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Welcome to Year 4!

Our Class Teacher is Miss Clark
Our Teaching Assistant is Mrs Happe

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Harvest Samba

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This week, we have been thinking about how to encourage teamwork, cooperation, and physical coordination in a fun and engaging way. Year 4, used the parachute to work together to lift, lower, and manipulate the parachute, fostering communication and a sense of shared achievement. Additionally, it provides opportunities for creativity and imaginative play, while supporting social interactions, turn-taking, and active participation for all children, making it an inclusive and enjoyable experience.

Our CHAMP corner project has been both creative and inspiring! It’s wonderful to see Year 4 pupils connecting the theme of kindness with nature by planting wildflowers and designing their own unique flowers for the class planter. As they explore the meaning of kindness, they thought of related words like: • Compassion • Generosity • Patience • Empathy • Warmth • Consideration • Friendliness • Caring • Thoughtfulness • Understanding These words inspired colourful, imaginative flower designs. By linking their artwork to the theme of kindness, the pupils have made a colourful statement while also spreading positive messages for everyone to see!

Spelling games in Year 4. We have been learning the spelling rules for adding the suffix 'ing'. We designed a game of Total Knockout spellings to make our learning fun and fast paced.

Year 4 have been enjoying our science topic ' Electricity' and wanted to share what we have been doing this week. The pupils were really enthusiastic when working scientifically and testing if materials were electrical conductors or insulators.

Our science topic is 'Electricity', we have had lots of fun learning how to connect circuits and make a bulb light up.

It was lovely to welcome the pupils into Year 4, they seemed settled and enjoyed playing a variety of games to encourage communication, socialisation and reasoning skills.

Dear Parents and Carers, thank you so much for all of your generous gifts. Mrs. Happe and I have truly enjoyed teaching your children. We hope you enjoy the final photos. The pupils and I had fun trying to form the shape of a number 4 to celebrate the end of the year and then we had ice-lollies! Wishing you all a wonderful summer break. Kind regards, Miss Clark and Mrs. Happe

Year 4's Sunrise Drinks

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Art: the pupils chose a word pertinent to them, linking to our English and science topic 'Save the Bees'. They made shadow sculptures inspired by Sue Webster.

Year 4, have been playing sitting volleyball. The pupils encouraged and supported each other like true CHAMPS.

To kick start sports week, Year 4 participated with other local schools in the DSSN games at Laureate School. This consisted of a carousel of fun sports activities, such as: football, golf, archery, badminton, quidditch and hockey. The pupils used all of their CHAMP skills when completing the games and demonstrated wonderful sportsmanship qualities.

In science, our new topic is Living Things and their Habitats. We have started to create our own dioramas using paint, 3D effects and colour immersion.

This week we were inspired by the artist Magdalene Oduno. We used chalk to plan our bee habitats, which will be the basis of our final piece. We took our learning outside to develop our ideas.

This week, the pupils have been consolidating their times tables knowledge through a variety of games and challenges. They have been playing Times Tables Rockstars, maths quizzes, Lego maths and pick a number games to multiply by.

Hazard Alley is a safety centre dedicated to saving lives. The pupils enjoyed an immersive, experiential learning experience. They were motivated and confident when engaged in life sized scenarios such as: fire safety, internet safety, water safety, personal safety and first aid, to name a few.

PE fractions: This week, Year 4 have been enjoying the glorious sunshine and inventing their own workouts. They used their knowledge of fractions to determine how many exercises their peers should do. It was lots of fun.

This week in science, we have been learning about the digestive system and its functions. The pupils used everyday items to replicate how the various digestive organs work.

In this high-octane percussion activity, the pupils had the opportunity to create their own unique rhythm and dances. The workshop encompassed musicality and movement combined. Year 4 were attentive and motivated while they learned how to make their own STOMP style routines individually and collaboratively as part of a group.

In English, Year 4 are writing autobiographical fantasy stories. To enhance our story telling we have created individual dioramas depicting the different settings that the pupils plan to write about. Some pupils created an enchanted, magical and eerie forest. Some pupils created a mystical and ancient citadel. Others created a dark, scary and malevolent cemetery with a portal to a luminous and alluring castle.

In maths, Year 4 have been playing times tables tennis! They have been working in pairs, to compete consecutive shots to consolidate our times tables fluency. The pupils enjoyed engaging in mathematical rallies and challenged themselves by using stop watches to beat their recall times.

For PSHCE this week, we have been putting on our positive thinking caps! The pupils were thinking about a variety of coping strategies to use when faced with adversity. They discussed different methods such as: box breathing, speaking to an adult, taking notice, getting outside, reading, affirmations and connecting with friends. We incorporated the 5 ways to Wellbeing and the Zones of Regulation.

GOAL Day- Year 4 had lots of fun today. We played venn maths classification games and hide and seek in the woods. The pupils were all attentive and motivated learning CHAMPs.

The pupils looked absolutely fantastic for World Book Day! We thoroughly enjoyed all of the days activities and participating in the World Book Day parade.

Our new topic in science is Scientist and Inventors. This week, we have enjoyed learning all about the Primatologist 'Jane Goodall.'

In P.E, we have had a lot of fun performing tuck, pike and cat leaps for our gymnastics topic!

We had lots of fun during the skateboarding workshop. We learnt how to ride, jump and perform tricks. It was challenging but Year 4 were perseverant and worked well to help each other.

We had a fantastic trip to the Roald Dahl Museum and learnt lots of strategies to implement in our creative writing.

In DT, we have been looking at mechanical systems. The pupils have been motivated when making a slingshot car. We raced our cars to see which ones had the least air resistance.

Our topic in computing is 'Programming A.' We learnt how to accuratley code a sequence of letters. The pupils were attentive and motivated.

We used our We Read book 'The Explorer' as inspiration for our GOAL Day. The pupils' learnt how survive in the wild. We thought about what type of food we might have to forage for if we found ourselves in the Amazon Rainforest, how to make a shelter and how to safely build a fire. We had lots of fun!

In French this week, Year 4 have been learning the different weather phrases. The pupils made up their own 'weather raps' and performed in a 'Britains Got Talent' style competition.

This week, in English the pupils have been writing and performing a Christmas riddle.

Year 4 used a range of materials, to test which one was the best for soundproofing. They tested: foil, paper, paper towels and cloth. They made sure that their investigation was fair by only changing one variable (the materials) the dependent variable was the amount of sound that they could hear. We ensured that the test was fair by using the same range of sound. We found that tin foil was the best for soundproofing and surmised that this was because the vibrations bounced off the foil and that the material was not permeable.

This week, we have used our creative flare to make Christmas windows. The pupils were attentive and motivated when designing their special decorations.

In science this week, we investigated how surface area affects the volume of sound. We made paper cones to test our hypothesis that the larger the cone, the bigger the volume. We took our learning outside and found that our predictions were correct.

In P.S.H.C.E, for Anti-Bullying week, we have been discussing what bullying is. We investigated the different types of bullying, how to recognize them, what to do if we experience bullying and who we should talk to. Each year Anti-Bullying week has a different theme to raise awareness. This year the theme was ‘odd socks.’ We designed and decorated a pair of socks in our own personal style. It was a fun activity for an important issue.

Our new topic in science is 'Sound'. This week, we have been investigating how sounds are made! We used different musical instruments to associate different sounds with something vibrating. Then, we conducted a 'sound walk' in the school. We observed and logged which parts of the school were the loudest and which areas were the quietest!

This week, Year 4 have been counting fractions on a number line. The pupils enjoyed working collaboratively to deepen their understanding.

Year 4 really enjoyed performing their harvest song - The Harvest Samba

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Year 4 have enjoyed singing along with the rest of the school, to celebrate Harvest Festival!

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Year 4 have enjoyed singing along with the rest of the school, to celebrate Harvest Festival!

We have had a fantastic day at Hudnall Park. The pupils were attentive when making their journey sticks, perseverant when orienteering, helpful throughout the day and confident when working as a team!

This week we have been learning how to estimate and calculate lengths of measurement. We took our lesson outside and had lots of fun!

In our French lessons this week, we have been learning how to count to 20. We then made our own mathmatical games, by throwing the dice and using the four operations to answer questions in French.

In Maths, we have been learning how to multiply and add. We played a bowling game to set our calculation out. It was lots of fun.

In DT, we have been connecting series and parallel circuits.

Welcome to our Year 4 page. This week, the children have all settled back into school with full enthusiasm and gusto! As you can see, we have certainly been enjoying the wonderful weather. In P.S.H.C.E, the pupils have been learning about team building, with a focus on how to be a good 'team player'. They worked collaboratively to develop a variety of strategies which would encourage and help each other.

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