Cricket skills

Year 4 played a series of cricket matches with each other this afternoon. Lots of skills were practised and learned such as batting skills, accuracy of throwing and fielding: catching skills.

Guided Reading in Year 4

This morning was similar to most other mornings... We had a guided reading lesson. Let's hear from some of our class mates.

Mia said, "Guided Reading is a fun activity in the morning where we have different activities to do."

Kian said, "In Guided Reading, we learn about what different things mean and how to pronounce different words."

Millie said, "Guided Reading helps us to read different texts and to get a taste of different genres."

Neve said, " We all have fun in Guided Reading. It isn't just about reading; it's about having fun!"

Sports Day!

Last week was Sports Day. Have a look at some of the races we took part in!

Anderson shelters

Over the past few weeks our class has been preparing for our big DT project...making Anderson shelters! The cardboard boxes that have been cluttering up our classroom have been transformed into fantastic replica air raid shelters.

I was pleased to see lots of fantastic teamwork from the children..well done Year 4!

Water Resistance

We investigated water resistance this afternoon.

Mia said: 'The pointy shapes will travel through water more quickly'.

Heather said: 'A bigger surface area makes it easier for the water to push it'.

Which shape was the quickest? Why?

Acute, Right or Obtuse?

Today we found and made different angles.

We made numbers out of sticks and labelled the different types of angle.

Which angles can you see?

Thwaite Mills!

We have had a fantastic day at Thwaite Mills today. The children enjoyed three different workshops; puttying windows, rationing and the Blitz.

Their behaviour was outstanding.

Well done Year 4!

Passover

We have been learning about the Jewish celebration of Passover.

We acted out the story of the 10 plagues which explains why Passover is called Passover.

Can you tell which part of the story is being acted out here?

We then enjoyed part of a Passover meal, explaining what each food meant.

Can you describe what the different parts of the meal mean?

Multifaceted learning: History and Art

This afternoon we worked on some artwork that depicted St Paul's cathedral during the blitz. We created it using different shades and tones of oranges and reds and silhouettes of buildings, including St Paul's cathedral. Have a look back later to see how the pictures progress as they are still a work in progress!

We also used drama to explore some History. We considered evacuees and what it would have been like for the hundreds of children leaving their parents for the seaside and countryside towns. 

Have a look at the picture below to see what our afternon looked like.

Multifaceted learning: History and Art

This afternoon we worked on some artwork that depicted St Paul's cathedral during the blitz. We created it using different shades and tones of oranges and reds and silhouettes of buildings, including St Paul's cathedral. Have a look back later to see how the pictures progress as they are still a work in progress!

We also used drama to explore some History. We considered evacuees and what it would have been like for the hundreds of children leaving their parents for the seaside and countryside towns. 

Have a look at the picture below to see what our afternon looked like.

Helping Mr Boot to solve a shoe problem

Year 4 practised lots of skills to solve a problem for Mr Boot. Have a look and see if you could help to solve the problem.

Forces in action!

Today we were investigating how different surfaces can affect the distance rolled by a toy car. We had to make our experiment a fair test by keeping certain factors the same, such as how steep the slope was and the car we were using.

We made predictions and then tested them.

We thought of different reasons why the car travelled more slowly on some surfaces.  We concluded that the more friction there is, the slower the car travels.

Maths Investigations

This morning we have been solving some really tricky maths puzzles. We were learning how to record our work in an organised way, as well as practising using adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing.

Easter Learning Logs

Another fantastic set of learning logs from Year 4, here are just a few examples.

Their brief was, "to tell me all about Easter", and they came up with a fantastic range of ideas for their work.

Well done Year 4!

Purple Mash, the Easter story, and understanding 'urban' and 'rural'.

Our final multifaceted session this term included learning about the terms 'urban' and 'rural', exploring the Easter activities on purple mash, and retelling the Easter story.

Here we are hard at work:

More Imaginary Settings

We based our stories on a short film called Adrift. You can watch it on Literacy Shed. http://www.literacyshed.com/the-fantasy-shed.html 

Our stories were set on animals just like the story in Adrift which is set in the back of a huge Whale. see some of our settings below.

Imaginary Settings

We did our literacy a little bit differently this week.
Instead of recording our writing in books or on whiteboards, we created Graffiti tables to make giant mind maps of all our fantastic descriptive language.
The children came up with some fantastic metaphors and similes to describe a range of settings.

Maths Morning

Today Year 4 joined Year 6 for lots of Maths problem solving fun!

We learned about compass points, coordinates and direction and solved problems about time. Have a look at some of the things we did!