THE WORLD AROUND US

KENYA WORK

In Room 4 P6&7 have been very busy learning about their World Around Us topic – Kenya.  They have been researching facts and information about Kenya.  They know where Kenya is located in the world and what the climate, population and landscape is like.  They also know that Kenya is home to some of the world’s most beautiful animals.

They have also been working on some beautiful sunset silhouettes which we have now put on display in the corridor.

Caleb lived in Nigeria in Africa from after he was born until he was two.  His parents were missionaries there.  Caleb brought in some of the African clothing he and his parents wore to show the class.  Some pupils volunteered to model them.  They all looked very African.  He also showed us a beautiful calendar poster his parents had made with photos of them all in Nigeria during his first year.   We really enjoyed seeing the items he brought us and hearing Caleb explain to us who wore them.  Caleb’s Nigerian name is Omojo.  Thank you Caleb.

The pupils have been busy designing tourism posters to encourage people to visit Kenya.  They have also been researching the BIG 5 animals and making information leaflets about them in pairs on the computer using the Publisher programme.

P6 and 7 in Room 4 have enjoyed learning all about the Vikings in their World Around Us topic January and February.  They have now displayed some of their wonderful artwork and written work in the corridor for everyone to enjoy.  They have created some fantastic pieces of work and are very proud of their completed work.  They have even been working on some of their artwork at home and then embellishing it more intricately at school.  They have also created Viking longships and longhouses on Minecraft in pairs.  As they concluded their topic they shared what they found most interesting about the topic and what they had found out that they hadn’t known at the start of their topic. 

Well done P6 & 7!

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SOMME CENTRE TRIP

Room 4 pupils enjoyed creating lots of Remembrance and First World War Art as part of their topic.  They made beautiful Pastel Poppy Pictures, bottle base poppies abd recruitment posters.  Their art world really ia amazing.

EAT THEM TO DEFEAT THEM VEGGIE CHALLENGE

Room 4 have been busy learning about Queen Elizabeth II and her Platinum Jubilee.  They have written letters of congratulations to the Queen, created Pop Art, designed Platinum Jubilee plates, and written poems about her for a competition.  They have enjoyed researching her life, family, hobbies and interests and achievements during her 70 years reigning as our monarch.  

Check out the photos below of their wonderful displays about the Queen and the Platinum Jubilee.

P6 and 7 in Room 4 have been learning about The Victorians in their current World Around Us topic.  They began by learning about Queen Victoria and have created some fantastic pencil sketches of her.  They have also created a fact sheet about her life and reign.  They have been researching schools and key events of the Victorian era and they are currently learning about Victorian workhouses.  They have also been bringing in items from home linked to our topic.  They are fantastic history detectives.

REMEMBRANCE

As we reflected on the sacrifice of those who gave their tomorrows for our today, P6 & 7 in Room 4 painted beautiful stained glass window poppy paintings.  They also completed some activities about and explored the importance of Remembrance and the significance of the poppy as the symbol of Remembrance.
 WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. 

WELCOME TO ROOM 4

2024 - 2025

P6/7

ACROSTIC NAME POEMS

P6 & 7 began their time in Room 4 by creating acrostic name poems about themselves.  They typed up their poems and added either a border, photos or a background.  They really worked hard on these and they look great.

We had great fun with Nicholas the new librarian at Maghera Library on Roald Dahl day.  He read us an extract from his favourite Roald Dahl book The Twits where Mrs Twit puts real worms in her husband’s spaghetti.  Nicholas then let a teacher try out his wiggly worms he’d brought with him.  The children voted for Mrs Cunningham our Literacy Co-ordination to sample them.  We really enjoyed our time with Nicholas.  He also gave each family a leaflet with information explaining how they could join their local library.  It is a great way to read books and it’s absolutely free.

P6 & 7 have been learning about Handling Data in their non number Maths work with Mrs Phillips.  They have been using the Chartistic app on the iPads and the J2 Easy Data app on the computers to explore digital ways of representing data.  They have displayed some of their paired work in the classroom.  They have been learning the language associated with Handling Data and the importance of labels, titles and keys.  They have also been revising the different types of averages.  Their knowledge and understanding is improving each week.