Year 4

Year 4 embraced the chilly morning and took part in our sponsored Reindeer Run in aid of Jigsaw - Cumbria’s Children’s Hospice. The children had a brilliant time and clocked up many, many laps. Well Done Year 4!

This week, Year 4 enjoyed a fabulous Christmas treat at Theatre By The Lake in Keswick to watch a performance of The Jungle Book. We loved the show, clapped along to the songs and were on the edge of our seats during the action scenes!

To continue our DT topic, learning about what actually goes in to make our food, we have today investigated different breads and made our own bread rolls, using fresh ingredients. They smelt and tasted delicious! 
 

In DT this term we are learning about the ingredients that are in the foods we eat.  We have been investigating the differences between mass produced food and food made fresh, using quality ingredients. We then made our very own pizzas from scratch.  They were absolutely delicious and something we…

In Science this week we have started our Chemistry topic about the states of matter. We set up and performed our own investigations into the matter contained in each object. We discovered that whilst some objects may have the same mass, the size they take up is different. We also discovered that…

In RE, we have been learning about the theological virtues of faith, love and hope. To help us in learning about how these virtues are lived out in our every day lives, we went on a hunt around school to witness faith, love and hope.  Of course the hunt had to be carried out in secret! We saw…

This week, we had our first Year 4 trip of the school year. We went to Whinlatter Forest to investigate different animal habitats to support our Science curriculum. We took a woodland walk of discovery, listened to stories of different animals, took a blindfolded walk and even had time for a play…

In Year 4 this week, we have been learning about the importance of having a healthy mind and we have been putting into practice some activities to help us. We have been learning about guided breathing, different emotions and the importance of having little brain breaks. On Thursday afternoon our…

In Year 4 to celebrate the feast day of St Francis of Assisi, we spent time to learn about his life. We then created stained class windows and wrote our own prayers linked to celebrating the universe.  Finally, the children planned and delivered their own liturgy with the theme of ‘Looking after…

In art this week, Year 4 have been creating their own Still Life artwork. We have selected our own objects and created our own arrangements. We have started with sketching and next, we will add colour using pastels before adding a colour wash.

Year 4 have been writing their own haikus this week. We have edited and then performed them to the class, using intonation, emphasis and expression.

In Year 4 this week the children have been master mathematicians, flexibly partitioning different numbers. We have been using base ten and place value counters to create different ways of partitioning numbers up to 10,000…and challenging each other to create as many combinations as…