Projects

Miss Matthiae visited 4P today to have a read of the homework projects and story books that children wrote over the half term break. She was so impressed that she awarded every single project with a head teacher’s award! Congratulations to all of those children. I thoroughly enjoyed reading them all too, I learned so many facts! It is great to see so many members of 4P taking control over their own learning.

There were some fantastic story books too, I think there may be some blossoming authors among us!

Keep up all of your hard work everyone.

P.E. in the dark!

On Thursday in P.E. we set up obstacle courses for our team members to complete. Sounds easy? Well not whilst you’re blindfolded. We had to trust our partners to guide us through the obstacle course as we couldn’t see a thing! We had to use our speaking and listening skills. Some of us realised we need to improve giving verbal instructions!

Overcoming our barriers to learning!

Welcome back everybody!

Today we began our new “Social and Emotial Aspects of Learning” topic which is “Going for Goals.” As part of this topic we have been thinking about our favourite ways to learn and what things can sometimes prevent us from learning.

We have been creating our own “Barriers to Learning” games in teams. Most of us chose a “Snakes and Ladders” style format. It’s been a fun way to get us thinking about how we can overcome any barriers we may face while trying to learn at home or school.

What are your favourite ways to learn? What do you think your biggest barrier to learning is? How are you going to try and overcome it?

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Merry Christmas everyone!

Only 3 days left of school before we break up for our Christmas holidays! We would like to wish everyone a happy, safe and merry Christmas. Come back in 2012 to find out more about our learning in 4p. Our topic next term is Ancient Greece. Exciting times ahead!

Merry Christmas from 4P!

Homework success.

Congratulations to all of these children who handed every single piece of homework in ON TIME this half term! Truly fantastic, keep up the hard work. I wonder who will win homework prizes next half term?

Christmas fun at BMJ!

On Friday we had our annual school Christmas disco. Great fun was had by all. We had dancing competitions, stalls to buy Christmas presents and face painting! We’re certainly all in the Christmas spirit now.

 

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How to do grid method.

For our Hawaiian friends (and anybody else who may have been wondering!)

Here is a video to show you how to do grid method. Maybe you could try it out and let us know what you think. We’re looking forward to reading your blog next Thursday.

 

 

A message from Pie Corbett!

We were very excited this morning to find a comment on our blog from none other than Pie Corbett! He was very impressed with our Rainforest Walk poems! He had the fantastic idea of writing poems about our local area. This idea fits in perfectly with our topic work as we have been comparing and contrasting the rainforest to Birmingham.

This afternoon we got straight to it, discussing all of the different things we can see, hear, taste, touch and smell in Kings Norton and Birmingham. Here are some of our poems…..

As I walk through Birmingham

As I walk down my street in Birmingham what can I see?

I can see a black and white cat as fat as a bin overloaded with trash.

 

As I walk down my street in Birmingham what can I hear?

A beautiful bird singing like thousands of people in an outstanding choir.

 

As I walk down my street in Birmingham what can I smell?

A lovely Sunday dinner wafting in the breeze like a house that has just been cleaned.

 

As I walk down my street in Birmingham what can I touch?

The flexible grass as smooth and long as wheat in a huge field.

 

As  walk down my street in Birmingham what can I taste?

A sweet cherry like melted chocolate crashing on my tongue.

By K.C.

 

The Birmingham Walk

As I walk through Birmingham what can I see?

I can see the sun shining as bright as a brand new bike.

 

As I walk through Birmingham what can I hear?

I can hear the pretty birds tweeting beautifully like a thousand children whistling.

 

As I walk through Birmingham what can I smell?

I can smell the delicious fish and chips wafting through the windows like wind rattling through the trees.

 

As I walk through Birmingham what can I touch?

I can touch the bark of an old, oak tree as rough as sandpaper.

By N.S.

The Birmingham Walk

As I walk down my street what can I see?

I can see some tall houses standing as still as a sculpture getting painted in bright colours.

 

As I walk down my street what can I hear?

I can hear a barbecue rattling like some popcorn popping in a popcorn machine.

 

As I walk down my street what can I smell?

I can smell some French perfume as sweet as roses getting picked by farmers.

 

As I walk down my street what can I touch?

I can touch my wooly jumper like the wool of sheep bathing in the sun.

 

As I walk down my street what can I taste?

I can taste my Sunday dinner as delicious as sweet chocolate melting on my tongue.

By C.C.

 

As I walk down my street

As I walk down my street what can I see?

A beautiful bluebird quickly flapping it’s wings like a leaf being blown in the wind.

 

As I walk down my street what can I hear?

A big car zooming past me noisily like a thousand croaking frogs.

 

As I walk down my street what can I smell?

Fish and chips from a shop not far away

As fresh as a loaf of warm bread.

 

As I stroll down my street what can I touch?

The waving grass blowing slowly in the wind like a feather drifting down the lake.

 

As I walk through the street what can I taste?

Fresh fruit from the trees as delicious as Sunday lunch.

By C.M.

 

Thank you for the idea Mr Corbett, we hope you enjoy reading our poetry as much as we enjoyed writing it!

Our Rainforest Walk Poems

Here are a selection of our “Rainforest Walk” poems. We hope you like them!