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5 October 2019

Jarrow Hall Adventure!

Welcome to the Year 4 blog 19-20!

We have already learnt so much over the last few weeks and have been so pleased with how the children have settled into their new classes.

Through our history topic, we have explored the life and times of Anglo Saxon Britain. To support this, the children…

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7 July 2019

Soothing Sounds and Fabulous Homework

Year 4 made Panpipes out of straws to demonstrate changes in the pitch of sounds. We had to use our maths measuring skills and our DT skills. After lots of practice and gentle blowing we were able to perfect our technique and make some interesting soothing sounds.

The end of our Titanic topic…

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30 June 2019

Water Safety advice from the RNLI

Year 4 enjoyed a very informative safety talk from the RNLI about how to stay safe when swimming in the sea over the summer. We listened very carefully, as it linked in with other work we had completed on safety around our rivers and canals. We also had the Titanic survivors in our thoughts and it…

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22 June 2019

Titanic Art

Year 4 have produce some wonderful sketches based on the sinking of the Titanic.We studied the drawings of Henry Reuterdahl who was inspired by the accounts of the survivors. It was good opportunity to develop our sketching skills to portray the tragic nature of the event. We are very impressed…

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15 June 2019

Football Success for our Y3 and 4 girls

It is not only the England women’s football team that are doing well. Our Year 3 and Year 4 girls proudly celebrated their success when they brought home their first cup this week.Well done, girls, Who knows, we may be watching you in the World Cup matches in the future!

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9 June 2019

Who was responsible for the sinking of the Titanic?

We are all very excited by our new topic for this term. Children are arriving daily with new facts and figures  to share. Keep researching! What questions do you have? What interesting information have you found out?

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24 May 2019

How interesting!

Our  very own class animal expert had us all very interested in the tiny visitor she brought to school today – a tadpole, one of many she has rescued from a dried out beck. As she is so knowledgeable, she was able to answer all the forthcoming questions. Well done.

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17 May 2019

Super Science!

We love seeing creative, homework that the children are enthused about. This week we all watched in awe as a member of the year group brought in an experiment for us to observe.

What do you think happened to the pieces of paper when touched by the comb?

Why might that have happened?

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11 May 2019

Imaginative creative writing in Year 4

The children are producing some great writing. We even have a serial story on the go which the children love to read and they eagerly await the next instalment.

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5 May 2019

What an Adventure!

We are back and what an adventure we had.

We had laughs, bravery, challenge and ultimately teamwork.

We are so proud of the children!  Here’s to a little rest before we are back on Tuesday!

Year 4 team

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30 April 2019

We’re off to Robinwood!

Lots of excitement in the air today as the children look forward to going on our residential trip to Robinwood. Let’s hope the weather is kind to us. Nevertheless, we will have lots of fun and adventures, both at Robinwood and back at school.

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12 April 2019

Easter and New Topic

We hope you all are thoroughly enjoying a well-deserved Easter break!

Our new topic centres around the wonder that is electricity. We will be learning about the science behind it, who influenced its development and what the future has in store!  This will all come under the theme of ‘Making…

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