Year 4 took on an extra project while learning about the digestive system:
Design a digestive system t-shirt! We wore our creations to school and showed everyone in assembly, this was a super fun learning experience for us all!
Year 4’s International Connections
This week year 4 students were lucky enough to take part in a video call with the year 4 students at Kirk-Sandall primary school in Doncaster, England. The two classes have a common interest, MISB students are studying the UK…
Romanian history, Years 4, 5 and 6
As Romania is our host country, we owe it to our students, some of whom are Romanian to make sure they learn the local history. The past month we have delved into Romanian history, covering prehistory in this part of…
A visit to the doctor (beim Arzt)
Today, Year 3, 5 and 6 learned the vocabulary for the parts of the body in German class ... and then practiced them "in the doctor's office" : "What can I do for you?" "Where does it hurt?" "Take this…
Living History
As part of our end-of-unit "living history" classes, Year 5 dressed up as Anglo Saxon warriors, farmers and royalty, while Year 6 dressed up as Viking warriors. Anglo-Saxon village life (and Viking village life) was also recreated, complete with a…
Year 4’s living history of the Romans in Britain
As part of our end-of-unit Romans in Britain studies, Year 4 enjoyed a "living history" drama lesson, complete with a "Hadrian's Wall" , Roman soldiers, some pesky Picts (the ancient "Scots") and Emperor Trajan himself! Things go awry when Hadrian…
Year 4 History Lesson: Crime and Punishment, Then and Now
In our grand finale of a history lesson last week, Year 4 and their teacher went through various legal systems from Roman Britain, Anglo-Saxon England, the Tudors, the Georgians, Queen Victoria and modern times. We learned about the early courts,…
Year 4 Home Art Challenge!
Back in March, at the beginning of the lock-down, the Getty Museum in Los Angeles issued a challenge: find a favourite piece of art, and copy it, using whatever household items you have. Our Year 4 students responded with a…
Year 4 Art Lesson on Perspective
In the 15th century, a man from Florence, Italy, discovered perspective in drawing and painting. His name was called Filippo Bruneleschi. Perspective is what makes drawings (especially of roads and rivers, cities and countryside) look like they have depth. It was…
