Year 4 had a fantastic day at Forest School, enjoying a range of exciting outdoor activities. The children worked together to build dens, using natural materials and showing great teamwork and creativity. They had fun cooking imaginative meals in the mud kitchen and became nature explorers as they searched for bugs and learned about the creatures living in the woodland environment. One of the highlights of the day was gathering around the fire to toast marshmallows, which everyone enjoyed. It was a wonderful opportunity for the children to develop confidence, problem-solving skills and a deeper appreciation of the outdoors.

On Thursday 5^th November, Year 4 had the most amazing Carnival celebration! It was so much fun!

In geography our new topic is “Brazil”. In Brazil, the carnival is a huge celebration with parades, music, dancing, and colourful costumes. Everyone in Brazil celebrates, and it’s one of the biggest festivals in the world! Unfortunately, we could not travel to Rio De Janeiro so we decided to have our own carnival in school.

The adults and the children arrived in the morning, buzzing with excitement. We wore bright coloured clothing, made headdresses just like those worn in a real Brazilian Carnival. We also made traditional Brazilian lemonade (with lots of limes), brigadeiro (delicious chocolate truffles) and decorated biscuits with bright icing and sprinkles.

In the afternoon we prepared for our “street” carnival by learning the samba. We even had a dance off between our classes! By then we were ready for our parade, we samba danced our way through the school trying our best not to disturb other classes.

What a fantastic and memorable day!