Blog by Tag: Year 4

In Science, we have been learning about electrical conductors and insulators. We carried out an experiment to work out which materials let the electricity flow through them so that the bulb lights up. By the end of the afternoon, we had worked out that metals are good electrical conductors and…

Marcus, a Roman soldier, visited Y4 today to show us what it would have been like all those years ago. We learnt how to follow commands, we held weapons and armour that would have been used in the Roman Army and we also had to identify different artefacts that were used in everyday life during…

Today, we have been recapping on how to make a simple circuit with a bulb from last week. We then adapted our circuit to include a motor and then a buzzer. It was lots of fun and our classroom was very noisy! We also had to test circuits to see if they were complete or incomplete.

In English, we have been looking at the key features of a fantasy story. We were shown a variety of different objects and had to imagine what magical powers they could have. What good imaginations we have!

We have been learning counter balances in our PE lesson today. Coach Millie has been teaching us how to use a partner to create balances.

Today, we have started our Science unit on ‘Electricity’. We discussed what an ‘appliance’ is and which appliances use electricity. We sorted different appliances into those that use mains powered electricity and those that use battery powered using a Venn diagram. We also looked at the different…

Year 4 have been writing their own prayers. Some were about praising God, some were thanking Him and others were saying sorry. We thought about God’s beautiful world and how we should take care of it. We have tied them to the fence so lots of children can read them.

Our display in class is helping us to remember the different stages of the water cycle for when we write our explanation text.

We are learning about the water cycle so today we drew a flow chart on a food bag. We are going to put water into them and watch the different stages of the water cycle happen in the bag. 

We have been practising dribbling a ball in PE today. We worked in teams to bounce on the spot and move with the ball. We will use these skills when we play some invasion games.

In Science, we have been investigating which solids dissolve in water. We learnt lots of new scientific vocabulary such as solution, soluble, insoluble and filtration. We used a funnel and filter paper to try to retrieve any solids that didn’t dissolve in water.

Year 4 have just finished their RE unit called Faith in Art. We have looked at works of art by a variety of artists depicting stories from the Bible. We finished the unit, by creating a whole class picture representing Mark Wiggin’s oil painting, Shepherd’s Delight. Each child created their own…