Middle IV enjoyed harvesting their crop of potatoes with Mr Kirkham.

On Tuesday 17^th November, 2009. Middle IV, dressed as poor Victorian children, visited Bradford Industrial Museum, and, as always, it was an exciting and rewarding experience.
The morning was spent in Moorside Board School, with the children experiencing life in a classroom as it would have been around 1885.  Real Victorian children would then have gone to work for about eight hours in the nearby woollen mill.

After lunch, the party looked around the workers’ back to back cottages and the more luxurious home of the mill owner.

As the weather was kind to us this year, we were able to end our visit with a short horse-drawn tram ride over the cobbled roads around the museum.

These two Middle IV girls spoke confidently and knowledgeably about their faith, Islam, in this week’s R.E. lesson.  They brought items, which they use in the practice of their faith, to show to their classmates, and answered all their questions.  All the children agreed that if we all respect one another’s beliefs, the world will be a happier place.

Children in Middle IV worked in groups, conducting research into the working conditions of poor children in the Victorian period.  They searched through books and articles, photographs, paintings, cartoons and copies of original documents before presenting their findings to the class.

Congratulations to Riya Palit whose success in learning Greek has gained her a place in the semi-finals of this national competition.  She now embarks on a crash course in Korean, and will be practising hard during the summer, ready to represent The Gleddings in the next stage of the competition.

Middle IV’s work in Art has been inspired by their study of the Aztecs in history lessons.  They have produced some wonderful clay work - of temples, statues, masks, skull racks (!) and artefacts - to create a dazzling display.

In French lessons, Middle IV children have been learning to describe the clothes they wear.

Middle IV pupils enjoyed a visit from Nicola Martin, a firefighter from Halifax Fire Station.  She showed some very interesting DVDs and taught the children about fire and road safety. 

 Here are some extracts from the letters they wrote to thank her :

 I wonder why people make hoax calls.  I will never ever make a hoax call in my whole life. (James)

 Thank you so much for coming in and talking about safety.  I make sure I wear my seatbelt because I know how important it is. (Isabella)

The videos helped me to realise why we should have an escape plan in case of a fire. (Riya)

Thank you for coming to our school and talking to us.  The first thing I did when I got home was check the smoke alarms. (Emily A.)

I managed to get all of my family together and now we have got a fire escape plan. (Lucy H.)

 I am never going to make a hoax call because I know that if you make a hoax call, you might actually kill someone. (Cameron)

 I promise to always wear my seatbelt.  I thought that, if you’re just going up the road, there’s no point in wearing a seatbelt, but now I understand. (Grace)

 Now I am trying my utmost to accomplish what I want to achieve- and that is to be safe. (Imran)

Two heads are better than one when trying to solve tricky maths problems.

We enjoyed seeing Mr and Mrs Bunny!