Year 4

This afternoon, we have been learning about the Earth's crust being made up of tectonic plates which fit together like a huge jigsaw puzzle. 

We have built our own tectonic plates using cream and biscuits.

Children in Year 4 have been using their map skills to locate the world's volcanoes.  

As part of our PSHR(S)E Curriculum, children in Year 4 have been learning about asthma - what it is and how to help someone who is having an asthma attack.  As part of the lesson, children made their own paper lungs to demonstrate what happens during an asthma attack and practised helping someone…

As part of World Book Day, we discussed that reading books can take us to different places!  As a class we used 'You Choose: Your Adventure' to write a collaborative story with our friends.

We had fairy princesses fighting aliens and then having lunch with Grandma; cowboys climbing Mount…

Year 4 have been using key words and sentences from our new Literacy text to predict what the story might be about.  

Year 4 have had a very noisy afternoon creating straw pipes and a pipe flute. 

The children discovered that: the shorter straws produced a higher pitch note and the longer straws produced a lower pitched note.  

This half term in Year 4, we've been looking at variables within our computing lessons. 

What is a variable? In programming, a variable is a value that can change, depending on conditions or on information passed to the program. 

We've been creating apps where when our character hits an…

As part ot our Design Technology unit, the children in Year 4 have been evaluating different types of biscuit considering the taste, smell, texture and appearance.

We have created our own 'Sound Wave Machine' to demonstrate how sound travels in waves.  The children explored how the waves change when you tap the jelly baby with different strengths.

Another set of outstanding Learning Logs.

This Learning Log focussed on extending our learning of 'The Romans'.  Children have baked biscuits and cheesecakes, moulded silver coins and made 3D shields, swords and even constructed a 3 Colosseum structure.

Great home learning, Year…

As part of Children's Mental Health Week, children in Year 4 have spent time thinking about the people, places, activities and items that we can connect with.  The children have spent spent time connecting during dance, singing, art, and were encouraged to complete the daily mile with someone they…