Year 4: Blog items
Date: 16th Oct 2025 @ 9:07am
To celebrate Black History Month, pupils in year 4 have written non-chronological reports about Viv Anderson - the first black person to represent the England senior national football team. Pupils enjoyed finding aout about Viv's early life - his parents were part of the Windrush Generation, who moved to England after World War 2. Here are a few examples of the children's writing.
Year 4 - Creating Digital Images
Date: 16th Oct 2025 @ 8:09am
In this lesson, pupils were challenged to make a fantasy book cover using their digital lieracy skills. Using a range of software, pupils had to combine and edit digital images to create a photorealistic image. As well as developing the pupils' digital literacy skills, this has also raised awareness of 'fake' or edited images online.
Date: 9th Oct 2025 @ 4:31pm
This week Boundary Primary School celebrated Harvest Festival. Year 6 led the celebration assembly together with our special guest, Reverend Peter. We talked about being thankful for the food we eat, our good health and the life we live. The children and their families helped by donating food to Vincent House.Thank you to everyone for their support.
Date: 8th Oct 2025 @ 1:13pm
This week, our genre focus has been a poem about Autumn. We used our oracy skills to perform the poem at the beginning of the week and then using Widgits and our inference skills we discussed and found out the meaning of difficuly vocabulary.
Date: 6th Oct 2025 @ 12:46pm
Today we held our first Spelling Bee of the year. Each house was represented by the best spellers from Year 2 - Year 6 and the children were tested on spellings they have been learning in Autumn 1. We are very proud of all the children for being their house representative and spelling some very tricky words in front of the whole school. The overall winners were Chepstow, who managed to spell 12/15 spellings across all 5 years groups.
Year 4 - BHM Non-Chronological Reports
Date: 6th Oct 2025 @ 10:25am
Pupils in year 4 have been learning how to write a non-chronological report. As this journey nears its conclusion, pupils have spent time editing and improving the draft of their final piece of writing. As October is Black History Month, we decided to write our reports about Viv Anderson, who was the first black person to represent England in a senior international football match.
Date: 1st Oct 2025 @ 7:51am
In this lesson the children were learning about changes in state. We started by flshing-back to prior learning about the states of matter and the children knew that all matter can exist as a solid, liquid or gas. We then conducted some simple experiments to show the processes of melting, freezing, evaporating and condensing. We linked these processes to things we see in everyday life, such as mirrors 'steaming up' in a warm bathroom.
Year 4 Multiplication Check - Information for parents (gov.uk)
Date: 30th Sep 2025 @ 6:11pm
Please find attached the gov.uk information about the Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check in June.
Year 4 - Days of the week and colours
Date: 30th Sep 2025 @ 6:07pm
Over the last couple of weeks in French we have been recapping and learning the days of the week and colours in French. We even learned how to count to 20! You can find some videos of us speaking French using the QR code on this post.
Year 4 - Non Chronological Report - Shared Write
Date: 25th Sep 2025 @ 10:14am
Today, we completed a shared write about Black History Month, which is next month. We had to use our knowledge of the features of non-chronological reports to set out the information we were given correctly.
Date: 25th Sep 2025 @ 10:07am
Earlier this week, children who wanted to run for School Council presented their manifestos to their class. They presented with clear and confident voices. Today, was voting day! We will find out who has been elected this afternoon. Good luck to all the candidates!
Date: 22nd Sep 2025 @ 8:17pm
Today we completed experiements to prove that like all substances, gases have mass. We weighed an empty balloon and then weighed it after it was inflated. Although the balloon floated more slowly, it actually had more mass! We also discovered that mixing an acid with an alkaline substance created a gas called carbon dioxide - which we used to extinguish a flame.
Year 4 - Boundary Roman Museum
Date: 16th Sep 2025 @ 4:12pm
Today, children in year 4 had the experience of exploring Roman artefacts, that were loaned to the school from The Lancashire Museum. The artefacts included armour and weapons, clothing and kitchen equipment such as jugs and lamps. Pupils had time to investigate the items and discussed what they were, what they made of and who may have used them.
Building on previous learning about Boudicca, we also used AI to create a realistic image of the Celtic leader who fought against the Romans. This allowed us to share the amazing power of generative AI with the pupils and also to discuss the uses and possible dangers of this new technology.
Year 4 - Guided Reading and Oracy
Date: 16th Sep 2025 @ 4:00pm
As part of our weekly guided reading journey, pupils spent today's lesson reading sections of a non-chronological report. Having listened to the class teacher model how to read it clearly and with expression, pupils read it to themselves and then aloud to a partner to build their confidence. Some pupils were brave enough to read small sections to the class.
Year 4 - Digital Photo Editing
Date: 12th Sep 2025 @ 4:29pm
In this lesson pupils continued their learning journey into Digital Photography. Together we looked at a range of edited digital photos and discussed how they had been edited and how the changes affected our feelings about the image. Pupils then used professional online photo editing software to experiment with visual effects and colour changes.
Date: 12th Sep 2025 @ 4:21pm
Year 4 started their Hinduism topic by looking at a variety of examples of films where the theme was ‘good overcoming evil’. The children then suggested their own film or story ideas where there was a protagonist and antagonist showing goodness in the world or good overcoming evil.
Children then worked in groups to discuss whether goodness always overcomes evil in the real world. The children had different views. Many children discussed crimes and littering however some children discussed the ‘goodness’ that overcomes the challenges. Children stated that many volunteers, help the homeless, give money to charity, help animals and donate to food banks.
In groups, children looked at inspirational figures who have shown sources of light and hope for others such as Thomas Edison and Albert Einstein.
Date: 12th Sep 2025 @ 2:18pm
This week, we used our balancing skills from last week but using apparatus. We did individual and pair balances.
Date: 10th Sep 2025 @ 7:56pm
This week, our key question was 'Is it a solid, a liquid or a gas?' To start the lesson we explored images of items we recognise and we had to sort them into each category. Next, we started to discuss the particles of solids, liquids and gases. We even became particles ourselves!
Date: 10th Sep 2025 @ 7:54pm
Since returning to school our focus in Maths has been place value. This week, we used place value counters and base 10 to show how well we understand numbers.
Date: 10th Sep 2025 @ 6:43pm
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Thank to School Supplier, Boundary have received a set of acoustic guitars. Children across school will benefit from these instruments!
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In this picture are six of our children who attend guitar lessons through school with a peripetetic teacher. The children work hard every week with Mr Stone to learn a wide range of songs and chords.
Year 4 - How can we edit a photo?
Date: 7th Sep 2025 @ 10:17pm
This week, we started our Computing unit by looking at what photo editing means - literally changing a photo. We learned how to crop and rotate an image and that they are examples of editing. We had a go at editing photos offline as well as online.
Year 4 - Why did the Romans invade Britain?
Date: 7th Sep 2025 @ 10:15pm
To start the lesson, we did our chronology flashback. Then, we went to the hall to look at the timeline. We looked at where topics we have learned about previous are compared to the Romans.
Next, we started to look at when the Romans invaded Britain. We learned that Caesar tried to invade Britain twice before in 55BC and 54BC, but was unsuccessful. Then in 43AD, Claudius was successful. We looked at why the Romans wanted to invade Britain so desperately and whether we agreed or disagreed with the invasion (from a Roman perspective).
We used our oracy skills throughout the lesson to practice our answers before speaking and we used ABC stem sentences to agree and challenge others’ opinions.
Year 4 - Multiplication Screening information
Date: 7th Sep 2025 @ 6:46pm
Dear Parents/ Carers,
Multiplication Tables Check – Year 4
I’m writing to let you know about an important assessment for all Year 4 pupils: the statutory Multiplication Tables Check.
What is the Multiplication Tables Check?
- The Multiplication Tables Check is a short online test that helps us measure how well your child knows their times tables (up to 12 x 12).
- All Year 4 pupils in England are required to take this check.
- The check consists of 25 questions. Pupils have 6 seconds to answer each question, with a 3-second gap in between.
When will it take place?
- The MTC will take place at the start of June.
Why is this check important?
- Knowing times tables fluently helps children with many aspects of maths and sets them up for success in Key Stage 2 and beyond.
How can you help at home?
Practising times tables at home can boost your child’s confidence. Here are a few suggestions:
- Use apps and online games such as Times Tables Rock Stars and Hit the Button.
- Practise chanting tables or asking quick-fire questions on the way to school.
- Make it fun with flashcards, songs or multiplication challenges.
Questions or concerns?
If you have any questions about the MTC or would like advice on supporting your child, please contact your child’s class teacher.
Thank you for your ongoing support.
Mrs NC Bunday
Deputy Headteacher
Boundary Primary School
Date: 3rd Sep 2025 @ 10:19am
This year, we are introducing Sensory Circuits at the beginning of the school day to make sure we are ready for the day. Today, we did our first one and we loved it. We felt woken up and relaxed ready to learn!
Date: 1st Sep 2025 @ 3:13pm
Welcome back! We hope you had a wonderful summer!
Here is some information which was shared during the Meet The Teacher session this week.
- Overview for the year (attached)
- Swimming - every Wednesday - you will need a costume/shorts, towel and a swimming cap if your hair is passed shoulder length. You will only be allowed to wear goggles if you have a consent form filled in.
- Homework - set online every Thursday to be completed by the following Friday (Spag.com, TTRS and Reading Plus)
- Spelling - set online every Thursday. Tested the following Friday (Spelling Shed)
- W/C 8th June 2026 - Y4 will take part in the statutory Multiplication Check. You need to be practising your times tables throughout the year.
- Year 3/4 statutory words are attached for you to practise spelling throughout the year
- Reading books will start to go out next week
