Y4 Rousseau’s Rainforest Dioramas
As part of our Amazonian Adventure Learning Journey, we studied the art of Henri Rousseau, and discovered lots about how he painted rainforest scenes in a ‘naive’ way, without ever having left France to see a rainforest for real. We used some of his ideas to create our own shoebox ‘dioramas’, with each layer representing […]
Y4 Amazonian Adventure Outdoor Learning
To support our learning about South America, the Amazon Rainforest and Amazon River, we made links between the flora we find in Britain and that of the rainforest. Over several weeks we looked at tree types, compared leaf sizes, and made 3D images showing the layers of the rainforest. We also acted out some Amazonian […]
Y4 The SpiDOREwick Chronicles
To get our lovely new classes settled into Y4, we used the ‘Spiderwick Chronicles’ as the inspiration for our first couple weeks of learning. We used the story for book study, then investigated the mysterious creatures you can find when you gain ‘the sight’ (the ability to see into the invisible world of faeries). To […]
Y4 Legendary Legionaries (The Romans in Britain)
As part of our learning about the Roman invasion of Britain, and how they changed life across their empire, we experienced Roman road making and arch building, were visited by Boudicca, queen of the Iceni, and spent the day as Roman soldiers training, cooking (flatbreads and dips from across the Empire) and camping. These activities […]