Year 4

Yesterday, the children in Year 4 had a visit from The Mayor, Cllr Paul Donavan. 

Children in Year 4 have been independently using websites to gain facts about stalactites and stalagmites.  The children will use these facts next week to write explanations and fact files in Literacy.  

Children in Year 4 have been exploring different types of cladding to decorate, strengthen and/or improve the appearance of their frame structures. 

Children in Year 4 have been working hard to develop their knowledge and understanding of technical vocabulary. 

The children used dictionaries to define the word, before placing the words into alphabetical order to create a glossary. 

Year 4 have been consolidating their angles and triangle knowledge with lollipops sticks. 

Well Done Year 4! 

Children have been inspired by the work of William Morris to design and create a rainforest print.

The children learnt how to batik fabric.  

Children in Year 4 have been exploring different 3D structures as part of the design process. 

We had lots of structures falling down!! 

This week, children in Year 4 have been exploring and writing their own Haiku poems about Nature and the Seasons.

Haiku poems have a unique syllable structure (5-7-5) over 3 lines. 

This afternoon, Mr Brassington from Humanism UK came into class to build on the children's knowledge and understanding of Humanism.  The children asked some great questions and gave some very detailed answers.

Well Done Year 4! 

As part of our new Science learning (Living Things and their Habitats) , children have been grouping and sorting buttons and play animals. The children then created Venn diagrams and Carroll Diagrams.  A very Science and Maths afternoon! 

Over the last 5 weeks, children in Year 4 have been developing their understanding of what a branching database is and how to create one, using j2eBranch. 

As part of our Online Safety Curriculum, children have been revising and learning about what information they should and shouldn't share online.