Year 4
Miss HoweWelcome to Year 4
Year 4 Poetry Recital
For their poetry recital, Year 4 researched and practiced the poem, 'The Sound Collector' by Roger McGough.They practiced adding emphasis and capturing the rhythm of the poem without leaning too much on the rhymes. https://youtu.be/AC6QCZQSKN0 They also wrote their...
Features of Persuasion
We discussed the meaning of the word ‘persuasion’ and what the purpose of persuasive writing is. We looked at examples of persuasive writing and noted the differences between this genre and narrative writing. We highlighted all the features we could spot and discussed...
Brilliant Bookmarks!
Year 4 have been working very hard this half term on their DT project, to design and create a corner bookmark to engage reluctant readers!They looked at a range of available designs and analysed their effectiveness to meet their success criteria and then came up with...
Dazzling Dances! 💃🕺
Year 4 have been working on their street and break dancing skills with coach Rachael. They have been working in pairs and groups to build their 8-counts into structured routines with lots of variation in direction and height. We’ve got some particularly talented...
Safer Internet Day!
Safer Internet Day is celebrated globally in February each year to promote the safe and positive use of digital technology for children and young people.This year, Safer Internet Day celebrated with the theme ‘Want to Talk About it?’ to encourage and inspire national...
Solid, Liquid or Gas?
Today, Year 4 have been asking this very important question about a range of materials. The quality of their reasoning and explanations for their opinions has been fantastic!
✨ Times Tables Superstars! ✨
Year 4 have been working so hard on their times tables and have been making fantastic progress! These children in particular have more than doubled their scores on their times table booklets from their baseline to their final check! We are so proud of them and love...
Informal multiplications
Today, Year 4 were working on their informal written methods for completing multiplication calculations. They looked at how they could use their knowledge of partitioning, number lines, place value charts and exchanges to work out the answers to a range of questions...
Sounds vs Distance
Today, as part of their ’Sound’ topic, Year 4 investigated how the distance from a sound source affects the perceived volume of the sound.They thought about their previous sound knowledge, made predictions, worked out their method and how to keep their investigation...
Amazing Arrays
Today, Year 4 began their new maths topic- multiplication and division.They started by recapping how to show multiplications using arrays. We then discussed what factors were shown by each array and how we could work systematically to find all the possible factors of...
Cropping and Rotating!
Year 4 have started their new computing unit of image editing. Today, they learned how to edit images within the ipad software. They looked at how cropping and rotating an image can really alter your viewer’s opinions.
Christmas Crackers
The children in Years 3 and 4 had an absolute blast today at their Christmas party. They danced, sang, played games and ate party food until they dropped! All children (and staff) were in excellent festive spirits and whole-heartedly enjoyed the celebrations with...