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5 June 2020

Y4 Keen Writers

Well done to all the Year 4 keen writers, who are using Home learning opportunities to produce super examples of extended writing. We look forward to reading each new chapter. Great readers make great writers. Keep up the good work, Year 4.

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1 May 2020

Y is for Yellow, Yarn...

Very creative work today from the Key Worker children in school. Our alphabet letter of the day was 'Y'. We made yellow sunflower pictures and friendship bracelets with yarn. Well done, children.

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24 April 2020

T is for...tessellations, tracing, time trials and treasure hunt

Our Keyworker children were very busy today learning about tessellations and tracing and Maths Treasure Hunt challenges. We then had some athletic time trials and timed ourselves running 90 metres. Well done, everybody!

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15 April 2020

Easter Eggs and Chocolate

Year 4 Children have been busy over Easter, keeping up with their Home Learning. Here is a poem written by one of our girls. I think she may have had too much chocolate!

Sweet Glory Rebel

The bitter crunch makes kids go munch.

Kids love chocolate very much 

Gummies are nice, but…

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25 March 2020

Exciting Learning Opportunities

Hello, Year 4,

I hope you are working hard at your daily lessons and finding time to take part in the various online resources we have suggested. We keep a close look at the Stats on Times Tables Rockstars and Sumdog - don't forget there are also spelling and reading options on Sumdog - please…

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25 March 2020

Keeping in touch

Hello, Year 4,

I  hope you are working hard at your daily lessons and finding time to take part in the various online resources we have suggested. We keep a close look at the Stats on Times Tables Rockstars and Sumdog - don't forget there are also spelling and reading options on Sumdog - please…

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11 March 2020

British Science Week 2020 - Our Diverse Planet

As part of our work for British Science Week, Year 4 have been testing different materials to see if they were good thermal insulators. We then designed a prototype for a thermal jacket that could be worn in Antarctica using the best materials. Our designs were excellent and included lots of extra…

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9 February 2020

NSPCC Number Day

Year 4 enjoyed our NSPCC Number Day Challenges. We collected  a very large jar of 2p and 1p coins and used them to complete lots of predicting, measuring and weighing challenges, before trying out other games and puzzles connected with money. Learning about money was lots of fun and the money we…

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24 January 2020

Little Inventors

Congratulations to Niamh who is one of 5 runners up in the Little Inventors:Pioneers Competition that we entered earlier in the school year. Her idea is called 'Pitch Black'. Niamh explains, "When you go into a room and are going to turn on the light, you need to put the pointer in the tube so…

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18 January 2020

Magnificent Mountains - How high can I climb?

Year 4 have had a busy start to the term. We have written explanation texts on how mountains are formed, created mountain landscapes in Art and begun our 'Climb Mount Everest' challenge. Lots more exciting learning to come. Welcome back everybody! How high will you climb this term? With our focus…

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1 December 2019

Viking Science, Art and Design Technology

Year 4 have been very busy this week engaging in lots of cross-curricular activities linked to our Viking topic. We studied the the design and characteristics of Viking shields and then created our own versions. We also looked at how archaeologists and scientists work together to find out about…

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23 November 2019

Road Safety Week

Year 4 reinforced their understanding of the need to be safe on or near our roads by designing Parking Pals to encourage young children to stay safely on the pavement when exiting the family car. We tried to think designs that would engage the children and keep them amused whilst waiting for…

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