23 Sep

What happens to solids when we heat them up?

We have been investigating what happens to solids when they are heated or cooled. We have heated chocolate, butter, wax, ice, jelly, bread and an egg to see whether they changed state and we recorded our results.

23 Sep

Information Hunt

We have been looking at information pages in different magazines and finding the key features. We used post-it notes to identify headings, subheadings, labels, captions, facts, questions and key vocabulary. We are going to use these key features when we write our own information page about the…

16 Sep

Particles in solids

We have been looking at solids, liquids and gases and their properties. We had lots of fun using the Easi-scopes to look at magnified particles in ‘solids that behave like liquids’. 

25 Jun

Classification Keys

We have been using classification keys to identify living things. We completed them both in groups and individually.

18 Jun

Classifying animals

We have been looking at different ways to group animals and have sorted them using Venn diagrams. We discussed lots of different ways to classify them.

18 Jun

Pentominoes Challenge

We have had fun completing the ‘Pentominoes Challenge’. First, we had to make 12 shapes using 5 squares. When we had created the 12 shapes, we then put them on a grid with no gaps or overlapping shapes.

28 Apr

Egyptian Day

Year 4 had a super Egyptian day. The children had the chance to dress up and the costumes were fabulous. During the day, we made Egyptian bread, played games, completed a quiz and made pyramids. We also wrote our names in hieroglyphics and completed some Egyptian…

18 Dec

Researching a country in Europe

We each chose a country in Europe to research. We had to find out lots of facts about that country, such as the size, the population and the language. We also found out what foods were eaten there and if any famous people were born in that country. We also made the flag too.

18 Dec

Using atlases

We have been using the atlases to locate the countries in Europe and their capital cities. 

18 Dec

Europe information hunt

In our geography lessons, we have been learning about Europe. We had to find the answers to questions about Europe that were placed around our playground. We had lots of fun finding the answers and keeping fit. 

10 Dec

Y4 Egyptian Day

We had so much fun on our Egyptian Day, Mrs Mayor thought our costumes were amazing and we made a scarab beetle bracelet to wear. We played games, baked Egyptian bread, made pyramids and even had a mummy competition! We also wrote our names in hieroglyphics on a cartouche and learnt about the…

28 Nov

Friction experiments

We have been completing lots of investigations to learn about friction. We used force meters to move our PE bags across different surfaces and have devised our own experiment to test which surface creates more friction. We have also made paper spinners to test air…