Secret Story Teller in year 4
We have been fortunate in welcoming several secret story tellers into our class over this half term. The children have had a wide range of books read to them and were totally engrossed in the books shared by our different story tellers.
Thank you for giving up your time to share books with…
Food Chains
WWBBA: Animals including Humans
S.C: I can draw a food chain - identifying producer, predator and prey.
In Science today we played lots of games, which helped us to understand how food chains work. We played a food chain loop game, where we were each given a card with a plant or animal on…
Cheerleading year 4
Yesterday Mrs Smith started our new PE unit on cheerleading…with real pom poms! We created a dance in unison keeping in time to the beat. We are performing our song to ‘Cheerleader’ by OMI.
It was so much fun! Next week we are going to add some cheerleading stunts! Then we will be performing…
Visiting a Synagogue
WWBBA: Living religious traditions
S.C: I can use specific vocabulary to describe key features of living religious traditions.
In year 4 the children used the Ipads to go on a virtual tour of a synagogue in New York city.
The children had to look for different artefacts such as the…
'Creature Kindness'
WWBBA: PSHE - 'Creature Kindness'
S.C: To understand the importance of looking after others in our care.
Today we talked about different kinds of pets and how we take care of them. We discussed advantages and disadvantages of pets. Then we carried out some role play where the children got…
All about teeth.
Our current topic in Science is: Animals including Humans.
Today the children were set a modelling teeth challenge. The children worked in small groups. They were given different tools to represent the jobs of different teeth. They had tweezers, scissors, forks and plastic building bricks. The…
A great start to 2018.
What a great start we have had to 2018 in year 4.
This week the children have been up to lots of exciting things to start the new year off.
This week we have had a book focus on 'Intergalactic Ed and the Space Pirates'. The children have completed some non-fiction work on this and also art…
Tremendous Trains project.
In year 4 we have been learning about Tremendous Trains.
The children were set a homework challenge to complete a simple project about trains. Their finished project could include: handwritten pieces, typed pieces, pictures/photographs or drawings.
They also had ideas of:
- A time line…
Christmas DT Challenge
We have had a fun filled week in Year 4 this week.
In our DT Christmas challenge we linked our work to Science - Electricity and our RE topic Christianity - Jesus is the light of the world.
First the children designed and then made their own Christmas decoration. This could be for the…
Jesus is the light of the world
Today, we learnt about the importance of the Christingle celebration in the Christian faith.
As a class, we made our own Christingle which is made of an orange, a candle, a red ribbon and dried fruit and sweets on cocktail sticks. We found out the meaning of each part.
- The orange is the…
George Stevenson
After learning about George Stevenson and trains, we wrote historically valid questions that we would ask him.
On the new IPads, we created a ‘Morfo’ using George Stevenson’s photograph and made him speak. The children researched the questions they had asked and answered them as if they were…
Bright Sparks Electricity Day.
Today in year 4 we have had a Science day ran by Electricity North West called ‘Bright Sparks Electricity Day’. We have had lots of fun learning all about Electricity.
Today the children have learnt all about different types of appliances that run on electricity. The children built a series of…