During their final week in English, year 4 have had the opportunity to experience writing in different ways. The week began with an introduction to Kenning Poetry, which links to our Viking History topic. Kenning is an old ‘Norse’ word meaning to ‘express a thing in terms of another’. For example, a
We have started a new block in PE and it is all about dance. This can make some children nervous, when trying new things and performing in front of others, however the children have taken to it so well! We do a warm up that involves a lot of jumping and burpees to get our heart rates up and stretch
Over the last two weeks, Year 4 have been looking at Christianity and the miracles of Jesus, along with pilgrimages to sites where miracles are alleged to have taken place. We also looked at some modern day miracles to debate whether we thought they really do exist. The children always find this t
This half term in Science, the children have been learning about their ears and how they hear. This week, we looked at ways to absorb soundwaves which will make sound quieter. We used cups and a variety of materials and rated how clearly we could hear a sound through the various materials. We have
The new year has seen children taking initial assessments in Accelerated Reader and Reading Plus. This provides them with a level to begin their reading journey from for this academic year. The children are then able to access these programmes in school, but, perhaps more importantly, with your supp
The children have been back at school for a few weeks now and are all taking books home from Accelerated Reader, Read Write Inc, Class Treasure Chests or Reading Schemes. The outdoor library has re-opened and children are accessing this at breaks and dinnertimes. As the nights draw in, it is the per
With Autumn now under way and Bonfire Night looming it is a good time to talk to the children about fire safety. We do this in class, where the children can share their experiences and learn which safety measures need to be in place before you even think about lighting a fire. We discuss risk, the f
The new Year 4 Tennis Club has begun training today, and what a start the children made! After a quick chat about the aims of the club, we were quickly into a warm up to get the heart pumping and the blood flowing. The rackets were then introduced where the the vocabulary was developed to help instr
This week, Year 4 enjoyed a workshop with Bjorn, our visiting Viking, during which we learned about their weaponry, battle formations, how they debated and made decisions and also about some artefacts and traditional Viking games. Over the day, the children had the opportunity to hear about the Viki
In Year 4 we explored numbers up to 9,999 today, using the flip frames and the place value counters to read, write and create numbers in a variety of ways. We also explored the importance of including the zero in columns that have no value, such as 4,032, because if we missed it out, it became 432.�
