In Year four we have started a new Design topic all about moving mechanisms. We will be learning how to make four different pop-up mechanisms and use them to design a simple pop-up book. The first mechanism we practiced is the V-fold or mouth mechanism and we used it to make these fantastic monsters with …
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Spring 1st Half Term
Year 4 have been busy working remotely and in class! This half term, English has been structured around the book ‘Tuesday’ by David Wiesner. We sequenced the main events in the story, wrote a crime report about the naughty antics of the frogs and even planned and wrote our own follow up stories involving different …
December 2020
Lots of different activities in Year 4 this half term. In English we paired suitable verbs and adverbs and recorded them in a sentence. After that, we created a short dance inspired by these pairings. Can you guess the verbs? As part of P.S.H.E., we discussed the importance of talking about our worries. During the …
Year 4 – October Half Term 2020
In Science we have been exploring the characteristics of animals. We used a computer program called Flexi-Tree to create our own classification keys for animals found around our school. We are learning all about ancient Egypt this term. In this lesson we were exploring the ancient ritual of mummification and had lots of fun doing …