Over the last few weeks, year 4 have been very busy with lots of different activities going on. We took part in a fun Children In Need morning where David Lyon came and delivered a fitness session. We had a great time burning lots of energy and having fun with our friends, all for a wonderful charity. Thank you adults for your contributions! 

In PSHE, we have continued our learning in our unit of 'celebrating differences'. We made clear classes to help us see clearly and not make assumptions or prejudgements about people just by how they look. 

We are very much looking forward to the festive fun in the next few weeks! 

To celebrate Black History month year 4 have been creating portraits and biography poems all about Mary Jackson and the legacy she has created through Science, engineering and mathematics. We used our sketching skills and drew her step by step. We also learnt key facts and used them to create a poem.  

Year four have really enjoyed using drama and music to develop their descriptive writing. We used body percussion and musical instruments to create a soundscape of a storm in our classroom. We then used this experience to develop vocabulary which we will be using in our writing.

In Maths we have been learning about rounding and using this alongside our calculations to check for accuracy. We have been working towards mastery using maths equipment and a range of representations to represent, explain and prove our ideas.

Year 4 have been busy revising their times tables this week. They have had fun playing a game with playing cards linked to this. We have also been exploring area and perimeter.

In preparation for our art workshop next week with Amanda Jewitt, we have been researching a number of artists and artwork linked to a theme – sealife. This has allowed us to learn that art is often used to raise awareness about important issues such as protecting the oceans.

Year 4 have been busy completing their torch projects. They went back to their plans and then used different materials to clad their torch to help it fit the design brief. They then had the difficult job of putting their circuit into the housing without breaking the circuit. Lots of perseverance was needed at this point! We were really impressed with the creativity of the children and how they added extra features such as handles to their designs.

In Maths, we have been using our work on decimals and applying this to money. The children have used their rounding skills to estimate before calculating worded problems. We have had lots of discussions about the relevance of this and how it is useful in real life experiences. 

In Literacy, we have started to write a story based on the book called The Whale by Ethan and Vita Murrow. We started this unit by carrying out our own research about whales. We also had another experience day where we used items in a backpack to discover more about the main character in our story. Then, we made predictions about the choices she might make in the story.    

We have enjoyed completing our Egyptian scrolls and are really proud of the fact that in addition to composing and adding our individual designs, we actually constructed the paper for our scrolls ourselves in a way that the Ancient Egyptians would’ve created paper from papyrus for writing on!
In PE, we are also putting our cricket skills and knowledge into practise and this has also been a great opportunity to build on our teamwork skills.
We thoroughly enjoyed investigating bubbles with our enquiry question ‘Which temperature of water would make the best bubble bath?’ Our results proved warm water to be the best! The Easter activities provided in our Easter-themed workshop provided by students from Oaklands college were ‘eggcellent’ and plenty of fun was had by all who attended!