Hello everyone,

We hope that you are all well and keeping safe.

We have been having lots of fun with our Science learning in Year Four. In our current unit of work, we have been studying the parts of the Human Digestive System and have even explored non-fiction pages on this topic, as part of our Guided Reading sessions. Last week, both of the year four classes made a human digestive system in small groups. It was lots of fun to see how the stomach acid was used to break down the food and to watch the release of nutrients through the intestinal walls as they passed into the blood stream! Please see a selection of photos below…

A few quick reminders: 

• The children have been given RE home learning for the Easter break – when we return to school after half term, the children shall be learning about the Resurrection of Christ and the impact of this miracle upon His believers. We would like all pupils to complete their 3-page RE task, as an alternative to the standard spelling, vocabulary and maths home learning slips this week. We ask for all pupils to return these completed activities to school, after the Easter break.

• On Friday 21^st April 2023, the children in Y4 shall be taking part in an Earthquake STEM day, as part of our Geography learning. In the weeks leading up to this date, please could your child bring in any junk modelling materials to school, such as cardboard boxes, toilet rolls, egg cartons, etc. This is because the children shall be creating structures and investigating the impact of Earthquakes and tremors upon buildings and infrastructure.

Have a wonderful Easter break,

Best wishes,

Year Four Team

Hi everyone,

We hope that you are all well – it has been lovely to see  you all again at parent’s evening to discuss the children’s learning and progress. Last week, we really enjoyed dressing up for World Book Day as our favourite story characters. Please see the photos below…

In English, we have started our learning on Jemmy Button and creating our own paintings to illustrate the journey taken by Jemmy throughout the story. We have also generated expanded noun phrases and used thesauruses to make powerful descriptions. In Maths, we have been having lots of fun completing our potions problems, as part of our learning on measurement and statistics.

A few reminders for next week: 

• Mother’s Day sale to take place next week.
• Please ensure your child continues their Times Table Rockstars practise for 10 mins a day, using the sound check option.
• Red and yellow home learning books to be completed and returned to school on Friday  17th March 2023.

We hope you all have a pleasant weekend,

Best wishes,

Year Four Team

Hello everyone,

We hope that you are all having a pleasant weekend.

This week, the children have been working very hard across their curriculum learning. For PDL, we have been role playing scenarios about friendship and how to solve friendship issues. We have discussed the strategies we could use when we have disagreements with our friends, considering how to resolve in a calm and patient manner. We are really looking forward to World Book Day tomorrow – which book character will you dress up as?

In History, we have started our learning on The Vikings – we took a look at a range of historical clues and made some predictions as we organised our ‘key event’ cards into chronological order, without the date stamps! After lots of discussion, we then revealed the dates to see how close our own predictions had been. Please see the photos below.

A few quick reminders for next weeek:

• Please continue to log in to Times Table Rockstars – we encourage 10 minutes a day of practice, to help your child best prepare for the Y4 multiplication check.
• Next week’s home learning books (red and yellow) to be completed and returned to school by Friday 10th March.
• Parents Evenings shall take place on Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th March 2023.

We hope you all have a great weekend,

Best wishes,

Year Four Team.