Blog by Tag: Year 4

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

Our second week of Forest School taught us to be mindful of inclement weather conditions, to always be prepared and flexible when for when the weather changes or is different to the forecast. This week we all attended together because the forecast was for very high winds. After investigating our…

What a wonderful experience Year 4 had at their first Forest School! 
 

In their computing lessons, Year 4 are learning how to use and create spreadsheets. They have been using the formula wizard to help them create formulas. They enjoyed learning to how to use a spreadsheet to create a Maths game. 
 

In P.E. today, Year 4 created their own circuits session by choosing 10 different strength and conditioning exercises. They then completed the circuit, carrying out each exercise for 20 seconds with a 30 second rest in between each exercise. They were then able to identify which parts of the body…

What’s really in your food?

Year 4 are well on their way to being chefs now! Today they compared the ingredients of tinned and homemade soup then made their own tomato soup.

Year 5 took part in a x- country event at St. Benedict’s today. We all ran 2km and our average time was worked out. In June we will return to St. Benedict’s to run the same course and we will see if we can improve our time. We hope to get lots of training in before then so we can knock some time…

Year 3 and 4 had a fantastic time at Keswick’s Theatre by the Lake. They watched their Christmas production of The Borrowers. What a marvellous show! They were amazed by how they made the actors seem like miniature people hiding under the floorboards. They enjoyed, singing, clapping, dancing along…

What a wonderful, memorable experience we all had at the theatre to watch the live performance of the much-loved classic tale The Borrowers, by Mary Norton! Thank you to Theatre by the Lake, Keswick, for their faultless hospitality and inviting us to to meet the cast. 
 

Year 4 have spent the Autumn term learning and refining some key gymnastics movements such as arabesque, front support, shoulder stand and cartwheel. The children then put these movements together to create a sequence. In order to analyse their own sequences, they worked in pairs to record one…

This afternoon, Year 4 used natural resources to design and build their own river course. They used their knowledge about the features of rivers and their understanding of the delicate biodiversity of river environments in their construction. Throughout the activity, the children used lots of…

This afternoon, Year 4 drew a section of the river using map symbols to represent the different features of the river section that they were observing.