London Fields Primary School

Year Four enjoyed a wonderful (and warm!) day at Godstone Park in Surrey. During the trip, the children had the opportunity to handle snakes, Bearded Dragons and African Snails! We fed goats and sheep and learnt about adaptions that animals make to survive. We even had time to squeeze in a 'Dinosaur Trail' and burn off some energy on the exciting adventure playground! A great day was had by all!

In Spanish this half term, Year 4 are learning about various Spanish Artists and how to communicate whether they like (me gusta) or do not like (no me gusta) different artistic styles. 

Year 4 have been working with Apollo Music to further develop their knowledge of the different instrument families in orchestras. So far they have had performances and workshops from the string and brass families. In the Summer Term, Year 4 will also be attending an orchestral chamber performance so they can see and hear how the instrument families come together to make music that can transform them to a different place. 

Children across the school have also attended an assembly with the string musicians and were treated to some wonderful performances! 

Year 4 have started their new topic in PE by practicing some new balancing positions with their partner!

Year 4, 5 and 6 were very lucky to have a fascinating insight into the technology behind generative AI and what that might mean for careers in the future and the jobs that the children could choose to do.

We had an assembly discussing what AI was and how it has developed before having some career discussions in class where we got to talk to some UBS employees about how they use and create AI in their work. We got to quiz them about how they had chosen their career and what educational goals they had accomplished in order to work in AI as well as which skills they felt were the most useful in their jobs. We wondered which of us will be developing and running AI in 20 years time and what jobs there might be that we don't even know about yet?!

Children in Year Five visited Year Four to showcase their DT learning. They began by explaining they had been given the design brief to design and make an exciting cam-mechanism toy for children aged 3-5 to play with. The designers explained that cam mechanisms are made up of three components: a cam, slider and follower. The designers also shared that they had a go at disassembling a product to help them understand how it works. After considering market research, the children explained how they designed and then produced their product, with the think- make- break- repeat process running throughout. Year Four were so impressed with the final cam-mechanism toys and are excited about making their very own in the future!