Today we have been looking carefully at the patterns on the fur and skins of different animals. We mixed paint to create the correct colours and shades, then we painted the markings of different animals. Can you spot which ones we painted?

It has been another busy week at Hoyland Common Primary School, the week started with the pupils in Y3/4 visiting the film and photography museum in Bradford as part of their ‘Lights, Camera, Action’ topic, they learnt all about television and film and how TV programmes are made. On Thursday…

Yesterday we celebrated St George’s Day.  We listened to the story and then discussed it with a partner. Then we had a challenge. We were each given a piece of a picture of a dragon to paint.             Finally we put all the pictures together to make the dragon….

Our fearsome dragon.    

Here’s a taste of the wonderful day we spent at Chester Zoo. Chester Zoo trip

I hope you have all had a relaxing Easter Break and are all ready for the term ahead. It has been a fantastic first week back and children have returned refreshed and enthused. The highlight of the first week has been the 2 wonderful performances of the Y3/4 Easter production….

We saw so many animals today! Elephants, rhinos, zebras, giraffes, lions, tigers, bears, cheetahs, chimpanzees, orangutans, monkeys…and so many more! We found out lots of new facts about all the curious animals. It was fantastic.      

We’ve had an amazing time at the zoo today. We saw lots of different animals. What was your favourite?  What new facts did you find out?

Today we have been using our knowledge of the 4 operations to make a target number. We worked really hard.            

Some children very kindly brought in their pets today so that we could discuss and write about the different animals we have in our homes. We had a guinea pig, gerbils, a hamster, a tortoise, a snail and a rabbit. Wow!