Year 4 | Gade Valley Primary School

Welcome to Year 4!

Our Class Teacher is Miss Clark.
Our Teaching Assistant is Mrs O' Beirne.

Year 4 Non-Negotiables for Writing, Reading and Maths

Non Negotiable Parent Leaflet - Year 4

Half-Termly Curriculum Letters

Year 4 Curriculum Letter Autumn 1 2022 pdf.pdf

Year 4 Welcome Meeting

Welcome Meeting

This week, Year 4 have been exploring climate in the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn and contrasting weather in these regions with the weather in the U.K. All of the children had the opportunity to produce their own weather report.

This week, Year 4 have been learning how to construct an electrical circuit. We focused on how to work safely with electricity, how to choose the appropriate equipment, and how to construct the circuit.

Our Learning Journey 2021-2022

This week the children have been working really hard in their groups for our DT project the Great British Bake Off. All the children really impressed me with how hard they worked and with the quality of the work they produce. Here are a few pictures from our bread making.

Year 4 have really enjoyed competing in sports week. They have all shown brilliant Olympic and Gade Valley values and should be proud of themselves.

Year 4 have enjoyed learning all about water for science day. They worked well together to complete the water pipeline challenge where they had to transport water from one side of the playground to the other using a variety of items. They also explored what happens when water mixes with skittles.

This week in Year 4 we have begun our learning about The Romans. We learnt that they are famous for creating intricate pictures called mosaics using small square tiles. We were inspired to create our own Roman mosaics.

Year 4’s Jubilee video

This week in Maths we have taken our learning outdoors. The children have been learning about ordering decimals. They generated their numbers by completing long jumps and then ordered and compared their results.

Year 4 had great fun during their GOAL day this week. The children explored shape, wrote instruction for a new game and even visited Gadebridge park to explore settlements.

This week we have been visited by baby ducklings! We enjoyed spending time with them, watching them waddle around our classroom and even holding them. Below are a few pictures of our time with them.

Goldilocks and The Three Bears- We really enjoyed performing the play. Here are some pictures of the performance.

Go Outside And Learn - Survival. Year 4 had a fantastic day learning outside today. We were imagining we had been stranded on a desert island and had to survive. We learnt about the things we needed to survive including food, water and shelter. Below are some pictures from our day.

This week the children of Year 3 and 4 went on a fantastic trip to the Roald Dahl Museum. We had lots of fun learning about Roald Dahl's life and exploring all the interactive activities the museum had to offer. We also explore Great Missenden where Roald Dahl was inspired to write lots of his stories. Below are some photos from the day.

This week in Year 4 we have been learning about measurements in Maths. We began by learning about time including how to calculate time intervals using the frog method and then moved on to learning about area and perimeter. Below are some examples of the children's work.

Year 4 have really enjoyed sharing stories with children from other classes as part of Book Week. All the children were really attentive and caring towards the younger children.

In geography, the children were learning about how water is treated before it arrives at our homes. They were set a challenge to clean a cup of dirty water using a range of equipment such as sieves and filters.

Explanation texts The children in Year 4 have been working hard to create explanation texts about the Water Cycle. They have thought carefully about the different processes and features of an explanation text to create their work which is displayed in our class.

Melting chocolate This week in science, the children have been learning about melting and freezing points. They conducted their own investigations to find the melting point of chocolate.

The Water Cycle This week in Year 4 we have been learning about the Water Cycle. The children learnt to use the correct terminology to describe the process and created their own flow-charts, some of which can be seen below.

Merry Christmas from Year 4: It has been a fantastic first term in year 4. The children have worked really hard and are a credit to the school. Thank you for all of my very kind presents and cards. I hope you all have a fantastic break and I look forward o welcoming the children back in the New Year.

Riddles in the Dark

This week the children have had great fun learning to write riddles. We read the chapter 'Riddles in the Dark' from The Hobbit and then had our own competition between Bilbo and Gollum. Below are some of the children's riddles. Can you solve them?

I whirl past the streets,

over ground and under ground,

gears turning hear me shriek,

don't fall in my path or you will not return.

What am I?

(Jackson and Kasey)

I have a mouth but I don't speak,

I have fingers that I don't move,

I hide in my box in the summer and come out in the winter.

What am I?

(Poppy and Cooper)

I dark but dead by night,

I follow you to give me a fright,

You can never break me,

and never make me.

What am I?

(Isabella and Logan R)

The Science of Sound

This week the children have been learning about how we hear sound. They have used what they have learnt to create their own programmes entitled 'The Science of Sound'. Below is an example of one of our programmes.

Science of Sound

Diwali Dance Workshop

This week the children were taught a fantastic Diwali dance. The class worked really hard to learn all the different steps and really enjoyed themselves. Below are a few photos from the session.

Hudnall Park

This week Year 4 went on a fantastic trip to Hundall Park. The children (and adults) learnt a range of map reading skills including how to read a compass, how to create a journey stick and even how to make your own compass using the sun. All the children really enjoyed the day and were attentive and motivated throughout the day.

Growth Mindset Workshop

This week the children took part in a Growth mindset workshop. Ian, who ran the workshop, and I were extremely impressed by the fantastic attitude the children demonstrated. In the session the children were shown how to draw Gromit using Ian's picture and instructions to help. They were encouraged to learn from their mistakes and persevere when they found the task challenging. Here is their finished artwork.

Maths treasure hunting

This week the children took their learning outside. They had to use their ability to add and subtract 10s, 100s and 1000s to solve a series of clues which had been hidden in the woodland. The children showed a great understanding and really enjoyed their time outside.

Super Scientists

This week the children have been learning all about static electricity. They learnt how it is caused and then completed a range of experiments to see it in action. Here our a couple of our class professors with 2 of our favourite experiments.

Floating tissue paper

Water bending

Wow what a fantastic start to Year 4! The children have worked hard and have settled in really well. This week they have been creating wanted posters and bandit nicknames for themselves. Here are some of their pictures.

Goodbye from Mr Hakner and Mrs Reeve

St Alban's Museum

The children had a brilliant day today at St Alban's Museum learning all about the history of the Romans in Britain. All the children were a attentive and motivated and were a credit to the school. Below are a selection of pictures of our time at the museum as well as some of the children enjoying the path afterwards.

The Romans

This week the children having been having lots of fun making edible Roman roads using chocolate, custard and biscuits. Below is a selection of pictures of the children working together to make their Roman roads as well as some instructions they created to go with them.

Sports Week 2021

I have been really impressed with the children this week. They have all shown fantastic sportsmanship and the CHAMP qualities. It has been lovely to hear them cheering for each other.

Sports day 2021- Year 4 Flat Races

Year 4 Relay Race

Year 4 Middle Distance Run

Summer 2

This week, the children have been enjoying the return of swimming at Gade Valley. I have been impressed by the children's ability and attitude during these sessions.

Additionally, the children have been creating work based on the classic children's tale Charlotte's Web. On Friday they created Kenning Poem and performed them to the rest of the class.

Kenning Poems

Summer 1

This week the children have been working hard recording their class assembly. They all did a fantastic job. Here are the children singing ‘Lean on me’ as part of our assembly.

Lean on me

This week we have been investigating area and perimeter in Maths. The children have been measuring objects on our playground and calculating their area and perimeter.

In addition to our Maths learning, we have also been learning about the city of Pompeii as part of our Roman topic. The children have been creating their own Mount Vesuvius.

This week the children have begun learning about the Roman Empire. They have learnt all about Roman Mosaics and were inspired to create their own ones.