Eyam and the plague

Class 4 recently enjoyed a fascinating and educational visit to Eyam, the famous "Plague Village" in Derbyshire. The trip brought our history learning to life as pupils discovered how the villagers responded to the outbreak of plague in 1665.

During the day, we visited the local church, where we learned about the brave actions of the villagers and the important role played by the church leaders during the plague. We also explored the Eyam Museum, where pupils examined artefacts and exhibits that helped them understand what life was like during this challenging period in history.

As we walked around the village, we saw several plague cottages and houses, hearing the stories of the families who lived there during the outbreak. One of the highlights of the visit was seeing the Boundary Stone, which marked the edge of the village and was used to exchange money and goods safely with neighbouring communities while Eyam remained in quarantine.

The children were engaged throughout the day, asking thoughtful questions and demonstrating excellent historical knowledge. Their behaviour was exemplary, and they were a credit to the school.

CELEBRATING OUR SUCCESS

Year 6 children recently attended a fantastic celebration event at Whitworth Park to mark the completion of their SATs.

A total of 480 children from schools across Derbyshire came together for the special occasion. Throughout the day, the children took part in a wide range of exciting activities, enjoying the opportunity to celebrate all of their hard work and achievements.

The event was filled with fun, laughter and teamwork, and everyone had a wonderful time. It was a brilliant way for the children to relax and celebrate after their SATs tests.

Our wonderful year 6s 

This week, we would like to celebrate the incredible hard work and determination shown by Year 6 during their SATs. Everyone approached the week with maturity, resilience and a positive attitude, and we are extremely proud of them all. They have worked tirelessly throughout the year and truly gave their best effort.

Alongside their academic achievements, it has also been wonderful to see the children proudly wearing their leavers’ hoodies. 

Well done, Year 6 — you should all be very proud of yourselves!

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The Bridges are done

We have finally competed our truss bridges and here are the results

Crazy hair bunch

Check out our crazy hair for Red Nose Day!

Science Week - Curiosity

For science week class 4 looked at a couple of things. 
 

How do birds do it? And is talking important?

Firstly, we looked at how birds build a nest, their material they use and its size and then had a go at building one, easy right? 🪹

Wrong, the extra challenge was to build the nest using only a beak (a clothes peg) 

We all see on realised how tricky it was to weave a successful nest. But we defiantly gave it a good go. 
One child was heard saying “How great are our hands” after battling with just a peg! 
 

The other challenge was into how important is talking, for some in class 4 I think very, judging on their chats in class…

But this time we were looking at communication in team work. We had to draw a picture with everyone holding the pen at once. Drawing as accurately as possible. 
We then had a go at drawing while we could talk, which proved more successful (I think?). You can judge. 
 

Tag rugby finals

On Tuesday 10th of March, 8 children from class 4 attended a tag rugby tournament held at Matlock RUFC. The children played matches against other local schools in a group stage with the hope of reaching the semis and then the final. 
We played 5 matches, each 10 minutes long. The children were brilliant, having a mix of experienced rugby players and total novices. All the children played brilliantly, showing wonderful skills and excellent sportsmanship towards each other and the opposition. 
 

Unfortunately, we missed out on the finals by drawing in our last match, but this doesn’t take away from the wonderful performance of the children. I was incredibly proud of each player. Well done. 
 

Results 

Osmaston 6 vs STG 1

St Giles 5 vs Lea B 2

Darley Dale B 2 vs STG 4

Wessington 3 vs STG 3

Cromford 4 vs STG 4

World Book Day

We had great fun celebrating world book day in class. Check out our awesome costumes

Building bridges 

In DT, class 4 have been looking at structures, specifically, bridges. We have looked at beam bridges, arch bridges and truss bridges. 

We were challenged to make a truss bridge out of spaghetti and masking tape. This was a challenge but we found they were much stronger than expected. The triangular design allows for weight to be spread evenly from a single point to a wide base. 

Sports hall athletics finals 

8 children from class 4 made the trip to Anthony Gell school to take part in the sports hall athletics district finals. Children competed in track and field events, throwing jumping and running. The children were brilliant and competed with enjoyment, enthusiasm and determination. 
 

Well done to you all!!