Year 3/4 football tournament

9th October 2025Natasha Holdsworth

Today 5 pupils from both year 3 and year 4 headed out for the afternoon to compete in a football tournament. They were one of 10 teams, unfortunately we didn’t place in the top 3 but I was so impressed with the children’s efforts, resilience and sportsmanship. Out of the 10 teams, which was over 100 children in total, one of our year 4 pupils was given a medal for his stand out sportsmanship. We were all so proud of him, what a great achievement! Here’s a few photos to showcase our fantastic afternoon!

Making an animation

7th October 2025Ruth Shields

In computing, Year 3 have continued to explore scratch by creating an animation. Children used a variety of blocks to make their sprite move, spin or make a noise. Some children even started to add some dialogue to it. This lesson will support children ahead of the next lesson which will be where they start telling a story using code. Before we finished the lesson, some children shared their animation to the board and what their idea was.

Roald Dahl in Crew Robson

2nd October 2025Nicola Robson

We have loved taking part in lots of Roald Dahl themed activities today including creating wanted posters for Miss Trunchbull, baking chocolate treats for Bruce Bogtrotter and drawing in the style of Quentin Blake.

Exploring Shadows

2nd October 2025Nicola Robson

Today in case study two we began to explore shadows. We used torches to explore how shadows are formed and how the distance and position of the light source affects the length of the shadows.

Then we learnt how the Romans used shadows to tell the time using sundials. The sun made the gnomon cast a shadow and this told them what time of the day it was. Finally we had a go at making our own sundials. Unfortunately the sun wasn’t shining so we had to test them out inside using the torches.

Making a Loop

30th September 2025Ruth Shields

To start the lessons, we reminded ourselves of what we’d discovered last week when we were tinkering with scratch. We thought of 5 things then shared this with our partners.

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Once we had reminded ourselves of the capabilities of Scratch, we explored making a loop by using sounds for our sprite and having them play the sounds at the same time.

Case Study One Reflection

25th September 2025Nicola Robson

During case study one LKS2 have been learning about the the origins of the Roman Empire and how they changed Britain.

Today the children completed their case study reflection using Padlet. They worked in small groups to answer questions and I was really impressed with how much they could recall from the past few weeks. Please scan the QR code to see their work.

Roman Religion

24th September 2025Nicola Robson

Today were learnt that Romans didn’t just believe in one God like Christians do but they believed in many Gods and Goddesses. This is called polytheism.

We started by taking part in a gallery walk to find out the names and roles of lots of different Roman Gods. We then discussed the different festivals and how they link to Roman festivals.

I loved seeing the drawings the children produced too!

PVPG

24th September 2025Nicola Robson

Today was our final PVPG lesson and I was extremely impressed by how much the children have learnt and remembered from Year 2. It can’t wait to see what we can achieve together in writing this year!

Tinkering with Scratch

24th September 2025Ruth Shields

Year started a new unit in computing this week which will be starting to explore the coding programme Scratch. Children had the opportunity to explore the different blocks, starting to build a code and changing their background and sprite. Before we ended the lesson, some children shared their code with the rest of the class on the big screen.

Who was Boudicca?

17th September 2025Nicola Robson

Today in expedition we learnt about Boudicca and how she fought against the Roman invasion. The children had to decide if they thought she was a hero or trouble maker. This led to a healthy debate as each child shared their opinions.