Year 4

Year 4 blog

This half-term, Year 4 have been thinking about ‘who makes the rules?’ and learning about ‘teenagers who have changed the world’. We have researched inspirational girls – Malala Yousafzai, Greta Thunberg, Emma Gonzalez – and learnt a little about what has made them so dedicated, courageous and determined. Using the internet and library, we have… Read more…

Year 4 Swimming!    Basketball!     Puppet making!   Animation! These are just a few of the reasons why your children are coming home from school exhausted yet happy. On top of this, they have been perfecting their writing of newspaper reports, improving their addition and subtraction skills and learning all about light and reflections in Science.

Our school council have been working really hard so far this year and have made so many improvements to Bankwood Primary Community School. As a special treat, they visited Proove Pizza to learn how to make a fresh pizza. They discovered that pizza originated from Greece and that years ago, cheese was often considered too… Read more…

Many thanks to everyone for bringing in plastic bottles; we received over 300!. We have created our Bankwood tribute to the many soldiers that fought and those who did not return home after World War One. Another well done to the children for their maturity during the special assemblies held this week.

Last half-term, the school took part in ‘Classtronauts’ where an object is sent, videoed and tracked on its journey into the stratosphere. The y2 children built the astronaut and the y6 children are currently examining the data received. Current findings tell us that the balloon, and its contents, reached an altitude of around 32,280 m… Read more…