Fireworks in Year 4

In Year 4, we have been reading the novel The Firework Maker's Daughter.

As it was the last day of term, we had special permission to show the children some indoor fireworks - outside.  It was very sunny as you can see in the picture, but we thought Snakes Alive was the best one. There was also Disco Inferno, Sizzling Strobes, Flash Harry and Blazing Bengals.  None of them made a noise - they all made light or sparks.  There was a lot of smoke with some of them, so it was good we were outside.

Have you ever seen Indoor Fireworks?
Did you like them?

A taste of China...'sparkling' into the New Year!

Our topic in Year 4 this term is China! 

Today we tried tasting some different ingredients that you might find in Chinese meals. Some of the foods we liked, but others we weren't so sure on...

To support our topic, in English we will be reading The Firework Maker's Daughter, by Phillip Pullman. So we also had a go at designing some firework pictures. First of all, we used wax crayons to colour our pages in many different colours, before painting over them with black paint. 

  

After the paint had tried, we used cocktail sticks to scratch off some of the black paint and reveal the colours underneath to create our firework pictures. 

Here are some of our designs. 

The Gunpowder Plot in Year 2!

We have done lots of work today all about the Gunpowder Plot and how we celebrate Bonfire night. We have had some serious fun finding out about a man called Guy Fawkes! We know that he made an unkind plan to kill King James, but before long, he got caught by the King's guards. We have done some acting, writing and all sorts of creative making and painting. We hope you like our pictures and enjoy seeing some fireworks this weekend!