Year 4 News
Determined, hard-working Year 4s…
15/11/2024 · 1 comment
English This week in English, we have been continuing our exploration into legends, focusing on the stories of King Arthur and Robin Hood. We are still building towards eventually writing our own legends and a big part of that has been learning to use expanded noun phrases to add detail to our description. We Read More
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Area, Legends and North America
08/11/2024 · No comments yet
It’s been a busy first week back in Year 4! Maths In maths we have been learning all about area: what area is; how to find the area by counting squares or multiplying; making shapes; and comparing areas. The children have shown a good understanding and have some homework linked to this. When working Read More
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Mission Complete: Autumn One
25/10/2024 · No comments yet
Despite this being the last week of the first half-term, we in Year 4 have not slowed down at all! After finishing our work on perspective and the Firework Maker’s Daughter in our English and Guided Reading lessons, getting to grips with all of the different methods of addition and subtraction in Maths and Read More
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Week 7: Perspective, Reading Buddies and a Hoedown!
18/10/2024 · 2 comments
We’ve had another action-packed week in Year 4! English In English this week we have been learning all about perspective, writing from the interesting viewpoint of the Mona Lisa portrait. The children really enjoyed this task and did a super job of thinking like a painting, describing what they could see and hear, and Read More
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11/10/2024 · 2 comments
Maths In our maths lessons, we have been finishing up our work on place value and beginning to explore the formal methods of addition. We began by getting to grips with the basics of the method without any exchanging, then gradually built up to calculations with more than exchange. The children did really well Read More
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Our week in Year 4
04/10/2024 · No comments yet
Here are some of the things we have been doing in Year 4 this week! English In English this week we have been finishing off our planning in preparation for writing explanation texts to describe how fireworks work. The children thought carefully about how to organise their notes into subheadings, and are beginning to Read More
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Fireworks and Circuits!
27/09/2024 · No comments yet
We have had another fantastic (if a little wet) week in Year 4. The children have been hard at work across the curriculum and we would love to show you some of what we have been getting up to! English In our English lessons this week, we have been preparing for our extended writes. Read More
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Week Three in Year 4
20/09/2024 · No comments yet
We have had another fantastic week in Year 4! Science This week in science the children learnt about different electrical components and then had fun exploring how to connect these to make a working circuit. English In English we have been writing explanation texts about how to look after Hamlet, the white elephant from Read More
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Another Great Week in Year 4!
13/09/2024 · No comments yet
What a fantastic week we have had! The children have all worked really well and seem keen to explore what Year 4 has to offer! Maths In our maths lesson this week, we have been exploring different methods for partitioning numbers up to 10,000. We began by simply working with thousands, hundreds, tens and Read More
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Welcome to Year 4!
06/09/2024 · 1 comment
We’ve had a fantastic first week of Year 4! The children have really impressed us with the way they have settled back to school routines and with their eagerness to learn. Portraits Each class has created their own unique self-portraits this week. 4L used natural materials to create portraits by printing, while 4SN made Read More
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