English
This week in English we continued to study the stories set in a historical setting. We compered the lives of a rich and a poor child in the past and used this information to write a diary entry as a character. 4B thought carefully about how to include the feelings of the character and many children started to use the 'show not tell' technique.
Topic
This week we have been completing out Art section of our topic unit on inventions. We studied the invention of the printing press and then went on to make our own prints. First the children sketched a range of influential inventions in their sketch pads. After this the children traced the sketch on to a printing tile. 4B then carefully carved the design in to the tile to create a stencil. For this we used clay modelling tools to make indents in the tile. Finally we used our tiles and ink to create a repeated design on to different coloured card. I have been very impressed with the artwork created by 4B.