Class 4 (Upper KS2) | Orton C of E School

Our Year 6 children went to Carlisle Cathedral for the Diocese Leavers Service. It was a lovely, fun and active service. Following the service Rev Alun had managed to arrange for Canon Michael to give us a tour round the Cathedral. It was a fascinating insight which we all enjoyed. To quote one of the children, "I'm really hungry but this is so worth being hungry for!"

Jesse Dinnie, a professional cricket player from Australia, has been coaching Class 4 in cricket on a Friday morning. The children are learning lots of batting and fielding skills, and are enjoying having Jesse at school with them.

Class 4 have been working extremely hard during our SATs assessment week. On Thursday, for a treat, Mrs Mounsey and Miss McWhirter took them all for an ice-cream to the Chocolate Shop, followed by some fun and games at the park and sports field!

Timetable Class 4 - 2nd half Spring Term

Class 4 had a special visitor this morning,

Mr Stuart Atkinson from the

Eddington Astromical Society in Kendal

came to give them a 'Tourist Guide to the Universe'.

Class 4 are researching space as their topic this half term

and were fascinated by Mr Atkinson's knowledge.

Having the chance to hold a 4 billion year old meteorite from Mars

and a piece of Moon rock was very exciting.

The meteorite was heavier than the children expected.

A mystery object was passed around...this turned out to be fossilised dinosaur poo !

1000 million years old ~ a baby compared to the meteorite!

Pen Pals

Class 4 have been very excited this week as we have made contact with some other year 5 and 6 children from different schools around the country.

In our efforts to understand more about cultural and social differences, we are now corresponding via email with children from South London, Douglas (on the Isle of Man), and Leeds.

We are hoping to learn more about where they live, what they like doing (both at school and home) and what their school is like. We are really excited to be in contact with them, and sharing our own views of Orton CE Primary School and life in our little village. Watch this space for more information about what we find out!

Class 4 have been delighted to welcome two South African Rugby coaches to our school this week!

We had great fun playing tag rugby games on the yard (next week we will go to the field!) Aubrey and Sam (our coaches) were very friendly and good fun!

As well as tag rugby, we also learnt a little about South Africa and the different languages they speak.

We are all looking forward to next week!

As part of our dance lessons, Class 4 have been learning different dances from around the world. Here are some photos of our Bollywood dancing inspired by Indian Bollywood films. We had lots of fun and loved the music that Mrs Mounsey chose to dance to!

Class 4 have been learning Street Dance as part of our PE lessons. We have been instructed by the world famous dance choreographer "Shaun T" and developed a series of dances. The children went on to planning their own signature "motif" and linked it together in a "Dance Off"! It was so much fun!

Class 4 dance movie.mp4

Class 4 Bazonka

For National Poetry Day on 6th October 2016, Class 4 shared poems they had brought in from home.
We also recited a funny Spike Milligan Poem called "Bazonka".
We filmed a video of ourselves, in the style of Spike Milligan. We hope you enjoy it!