Blog Author: Mrs Mayor

Today, we have started to learn all about forces. We have watched a video about Isaac Newton and how he discovered gravity. We then used Newton meters to measure the amount of force needed to pull objects back down to earth and found out how this links to the mass of each object.

We have looked at a different types of switches and how they work. We then used a variety of materials to make our own switches.

We have been investigating which materials are electrical conductors by placing different objects in a circuit. An electrical conductor lights the bulb up and an electrical insulator does not. We concluded that metals are electrical conductors.

We have been learning all about perimeter. Today, we were finding the perimeter of rectilinear shapes so we used a certain amount of matchsticks to make different shapes before working out the perimeter. 

We have been investigating how to make different circuits today. They included either a bulb, a buzzer or a motor. We then drew each circuit showing all the components used.

Every Friday, Miss Helen is coming into school and working with Year 4 to teach them lots of new dance skills. She is incorporating the children’s knowledge of electricity and building on what they have learnt each week to create a dance routine. Today the children had to become a circuit, working…

As part of our topic on electricity, we have been learning about static electricity and seeing it in action. We rubbed a balloon on our hair to charge the balloon and make our hair stand on end. We also used the balloon to lift pieces of paper from the table and make them dance, our balloon…

We have started our ‘Let’s Travel!’ topic in class and within that we are going to be learning all about electricity, circuits and conductors and switches. Our first lesson this week was talking about all the components that make up a simple circuit. The children all managed to make the bulb light…

This week, we have been learning about how the water cycle works and we are going to be writing an explanation text to describe the process. We have used lots of new vocabulary such as evaporation, condensation and precipitation. We have drawn the water cycle on a food bag and put water in the…

We dressed up as different animals today to raise money and donations for the charity ‘Animal Care’. How many different animals can you see in Y4?

In science, we have been investigating the question ‘Which solids dissolve in water?’ We mixed a variety of solids with water to find out, then we tried to retrieve the original solid by filtering them using a funnel and filter paper and recorded the results. We used different scientific…

We have completed our class Intrasports today. We practised dribbling the ball and played mini invasion games using the skills we have been taught last half term.