Blog Author: Miss Mancebo

After lots of preparation, Year 4 took part in the Let’s Dance Competition alongside children from local schools. They performed a group dance, two solos and one duet in front of an audience and judges. They were fantastic! Well done to our dancers who were awarded ‘most creative dancer’ and ‘most…

Year 4 celebrated Saint Joseph’s day today as he is our class Saint. 

We learned about how important Saint Joseph is to many Christian’s from all around the world and about the different ways different countries celebrate on St Joseph’s Day. We even tried a traditional St Joseph’s Day…

Year 4 were very pleased to meet Team GB athlete Chris Bennett this afternoon. He told us some very interesting stories about his experiences as an athlete. 

Miss Mancebo was very impressed with the Year 4 athletic prowess demonstrated in the sponsored athletics circuits. 
 

As part of Science Week, Year 4 have been learning about the digestive system. Today they were working scientifically. We decided what our variables were then created a model of the human digestive system. We hypothesised that the faeces would be affected by the diet. 

In P.E. Year 4 are learning to interpret and respond to different pieces of music by experimenting with different body movements then putting these together to create a sequence. 

Year 4 enjoyed their time in the Wonderdome (a 3D mobile planetarium). They learned all about space exploration - past, present and the future - and the search to answer the question about life on other planets. It was a thrilling experience. They ended the session by listening to a scientifically…

For World Book Day, Year 4 studied the poem ‘Caged Bird’ by Maya Angelou. First we found out about Maya Angelou, which helped us understand the poem. After reading the poem together, we discussed the central themes and messages of the poem and the different poetic devices and vocabulary used to…

The theme for Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week this year was ‘Let’s Connect’. We discussed how making connections with our friends, family, pets, neighbours and community can help with our mental health. These connections can make us feel happy, loved, secure and ambitious. We also learnt…

Year 4 have been learning how to use lines of latitude to determine the climate of a region. They used an atlas to find at leat one country in each different climate zone. 
 

Year 4 enjoyed their visit to their local library. They are becoming increasingly independent by returning books themselves and withdrawing their next book to read. 

Year 4 have been learning about who they can inform and talk to when they experience something suspicious or unpleasant online. 

Year 4 are learning about lines of latitude and longitude. They have been using ‘wordwall’ on the iPads to enhance learning.