01
Apr
Testing circuits in Year 4
This week as part of our science enquiry, we devised a fair test to see what variables could impact the brightness of a bulb in a circuit....
Year 4
25
Mar
Investigating area using manipulatives in Year 4
In maths we were investigating area using manipulative, we challenged ourselves to see how many different shapes we could make with an area of 7 squares of the same size....
25
Mar
Geoboards in Year 4
We have loved learning about area this week using technology. We have learnt that area is the space inside a closed two-dimensional shape. We have been calculating area, comparing area and making our own shapes of a certain area using Geoboard on Braining Camp....
18
Mar
Bread baking in Year 4
For science week we are exploring the theme of ‘Growth’ we investigated how yeast causes dough to rise....
18
Mar
Narratives in Year 4 inspired by ‘A River’ by Marc Martin
We published some fantastic setting descriptions based on their own narrative inspired by ‘A River’ by Marc Martin. Miss Porritt was blown away by the captivating figurative language used such as onomatopoeia, similes, metaphors and expanded noun phrases. We are fantastic at creating mood and...
11
Mar
Electricity in Year 4
We had an exciting time investigating which materials were conductors and insulators to help light a bulb in a circuit. We found out that conductors are often metals and some objects can be both depending on what materials they are made from....
11
Mar
Circuits in Year 4
This week in Science, we created our own circuits using bulbs, batteries, wires and different materials. We tested to see which materials are conductors or insulators....
04
Mar
Artwork in Year 4 inspired by Carl Giles
This week in Art, we focused on artwork by the cartoonist Carl Giles - Mother’s Day that depicts a family picnic. We drew our own version of our families having a meal in cartoon style....
04
Mar
Book Day maths investigation in Year 4
Year 4 looked amazing on World Book Day; we had a range of characters from Harry Potter to the Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo. In Maths, we took part in an investigation helping a school who had lost a golden envelope revealing the winner of...
25
Feb
London Zoo in Year 4
Year 4 had a fantastic time at London Zoo this week. The children were able apply their knowledge on living things to different animals such as carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. We loved the workshop on rainforests as we got to be explorers for the day!...