Year 4 Blog

Year 4 Home Learning.

Hello parents/carers and children. Please can you read and complete the following tasks daily.

All of the children have been shown how this page works and where to access our web links for online tasks. Please don't feel like you have to do all the tasks in one sitting!

Thank you from the Year 4 team :).

Reading Plus - Please ensure you are spending 30 minutes each day completing Reading Plus lessons. Read and complete at least two different stories and if available, one Vocabulary or Visual Skills lesson. We will be logged into Reading Plus and will send a message to remove ‘holds’ as required. Please use your ‘re-reads’ and we will monitor those children not accessing the system. 

Continue to record daily reading in your home diary as normal. 

Use TT Rockstars for times table practise. Please complete the Soundcheck, Studio and Garage twice (the other games will remain locked until these have been completed). Then, play any other games as frequently as you like.

Spellings - Practise the Year 4 words (See below), you can also find these in the back of your home reading diary.

This will remain posted at the top of our blog indefinitely.

New English, Maths and Topic activities will be added daily, for completion in homework books or on paper. 

Please note:

To support children and teachers during this period, Twinkl is offering every teacher in England access to all Twinkl resources free of charge. 

They have also extended this to every parent and carer, so pupils can still have access to high-quality learning resources during any periods of disruption. 

As we are unable to attach Powerpoints to the blog, we may link a relevant page to support learning, please can you set up a home account to access these.

Setting this up is really easy to do - go to www.twinkl.co.uk/offer and enter the code UKTWINKLHELPS

You may have read that Joe Wicks will be presenting a live PE fitness session every weekday morning at 9:00 AM for 30 minutes. If you’d like to give it a go and stay active follow this link: https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1

Friday 27th Recap

First of all, Mrs Smithson and I would like to thank all of you who have participated in this week's online learning activities. We can see that all of you are working hard in these difficult times.

Thank you parents/carers for filling in for us so far, we hope you've enjoyed delivering the tasks :).

TT Rockstars 4J vs 4S

To the results. When I posted about the competition on Wednesday each class had answered 7000 correct answer each.

At the end of the competition today- 18000 correctly answered questions had been submitted- by each class. A total of 22 thousand correct answers by each class!

Remarkable! Well done!!!!!

However there could only be one winner!

.........

4J!!!!!

See below for a breakdown of the top 11 scorers from each class (that's all I can screenshot at once, sorry).

But a huge well done to Tommy Stone, AKA Ben from 4S, for answering 4895 correct answers on his own! Amazing! 

The class series is now lead by 4J 1-0.

I will post a competition to start on Monday at 9AM and finish at 6:30PM on Friday again.

You can check out which class is in the lead by pressing the Battles section at the top of your homepage! 

Just to let you know: Any practise this weekend will not count towards the class battle next week!

Great job everybody! 

Friday 27th March 2020

Good morning, thank you to those who have been completing work this week! We can see who has been accessing the online learning each day and it is nearly all of you! Keep up the hard work! :)

Please can you complete the following tasks throughout your day:

Maths: Decimals. Please complete the tasks. Today’s activities look at completing work problems and dividing single digits by ten. Looking at tens frames, place value charts and creating number sentences- in words and figures. 

Again the PDF will be there to print, or you can look at the pictures. Keep working hard!

TTRockstars competition: 

4J have reclaimed the lead with one full day to go! Great work 4J!! 

As you can see below, the top five rockers from each class. In the picture you can see just how close it is between the classes! The competition finishes at 6:30PM Friday and I’ll post the results and winners on our blog! 

Hmmm, maybe this could become a weekly challenge? Prizes could be in order! 

Remember, one right answer = one point for your class!

English: To continue a playscript.  

The New Family

A new family has moved in next door to Suraj. The new boy, Dominic, is of a similar age to Suraj. The two boys see each other for the first time when they meet in the gardens behind their houses. They have a conversation over the fence.  

Using the document below - The New Family, write a playscript continuing the conversation between the two boys, in which they talk about things they enjoy doing, their feelings and school.  

Topic Activity:  PSHE - Bullying. 

Previously in PSHE we have covered topics on ‘Getting on and Falling out’ and ‘Anti-Bullying’.  These topics need reviewing regularly and therefore we would like you to use the Image below - Bullies, to carefully answer these questions.  If possible, you could discuss the questions with an adult at home.  

• Do these children look like bullies? Why/why not? Do all bullies look and act the same?
• Do you think they all join in? If they just watch, are they still bullies? What is a bystander? What is peer pressure?
• What is bullying?
• Are bullies always boys?
• How can you identify a bully?
• What makes a good friend? 
• What can you do if you’re being bullied? How can bullying be tackled?

Thursday 26th March 2020

Good morning,

Please can you complete the following tasks throughout your day:

Maths:  Decimals on a number line.

If you have the facilities, I would advise that you print off the PDF and complete it on there. 

If not, please try to copy the number line as carefully as you can. You must consider the scale of the number line, how many gaps are between each known number to help you find the missing number.

TTRockstars. 4S have taken the lead with two days to go! Come on 4J!!!

English: To use commas after fronted adverbials.  

We have learnt about fronted adverbials during SPAG lessons this year, but as a reminder - Fronted adverbials are words or phrases at the beginning of a sentence, used to describe the action that follows. A comma is normally used after a fronted adverbial.  Using the document below - Spot the Missing Comma, copy out the sentences carefully and add a comma after the fronted adverbial.  

Extension: Write three of your own sentences including fronted adverbials. Don’t forget to use a comma after each fronted adverbial.  

Topic Activity: Science - Circuits. 

During Science we have been learning about electricity.  We have already identified common appliances that run on electricity and have constructed simple electrical circuits, identifying and naming the basic parts.  Using the document below - Circuits, redraw both the series and parallel circuit, using the correct symbols. 

There are two types of circuit we can make, called series and parallel. The components in a circuit are joined by wires. If there are no branches then it's a series circuit. If there are branches it's a parallel circuit.

Extension: Draw your own circuit using the symbols and identify whether it is a series or parallel circuit.  

There are online games which involve circuits, these can be found here https://www.topmarks.co.uk/search.aspx?q=circuits

Wednesday 25th March 2020

Good morning Year 4,

Please can you complete the following tasks throughout your day:

Maths:  Decimals- I have posted below the next decimals work, this time looking at decimals on a place value grid. Draw the grid to help you if you need to and you could use Lego bricks for the counters (if you don’t have any counters at home, or something similar). There are again eight questions to complete, and we will continue build on this in the next few days! 

Please use the pictures or download the PDF!

TTRockstars, We’ve set up a “Battle of the Bands” competition, 4S vs 4J. To participate and score points for your class, you have to complete as many different activities as you can and each correct answer is worth 1 point.. The battle finishes on Friday and is mighty close already. 

The top 5 from each class and the current class scores are posted below! 

Get playing, scoring and rocking! 

English: To write a story setting description.  

A story setting is the location in which a story takes place.  Use the document below - Story Settings Description, write a detailed setting description of the beach, in your homework book.   Please use a range of good quality, adjectives (there is a word bank on the document to support you with this), verbs, adverbs and at least one simile.  

Extension: Draw a picture of your setting.  

Topic Activity: Geography - North America 

In class we have been learning about North America and have already identified countries, cities and mountain ranges.  

Using the document below - Compare Different Views of the USA.  Look at the three photographs.  They are all taken in the USA. Write at least five sentences that you can say about the USA, using the photographs to help you.  

You may use some of your own research too, however please write this in your own words.  

Extension: Which of the three locations (photographs) would you prefer to visit and why?

Tuesday 24th March 2020

Good morning,

Thank you to all those who completed yesterday’s tasks. Mrs Smithson and I can see that about half of you accessed TT Rockstars and Reading Plus yesterday! Well done! Please can you all try to complete this every day J

Please can you complete the tasks for today:

Maths: Decimals- I have posted below decimals work, which we have already covered in class, comparing decimals to fractions. Remember 1/10is the same as 0.1 and continue from there. (one tenth is the same as zero point one). These are represented in bar models, number lines and hundred squares. There are eight questions to complete, and we will build on this all week! (Pictures or PDF for download)

English: Homophones Activity - Where, Wear, Were and We’re. 

Homophones are words that sound the same but have a different spelling and/or meaning.  Complete the sentences using the correct homophone, in your homework book. The first four have been done for you (See the document below - Where.Wear, Were, We're) 

Extension: Complete four of your own sentences using the above homophones correctly.  

Topic Activity: History - Tudor Shield. 

Using your research and plan of how you will design your own family or personal coat of arms from yesterday, draw your shield and colour it in.

Extension: Write about your shield, why have you used particular colours/animals/objects.

Why are they special to you, or what do they mean to you?

Monday 23rd March 2020

Good morning,

Please can you complete the following tasks throughout your day:

Maths.

Following on from the initial task of dividing two digit numbers by one digit. Please complete the question involving three digit numbers.

If a number doesn’t divide fully, remember to use remainders.

E.g. 9 ÷ 4 = 2 r 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 

You can make 2 whole groups of 4 with 1 left over.

English. 

Using the picture of ‘The Hidden Temple’.  

Complete these questions and then the sentence challenge:

1. What does ‘trepidation’ mean? Why might they be feeling it?
2. Who are ‘the group’? Why are they in the jungle?
3. What does ‘curiosity and desperation got the better of them’ mean?
4. Would you venture into the temple?
5. What might they find inside?
6. Do you think all of the group want to go in?
7. Why is the floor green?
    

Sentence Challenge: 

Can you make a list of feelings to describe how you would be feeling before entering the temple?
Could you start a sentence with 1,2 or 3 of these emotions?
E.g. Nervous and shaking, I stepped through the doorway, preparing myself for the worst.

Here is a link to the page to view the story starter, as an extra task you could read it and complete it.
http://www.pobble365.com/the-hidden-temple 

Topic Activity

History - Tudor Shield. Research and plan how you will design your own family or personal coat of arms.  You will draw it in tomorrow’s task. 

Home Learning Packs

Please be aware, Mrs Ball and Mrs Williams have created physical home learning packs and gave them to children today: Thursday (19.03.20). 

These contain non-internet tasks to be completed in homework books- which they also received.

We created these for all Year 4 pupils, even if they were absent that day.

If you would like to come into school and collect your child’s pack, please do so at any point during normal school hours.

Thank you for your support!

The Year 4 team!

Year 4 - Children at home

Week beginning 16.03.2020

Please complete the following tasks throughout your day, in your school homework book:

Reading Plus - Please ensure you are spending 30 minutes each day completing Reading Plus lessons. Read and complete at least two different stories and if available, one Vocabulary or Visual Skills lesson. We will be logged into Reading Plus and will send a message to remove ‘holds’ as required. Please use your ‘re-reads’ and we will monitor those children not accessing the system. 

Spellings - practise the year 4 words (See below).  

Continue to record reading in your home diary as normal. 

Use TT Rockstars for times table practise. Please complete the Soundcheck twice and then the Studio or Garage as frequently as you like.

Maths - Practise dividing a 2 digit numbers by a 1 digit number including remainders (see documents below).

English - Write a description of the Hindu god Ganesh. Describe what the god looks like and his personality. You can also describe any histories of Ganesh and any events important to him. 

Topic - RE linked to Multicultural Week - Using BrainPop, please research the Islamic festival of Ramadan. Watch the Movie and look at any Additional Reading. Then, please complete the Quiz and Worksheet activities in your homework book.

https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/culture/ramadan/

Sport Relief Day

Visit from an Author

As a celebration of World Book Day, we had a visit from the Author, Shane Hegarty. He had a great imagination and was really funny. We got some great tips for story writing from him. After his visit we came back to class and began to write a story, using ideas from his book 'Boot'.

Some of us bought his books and are enjoying reading them.

World Book Day

On world book day we all came dressed up as a book character and shared stories from our favorite books.  Everyone looked fantastic in their costumes. Have a look at our photos. 

Electricity

In Year Four we are learning about electricity in Science.

We had great fun making our own circuits. This is what we used and how we made them.

• Small light bulb 
• 2 batteries 
• 2 alligator clip wires 
• Switch
• Bulb holder

1. Connect one end of each wire to the screws on the base of the light bulb holder. 
2. Connect the free end of one wire to the negative (“-“) end of one battery.
3. Attach the free end of the other wire to the positive (“+”) end of the battery.                                       We then used other equipment to create more complex circuits. ​​​​​​​

Outdoor Adventurous Activity

4J and 4S have all begun a new P.E. topic this half term. We are working with a new coach from South Ribble Sports Development team, focusing on orienteering. Everyone enjoyed playing lots of games. This week we were improving our team work and leadership skills. 

Love and Friendship Poetry Performance

Love and Friendship was the theme to our Year Four poetry performance. Everyone took part and it was an amazing success. Our poems and songs brought a tear to many of our parent’s eyes.

Year Four Athletics Training

This term we have been learning athletics skills with Dave from the South Ribble Sports Development Team. The first week we had to complete a sprint in just ten seconds and as the weeks went on we had to try to get further in the same time. Our partners, timed us on the speed bounce. We had to jump over a small ramp with both feet, our aim was to increase the number of bounces each time. For the triple jump we had to start on one leg, jump to the same leg then the other and then both legs together. We measured our partner distance from the back of their heel.With the javelin, we held it about a quarter length from the back of it. We put our arm back and our other forward to allow us to throw a distance then we measured the expanse. For the standing long jump we had to bend our knees, swing our arms to allows us to jump with both feet as far as we could. The skills we learnt were to put our hands into a 'W' shape, close to our chest and throw the ball. We practised our overarm and underarm pass. We used a similar technique for the overarm throw as the javelin.

By Daniel Hodson and Ava Barnes 4J 

Muscular Dystrophy Fundraising Day

In support of this very worthy charity we came to school wearing something orange or brightly coloured. We brought in a donation of £1.00 to help raise money for the cause.

Maths Lessons

We have started the topic of 'area' in our math's lessons this week. This follows on from our work on perimeter. We are identifying the area of regular and rectilinear shapes. Definition: Irregular shapes, made up of straight lines.

Assessment Week Again

  Once again we have completed our termly assessment week. We have worked hard with grammar and punctuation, arithmetic and reasoning papers as well as our writing.

Our love and friendship poetry has been going well and we are enjoying the theme, Our preparation is well on the way for our poetry performance on 10th February. 

 Love and Friendship  

In English we have been writing different styles of poetry about love and friendship, in preparation for our poetry performance on Monday 10th February. It has been good fun and we have put some of our poems to music and published them on heart shapes.     

Reading Plus

This week has been  very exciting for all the Year Four team and all of the pupils. Everyone has been introduced to our new reading programme , 'Reading Plus'. We have all completed our online assessment and questionnaire and are ready for the off to improve our reading. We want everyone to use the online programme at home as often as you can, as well as in school. GET READING!!! 

Snow White Pantomime

What a treat we all had on Friday. We all watched the pantomime  of Snow White. We all joined in with the songs and laughed and laughed at all the jokes and funny actors. The funniest part was when Mr. Jardine, Mr. Benson and Miss Batey were asked to join in the dancing.

New Year 2020

Happy New Year to everyone from all of us in Year Four!

We have had a very busy start to the year. Spelling assessments have all been completed and we have started our new topic of The Tudors.

4J have started coaching sessions, delivered by South Ribble Sports Development Team on Tuesday mornings, we will be focusing on athletics skills; running, jumping and throwing.

Merry Christmas Everyone

We've had an exciting week. We have been making Christmas pictures to represent the Christmas story and writing about our pictures.

On Tuesday we made felt Christmas tree decorations. We chose a tree colour and stitched them with our chosen thread, after sewing them we stuffed them and added a star decoration and some pom poms for decoration- hopefully they made it onto your tree at home!

Wednesday afternoon was great fun, we had a party with games and dancing. Have a look at our pictures...

The Year 4 team wish you all a lovely Christmas and a Happy New Year! 

Such a proud moment to see all of Year Four playing in, the end of year brass concert. They were fabulous.

Christmas is coming

At the begining of the week we all thoroughly enjoyed watching Year Two perform 'The Landlord's Cat' nativity play. All of the performers got their lines 'purr'fect. It was amazing. Well done Year Two.

Sewing practise

We have started practising our sewing techniques, ready to make a Christmas decoration. We have been working on perfecting our running stitch and back stitch. 

Dragon's Den

In our English lessons we have been focusing on persuasive writing. Our teachers made it very interesting for us all and asked us to write a sales pitch for the product we wanted to sell.

We created a mind map with great adjectives, interesting and unique selling points. We designed a poster to advertise our toy and then in groups we created a sales pitch and presented it to our teachers and all of Year Four. Before we did this we watched a video of Dragon's Den that gave us clues and techniques on how to put on a great presentation.

Our teachers and class mates gave us feed back and told us things that we had done well and things that we could do to improve our presentation. It was a fun and exciting experience.  

Learning to tell the time

During this half term we are concentrating on learning to tell the time. We have been studying the analogue clock and digital time. In addition we have been learning to convert between seconds, minutes and hours. 

Fun Science Lesson

In Science we are learning about 'states of matter'. This week we we observed how solid chocolate could be melted into a liquid but then reversed back into a solid. As part of the experiment we learned some scientific language such as 'viscosity', which we found out means - thick and gluey in its texture. This was a fun experiment. After melting the chocolate, we mixed rice crispies into the chocolate to make crispie cakes. 'Yummy'. 

Assessment Week

Bake Off

What a success the P.T.F.A. Bake Off has been. Lots of children from Year Four and other year groups baked big cakes, biscuits, cup cakes and tray bakes. Everyone who entered, paid £1 to enter and the cakes were judged by the P.T.F.A. A certificate was given for the first, second and third place and a small prize for each of the category winners was given. At the end of the school day the cakes were sold off, to raise money for our school. We were very proud that the winner of the big cake and the overall winner of the competition was a Year Four pupil.

Well done to William Ball.

 This week The Lancashire Sports Development Team have visited 4S to teach Athletics. Our tutor is called Dave and he has been teaching us different running skills, such as: Sprinting, long distance and relay running. The class were praised for their excellent work and behaviour. Thomas and Corey were awarded team tokens for their excellent answers, during the session. We are looking forward to next session.

In English, all of Year Four have been learning about Haiku poems that originate from Japan. Each poem has three lines. The first line has got five syllables, the second line has got seven syllables and the third line has got five syllables. We have enjoyed writing our own Haiku poems, especially the ones about Autumn. 

This is a poem that Janelle wrote about Autumn:

Ancient Greece

Over this half term we have been learning about Ancient Greeks. As part of our Art and DT lessons, we have been experimenting with clay and have made pots using different techniques. Our pots have been painted in a terracotta colour and decorated with black patterns. We are all looking forward to half term and hoping for some decent weather.

Year Four

In Year four, we have settled into our new year group really well.

We are pleased to welcome our new teacher 'Mr Jardine, who was previously a pupil at our school. 

One of our main focuses in Maths is to learn our times tables. In English and Topic we have been studying Greek Mythology, which has been great fun.

Welcome to Lostock Hall Community Primary School, Mr Jardine.

Pop up Fun!

We have now started our new topic in Design Technology - Pop Up Books. We began today by investigating a range of different pop up mechanisms, and created our own examples of each one. Some of us found the 'bird's beak' pop up mechanism a little tricky but we got there in the end!

Wonderful Homework Tasks!

The Year 4 children have again produced some excellent homework tasks this half term. These have included word clouds, learning new languages, times tables practice and creating personal coats of arms. It's also been lovely to be able to sample a range of delicious cakes which the pupils have created as part of their home learning.

Thank you Mr Tempan and Scopes4SEN!

Many thanks to one of our ex-teachers Mr Tempan who came into school to set up our new telescope (donated by Scopes4SEN charity). The Y4 children were shown how to use the scope and we observed a little bird sat on a branch all the way across the school field!

Creative Arts Week

We have had a fantastic Creative Arts week in Year 4! We have been looking at different land marks in the UK such as the Angel of the North, Blackpool Tower, The Giant's Causeway, Big Ben and the White Cliffs of Dover. We have created our own collages of Blackpool tower using coloured straws and also worked with our visiting artist Sarah to create prints of different landmarks. It has also been fun to listen to and sing a range of songs from around the UK, and also to learn a Scottish dance.

Year 4 - Fun in the snow!

We certainly could not resist getting outside and having a play in the snow. All the children were very excited...well so was I too!! :-)

Sikhism - The 5 Ks

Year 4 have been learning about the 5 Ks in Sikhism:

1) Kara- A bracelet to remind Sikhs that god has no beginning and no end.

2) Kachera- shorts that are worn underneath clothing.

3) Kirpan - a small sword to represent defence.

4) Kesh - the Sikh belief that hair is a gift from god and should be left to grow and not be cut.

5) Kanga - a small wooden comb.

Science- Sound Experiments

Year 4 have been carrying out investigations all week in science. In this particular lesson the children made the classic string telephone!

Welcome back!

After a great 2 weeks off, children in Year 4 were ready to get stuck into some mathematical written strategies!

Brilliant Brass

We all really enjoyed performing in a brass concert for all the juniors. Firstly, we sang Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Following this, class 4S played a tune on brass instruments called, 'Dee Cee's Got the Blues.' Next, class 4B played 'Jingle Bells.' Our finale was a performance of the Abba classic, 'Mama Mia!' It was great to be able to perform to other children in the school and to show our developing brass playing skills.

Comments from our musicians:

Edward: 'It felt amazing to perform in front of so many people.'

Lilly: 'I really enjoyed playing the cornet, I would love to be able to perform to an audience again.'

Toby: 'I liked playing 'Mama Mia' best, it was great fun.'

Wonderful Homework Tasks

Year 4 have created some excellent pieces of homework this half term. We've had fantastic ancient Greek shields, dazzling firework art work and fact files about a range of animals. Well done to everyone!

Creative Clay

We have begun our art project based on ancient Greece. For the last few weeks we have been examining a range of designs shown on Greek pottery. Today we created our own pinch pots using modelling clay and etched a range of designs into them. We also added patterns onto our pots using a contrasting colour of clay.

Speke Hall Visit

We all really enjoyed our recent visit to Speke Hall in Liverpool. It was fascinating to see inside a real Tudor house and imagine what it would have been like to live there over 400 years ago. We learnt lots about the Norris family who built this impressive mansion. One of our favourite parts of the day was seeing Dylan and Lillie dressed up as a Tudor lord and lady!

Homework Superstars!

Well done to Year 4 for producing such excellent pieces of homework this half term. We've had delicious cakes, personalised coats of arms, letters to our favourite authors, created our own dances and much more. 

We have been enjoying creating our own group drama sketches in English, based on the Pixar animation entitled 'For the Birds.' We enjoyed using our voices, movements, facial expressions and gestures to convey the different characters' feelings and emotions.

Our Wonderful Homework!

Here are some examples of our spring term homework tasks. We produced some excellent work including a range of creative and beautifully decorated Easter cards.

Creative Arts Week- Tudor Printing

As part of our Creative Arts Week 2018, Year 4 were delighted to welcome local artist, Sarah Hicks into our class rooms. All children took part in a fantastic workshop where children created images of Tudor Houses and Henry VIII. Here are some examples of the work produced!

Super Gymnastics

We have been very lucky this term as we have had the opportunity to receive 5 weeks of wonderful gymnastics coaching with, Tanya, from our South Ribble coaching partnership! Each week we built on previous learning and had the opportunity to perform routines in front of our class on a number of occasions.  

Year 4's Fabulous Homework

This term for our homework we had the opportunity to complete a range of different activities. These included making a musical instrument, drawing a portrait of Henry VIII, doing a sketch of somewhere we have been, making some Tudor clothing, and many other activities. One of the most popular activities was creating the portrait of Henry VIII. In addition, we also had a piece of Maths homework, along with completing a family activity. We all really enjoyed our homework!

Year 4's Poetry Performance

In our topic lessons this term we have been learning all about The Tudors and specifically, King Henry VIII. In our English lessons we have written a range of different poems based on our topic. The styles of poems included kenning and acrostic poems. 

After we had all written different poems the teachers had difficult decisions to make as we could only perform 3 from the whole year! The teachers chose Becky Collins' acrostic poem and used a mixture of lots of children's work for the kenning poem.

We then had to all learn the poems off by heart in only 10 days! On top of this we had to learn a poem from Horrible Histories based on Henry VIII wives. 

After lots of hard work we finally learnt all of the poems and had the opportunity to perform to the whole school. It was scary at first but we all loved it! 

Sound and Hearing

Our new topic for Science is all about 'sound and hearing'. We have been exploring how sounds are made and have learnt that we hear sounds through vibrations. When sound is created the sound waves move particles in the air, causing them to vibrate. This is the same for particles in solids and liquids to! We decided to experiment making our own telephones. After making lots of predictions, we found that as long as there is tension in the string we were able to hear our friend through the other cup.

4S and 4C Christmas party

We have all been enjoying a Christmas party in our classes today. We started off with some party food and Christmas songs in the hall, together with year 3. We then had a carousel of activities including; playing bingo, an Xmas quiz and even pin the carrot on the snowman! One of our favourite games was the chocolate game and all games ensured all went home with bellies full of chocolate or Haribo!

Our six week homework projects.

We have been making lots of exciting things at home over the past six weeks, particularly linked to our Ancient Greek topic. Some of these creative activities include; building our very own Parthenon, designing board games and even having a go at cooking with our families. Our teachers have been really impressed with the quality of the work we have produced.
 

New Technologies Week

We have thoroughly enjoyed getting to explore some fantastic technology, from hand held gadgets to wireless games. We are looking forward to spending the rest of the week becoming more familiar with lots of interesting pieces of technology.

Making Magical Potions!

In 4S we have been reading The Worst Witch, so we decided to join Miss Hardbroom's potion class and create our very own invisibility potions.

In 4C we have been focusing on Stitch Head, we transformed ourselves into mad professors to make mysterious elixirs.

Welcome to Miss Horder 

We are all really pleased to welcome Miss Horder to Year 4. She will be working with us until January as part of the School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) programme.

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Creative Clay

In Art we have been having fun creating our own 'pinch' pots made from coloured clay, inspired by ancient Greek pottery. Firstly, we rolled our piece of clay into a ball shape, then we used our thumb and fingers to shape a small pot. Finally, we added a range of patterns to our pots. We are looking forward to creating and painting larger pots from air drying clay in the next few weeks.