Blog by Tag: Year 4

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.  

Year 4 explored the river environment this morning. Each group was given a range of natural items to locate which they had to photograph. In their search, they had to use their knowledge of habitats and living organisms. 
 

Year 4 had lots of fun in class today learning more about the delicate biodiversity of river environments. 

Our circle of odd socks to raise awareness of anti-bullying. It's to symbolise that we are all different and that children should be themselves, accepting of one another and celebrate difference.

Year 4 have been learning about still life compositions in Art. After looking at the art of Giorgio Morandi, they created their own compositions of everyday objects and used different media to create areas of light and shadow. 
 

As part of their science topic about livings things and their habitats, Year 4 have been learning about classification keys. They used a classification key to classify different invertebrates.
 

Year 4 have been working together to read a playscript as part of their reading lessons. 
 

Year 4 made an extra effort this week to either walk the whole or part of the way to school in order to take part in Active Feet First. They also tried to take part in more physical activities after school such as football, rugby, dance, swimming, cycling. They were all rewarded with a high viz…

Year 4 had lots of exercise outside in the fresh air at Whinlatter Forest. They had lots of fun running, climbing, balancing, crawling and lots more physical activities in the forest environment.