Author Archives: Mrs Auten

A great start to International Arts week

Posted on 14 May 2012 by Mrs Auten

Today was the first day of our school International Arts Week. Year 4 will be studying Poland. We hope to study the food, art, dance and language of the country. Today Year 4 enjoyed dressing up in some traditional Polish … Continue reading →

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Valentine’s Day

Posted on 14 February 2012 by Mrs Auten

            Year 4 has enjoyed a Valentine’s themed few days. They have learnt about Saint Valentine and why we have a day each year to celebrate love. They have also had fun practicing their procedural … Continue reading →

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School Garden Award!

Posted on 14 December 2011 by Mrs Auten

At the end of Summer term the Eco Club entered the Sam Gardiner School Gardening Competition. Sam Gardiner MLA and three other judges came to our school earlier this term to see for themselves the work that is being done. … Continue reading →

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Field Trip to the Ulster Museum

Posted on 14 December 2011 by Mrs Auten

TheYear 4′s had a fantastic time at the Ulster Museum on Friday. They spent the day in the Nature Zone and saw hundreds of different animals. They learnt a lot during the 1 hour seminar on local animals and were able … Continue reading →

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Autumn Art

Posted on 5 November 2011 by Mrs Auten

During Art this term Year 4 have been studying hot and cold colours. We have been looking at the wonderful array of colours in the Autum leaves. We recently completed our Autumn tree picture where we used a combination of … Continue reading →

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Year 4 poetry

Posted on 5 November 2011 by Mrs Auten

We all enjoyed having local poet Chelly McLear in our classroom on Friday. Year 4 were very enthusiastic during the morning workshop and worked in groups to produce some lovely poems. Trick or Treating Footsteps banging like drums Fireworks going … Continue reading →

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Pumpkin Decorating

Posted on 26 October 2011 by Mrs Auten

Today we picked the pumpkins  that we planted in the polytunnel last year. They were a bit too small to carve but we decorated them with markers.

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Learning and Having Fun

Posted on 25 October 2011 by Mrs Auten

This term year 4 have been studying the topic of Safe and Sound. We have been learning about how to stay safe in school, home, on the roads and around fireworks. In maths we have been learning how to measure … Continue reading →

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