YEAR 4 BLOG

During our trip to Martin Mere we completed an activity on Swan Migration. We explored where they migrated from, what they looked like and how much a female swam would weigh. We discussed what their needs were and how to protect them. After, we explored the wetlands and used our spotter guide…

On 23^rd November, Year 4 had an assembly all about the Parliament and laws. After that, we took part in a Parliament workshop. We discussed and debated the for and against in creating a new law. The new law we debated was requiring all children to walk to school at least once or more a week. The…

In the Autumn 1 term, Year 4 have enjoyed reading ‘The Boy at the Back of the Class’. The book focus was on a Syrian refugee called Ahmet. In Pastoral, we have been learning about discrimination and planned a Faith in Action project. On Thursday 12^th October, we organised a cake sale. We raised…

Year 4 have made a tremendous effort with their swimming lessons this week - many children have overcome their fears of water and are developing life saving skills. The adults in school have been super proud to see how each class have developed in confidence and challenged themselves. The sessions…

On Friday we played dodgeball under UV lights. It was a lot of fun!

We had such a great day celebrating World Book Day and enjoyed reading activities throughout the day. 

In DT this half term we have focusing on cooking. We started by tasting a range of pizza to evaluate existing products in preparation for planning our own pizzas. We made a fresh batch of dough and had to wait over lunch prove over lunch. Then we kneaded the dough into shape and used our plan to…

Today we have reinforced our knowledge on place value using practical resources. 

In Year 4 we have been learning about about the Viking times. Last week we had a special visitor who told us all about how life was like for the Vikings, how they chose a chief for battle, what a battle would have looked like and how they rowed on their longboats. We look at many different…

During our trip to Martin Mere we completed a pond dipping activity. We were given a net and a tray and we had to dip into the pond to collect living things. We were then able to classify the living things as vertebrates in invertebrates using the classification keys. We learnt the names of lots…

On Friday we visited a local charity that supports refugees in Ukraine and many other countries in need. We met a volunteer who gave us a tour of the distribution centre and talked us through how the donations are organised before they get transported overseas. As part of our Faith In Action…

This week 4B took a trip over to church and took part in mass with members of the congregation. During mass Father Haughton discussed a special event celebrated in Canada and discussed with the children what a martyr is. We then identified different ways the Holy Spirit lives in us and guides us…