Year 4
Miss HoweWelcome to Year 4
Christmas Choir in the Community!
Children from years 3-6 have had the opportunity to be part of the school choir. The pupils have shown real commitment by dedicating one lunch time a week to practise songs in their own time. Each Wednesday, the children have shown up full of smiles and raring to go....
Marvellous Magic!
Last week, the Rotary Club kindly gifted us a visit from a magician. As you can see from the pictures, the children (and staff) had a great time. A huge thank you to the Rotary Club of Birtley for this wonderful gift!
Brilliant Bibs!
As the final product of their 'jewellery designers' topic, Year 4 have created their own silver bib necklaces. They took inspiration from Ancient Egyptian designs, and the Egyptian jeweller, Azza Fahmy. They fused both ancient symbols with modern materials and created...
Investigating Area
Today, Year 4 looked at the concept of area and how we can define it. We used post-its to create different rectilinear shapes and realised they all had the same area!
Curious about Continents!
Today, Year 4 used their previous knowledge of the Continents to help them describe the difference between a continent and a country. They then used atlases to help them identify countries found on each continent. They couldn't believe that they can be only one...
Dynamic Dinosaur Descriptions
Today, Year 4 have been using images of dinosaurs to generate ideas for detailed descriptions. We looked at how we could use our ideas to create expanded noun phrases with prepositions and worked on similes to add to the description and imagery.
Celebrating Diwali!
In Year 4 we have started our work this half term learning about Diwali. Hindus look forward to the festival of Diwali and it is a very happy time in the Hindu religion. We read the story of Rama and Sita and made finger puppets to help us remember it. The lights lit...
Amazing Amulets!
In Art this term, Year 4 are looking at jewellery and learning what skills they would need to be designers. They spent some time looking at a range of jewellery from ancient civilisations then focussed on Ancient Egyptian pendants and amulets. They looked at the...
Brilliant Body Percussion
In Music this term, Year 4 are working on their body percussion and rhythm skills. Today, they looked at trying to mirror the body percussion of their partner- keeping the same steady beat.
Digestion Demonstration
This afternoon, Year 4 investigated how our digestive system works using crackers, orange juice and a pair of tights! First, they took some crackers and crunched them up in a plastic bag to represent chewing in the mouth. We added a little bit of water for saliva to...
Place value challenges 🎲🧩
Today, Year 4 used all of their place value skills to solve some Nrich place value challenges. They used digit cards and dice to create the largest and smallest numbers they could, and challenged each other with their digit placements.
Amazing Egyptians!
Today, Year 4 had a fantastic day of fun and learning with Richard, ‘ That History Bloke’! We learnt all about how to greet each other in Ancient Egyptian, all about the role of the Pharaoh and what each part of their clothes symbolised. We learnt all about the...