alina Bashir & Ajay Prabashankar.

Black or White

In year 4 we have been learning about different countries from around the world.We have practised this from the beggining of the summer term.We done 1 dance at a time and worked hard on every single dance even though we only .first we learnt the african dance.very active and crazy.Then the second dance was thai dancing.Very slow.next was native american dancing.Very bouncy.then it was bollywood that me,aleena was in.Very twisty.then it was russian.Very fast.then it was hiphop.very energetic.THEN IT WAS THE MICHEAL JACKSONS! it was very enerjetic.

Down below there is a video of our performance which mr.nicholson filmed and mr.molloy put the video on the website.

Krindlekrax

This week in year 4 we have been reading a book called Krindlekrax it is about a little boy called Ruskin, he is very skinny he wears a green and white t-shirt and green shots that show his knobbly knees. He lives with his mum Wendy and his dad Winston and hes got a neighbour called Elvis who used to be Ruskin's friend but then he turned into a big fat bully.

Ruskin lives in lizard street his dream is to be a famous actor. He goes to St Georges school. His teacher is Mr lace he loves Shakespeare and sucking pencils. Cocky is Ruskin's best friend cares about Ruskin more then his parents.

One day cocky told Ruskin about his young life he told Ruskin about Krindlekrax the big bulky lizard. Read the book to find out more.

Thank you for reading our blog.

by Blaise Swan & Alina

maths challange day

on maths challang day we paired up into groups of thee or two we pair up with people who were in diffrent maths sets.We looked at the sheet and we awnserd the questions one by one the first question was the clockface we had to guess what time it was on the clock then we had to write down the awnser.the next question we had to mesure the viking ship in meters but first we predicted how many meters it was. Then we looked at lines and symmetry we folded a leaf in half and we had to see if it had a line of symmetry.Then we had to see how many people could fit on one bench.we also had to find the biggest number in the playground and that was 08081080337.And thats what we did for maths challage day (2).

Blaise Swan and Alina Bashir
thank you

Learning how to be imaginative!

This week in year 4 we have been learning how to make a pencil case and we wanted to share it with all of you so...

what you need:

basic shape of pencil case

mod rock

pots of water

paint brushes

paint

wear old clothes that you don't need

First you have to make your basic shape of your pencil case.Make sure you check that you like your pencil case.

Then you get some mod rock and place it on when wet.use your hands to make the holes go and remember you can only do it with very very wet hands but not too wet because you might brake the mod rock.

After that make sure that your figure is wet enough.Then if all the holes are covered then start painting your pencil case.GOOD LUCK!

if you have done it right then it will look

something like this:

by Aleena Hafeez and Tobi Salami! see you time next!

poems

This week in year 4 we have been writing poems about walking to school here is poem by Onyinye hope you enjoy it.

Walking to school is good for you,

even if its not what people do.

This is what i normally see,

near my house theres a big yellow bee.

I can see birds pattering,

but more children chattering.

They are people glowing,

while natures is growing.

Walking to school is good for you,

now its what everyone would like to do.

Thats whats weve been doing this week in year 4.

by Ceren & Onyinye

year 4 best P.E lesson!

This week in year 4 we have been learning basic skills/dances of many different types in the world.We are doing this because our fantastic teachers Ms.Patel and Miss Miller have set us the MICHEAL JACKSON...BLACK OR WHITE DANCE!

anyway so far we have learnt the...
1. African dance
2. Thai dance
and we are going to do...
3. Native Americans
4. Bollywood dance
5. Russian's

MICHEAL JACKSON'S song black or white is amazing and so is all his other ones.He was very famous and he still is.He was born in the USA and has many hit songs and tunes. He sings pop songs and he had a very famous family its a interesting song everybody loved it so much. It is very sad that he passed away

See you next blog, bye for now, your blogger's Alina and Tobi!

The Tinderbox

The Tinderbox


This week in year 4 we have been learning about a book called the Tinderbox. We read the story a
few weeks ago but this week we did a diary entry this is an example of one.

Dear diary,
HELP ME! I'm in jail. I really regret having the tinderbox the stupid witch made me get into this mess if any of my friends see me here they would wonder what happend. But I've go a plan theres a shoe maker infront of me so if i give him a few pennys just to get my tinderbox he might lets hope it works.

The Election

As you know we didnt go to school at thursday and monday monday was beacuse it was bank holiday and thursday was beacuse of the election the election is for voting who you want to be the Prime Minister as you know you have to be 18 or over to vote.





by Ceren and Onyinye

the tinderbox

This week in year 4 we have been learing about a book called the tinderbox,We read the story a few weeks ago but this week we done a diary entry this is a e.g of one.
dear diary,
HELP ME!Im in jail i really regret having the tinderbox the stupid wicth made me get intothis mess id any of my friends see me here the would wonder what happend.But ive go a plantheres a shoe maker infront of me so if i giv him a few pennys just to get my tinderbox he mightlets hope it works

Thats a bit of what she did we also didnt go to school at thusday because of the election

The Tudors

The Tudors! In year 4 we have been learning about the Tudors. We have been set a Tudor project when we don't know any information about the Tudors. We are supposed to look on the internet for information.

We have to do a front cover, a blurb, contents, then we have to do a lot of information on the Tudors. We have a lot of time to complete it but now we only have a few weeks left! It is really fun and we can express our feelings with the art ,compassion and thoughts.

We have still been doing our project at home and me and Tobi want more time and also the class wants time.

The Tudors ruled from 1485-1603.

The Tudors had 5 monarchs and the Monarchs were:Henry VII, Henry VIII , Edward I, Mary I and lastly Elizabeth I.

by Tobi and Alina 4P!

The Tinderbox!

This week in year four we have been reading a story called The Tinderbox. This incredible story is all about a soldier who meets a witch and the witch tells him to go down this humongous tree and get a tinderbox for her,also there is three dogs and three boxes of treasure and the dogs have different and not normal sizes.The witch also gave him a apron to put the dogs on. As I was saying , so he climbed the massive tree and inside the tree it was like the inside of a mansion! The soldier walked through the first door and he saw a dog with eyes as big as clocks on the treasure box of coppers. He took the dog and put him on the apron that the witch gave him and then he took as much treasure as he could.


Then he put the dog back in his position and entered the next room.The soldier walked through the second door and he saw a dog on top of the box of silver coins. He lifted the dog and safely put him on the apron. Then he thought the silver was better so he took the silver and threw the copper away and then took the silver. He then entered the next room and could hardly see the treasure box because it was fully blocked by a humongous dog with eyes as big as cartwheels.He picked the dog up and put it on the apron.Then he thought the gold was better than the silver so he took the gold instead.The soldier grabbed the tinderbox and he climbed up the tree... Buy the book to see what happens next!


By Tobi and Alina!

Facts and Opinions

Facts and Opinions
In year 4 we have been learning the difference between facts and opinions.

A fact is something true, like a spider has eight legs. An opinion is something that could be true or not, like Austrila is the best country in the whole world.

We also learned the story of Saint Goerge. It linked to the facts and opinions that we was talking about, this is a list of facts about Goerge.

. He was a christian
. He was born in Turkey
. He used to be in the roman army
. Saint George lived in the third centry
. George NEVER came to England!!!

now for some opinions
. He was a brave man
. The princess was very happy when he saved her
. George is a hero

and thats what weve been learning in year 4 this week.

by Ceren & Onyinye

fact and opinion

This week in year 4 we have been learning about facts and opinions. We watched some videos and we had to pick out the facts from the opinions. It was quite hard but worth the fun and learning. The class loved it very much and it got our brains running. Also we had our own opertunaty to make our own adverts with facts and opinions in it.

We think a fact is something that is true and can be desproved like for example some people

thought that the sun was around the planets, but it is the other way round.

We think a opinion is something that is a thought like for example "man u is the best football team ever".

Thankyou for reading our blog we hope you enjoy it! by Tobi and Alina 4p!

External Perimeter

In year 4 maths Ms Patels group have been learning about perimeter and we have seen that it is the outside of the shape that the perimeter.
We will be finding the perimeter of all Glade primary school and see how big the school actually is! But we are going to count the number of external walls. To find the perimeter of a given shape you must add up all the sides to give you the correct answer.

by William

Complex sentences

This week in year 4p we have been learning about extending sentences,and we have been reminding us what a sentence is and we have been looking at a book called the complex sentence by Sue Palmer.

And also we have been looking at extending a sentence here is an a e.g.using so,since,while and though.This is a simple sentence "If the lion growled" this is a sentence extended by Lauren Samuels "If the lion growled he would of scared the little boy away".We are still working on complex sentences and extending sentences we will tell you more about complex sentences and extended sentences if we do.

On friday we have been learning a song in polish i forgot the name of the song beacause i dont know how to spell it so we will tell you next week if we do.

By William and Lauren

Koru Design

In 4p we have been learning about koru design. We have started to draw a koru design. And the koru design come from New Zealand. We got carboard and we drew a pattern and the we cut it out. And then we drew round it in our sketch book to make a koru design. We havent finished it yet because we just started it. We dont know koru design so we will learn more and we will tell you next week.

by William and Lauren

Varjack Paw

This week we have been reading the book about Varjack Paw. We have finaly finished the book the characters are Varjack, Holly, Tam, Razer, Mum, Dad, Elderpaws, Sally Bones, Jasmin, Julies, three kittens, the black cats and the gentlemen.

Varjack Paw is a mesopotamian blue he lives in a grand house his Mum and Dad tells him of for trying to go outside. His Mother says that mesametiaim blues don't go outside becuase we will just get dirty.When Varjak was going to the streets he had to find a dog to save his family from the black cats and the gentlemen.

when Varjak had dreams he met his Ansesta who was called Jalal and he learnt the way of Jalal he told him there were 7 skills there names were Open mind, Awerness, Hunting, Slow time, Moving circles, Shadow walking and trust your self those are the 7 skills of Jalal. And every time he falls asleep he learns each skill to pretect himself.

One part of the story Varjack thought the metal cars were dogs. A description of how Varjak thought the cars were dogs.Huge monsters made of metal with sharp edges all around. They had yellow eyes at the front and red eyes at the back. They moved on around black wheels which turned so fast it made Varjak dizzy.That was a discription of Varjak thinking the cars were dogs.

On the way Varjack met two cats called Tam and Tolly. They showed him around the streets and took care Varjak from danger from other cats that where part of Sally Bonens gang. Every cat thought Sally Bones was responsible of the vanising.

by

William and Lauren from 4p

Koru design

In year 4 we have been learning about Koru designs.


A koru design is a patten that is repeatedly being copied on making a lovely design.


We all had a go at drawing a patten,we were really good at it !


All of us looked at different design and all of them had all strange names!