Welcome to the Year 4 class page!
You will find details of the curriculum and photographs of the children, as well as useful information about homework and websites.
Mrs Price and Mrs Beckett
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It’s Christmas Party Time!
Science
We have been learning about the digestive system and carried out an experiment to see how the process works. It was very yukky, but we loved it!
History
As part of a homework activity, we had to make a Roman shield. This was also linked to our History lesson about the Roman Army. Once we had returned our shields to school, we practiced some of the positions and formations of the Roman Army that they used when they were in battle.
Bikeability
We all took part in a virtual bikeability session and learned how to stay safe on our bikes whilst out and about.
Fire Safety
A Fire Safety Officer came in to school and talked to us about how to stay safe in our homes. We now all have the job of being our family fire safety officer.
Year 4 Whole School Celebration of the Word
Visit to Church
We visited the church and took part in Mass with some of the other parishioners.
Wellbeing Wednesday – Yoga
As part of Wellbeing Wednesday some of the children in our class have been doing a weekly yoga session.
English
We are now reading How to Train your Dragon. We have been looking out for unfamiliar words and finding out their meaning. We hope to use some of these words in our future writing.
History
Who were the Romans?
We have been researching facts about the Romans. We know that Romans originated from the city of Rome in modern day Italy, they had a thirst for wealth and power, the last emperor of the Roman empire was Romulus Augustulus and that the Roman empire lasted for over 1000 years.
English
As part of our transition into Year 4, we have been reading the book, Felix After the Rain. In this lesson, we focused on the four Key Scenes and talked to our partner about each of them. Thinking about what is happening, what has happened before, what will happen next, how Felix is feeling and how we would feel.
We then listened to four pieces of music and matched the mood of the scenes with the mood of the music. We devised short movements about each of the four scenes thinking about how we could move and the shapes that we could make to show how Felix would be standing, how he would move, what he would feel about his surroundings and what body shapes and facial expressions could show this. We then experienced and performed all our movements to the music.
Times Table Rockstar Day
We had lots of fun dressing up as Rockstar’s today and taking part in some fun activities based around times tables and Maths. We were at a ‘festival’ and had to look at the times and duration of different bands playing on two different stages. We then had to design a symmetrical guitar, as well as take part in a ‘Battle of the Bands’ times table tournament against Years 2, 3, 5 and 6.
The Mosque
As part of our Social, Moral, Spiritual and Cultural studies we visited the Al Azhar Mosque in South Shields. We learnt so much about Islam, in particular, the Qur’an. We then went on to learn more about the Qur’an and the 99 Names of Allah in our RE lessons at school. We are extremely grateful to have been invited to learn about other religions in our diverse world and thank the Islamic Diversity Centre for welcoming and educating us.
Science
We have been looking at our teeth and learning all about the different types of teeth we have, their jobs and how to look after them.
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