Year 4 - Trip to meet the Beacon Ranger
Today, Year 4 #enjoyed their visit to the Beacon to meet Chris, the ranger. He took us on a guided tour of the country park to see all the roles and responsibilities of the rangers. We looked at the uses of the Beacon, how they protect the wildlife and the importance of educating people about…
Year 4 - Music
We had a great time during our Friday music lesson this week. We are currently learning to sing Mamma Mia by ABBA. We had a go at learning to play the tune on the glokenspiels and tried singing and playing at the same time.
We had such a blast!
Year 4 - Silver Award Winners Celebrations
My, My! What a day for our amazing school and team. We all enjoyed the fantastic event put on my SLT.
We will never forget this special day!
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Year 4 - Refugee Day
During our Refugee Day, we looked into why people are Refugee's and what they were seeking refuge from. We put ourselves in the shoes of Refugee children to think about what we would take with us if we could pick 1 special object. We discussed why that was so important to us an why we would need…
Year 4 - Living things in their habitat.
To kick start our new Science topic, of Living things in their habitat, we went to explore our playground to see what living things we could find in our environment. We have set up a worm and ant farm into our classroom to see how those insects work in their own habitat. We #enjoyed and #embraced…
Year 4 - Elmer's Birthday Artsmark Celebration
What fun we have had today! The children #enjoyed our celebration of Elmer's 30th Birthday. We #embraced working in the style of the artist, Wassily Kandinsky, looking at creating repeated circle pattern. We #evolved our understanding of how unique and special we all our, understanding that…
Year 4 - Outdoor Learning
Today, Year 4 embarked on their next Outdoor Learning session. With an Art focus, the children were tasked with creating sculptures using things found in our environment. We looked at the artist Andy Goldsworthy, a nature artist, for inspiration. We really #enjoyed looking at his work using…
History - Ancient Egyptian Timeline
Today we looked at the timeline of events from Ancient Egypt. We started off using just visual images and small information to see if we could guess what order the timeline went, using clues from the descriptions. We then went back into class and learned about the dates, as they were in BC. We…
Locating Egypt
Through our History theme of the Egyptians, the children used their mapping skills to identify where Egypt was on a world map. Once we found it was in Africa, we had a look at the surrounding areas to see what it was like. Plus, took advance of working out in the sunshine!
Experimenting with Evaportation
As part of our Solids, Liquids and Gases theme in Science, the children where investigating to see if the heat effected the rate in which liquids evaporate. We positioned some damp cloths around our environment, in different places, and used thermometers to gather an idea of temperature. We looked…
Outdoor Learning Fun
Today the children took part in another outdoor learning session on our school field. We used and developed our communication skills to work together and solve problems. We even had a go a flying kites! Lots of smiles beaming when they finally got them to fly.
Year 4 Science - Making Cornflour Slime
Today, we started our new Science topic of Solids, Liquids and Gases. We looked at the properties of each states of matter and learned about the difference in atoms.
We then investigated what happens when some solids and liquids are mixed. The children mixed together cornflour and water and…