Year 4: Blog items
Date: 2nd Jul 2021 @ 5:01pm
This week the children have took part in various sports day activities to earn points for their house teams. A favourite of theirs was completing the speed bounce and balloon races in their teams.
Date: 2nd Jul 2021 @ 4:56pm
This week the children learnt about how animals are separated into different groups based on their characteristics. The children then had a go at classifying liquorice alsorts into different groups based on what they look like using data branching.
Creating texture with play dough!
Date: 25th Jun 2021 @ 5:07pm
Today in Art, year four explored two of the seven elements of art which were texture and form. They used the play dough to make different forms and create various textures. We also linked this to geography by creating headlands and bays using the play dough which are created through erosion.
Date: 24th Jun 2021 @ 3:59pm
This week the children have learn about healthy relationships. The children look at various pictures that displayed unhealthy and healthy relationships and what makes them that way. The children have made brilliant points and engaged in lots of discussions around this topic.
Date: 17th Jun 2021 @ 3:16pm
In Year 4 we have just been looking at the success criteria of an adventure character description to help us create a character. We worked in small groups to think of all the different features.
Date: 11th Jun 2021 @ 3:45pm
Today in reading into writing, year 4 have been reading different adventure themed character descriptions. The children read through the different character descriptions and found the features of each one so they could compare them.
Date: 8th Jun 2021 @ 3:43pm
Today in RE the children learned about the temptation and sacrifice. Within the session the children were given various scenarios to discuss in their table groups in which a sacrifice may be needed to resolve an issue. The children came up with great ideas.
Date: 14th May 2021 @ 7:55pm
This afternoon, the children designed their own Medusa inspired hair pieces by creating card linkages, loose pivots and a card lever to create a moving hair piece. The children created their prototypes today which went really well.
Date: 14th May 2021 @ 7:46pm
On Monday, year 4 completed a practical activity looking into digestion. As digestion isn't something they can see with their own eyes the children demonstrated all the stages of digestion using crackers, bananas, water, orange juice and tights. The children loved this activity and have learnt a great deal about digestion.
Date: 7th May 2021 @ 5:39pm
In year four we have started to make different designs that have levers and linkages involved in order to make them move. We have started to plan and design our own moving design mechanism based Medusa from our previous journey in reading into writing, which was Myths.
Date: 7th May 2021 @ 3:35pm
The children took part in their final forest school session of year 4. They spent time building dens, shaving tree branches, doing finger nitting and looking at the tadpoles in the pond. They really enjoyed this session and said how they were all excited to start forest school again in year 5.
Date: 2nd May 2021 @ 4:18pm
On Thursday Year 4 spent time in forest school enjoying the great outdoors. The children spent time building dens and making smores around the fire.
Date: 2nd May 2021 @ 4:11pm
On Friday, year 4 took part in a DT day inspired by the Tokyo 2021 Olympics. The children had to create a healthy snack bar that would be part of a buffet at the Olympic games opening ceremony party. The children started the day by tasting existing snack bars. Later they created a design brief and then began to design their own healthy snack bar. Once the children had created their healthy snack bar they then went into Redcliffe's to make it. To finish the day the children evaluated their designs and took their creations home. The children thoroughly enjoyed their DT day.
Date: 29th Apr 2021 @ 7:58am
Year 4 had a lovely morning yesterday as they had a virtual visitor. The children completed a workshop on Ramadan as part of their topic question of why do Muslims fast during Ramadan. The children learnt more about why Muslims fast during Ramadan, when Muslims break their fast and the special celebration of Eid.
Date: 23rd Apr 2021 @ 4:55pm
Year 4 have started to learn how to program in computing. The children went onto Hour Of Code to complete many computing challenges in a Minecraft style game. The children had to debug some of their coding if they did not complete the challenge correctly. This was to ensure they went onto the next level.
Date: 21st Apr 2021 @ 4:00pm
As it was no pen day on Tuesday the children took part in a relay style maths lesson in which they had to collect parts of a fraction wall. As a team they had to collect all the pieces of the fraction wall to rebuild it on paper. The children thoroughly enjoyed this lesson and worked really hard to complete this task.
Date: 18th Apr 2021 @ 4:09pm
The children have begun learning the basic skills needed to play cricket. The children were working on their reaction speeds by taking part in a simple throwing and catching game with their peers.
Date: 14th Apr 2021 @ 5:17pm
On Monday, year 4 had a great afternoon learning about teeth. The children were able to discuss the three different types of teeth and the role they play in breaking down foods. The children explored this through creating their own teeth using playdough.
Date: 1st Apr 2021 @ 2:23pm
Year 4 have had a great afternoon using their knowledge of music to organise the differences and similarities between ABBA and Elton John's music careers and lives.
Solids, liquids and gases experiment
Date: 29th Mar 2021 @ 3:26pm
In science today the Year 4 predicted what would happen if we mixed together vinegar and baking powder into a bottle, with a balloon attached to the bottle. After the children made their predictions we headed outside to see what would happen. A chemical reaction took place between the vinegar and baking soda which created a gas which blew up the balloon! The children really enjoyed this experiment.
