Year Four conducted an investigation into the Anglo Saxon burial site, Sutton Hoo. They used the Chromebooks to research and create their own presentations which they will present to the class next week. Well done Year Four!
This afternoon, Year Four had a very special visit from Revd Andrew from Jarrow and Simonside Parish. He spoke to us about the Bible, some of its parables and why it is such an important part of a Christian’s life. Year Four applied their Oracy skills by listening carefully and digging deeper through questioning.
This morning, Year 4 visited the polling station to vote for their new school councillors. Good luck to all of our candidates!
On Friday afternoon, Year Four explored food chains and food webs. They identified producers and primary, secondary, and tertiary consumers. They discussed how a food web shows how living things in an ecosystem are interdependent. They even created their very own food chains and webs from their research of ecosystems. Well done Y4!
Last week, Year 4 continued their transition English sequence. To prepare to write our instructions on how to make beans on toast, Year 4 instructed Miss Lauder step by step to help her make beans on toast in the classroom. They were delicious! Well done Year 4.
Year Four had a very creative day today as they studied their new art topic “Statues, Statuettes and Figurines”, which links in with our Summer topic of “Ancient Civilisations”.This project teaches children about the 3-D representation of the human form.
They first studied various portraits of the human form and then, using our little mannequins as a base, drew their own figure drawings in various poses, then added shape and detail. They studied examples of statuettes from ancient civilisations, and then used their clay skills to create a 3D Sumer-style figurine.
Year 4 had their first Hockey lesson this afternoon in P.E. We practised holding the Hockey stick correctly along with using our eyes to keep control of the ball. We focused on dribbling and only using one side of the Hockey stick when dribbling. We had great fun and are excited for our next Hockey lesson.
Year 4 have had an amazing introduction to their next science topic of “Changing Matter” that they will be starting after half term by a visit to the National Glass Centre.
We performed a range of experiments to see if our predictions would be correct when water was added to different substances and watched how glass is blown to create a beautiful wavy bowl after heating it to temperatures of 1,100 degrees!
To end a brilliant day, we planned and made our own glass designs that will be fired in the ovens at 780 degrees and collected over the holidays,
We are so excited for next term!
Year 4 enjoyed our Forest School session this afternoon which was linked to our current Science topic ‘Grouping and Classifying’. We explored the Plant Kingdom and Plant Classification to further develop our knowledge and understanding of classification keys.
This week we have been focusing on developing our posture during our Oracy sessions. Year 3/4 were tasked with balancing a book on their head whilst maintaining good posture through keeping our shoulders back and down and our torso up straight. We enjoyed the challenge and competed against each other to see how far we could travel whilst keeping the book balanced.
