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Year 4 Languages Day
Year 4 had a great day celebrating languages. The children enjoyed lots of activities and they had great questions for our visitors.
9 hours ago1 min read


Year 4 Art
Year 4 looked at ceramics and the work of the ceramic artist, Susan- Smith James. The children created a mood board to record their ideas...
2 days ago1 min read


Housesteads Roman Fort
We had great weather for our visit to Housesteads Roman Fort. The children met a Roman soldier and they were able to follow his commands...
May 91 min read


Year 4 Science
The children enjoyed learning about the digestive system. They worked in pairs to create a diagram and used scientific vocabulary as they...
Feb 211 min read


Year 4 Diary Entries
Year 4 wrote diary entries based on the book ‘Escape from Pompeii’ by Christina Balit. They used fronted adverbials and adventurous...
Feb 211 min read


Year 4 Art
Year 4 explored the formal elements of art. They looked at line, shape, texture and tone. They created a piece of art using shape based...
Dec 3, 20241 min read


Great Writing in Year 4
Year 4 are making good progress with their writing. They are focused and engaged throughout our lessons and they are independent when...
Dec 3, 20241 min read


We Are Primary Engineers!
All of our Year 2 and Year 4 children worked collaboratively on the special Primary Rail Engineers Project. It was an intense couple days...
Nov 12, 20241 min read


Centre for Life
This week, Year 4 had the opportunity to visit the Centre for Life in Newcastle. We took part in a fantastic workshop called...
Nov 12, 20241 min read


Sacrament of the Eucharist
Sacrament of the Eucharist The children of St Joseph’s made their first Holy Communion on Saturday 22 nd June 2024, alongside children...
Nov 12, 20241 min read


Year 4 Visit to Kirkley Hall Woods
The children had a fantastic visit to the Kirkley Hall where they got to use classification keys to group, identify and name a variety of...
Nov 12, 20241 min read


The Romans in Year 4
Staff from Durham University visited Year 4 to introduce our next history topic – The Romans. The enjoyed the workshop and they are...
Nov 12, 20241 min read


Catholic Social Teaching
The pupils at St Joseph’s were introduced to Catholic Social Teaching through a CAFOD workshop, which took part from EYFS to Year 6. The...
Nov 11, 20241 min read
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