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Year 4 Puffins
What a half term it has been! The children have settled really well and they are adapting to the demand of the year 4 curriculum. In English we have been exploring the features of an explanation text to enable us to write our own all about Viking longships. To support this we have been travelling back in time to 793 AD in History to explore the Lindesfarne raids. As musicians we have been learning about three different types of notes - minims, quavers and crotchets. We clever
Lucy Kent
3 days ago1 min read


Class News - Penguins
This half term, Penguins Class have been busy with lots of exciting learning! They set up their very own Spanish shop, where they bought and sold vegetables while practising their Spanish vocabulary. In PSHE, they took part in thoughtful discussions about bullying, exploring what it can look like and how to help if someone is being bullied. The class also embraced The Difference Project , which encouraged everyone to reflect on what beauty truly means and to celebrate the uni
Lucy Kent
4 days ago1 min read


Year 4/5 Netball
Our Year 4/5 netball team played against St Botolphs in their first netball game on Thursday 10th July. Both teams showed great...
Lucy Kent
Jul 141 min read


Year 4 Open Morning
Year 4s had a amazing opportunity this week to show off all their hard work they had been doing in class to their parents. Parents and...
Lucy Kent
Mar 261 min read


Grafham Water Day 3
Our final morning began with a big clean up. The children stripped their beds, cleaned their rooms and made sure they'd packed all of...
Lucy Kent
Mar 141 min read


Grafham Water Residential
Year 4 have arrived safely on Wednesday and thoroughly enjoyed their first day at Grafham Water. The highlight was completing the Grafham...
Lucy Kent
Mar 141 min read


HSBC visit
Year 4 were lucky to have a visit from HSBC bank for a fun and engaging session on how to become savvy shoppers! They had a chance to...
Lucy Kent
Feb 141 min read


Ancient Egyptians
This term, Year 4 have been looking at the theme of how we can leave a lasting legacy most prominently from the example of the Ancient...
Lucy Kent
Jul 10, 20241 min read


Talking about faith
Mrs Khan took some time from Year 5 to visit Year 4, to tell us about her faith. She told us about how Muslims greet each other, their...

Simon Hollingsworth
May 10, 20241 min read


Year 3/4 Girls' Football
A selection of Year 3 and 4 girls went to a Football Festival competing against 10 other schools, divided into two groups of 5. In our...
Lucy Kent
Mar 19, 20241 min read


Year 4 Athletics
Our Year 4's took part in a indoor athletics competition at Nene Park Academy and secured a fantastic 1st Place. The team were simply...

Simon Hollingsworth
Feb 28, 20241 min read


Year 4 News
This term, we have had an overall theme of learning about change and adversity. In science, we have looked at the changing states of...

Simon Hollingsworth
Feb 16, 20241 min read


Football Festival
What a pleasure it was to take some of our year 3/4 boys to a football festival at Jack Hunt school. The boys showed great resilience...

Simon Hollingsworth
Feb 16, 20241 min read


National Story Telling week
We have been celebrating National Storytelling Week at Paston Ridings. Pupils have shared their favourite books in their classes and some...

Simon Hollingsworth
Feb 5, 20241 min read


Wonderful learning in year 4!
This term, we have had an overall theme of learning about change and adversity. In science, we have looked at the changing states of...

Simon Hollingsworth
Feb 1, 20241 min read


Music to our ears...
Music at Paston Ridings has been really exciting this term. The KS2 choir took to the stage earlier this term, performing several Beatles...

Simon Hollingsworth
Dec 5, 20231 min read


Paxton Year 4 residential day 2 (part 2)
After our lunch we embarked on our blind trail. Where the children were all blind folded as they ducked and dived through many obstacles!...

Simon Hollingsworth
Nov 24, 20231 min read


Paxton Lakes Day 2 (part 1) A wonderful morning on the water!
Year 4 have thoroughly enjoyed themselves having a go at canoeing in pairs. They all gradually became more confident, which was wonderful...

Simon Hollingsworth
Nov 23, 20231 min read


Year 4 Paxtons Lakes Residential
We have arrived safe and sound! First we moved into our rooms before heading out on our first adventure, which was giant canoeing. In 2...

Simon Hollingsworth
Nov 23, 20231 min read


Year 4 Saxon Day
During the Autumn term, Year 4 have begun delving into the Anglo-Saxons as their first History topic of the year. They had the exciting...

Simon Hollingsworth
Oct 20, 20231 min read
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