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For the year 3/4 home learning project, the pupils had to design and then build a boat out of any materials with a criteria that the boat must float. The children came up with some fantastic designs and the finished boats floated superbly.

A Fairytale Ending!

What a challenge! Year 3 and 4 decided to create a stunning performance in only a day. They had great fun acting, dressing up and improvising. The children loved it too! The story was a journey made by Shrek through a land of fairytales mixed up by the Evil Queen. Enjoy the photos to see the fun we all had.

Robots Run Wild At Fryern

Well, they weren't running wild but there were plenty of fantastic robots produced at home for the year 3/4 home learning project. The children obviously worked hard to produce their robots as the quality was outstanding. Thank you to everyone who supported their children with this task.

Sparsholt Visit

On a very cold day in November, year 3/4 visited Sparsholt. The children studied different properties of rocks and soils and had fun digging up samples from the cold, hard ground. They then visited the pigs and learnt how to recycle the waste from their lunch boxes to round off a fun and educational visit.

A Visit From The Twits

Our very talented teachers, Mr Firkin and Mr Smith visited the school in the form of Mr and Mrs Twit. Looking fabulous and sporting a long, black beard covered in cereal, worms and fish bones, Mr Twit made us laugh with his obviously talented acting skills! The shrieking voice of Mrs Twit, telling off Mr Twit for his appalling antics was the highlight of the show. The children enjoyed the Twits and created some excellent writing following the show.

Bags of Fun

Year 3/4 designed different bags for different purposes, such as carrying something heavy or holding a gift, to lauch our new topic "material world". We had great fun creating the bags. The finished products were bright, colourful, practical and successful.

Chemical Chaos....

At Fryern we believe the best way to learn science is to "do science"! This year we have been doing just that. Practical investigations are a big part of our science lessons where the children can plan and explore their ideas. Our whole school science day (June 08) involved "Chemical Chaos" in year 6, "The Waving Hand" in year 5 and "Parachuting Eggs" in years 3 and 4. The noise, mess and smell was awful but needless to say the children loved it.

Living The Life Of Tudor...

During our school trip to the Weald and Downland Tudor museum we had a look around some Tudor houses. We then split into groups and completed activities. The first group made a traditional Tudor medicine whilst the second group took part in a Tudor cookery lesson. After lunch we swapped activities. We all had fun and learnt more information about Tudor life. (Written by year 3 pupil)

Stitch Me Up!

Designing and making pencil cases was a real challenge for years 3 and 4 but great fun.

The finished products are colourful and whacky, reflecting the character of the pupil who made it!

Here they are, proudly displayed by their owners.

Henry VIII Couldn't Dance Like This!

Years 3 and 4 have been practising Tudor dancing linked to our Tudor Topic.

We have performed several dances using the Tudor steps that we have learned:

• the Earl of Essex
  
• a pavonne


• Branle des Sabots


• the Black Armaine
  

We have also made up our own Tudor dances in small groups. This was great fun!