Nightingale Class Y4 & Y5 2019-2020
Welcome to Nightingale Class!
We are a mixed class of Year 4s and Year 5s who are taught by Mrs Possnett (Mondays to Wednesdays) and Mrs Peters (Wednesdays to Fridays). We also have Mrs Moss and Mrs Trollope in with us full-time, to help with our learning.
It's World Book Day!
In DT we have been talking about air resistance. Here we are making the parachutes we designed. Next time, we will be attaching egg "passengers" and testing the chutes. Will our eggs survive the fall??
Look at our wonderful abstract animals!
On Friday 7th February we visited The Collection and then RAF Scampton. It was a fantastic day!
Here's what the Nightingales will be busy studying this Spring Term!
We're so proud of our fantastic Mod-Roc landscapes now they're painted! See what geographical features you can spot.
Nightingales try their hands at creating their own landscapes out of Mod-Roc. Keep watching for the painted products!
Well done everyone! Our Bake Sale raised a grand total of £31.85! Clearly, we all LOVE cake!
NEWSFLASH! NIGHTINGALES BAKE SALE WEDNESDAY 5TH FEBRUARY - please bring cakes and some money!!
Music of the Seasons - we listened to Vivaldi's The Four Seasons and created our own music to match different times of year.
We're continuing with our PDSA Petwise Award. We discuss welfare for animals, but also for ourselves. Are we happy and healthy?
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Happy new year and welcome back Nightingales!
This term, we will be studying Lincolnshire from the Air. In History, we will be finding out about the RAF in our county and learning about Bomber Command. We will discover why and where children were evacuated and understand the importance of the Women's Land Army. In Geography, we will study Lincolnshire's features and use symbols to create our own maps and landscapes. It's going to be a busy term!
CHRISTMAS HAS ARRIVED IN NIGHTINGALE CLASS!
Today, we have been making Hot Chocolate Marshmallow Snowmen in jars - just add 300ml of warm milk, dunk your snowman and enjoy!
Year 4 Scientists today have been investigating materials to create their own ear defenders!
On Wednesday we held a Roman Court to try a number of citizens charged with crimes. Our jurors had to decide whether they were innocent or guilty, using the evidence the witnesses provided.
The Year 4 scientists have moved on to the Sound topic this term. Here we are experimenting with sound waves in water, making different sounds using musical instruments and acting out how sound reaches our ears!
It was our class assembly this morning. If you came to see it, we hope you enjoyed it! If not, here are some pictures of our performance.
It's the Nightingale Class assembly on Wednesday 27th November. We hope that you can join us to hear all about what we've been doing so far this year!
Here we are making Roman flatbread. It needs to prove. Hope it tastes good!
Libum (Ancient Roman cheesecake)
Ingredients: half a cup of plain flour, 1 cup of ricotta cheese, 1 beaten egg & half a cup of clear honey
Method: Put the flour into a bowl and beat in the cheese until the mixture is soft. Stir in the flour. Add the egg to make a dough. Divide the dough into four small bun shapes. Bake them in the oven for 35-40 minutes or until the buns are golden brown. Warm the honey and pour it onto a plate. Place the cooked buns on top so that they soak up the honey. Enjoy the cake while it's still warm. Yum! (You can see pictures of us making the cake, and the finished product below).
As we have been studying Romans in Rebels and Resistance, we made Libum (Ancient Roman Cake). It was delicious!
We made textured firework art with Mrs Peters
Lots of stunning artwork this week. Remembrance poppies in the style of Georgia O'Keeffe with Mrs Possnett
YEAR 4 SCIENCE WITH NIGHTINGALES AND BUZZARDS - THE WONDERFUL WATER CYCLE - as today was "No Pens Day", we had some good discussions about the water cycle and carried out some experiments. We saw how rain falls from clouds (using foam and blue food colouring) and watched salty, blue water evaporate and condense into clear, clean water!
We had great fun this week building our catapults and measuring in metres, centimetres and millimetres how far we could propel cotton wool balls.
We have been studying Raksha Bandan in RE. It's a day when brothers and sisters are kind to each other! Sisters give their brothers Rakhi bracelets. Here are some of our designs.
In Maths with Mrs Peters this week, we have enjoyed solving money problems involving pounds and pence.
This week, we have also been using our technical skills by carefully cutting out and building models of Roman catapults. Next week we will have a go at designing our own!
Look how creative we have been, making and painting Roman oil lamps!
Have you seen us in our Roman gladiator outfits? We are guarding Fort Philomela (that's Nightingale in Latin!)
Here are some of our fantastic creations based on Roman mosaic patterns - we used more colours than they would have done!
Year 4 Science - today, Milla was responsible for bursting the balloon as we investigated whether gases weigh anything. They do!!
Wednesday was Roman Day and we had an exciting visit from Severus Septimus. Here we are, all dressed up and ready to go!
We enjoyed learning about Roman weaponry, soldiering skills, food and everyday life with Severus' fascinating artefacts.
We're doing really well working towards the first level in the PDSA Petwise Award!
It was our Harvest Assembly this morning. We wrote and recited some fruit and vegetable riddles. Here we are performing.
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YEAR 4 SCIENCE - this week we have been investigating gases by adding solids to different liquids. Watch the chemical reaction!
PSHE
As part of our Personal, Social, Health and Economic learning this year, Nightingale Class will be working towards the PDSA's Petwise Award. This award is designed to teach the children about the 5 most important welfare needs of animals, but these needs apply to us too. Have a look below at our progress so far and some of our launch work.
Our Hindu visitor, Sunita, came to school on Monday. We had a fantastic time!
Year 4 Science - States of Matter - this week we experimented with solids, liquids and gases to find the differences.
We are very proud of our natural artwork in the style of Andy Goldsworthy.
Having fun and learning new skills in our Judo session with Lincoln Judo Academy.
Rebels and Resistance!
Mrs Possnett and Mrs Peters are looking forward to welcoming you back after what we hope has been a wonderful Summer holiday. Last year was really action-packed and we're sure that the 2019-2020 school year will be busier still, with lots of hard work and fun along the way!
We have an exciting Autumn Term ahead of us with interesting things to explore and investigate. Our theme will be resistance in Britain from Roman to Modern Times and some examples from abroad too. We'll be learning about the Roman Empire and may even have a visit from a Roman to tell us all about his life. Do you know what resistance means or, if not, can you find out before you come back? What resistance met the Romans in Britain? There was a famous female warrior - do you know her name and her story?
