Recent Activities
The children have had a great time learning about the stone age and making their own stone tools.
W/C 20th September
Robins creating some cave paintings in class this week.
Cave paintings
Wednesday 29th June 2022. School visit to Minehead as part of our Eco-Warrior Week.
Tuesday 28th June 2022. Today, the children enjoyed a workshop via video link with Carymoor recycling centre. The workshop was based on 'Plastic'.
Tuesday 21st June 2022. Robins have been reading their reports which announce that dragons have been sighted over Kingston St Mary. Police were disturbed to see an adult Somerset Ridgeback Dragon swooping over the village. Residents have recently claimed that baby dragons have been seen breaking out of their shells. Residents warned to stay indoors.
Tuesday 24th May 2022. Our Jubilee hat designs are finished!
Monday 23rd May 2022. This morning the children have been designing and making their Jubilee hats.
Thursday 5th May 2022. Today we have been thinking about the rainforest. We have been looking closely at seed pods and discussing seed dispersal.
Friday 29th April 2022. Today we have been testing our 'gondola' designs.
Thursday 28th April 2022. We are starting our new topic on a contrasting locality 'St Lucia'. Mrs Griffiths travelled there over the holidays. She was lucky enough to travel through the rainforest on a gondola. She asked us to design our own gondola that must move from one side of the classroom to the next. We will be taking these outside to see if they can travel from tree to tree.
Thursday 31st March 2022. Maths Day in Robins.
Wednesday 30th March 2022. This week in English the children having been looking at 'headlines'. Today we looked through some old newspapers that were published over 50 years ago.
Thursday 24th March 2022. In Maths, the children have been finding out about Pi and produced these wonderful dream catchers.
Friday 18th March 2022. Red Nose Day in Robins Class.
Thursday 10th March 2022. Designing posters about 'PEACE'.
Thursday 13th January 2022. Goodbye Mrs Sebright!
Tuesday 12th January. Robins have been dressing up as Vikings today.
Monday 10th January 2022. Viking shields and puppets.
Wednesday 5th January 2022. Today we started our topic by constructing a timeline of the Anglo Saxons and Vikings.
Friday 10th December 2021. It's 'Save The Children' Christmas Jumper Day! Yesterday, we also made these beautiful Christmas stars.
Class Bubble Closure
Hi Robins. I have put some work on Purple Mash and Google Classroom for you to complete. You don't have to do all of it, you can choose. If you have any problems you can email me jgriffiths@educ.somerset.gov.uk . Stay safe and we'll be together again soon. We miss you already x
Wednesday 1st December. Today we have been linking our Science and English work. We carried out experiments using solids and liquids. We then had to write up our potions using conjunctions and time connectives.
This week we have been continuing with our 'Wonderful Wizards' theme. The children were able to link their English with their maths by designing their own school. They discussed angles, scale, coordinates and measurement. I was very impressed with their overall designs.
Monday 22nd November 2021. Over the last few weeks we have been finding out about the changing states of matter. We have experimented with liquids, solids and gasses. We have had lot's of fun!
Wednesday 17th November. Robins are all 'magical' at maths. Over the last couple of weeks, we have been studying addition and subtraction.
Tuesday 16th November. Well done to Robins for completing their homework of designing a magical potion and a new perfume.
Tuesday 19th October. Today was the end of our 'Goblinology' topic in English. We celebrated by making goblin masks and acting out stories in the woods.
Wednesday 13th October. Harvesting vegetables from our class vegetable patch.
Wednesday 13th October 2021. Space Dome Adventure.
Friday 1st October. This week we have been planning, editing and publishing our Goblin Reports.
Friday 24th September. Sunflower pictures to go in our local church.
Friday 17th September. Our topic this term is 'Bodies, Burps and Bile'. We have been looking at our skeletons.
Friday 17th September. Robins have been studying the work by Pablo Picasso. We particularly found his work on 'cubism' interesting.
Friday 10th September. Robins Ukulele lessons. We had so much fun this afternoon!
Friday 10th September 2021. What have we been doing during our first week back?
Thursday 22nd July 2021. Greek God Rap!
Wednesday 14th July 2021. We have been looking carefully at the trees around our local community.
Thursday 1st July 2021. Celebrating Wimbledon with tennis and strawberries!
Wednesday 16th June 2021. Electricity and Magnet afternoon.
June 21 - Year 3 looked at a Robin's nest and then made their own nests.
June 2021. We have been getting the garden ready for planting up. We have also been creating areas for insects.
Thursday 27th May 2021. Well done Gracie for completing a 'Litter Pick' in her local community.
Tuesday 25th May 2021.During Pentecost, the desciples could not see the Holy Spirit but they could feel wind blowing through the room and see tongues of fire. We made some windmills as a reminder that their power is all around us.
Tuesday 18th May. Well done to Imogen and her family for completing a community 'litter pick' over the weekend.
Thursday 13th May. What is the Caesar cipher?
Tuesday 11th May 2021. Well done to Finley and his family for 'litter picking' over the weekend. You have really helped the local community.
Monday 10th May 2021. Robins have been working very hard with Mr Clarke. Don't forget to check out his music tutorials on YouTube.
Friday 7th May 2021. Today in tennis we have been practising our throwing skills. The children have made huge improvements since last week. Well done Robins!
Thursday 6th May 2021. Maths in Robins.
Monday 26th April 2021. Today we have been serving others by undertaking a 'Litter Pick. It was great fun!
Friday 23rd April 2021. Today we decided to plant our Dwarf French Beans ready for our competition. We had to decide upon their ideal growing conditions. Do we need to plant them in direct sunlight? Does the seed need to be covered in soil? We will find out over the next few weeks.
Friday 24th April. Today we started our tennis lessons.
Thursday 23rd April. It's World Earth Day!
Well done Jesse, who won our class Easter raffle. Children have been given a raffle ticket over the last half term for showing examples of our Christian Values or making exceptional progress in class. Jesse won a Malteser Easter egg and a family ticket to Fern Animal Sanctuary for one year.
Thursday 1st April. Enjoying our hot cross buns and Easter biscuits!
Wednesday 24th March. What a beautiful afternoon painting Spring flowers with watercolours!
Wednesday March 24th. Designing and decorating our Easter tree which can be found in our reflective area.
March 2021. It's great to be back at school!
February 2021 Home Learning.
Thursday 14th January 2021 Photo's to make you laugh!
Thursday 7th January 2021. Roman Homework. Ella has made some delicious 'Honey Cakes' today. She followed a Roman recipe. Well done Ella!
Thursday 17th December 2020. Thank you for all the wonderful donations to our class raffle. We were able to raise £190 towards classroom resources.
Wednesday 16th December. Christmas Nativity Day in Robins.
Tuesday 15th December 2020. Enjoying a delicious Christmas packed lunch!
Friday 11th December 2020. 3D Robins and Wreaths.
Thursday 10th December. We have started our Christmas snow characters.
Friday 27th November. Advent starts this Sunday. Today we designed some Christmas wreaths out of recycled materials. We were really pleased with the results.
Friday 27th November. A very cold and frosty PE lesson. We still had lots of fun!
Monday 23rd November. Writing a persuasive advertisement for 'Marvellous Mud Trousers'.
Friday 13th November. Designing and decorating lanterns to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of light.
Friday 13th November 2020. Cross Country Trials.
Thursday 12th November. We are thrilled with our Stonehenge Powder Paint pictures.
Thursday 12th November 2020. Changing lives near Kingston St Mary. From coast to coast, in towns and cities right across the UK, BBC Children in Need is out there making a difference. The amazing projects they support help change the lives of disadvantaged children and young people all over the country. This year Robins are fundraising by coming to school dressed in their favourite PE kit. All the children gave a £1 donation.
Wednesday 11th November. Stonehenge Paintings using powder paints.
Wednesday 11th November Today we watched the service from Westminster Cathedral and then coloured our poppies. We are going to take them home to share in our communities.
Friday 6th November. Comparing rocks and soils.
Friday 6th November. Hunter gatherer camouflage designs (Autumn theme).
Thursday 5th November. We used rectangular-shaped biscuits to build scale models of Stonehenge. The children were confident with the layout of the stone circle and we also had lots of fun!
Wednesday 4th November. 3D Stonehenge models.
Monday 2nd November. Tilly and Ruben have been carving pumpkins over the weekend.
Friday 23rd October. Well done Robins for making excellent progress with your reading this half term. I hope you enjoyed the pizza I arranged for you this afternoon as a special treat. Mrs G
Friday 23rd October 2020. Robin's guitar performance.
Friday 23rd October. Witches and Zombies PE activity with Miss Storey.
Thursday 22nd October. Well done Imogen and Ruby for receiving your Blue Peter badge for playing the guitar.
Tuesday 20th October. Addition and Subtraction.
Thursday 15th October 2020. Well done to Jesse who got the ‘(wo)man of the match’ medal on Saturday in their match against Ashcott as she scored a hat trick!
Wednesday 14th October. Stone Age Survival. The children were challenged to become stone age hunter-gatherers. They were then asked to stick a picture of the food they were able to gather on the correct season. In which season were they able to gather the greatest variety of food?
Wednesday 14th October 2020. This week we have looking at the book 'Stone Age Boy'. We have been mapping the story and innovating with some fantastic ideas.
Wednesday 14th October 2020.' Mammoth Maths'. We have been working hard to improve our addition and subtraction skills.
Thursday 8th October 2020. Stone Age shelter designing and building.
Friday 9th October 2020. We have been making Stone Age tools out of things we find at home.
Thursday 8th October 2020. This week we have been making 3D Woolley Mammoths.
Autumn Term. Year 4 Ukulele lessons.
Thursday 1st October. Today we have been learning how to sketch stone age people.
Tuesday 29th September. Tilly's sunflower has been growing magnificently!
Tuesday 8th September. Today we have been designing our topic book covers.We are really glad to be back at school.
Monday 13th July 2020. Ruben wishes he hadn't planted his sunflower in his greenhouse. It's huge!
Tuesday 7th July 2020. Steffan has been having a go at our well-being activity this week. Brody and Finley have been baking with bananas and Jesse has been celebrating all her hard work through lock down with a huge bar of chocolate. Ruben received a Joe Wicks t-shirt for completing all his workouts.Well done everyone!
Monday 13th July 2020. Jesse has been stacking pebbles.
Monday 6th July 2020. Have a go at making some of these pictures out of pebbles you find on the beach. I managed to make lots of things from pebbles I found on Beer beach last weekend.
Friday 3rd July 2020. Some exciting activities have been happening in Somerset this week.
Thursday 2nd July 2020. Jesse has been enjoying our Well-being activities each week. This is her latest creation.
Friday 26th June 2020. Have a fantastic weekend everyone!
Thursday 25th June 2020. Everyone's been keeping themselves very busy this week. Well done everyone, keep up the good work!
Tuesday 23rd June. Pointillism Leaf Art by Ella and some delicious cakes made by Isabelle.R.
Monday 22nd June. Thank you Connor, Jacob and Jesse for sending me these super photo's. I've enjoyed hearing about the virtual quiz Jesse hosted last week. Well done to everyone that took part.
Friday 19th June 2020. Josh has been continuing to work hard and Isabelle has been practising her drawing skills. Well done both of you!
Monday 15th June 2020. Everyone's been having fun over the weekend.
Friday 12th June 2020. Home Learning is always fun in the garden.
Thursday 11th June. Freddie has been enjoying his swimming at Tarr Steps, helping his dad in the digger and growing his sunflower. Josh is continuing to work hard with spelling and writing. He also had a drawing competition with his mum.
Tuesday 9th June. Tom has been building some unique models with his Lego over the last week. He has also made some delicious homemade pizza.
Friday 5th June 2020. I think Jesse is winning our sunflower growing competition so far. Don't forget to send me your photographs each week.
Tuesday 2nd June 2020. What have you been doing over half term?
Friday 22nd June. Jesse has been doing lots of baking this week.
Thursday 21st May 2020. What have you been doing this week?
Monday 18th May. Tilly has been working hard this weekend in her garden.
Friday 18th May 2020. Everyone has been very busy this week. Well done to everyone who completed their tasks on Purple Mash and White Rose.
Thursday 14th May Some amazing photo's from this week.
Thursday 7th May 2020 We are getting ready to celebrate the 75th anniversary of V E Day.
Wednesday 6th May. Home learning activities this week.
Friday 1st May 2020 Thank you for all the fantastic photographs of your home learning activities.
Thursday 23rd April. Some of the fantastic activities families have been enjoying at home this week.
Monday 20th April 2020. Home learning in the Edwards and Holt houses looks fun!
Monday 20th April 2020. Well done to Jesse and William who raised £60 for the NHS by washing bikes and scooters over the Easter holidays.
Thursday 16th April. I have thoroughly enjoyed receiving all the lovely Emails from parents and pupils over the last couple of weeks. It has been wonderful to see all the fantastic activities you have been doing at home. Please keep sending me photographs so that I can upload them onto the website.
Thursday 26th March. Thank you so much for all the photographs you have sent me. It shows that learning at home does'nt just have to be about maths and English.
Friday 20th March. It's 'Fun Day Friday'. We are having hot chocolate and playing board games today while celebrating all our hard work over the last two terms.
Friday 7th March. We are learning to be brave when using the gym equipment.
Reading with the international students from Taunton School.
Thursday 5th March 2020. World Book Day activities and celebrations.
Friday 14th February. Putting the final touches to our Anglo-Saxon dance performance.
Thursday 13th February. Thank you to all the parents and children that came to our French Cafe. We raised £180.00 towards classroom resources.
Monday 10th February. It's the start of 'Enterprise Week'. We have been given a £50 budget to come up with ideas on how to improve an area of our school. We have chosen the 'Reflective Garden'.
Wednesday 5th February. Year 4 visited Blackbrook Sports Centre for a morning of sports. The aim of the session was to introduce the fundamental skills required to improve performance in net/wall games.
Wednesday 5th February. Portraits of King Alfred the Great. He became King of Wessex in AD 871.
Wednesday 5th February. The Bayeux Tapestry, a historical record created in the 11th century, is the only masterpiece of its kind in the world. The manufacture of this work was, in all probability, entrusted to an Anglo-Saxon workshop supervised by Odon de Conteville, Bishop of Bayeux and half brother of William the Conqueror.
Monday 3rd February. We played some fraction 'snap' games.
Monday 3rd February. E Safety. We were asked to write an Email to a friend advising them on how to keep safe on the internet..
Friday 31st January Getting ready for our Saxon performance.
Myths and Legends from Robins Class.
Thursday 30th January Design and construction of Anglo Saxon buildings.
Tuesday 28th January 2020. Today we have started looking at Fractions in maths.
Friday 24th January 2020 Today we are celebrating the Chinese New Year by cooking and sharing a delicious meal.
Thursday 23rd January What a fantastic school trip! Today we visited the Somerset Museum in Taunton. The children were able to take part in a recreation of the Battle of Edington, read some runes, design their own rune stone, make their own Alfred Jewel and learn about Saxon poetry.
Friday 10th January. Saxon dance lessons. We listened to music from 'The Hobbit' film and thought about how the Saxons travelled around.
Wednesday 8th January 2020. We are designing and beginning to decorate our Saxon shields.
Friday 20th December Well done to all the children who took part in the Carol Concert last night in the church. We were very proud of our Year 4's who had speaking parts.
We all got together today to wish our friends in New Zealand a very Happy Christmas. We miss you Harrison and Eva and hope to hear from you soon.
Thursday 19th December. Today we enjoyed a delicious Christmas dinner.
Monday 16th December. Designing our own Christmas Number One Hit Song. People who write pop songs work in different ways. Some people start with the lyrics (the words), others start with a melody (the tune).
Thursday 12th December Robin's Great Christmas 'Bake Off' Celebration.
