Tales Of A 4-5 Something

Beach! On May 28, 2026, we went on the 4-5 Mystery Trip. We were told that we were going to count baby plovers or work at the transfer station. We didn't, though. Instead, we went to Crescent Beach, which was fun. We built lots of things, like a prank pit and a crab arena. Something that was especially fun was going down to the creek at the beach and catching eels. They were tiny, like a thread and only about an inch or two long. We also caught fish. Another thing we built was the Community Clubhouse. It was a stick hut/lean-to and most members contributed a towel for the hut to actually be covered and not be just a pile of sticks. The teachers, not naming names, were awesome and got us Willard Scoops. It was really tasty! This was a great way to wrap up our year and it was a fun surprise! Violet and Zach Every year 4-5 goes on a Mystery Trip. We have a community meeting before we go on the trip where the teachers tell us where we will be going. This year, they told us that we wer...

We have been practicing for our chorus concert for many months and we presented it in front of the Lower School at a surprise Pachanga concert. What is Pachanga? That is when we gather around and sing. Now, let’s get back to the point. Where were we? Ah, yes, the Supachoncert. We all stood up on the risers and after the EC original, we shared our performance that would happen the following day. These are the 4 pieces we sang and what they are about: Dream Keeper is about how important your dreams are and that sometimes the world can be harsh and make your dreams hard to come true. Rise Up ‘O Flame is about the beauty in fire even if it is just a small flame. How Can I Keep From Singing is about how beautiful your voice can be and your longing to sing, even when someone tells you to stop. Dear Theodosia is a classic Hamilton tune and is about Hamilton and Burr writing a letter to their children. We may or may not have made the teachers cry. It remains a mystery to this day. The only peo...

On Friday, May 1, 2026, we had Grandparents and Friends Day, which is a day where your grandparents and friends can come to school and explore with you. You can show them literally ANYTHING in your homestation, from your self portrait to RQ’s. Some of the things we showed them were the photo wall, the Positive Potato, the classroom library, and our DIRT project! We also played a game called Square Capture (so fun!) and had Pachanga. At Pachanga, we sang and sang (or listened and listened or hummed and hummed) until our throats hurt and we couldn't sing anymore! Grandparents and Friends day is a lot of fun! Sometimes we here from our grandparents how different school is now. Sometimes, we hear how it is the same sometimes. Violet and Hartley

The Book Bash was a book fair sponsored by a bookstore called Print and Waynflete. There was a wide variety of genres, including adult fiction, young-adult graphic novels, picture books, and more. It was located in Sills Hall, and there were multiple tables with lots of different genres. There were also tables offering many different foods (mostly for teachers) and a high school band playing music. That was fun because the music played while you picked out your favorite books. Lots of people look forward to the Book Bash and we had lots of families donate books to our classroom. We are excited to read Danger and Other Unknown Risks  that was one that was donated to us . We hope you got to go! -Landon & Lizzie

There are new clubs in 4-5! For this round, we have so many! Anne is leading an entrepreneurship club, Eddie is helping with a song writing club, and Maura is helping with a Harry Potter Club. We have stop motion, iMovie, and coding on one day and then rock painting and drawing another. There will be a rubics cube and board game. The 4-5 teachers help us but the clubs are run by students. One of the clubs that has gone all year is P.E.A.C  P.E.A.C stands for Physical Education Action Club, where kids can come at recess to do fun gym activities like cannonball, dodgeball, king of the court, etc. Ralph and Lauren, the P.E teachers, run the club. P.E.A.C is so popular that most of 4-5 goes and the playground is lifeless. When you go you will get to have your snack in the gym and then once everyone is pretty much done with their snacks, you will start to play the game picked by the teachers, and then stop once recess is over. Clubs are a great part of 4-5. Jane 

In 4-5 we started RQ’s which are Research Quests. An RQ is about a topic someone is curious and want to know more about and they get to choose it. The way we chose is by going down to the library and selecting 5 topics based on non fiction books and ranking them one to five. Then the teachers give each person a topic to study. After everyone has a book we start doing note cards by looking into a book and pulling key information and writing it down. The note cards can even be digital! After you write it down you start making a sentence, then a paragraph, and then a paper that will become your RQ. In the end, we make a visual aid. It is a long project and it is hard work but a lot of fun!

On February 11, 2026 a Dragon came into our classroom and WREAKED HAVOC! Oh wait, no, it didn’t. The dragon wasn’t real and it was fun! It was one of the Chinese dragons that you hold on a stick. More specifically, a bunch of sticks. It was red, orange, and yellow and VERY BIG!!!! There were a bunch of High Schoolers bringing it around the Lower School. The high schoolers were part of an Upper School Chinese class and they were learning about the Chinese New Year. They shared the celebration with us.  Violet and Hartley