Year 3 and 4 Photo Gallery 2025-2026

Year 4 sCIENCE

In Science, the children made an arm using card for the bones, split pins for the elbow and elastic band to represent triceps and biceps. This helped them learn that when one set of muscles contracts, the other relaxes.
 

iron man

The children used drama to explore the characters of the farmers from our class novel, Ted Hughes' Iron Man.

YEAR 4 jUMPING

Year 4 was conducting an investigation to find out if people with longer femurs jump further than people with shorter femurs.

This week in Panda's for our 'Time to shine', Rose shared her love for dancing and performing! Rose very kindly brought in some photographs where her class friends could see her dancing and singing on stage. We were also very lucky to see her sparkly dance trophies! Wow! Thank you Rose!

YEar 4 Netball

This term, some of our Year 4 pupils have had the exciting opportunity to learn and develop their skills in Bee Netball. They’ve been working hard to practise the techniques needed to play the game confidently. Today, those children were able to put their skills into action by taking part in a Netball Festival, where they proudly showcased what they’ve learned.

Ilana's Time to Shine

 
This week, we were lucky enough to learn all about Ilana's hobbies and interests during her 'Time to Shine'. Not only is Ilana an accomplished swimmer, dancer, cyclist and athlete, but she has also achieved her yellow belt in karate and kindly demonstrated the kata she knows. She even enjoys a spot of baking in her spare time! Ilana, you are clearly a girl of many talents.

FRANKIE'S TIME TO SHINE

In Pandas this week for our 'Time to shine', Frankie brought in photos of his lovely farm animals and told us their names. Frankie told us all about how he takes care of them and he even kindly brought Miss Robson some eggs! Miss Robson said they were delicious! Yum! Thank you Frankie.

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Adrian's Time to shine

Adrian did a fantastic time to shine presentation on Tuesday where he showed the class his sketchbook. Adrien does an online art class once a week and enjoys drawing whenever he can. In his sketch book, he showed the children a range of artworks where he has used pencil, coloured pencil and oil pastels. He has even inspired many in the class to create their own artworks this week!

exploring

Orangutans have been exploring a range of different outside textures, and using a range of different media to make rubbings. Using these rubbings, children have then created a nature themed piece of art using their newly learned technique, frottage. 

Mia Time to Shine

Mia brought in her football trophies for her Time to Shine. She shared her successes and our class so proud of her!
 
Well done Mia!
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Charlie's Time to shine

This week in Panda's for our 'Time to shine', Charlie brought his football team shirt in and some lovely photos. Charlie shared with the class what his favourite things were about playing football, and it was also lovely to see we had some of his teammates in our class! Thank you Charlie!

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Year 4 Gymnastics Festival 

 
The Year 4 children had the opportunity to go to Durham City Gymnastics and try out a range of different activities which introduced them to different areas of Gymnastics. The children got to bounce along the fast track, try out different types of jumps on the trampoline, explore rolling techniques and even travel along the balance beam. It was a fun experience that allowed the children to practice their balancing, jumping, rolling and travelling skills.
 

AIDEN'S TIME TO SHINE

In Panda's this week our 'Time to Shine' pupil was Aiden. Aiden created a PowerPoint presentation at home all about fossils, he even made his own fossils to show and gift his class. Aiden discussed different kinds of fossils and shared images from his trip to a museum. The children thoroughly enjoyed identifying different types of fossils and Aiden's fossil quiz. Thank you, Aiden!
 
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yEAR 3 re

In our RE lessons, we are focusing on the religion 'Hinduism'. Siyona very kindly brought some items from her shrine at home to share with the class. Siyona discussed how she worships at home with her family and explained the importance of each item. Thank you, Siyona!
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tri-golf festival

Year 3 went to a Tri-Golf festival on Thursday and spent the morning practising their golf skills by playing a range games. Every child had the opportunity to take part in each activity and represented our school excellently!

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tigers big debate!

Our young debaters in Tigers Class went head-to-head in a lively discussion about the best city in the North East – Durham vs Sunderland. We were thoroughly impressed by their persuasive arguments, backed by the facts and evidence they gathered during their fact-finding mission homework. It was a brilliant showcase of research, critical thinking and public speaking!

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TIGERS GEOGRAPGY

Tigers Class put their geography skills to the test with a fun 'mapping from memory' challenge! Using teamwork and sharp recall, they recreated maps of the UK’s physical features, including mountains, hills and rivers. It was a fantastic way to learn about our landscape while building memory and collaboration skills!

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Luke's Time to Shine

Luke impressed us all during his Time to Shine, proudly sharing his Park Run and Mini Mudder successes with Tigers Class. When asked about his next sporting goal, he explained that he would love to complete a mini marathon. We have no doubt, Luke, that you will make this ambition a reality. Thank you for inspiring us all with your fantastic achievements!

Magical Autumn Apples

This week, we have been inspired by the autumn equinox and the wonderful signs of the season all around us. During our trip to the school garden, we foraged some apples and discussed the seasonal treasures that nature provides. Back in class, Mrs Chadwick shared the enchanting tale of how the apple got its beautiful star. The children were captivated, and we were all reminded that nature truly is magical!
 

Time To Shine - Orangutans

On Tuesday, Arish was our first Orangutan and he presented and spoke about somebody really special to him, his baby brother. He showed the class a very smart photo and even shared a fact file that he'd created all about him. 
Well done Arish! 
 

Year 4 Tennis