What a fun-filled and busy week we have had in Year 4 - so much learning, achievements and special occasions celebrated. There are lots this week, so please enjoy reading and having a look!

 

Michael Rosen: Global Tales of Nature - How Things Came to Be:

On Monday we were lucky enough to be invited to an event held by the British Library. We listened to poems and stories about nature and even created our own characters based on nature!

 

Pancake Day:

On Tuesday we each had a chance to flip and eat our own pancakes - lots of toppings were chosen and full bellies! Thank you to Mrs Fowler-Holden and Miss Read for baking our pancakes and to Mrs Link for organising all the ingredients. It was a yummy morning!

 

World Book Day:

On Thursday we celebrated a day filled with books! Thank you parents for some amazing costumes. We enjoyed Miss Edgeley's rendition of the Highway Rat and enjoyed reading our own books and taking our own reading quizzes in our outside fort area! A huge well done to Phoebe and Norah for being our two lucky Golden Ticket winners - one for making your own Sealife Terrarium and one for winning hot chocolate and biscuits with Mr Paull! A huge well done to this pupil for winning best dressed in the class!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maths: We continued our topic of multiplication and division. We focused on dividing a two-digit number by a 1-digit number. We used concrete resources such as place value counters to help us with dividing and also partitioning using part-whole models.

English: We had two more days of experience - one focusing on words which rhyme with rise and another creating posters based on bullying, a key theme in Maya Angelou's I Rise poem. We spoke about the effects bullying has, different types of bullying, ChildLine and what we can do if we are being bullied. We then started our first sentence stacking lesson, which focused on negative nouns and similes.

 

 

Science: We continued our topic of Sound by conducting an experiment to see how sound waves travel through the air. We went onto the field and were 5m away from Miss Edgeley. Using our stopwatches on our iPads, we measured how long it took for us to hear Miss Edgeley's clap. Using our data, we measured the speed by dividing distance over time to find an average. 

Art: We started our new topic of Ancient Roman Monuments. Over the next half-term we will be constructing our own models of the Pantheon. We spoke about why monuments are important and wrote about our steps in creating the Pantheon, focusing on key structures: portico, dome and column.

PSHE: We continued our topic of Healthy Me by focusing on Group Dynamics. We were given different scenarios and discussed the different roles and characteristics children take on and how we can resolve these issues.

 

RE: We continued our worldview of Christianity and focused on forgiveness in the Bible. We read 5 different Bible stories: unforgiving servant, eye for eye, love your enemies, it is wrong to be angry and the Lord's Prayer. We discussed what Jesus says about forgiveness in the story, whether we thought this was a good example for a Christian to follow and if we would find it easy or difficult to forgive.

Spanish: Aprendo Espanol (Lesson 3). In this lesson we were able to say hello and good morning, introduce our names, ask others for their names, ask others how they were feeling and identify our own feelings.

PE: Outdoor Adventurous Activities with Mr Watson.

Guided Reading: Vocabulary and retrieval based on Great Graphic Novels.

Spellings: Oy and oi.

Handwriting: Consolidation of double b's.

Gap Analysis: In Maths we focused on multiplication and division facts of the 3x, 4x and 8x tables alongside soundcheck.

What a busy and fun-filled final week of Spring 1! Please see below our learning and many achievements:

 

Maths: We continued our topic of multiplication and are now focusing on formal method of multiplication. We multiplied a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number.

 

English: We have written, edited and rewrote our narrative based on our book The Whale.  Some beautiful standards of work!

History: We have consolidated our learning of life in Ancient Rome by studying their language of Latin. We became etymologists - translating the calendar months and common words.

Geography: We have consolidated our learning of Eastern Europe by focusing on the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. On a map, we identified the different countries and the total number of refugees. 

PSHE: We continued our topic of dreams and goals. We either wrote a verse or gave reasons for setting our own plans and goals.

RE: We consolidated our learning of the Buddha's teaching by focusing on either The Buddha, Kisa and the Mustard Seed or Buddha and the Angry Elephant. We discussed how these teachings can still impact the lives of Buddhists today through the themes of suffering, compassion and grief.

Art: Our Art Day focused on the topic of Design. We studied Mattise's The Fall of Icarus, which we enjoyed learning about as it is linked with our Ancient Greek Myths from last term! We spoke about the elements of art: form, line, colour, shape, space and texture in this painting. We then recreated Mattise's two famous trapeze artists by cutting, sticking and using different coloured cards to create different shapes. 

Another busy week in Year 4! This week the children completed their Spring Assessments in GPS, Spelling, Arithmetic, Reasoning and Reading. We also completed our Spring Multiplication Check and checked our reading level in our Big Cat Scheme. Miss Chapman, Miss Read and I are so proud of the children's resilience and ambition shown this week!

 

Please see below the rest of our learning and achievements:

 

English: We continued our sentence stacking lessons based on our book The Whale.

Science: We focused on how air pollution is a threat to the human environment. We identified factors such as acidic lakes, changes to the water cycle and the gas and fumes produced affecting our lungs.

History: We continued our learning of Ancient Rome and focused on the town of Pompeii. We learnt that the nearby mountain Vesuvius had an ash cloud building pressure all day, and it released into a hot pyroclastic flow that perfectly buried and preserved the town for over 2000 years! When archaeologists excavated the town, they found thousands of artefacts, buildings and casts of people frozen. We know a lot about life in Ancient Rome because of the excavation. 

Geography: We continued our learning of Eastern Europe by identifying physical features on a map, such as the most famous river (Danube), the longest river (Volga) and mountains (Ural).

 

PSHE: We continued our topic of Dreams and Goals. We worked in groups to create drama pieces focused on different scenarios. We then discussed as a class how we can set different goals if our dreams don't come true.

RE: We continued our worldview of Buddhism. We learnt about the story of Buddha and the Angry Elephant. We answered comprehension questions based on this text and the importance of compassion.

PE: Handball with ICS coach.

Guided Reading: Retrieval and vocabulary questions based on National Storytelling Week.

Gap Analysis: In Maths we continued our learning of place values in 3-digit and 4-digit numbers by using place value charts and counters. 

Here is Year 4's learning and achievements from this week:

 

Maths: We continued with our learning of multiplication and division. This week we identified and used factor pairs and multiplied by 10 and 100.

English: We continued our sentence stacking based on our book The Whale. We also took part in an experience day related to our main character Lucy - building our own rafts!

 

Science: We learnt that living things depend on each other within an ecosystem and how there can be both positive and negative impacts.

History: We continued our learning of Ancient Rome by focusing on Roman society and how it became a republic. We learnt the ordering of society, starting with the consul (two members elected annually to run the city), senators (up to 300 who have the post for life and advise the consul), patricians (wealthy men who own land and money), plebeians (who are poor and do not own property) and slaves (owned and undertook most manual work).

Geography: We continued our learning of Eastern Europe by focusing on the climate. We learn that there are different climates in Eastern Europe and countries closer to the North Pole are colder, whereas countries closer to the Equator are warmer. We also learnt the climate in Eastern Europe is continental. 

RE: We continued our study of Buddhism by speaking about Anicca (change). We spoke about changes in our lives and how this made us feel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PSHE: We continued our learning of Dreams and Goals. This week we focused on how sometimes our dreams and goals do not come true, but spoke about being resilient when this doesn't happen.

Guided Reading: We explored new vocabulary and answered retrieval questions based on Awesome Series – Dick Kerr Girls Football.

Handwriting: We finished our studying of hard letters z, f and x.

Spellings: We focused on the spelling rules s, and es.

PE: We began handball with Mr Watson.

Our final week before Christmas! We edited and rewrote our newspaper reports based on the Wizards of Once.

We completed our Christmas crafts - we designed our own cards and decorated our placemats for our Christmas lunch!

Miss Chapman and I were so proud of all the children this week - excellent behaviour at the pantomime where we enjoyed watching Cinderella, great performances at our Christmas production, and readings and traditional carols at our Christmas Church Service. Due to this, every child was awarded Dojo Champion!

Awards:

• A huge well done to our Golden Golden pupil Victoria who always demonstrates the Howard values and goes above and beyond to help others, consistently holding herself to high standards. Miss Chapman and I are so proud of you - a well-loved member of our class!
• So proud of the 14 children who have achieved their 70-point reading certificates and a new book! Hope you enjoy your reading!
• Well done to Skye for being awarded Impeccable Manners from the office - we are so proud of you!

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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Year 4!

Maths: We continued our learning of times tables, focusing on consolidating the 9x tables and the 7x tables.

English: We finished our sentence stacking for our newspaper report and created our narrative map.

Spanish: We learnt about fruits.

Geography: We learnt about food and farming in the Mediterranean.