Blog by Tag: Year 4

Today representatives from Years 3 and 4 attended a School Games Multi- Skills tournament. They all completed a round robin of activities to help develop such skills as reaction, balance, co-ordination, throwing , catching and timing. They all had a great time and are keen to carry on practicing…

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…

KS2 had an amazing time at the Friendship Disco tonight! They loved dancing with their friends and enjoyed having a snack, drink and chat together. 

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…

Congratulations to Layla and Bobbie for winning the design for our new garden which will also house a grotto for Mary. The  children were asked to create a garden with a holy theme where we can all go to relax and reflect. We were impressed with all of the entries and all the children received a…

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…