Y4 joined 12 other schools to take part in the musical melting pot which is the Great Orchestra Experiment on March 27.
Held at Nottingham’s Albert Hall, the children joined hundreds of others as they played their clarinets and trumpets as well as taking part in a huge cross-school choir.
Performing tracks from all over the world, ranging from Mexico’s Tequila to Russian symphonies from Tchaikovsky, the budding musicians had a brilliant time all rounded off with hits from The Greatest Showman.
THE children in Y4 descended into the past on March 20, as they explored Nottingham’s City of Caves.
As part of their Welcome to the UK topic, the children learned all about the caves’ medieval past, role in the Second World War as an air-raid shelter and the history of the rock formations themselves.
YEAR 4 took part in an energetic skipping session to kick start their day on March 20.
The children had to skip for two minutes while their skipping rope counted the number of rotations the rope did before trying to beat their total a few minutes later.
They were then urged to track their progress over the weeks to come.
TWO Notts County midfielders popped into St Mary’s to join in some P.E sessions and take part in a Q&A session on March 19th.
The players, Alex Howes and Rob Milsom, joined in some team games on the playground as part of the Primary Goals Project run by the club, before answering a range of questions from the children.
The children were impressed to hear Rob had played against Ronaldo when he was at Manchester United.
The children testing some rocket balloons.
Year 4 rounded off a day of science fun with a visit from the Sublime Science team in the hall.
After testing balloon rockets, the children all learned about the absorbent properties of polymer and how to squeeze a water balloon into a glass flask using a wooden splint and a flame.
They returned to class ready to use ingredients to make their own slime and sherbet.
Faith and Julianna testing the biscuits.
Year 3 and 4 combining for the morning to celebrate Science Week on March 13. The children had to predict which biscuit from a range of five types would ‘survive’ the best in a cup of hot water for one minute each.
After making a range of predictions, they discovered Rich Tea was the most durable. Following a class discussion, they analysed their results and wrote up their conclusion of the comparative test.
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Y4 had a whale of a time dressing up as their favourite book characters as they joined the rest of the country on March 7 in celebrating World Book Day. From Wimpy Kid to Gangster Granny, Heidi to Harry Potter – … Continue reading