EVERY week reporter Grace Walton will be visiting a different school to report on life in the classroom and find out what the children are learning. This time she went to see the Year 4 pupils at Stanley Road Primary School in Worcester.

ON ARRIVING at Standley Road Primary my first stop was the school hall where the Year 4 pupils had organised a special assembly.

They produced a play which was based on what they had learned while studying the book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret.

The story is set in a Paris train station and features a 12-year-old orphan who survives by stealing, and was adapted into a film in 2011.

ON ARRIVING at Standley Road Primary my first stop was the school hall where the Year 4 pupils had organised a special assembly.

They produced a play which was based on what they had learned while studying the book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret.

The story is set in a Paris train station and features a 12-year-old orphan who survives by stealing, and was adapted into a film in 2011.

I spoke to the teacher, Naomi Portman, and she explained that the book had played a significant part in the pupils' development.

She said: “The book is excellent and keeps the students engaged as it is informative and includes lots of pictures.

"The play has educated the students on morals, incorporated their English literature skills as they had to create their own script and it has been an introduction to automatons.

“They have enjoyed learning most about creating automatons in Digital Technology. An automaton is the form of an early robot. The children found them fascinating and very fun to make, although they realised how frustrating they can be to set up."

She added: “The curriculum at this school is fabulous. We teach the subject philosophy each week where the children learn about rules and why they are important.”

After my chat, I was handed over to the students from the Topaz group. Each year group is split into two classes. One class is designated a colour from the rainbow, while the other has a colour similar to represent their group.

Pupil George Bowen, an aspiring rock star or actor, told me that his hero is the comedian Jack Black and that he wants to be just like him and have his own band.

Speaking about the book-themed assembly, George said: “The dance was so fun. We could pretend to fight, it was a great scene.

"I think that because we have learned about the book in class, it was easier than expected to put on the show.”

Fellow pupil Ellie Powell said: “We have enjoyed reading the book and it has helped us learn more about automatons. It is a mechanism with a handle that can spin and interact together and we have made our own in class.”

Throughout my time at Stanley Road Primary I was thoroughly impressed by how bright the pupils are and how much they enjoyed their classes.

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