Class of 2018

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.

Year 4 are enjoying a series of workshops led by Ludus Dance and More Music in Morecambe. We have learnt all about germs and how they affect our bodies.

We are learning about the Roman invasion when Claudius was emperor (43 AD). Today we pretended to be Celts spying on the Roman army who had invaded our country. We have to work quickly and accurately in teams to find out as much as we could about the invading army.  We drew pictures to help…

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…

In French today, Year 4 played a matching game using pictures and French vocabulary. You had to match the picture to the correct French word. The child with the most pairs was the winner. This was a fun way for us to learn the names of classroom objects in French. See if your child can tell you…

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…

Year 4 have been learning about the Jewish festival of light, Hanukkah. During these celebrations, Jewish children often play a game using sweets and a spinner called a dreidel. This morning we have played this game using counters instead of sweets with winners moving up a table. It was a really…

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?

Last week, in our RE lesson Year 4 wrote some prayers. We had all put a named heart or star on our prayer tree and we switched off the lights so we could see the lights on the tree and our lighted candle. We wrote prayers, praising God for our wonderful world, thanking God for our fabulous friends…