YEAR 4 BLOG

This year’s theme for Science Week was Time.

We decided to explore phones over time and began by making cup phones. This also linked in with our sound topic. We learned about how phones have evolved over the years and looked at a range of mobile phones from over the years and tried to order…

Year 4 had a wonderful overnight experience at Castlerigg Manor in Keswick. 

We stayed overnight and completed the programme ‘Let Your Light Shine’ thinking about what we are good at and how we can share this with others. Take a look at the photos to see what we got up…

Year 4 had a fantastic morning planting trees with the River Ribble Trust. The children got stuck in, literally, to help the local environment.

Year 4 Sacrament shared their innovated stories based on 'Puss in Boots' to a child in Year 2 Sacrament. We received some great feedback!

As part of our pastoral learning around Baptism, Year 4 visited church to see what happens. 

The children enjoyed seeing the visible signs of Baptism, exploring the Font and speaking to Deacon Michael about his experiences of Baptism. 

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4 Blessed loved having a taster session of Yoga!

They found the strategies for relaxation and reducing anxiety really helpful - we continued them when we returned to the classroom! Ask your child to show you.

As part of our work on Italy, we made pizzas in D&T. We planned our pizza, choosing the ingredients and then made it from scratch, including the dough! They were delicious!

In DT, this term, 4 Sacrament have been learning about Italian food and have been focusing on cooking. We started by tasting a range of pizza styles to evaluate existing products in preparation for planning and designing our own pizzas. We made fresh dough, kneaded the dough and gathered our…

4 Sacrament enjoyed having a session of Yoga. We found some strategies to support us with our well-being. We learnt how to be mindful and how to be more present in the moment. 

For the first English unit of 2024, Year 4 have been learning the poem 'Macavity'.

See the performance here - they have done a great job!

4B Macavity Performance

4 Blessed enjoyed using their acting skills to think about how the characters in the story were feeling.

Our current text is 'Puss in Boots' - the children have enjoyed predicting what might happen!