Year 4 Sky Blog
Children’s Mental Health Week
This week in school we have been considering how we belong and the impact it can have on our mental health and well-being. We had an assembly on Monday and have continued to look at mental health through the week in our PSHE lessons. We have learnt the importance of...
Severn Trent Water Visit
Year 3 and 4 had a visit from Andy who works for Severn Trent water. He came to discuss water waste and how we can make a difference to save water. It was very interesting and then we had an activity to complete. Andy gave us a range of 'families' who live on water...
The Iron Man
We have been completing work around the story of the Iron Man by Ted Hughes. We have created a specific word dictionary of words only associated with the story and also created our own little paper 3D iron man. He was a little tricky to do but through perseverance and...
Edgemond Hall 2026 – Monday 9th February
Roman Day
On Friday we had a Roman workshop day, where we looked at Roman artefacts, learnt to play Roman games and quizzed. In the afternoon we looked at Roman armour and weapons, learnt all about Boudica's Rebellion and Gladiatorial battles. It was an amazing day where we...
Theatre Company Visit
For anti-bullying week we completed many activities and learnt about the 'bullies network'. On Thursday afternoon we had a theatre company visit us who performed a production called 'Hope'. It was about a girl who had been bullied at her school and then she came face...
Safety Seymour Visit
Last week we had a visit from the CO crew. First thing in the morning we had an assembly with Julie and Al to learn about Carbon Monoxide. We realised that you can't hear it, smell it, taste it, touch it or see it! We learnt that you need to have a special detector...
Science circuits
In Science we have been creating electrical circuits using wires, bulbs and batteries. We extended our learning to find out what would happen if we used more batteries and this week we have been looking at complete and incomplete circuits, making predictions and then...
Flight Day
Year 5 visited Perryfields High School last week for "Flight Day". They watched and learnt about different birds of prey, swooping through the school hall. Following this, they participated in some PE activities on the trampoline. After lunch, they attended Art and DT...
Symphony Hall Performance
On Sunday 29th June, the School Choir performed at Birmingham's Symphony Hall for the SIPS Music Plays Symphony Hall show. The Choir worked so incredibly hard for this amazing opportunity. All their hard work paid off as they sounded amazing, it was clear they have a...
Bishops Wood 2025
What a fabulous day Year four spent at Bishops Wood outdoor learning centre. The weather was absolutely perfect. The children learnt more about Anglo-Saxons, how they invaded, what their houses were like, how to light a fire using flint and charcloth. Then we built a...
Road Safety
Today we have had Louise from Sandwell Road Safety Education Team visit. She has delivered assemblies to KS1 and Year 4 & 5. Then class workshops with Year 3 and 6. The children learnt all about crossing safely, car safety and a catchy little song for a reminder....
Andy Goldsworthy Art
Look at our wonderful natural art, we took inspiration from the artist, Andy Goldsworthy.
Biscuit Making
On Friday we made and iced shortcake biscuits. We rubbed the butter into the flour, added the sugar and then rolled out the mixture. We used a variety of cutters to create our biscuit shapes. After the baking we then decorated them with icing and sprinkles. They were...
Day Three At Frank Chapman
This morning we all took part in some orienteering in the forest before completing our diaries and packing to come home.
Day Two At Frank Chapman
We have had another fun filled day after a short night's sleep! Different groups have taken part in a high level ropes course, crate stacking, archery, caving (man-made!), team building activities and the blind-line. Mrs Houghton, Miss Francis, Miss Richardson, Mr...
VE Day Celebration and awareness
Today we have been celebrating and learning all about VE Day. After our Praise assembly this morning we took part in a live Picture News zoom session. Afterwards we learnt more about VE Day and why it was a relief for some and heartbreak for others. We then researched...
Day One At Frank Chapman
We have had a busy first day at Frank Chapman. The weather has been great so we have really enjoyed the archery, blind-line obstacle course, crate stacking and high level ropes challenge. We enjoyed our tea and evening walk in the woods (deer antler find included!)...
Sparks Visit
Today we have had a visit from Oldbury fire station crew to teach us about fire safety and the role that they do. We also had the opportunity to look at all the equipment on the fire engine.
PSHE
This afternoon we have had an awesome time thinking about our emotions, feelings and how relationships impact on them. We discussed how emotions can be linked to colours and animals and words. We then thought about our key relationships and drew a picture. You can see...
Safer Internet Day
This week has been Safer Internet Day - We have learnt about staying safe using online platforms and keeping a check on our mental well being by monitoring our device usage. We completed a task using purplemash.