Blog Author: Mr Taylor

Happy Mother’s Day from Year 4! We hope you enjoy your cards, the children have worked very hard on them.
 

Year 4 have had a fantastic World Book Day today! They loved doing a book character quiz around school working with Reception children. They also created some fantastic drawings of Dave the Brave and a knight, as well as footsteps featuring our favourite books. Our ‘World Cup of Picture Books’…

Today, Year 4 had an amazing trip to Heysham Power Station. We learnt all about renewable and non-renewable energy, understood how nuclear power stations generate electricity and even had a tour of Heysham 2 Power Station! The hard hats and PPE vests were very exciting, even if they were a bit…

Year 4 have been busy in Design and Technology lessons this half term, designing and making model houses with outdoor lights. They have used their science knowledge to create and understand the circuits they used. They also created a pressure sensor in the doormats, which meant the lights would…

This morning, Year 4 explored electricity with a fantastic session led by Electricity North West. We drew and built circuits, discussed electrical safety and even made a human circuit using the electricity in our bodies!
 

Year 4 had the pleasure of welcoming Marcus the Roman Soldier into school this afternoon. He helped them begin their training to become future members of the Roman Legion! Year 4 showed off their skills and learnt lots too. They are going to be some excellent soldiers for the Roman Empire, well…

Year 4 enjoyed an action packed day learning cycling skills with Go Velo! Everyone was amazing and had a fantastic attitude whether they were experienced cyclists or learning for the first time. Well done year 4, and thank you Go Velo!
 

Year 4 enjoyed a trip to St Paul’s church, looking for features of a church building. Thank you to Reverend Catherine for answering all of their questions!
 

This morning, Year 4 cooked their own Welsh Rarebit as part of their Design and Technology topic. They chopped the bread into festive shapes, grated the cheese, mixed the ingredients and spread it onto their bread. After a few minutes under the grill, it was ready for tasting. Yum!
 

Year 4 have had a fantastic afternoon playing Christmas dodgeball. They were fair and honest, showing great sportsmanship and teamwork. Well done Year 4!
 

This half-term, Year 4 have been busy learning all about landscape paintings of harbours. They have taken inspiration from the work of Dorian Spencer-Davies, Sara Holden and Chas Jacobs to create their own final piece using watercolours. Well done Year 4!
 

This afternoon, Year 4 went for a walk around the local area searching for different human and physical features of Geography. We considered which places might be considered as local landmarks, and made notes to help us when we make our own OS maps of the area. Unfortunately, the fish and chip…