Lantern Parade 2022

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Y4 Burglar Alarms

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Year 4 have used all their new knowledge of complete and incomplete circuits as well as conductors and insulators to create a burglar alarm.

Great Science and great problem solving!

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Lanterns Lanterns Everywhere

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Children in Year 4 have spent the day making lanterns ready for the Ellesmere Port Lantern Parade and Christmas Light Switch On. 

The children have reinforced their measurement and shape knowledge as well as learning about structures. 

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Batteries Included!

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In Computing, children in Year 4 have been building on their Scratch Programming knowledge to create an electrical circuit game.  The children have been learning about different variables as well as broadcast commands.  

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Exploring Circuits

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Children in Year 4 have been exploring electrical circuits.  All the children were given different components (wires, cells, bulbs and buzzers) and were asked to create as many different working circuits as possible.  

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Using conjunctions

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Children in Year 4 have been looking at conjunctions and exploring how they can change the meaning of a sentence.   

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Y4 - Online Safety - Safe Searches

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Children in Year 4 have been developing their knowledge and skills in order to be able to complete a safe and accurate search.  The children have looked at trusted search engines as well as strategies to improve search results. 

 

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What is Area?

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The children in Year 4 have been exploring Area.  We have been creating different shapes with an area of 6 sticky notes.

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It's All Greek to Me - ArtWeaver Project

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This half term, children have used image editors to create an edited image of themselves transposed onto an image of an Ancient Greek monument. 

 

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Ancient Greek Pots

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Children in Year 4 have been developing their clay skills by creating a pinch pot, using Greek styles and shapes. 

Using a planning template, children designed their clay pot, listing the materials and equipment they would need and sharing and explaining their ideas with peers.   Children then…

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Art, 3D structures.

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Mathematics in Ancient Greece

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Children in Year 4 have been exploring the work of the Ancient Greek mathematician, Euler.

Euler helped discover the 5 Platonic shapes.  The children worked in groups to test his formula of Number of Faces + Number of Vertices - Number of Edges = 2.

Great work Year 4!

 

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