year 4 blog
Jun 22 2023
Year 4 have been working a lot with pottery this term. We studied the work of contemporary artist Kimiyo Mishima whose work focuses on waste and recycling. We then had a visit from a potter who helped teach both children and teachers some new techniques that we then used to make our interpretations of Ancient …
Mar 30 2023
What a wonderful way to end off the Spring Term in Year 4 with a Viking day. The children all dressed up as Vikings and enjoyed making Mead and Oat Flapjacks. Mandy Jinkerson came from Tesco to help us on the day. As well as helping us, Tesco also donated all the ingredients to make …
Feb 09 2023
The children have learned about primary and secondary sources in history by studying Viking shields. We then used this knowledge to design and complete our own replica Viking shields. In science, the children have learned about the importance of keeping our teeth clean and healthy. To help us understand the damage that can be done, we carried out an investigation into …
Dec 20 2022
The term has gone so quickly. The children have made some lovely Christmas decorations in D&T. They have really enjoyed doing Science and learning about States of Matter as well as the Water Cycle! They couldn’t believe that they may be drinking water that a dinosaur once drank. We did some orienteering, learning about direction …
Nov 30 2022
As we come to the end of our rainforest work, we have been focussing on English skills. The children have covered paragraphs, fronted adverbials and including description of sensations such as what they might smell or feel. Before the children wrote their story set in the rainforest, we took them on ‘a trip to the …
Nov 09 2022
In the Autumn term each and every one of the children did a fantastic job of preparing a short presentation that they then gave to the whole year group. A few groups then presented to the whole school during an assembly.
Oct 21 2022
In science we have learned about classifying plants and animals. We found different examples of the groups of plants and sketched them.
Oct 21 2022
The children attended a Football Festival at KJAR recently where they got to practise their football skills. The weather was kind to us and the morning was thoroughly enjoyed by them all. They have been doing High Fives in PE with Mrs Parcell and enjoyed some mini games in this week’s lesson.
