Year 4 News
Fractions and Poems and Invertebrates, Oh My!
22/03/2024 · No comments yet
Maths This week in maths, we have been exploring how to convert between improper fractions (where the numerator is greater than the denominator) and mixed number fractions (where the wholes and parts are separate). Though this can potentially be quite tricky, the children listened well and were able to use different methods (along with Read More
Year 4 Blog 15.3.24
15/03/2024 · No comments yet
Despite the disappointing weather, we have still had a lovely week and even managed to get outside for some lessons! MathsIn Maths this week, we have continued our fractions topic and looked at improper fractions. These are fractions where the numerator (number at the top) is greater than or equal to the denominator (number Read More
Invertebrate Investigators
08/03/2024 · No comments yet
World Book Day The highlight of this week has definitely been our World Book Day celebrations. The children came dressed as so many fantastic adjectives and were very keen to engage in all of the different activities that we had on offer. It was particularly lovely to spend some time with Reception, with the Read More
Year 4 Blog 1.3.24
01/03/2024 · No comments yet
It has been another great week in Year 4! MathsThe children are nearing the end of theirLength and Perimeter unit. This week, children have been learning how to find the perimeter of regular and irregular polygons (polygons are a closed 2D shape with straight sides). Children quickly learnt that regular polygons have equal length Read More
Problems and Perimeters
23/02/2024 · No comments yet
English This week in English, we have been exploring the idea of issues and dilemmas through the animated Pixar short ‘One Man Band’. Our first challenge was a conscience alley, where we considered what the problem of the short was and what the different sides of the argument were. After dividing the class into Read More
Murton Park
09/02/2024 · 1 comment
Year 4 thoroughly enjoyed their trips to Murton Park this week and last week! 4L certainly had the better weather but 4Ke were true ‘Farfield Children’ and battled on regardless through the rain and snow! We began our day learning about the 7 Kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England and key dates, before transforming into Saxon Read More
Delicious Digestion!
02/02/2024 · 1 comment
We have had an absolutely jam-packed week this week! 4L had an excellent trip to Murton Park, though we are going to hold off on posting any pictures or information about it until next week so as not spoil anything for 4Ke, who are going next Thursday. They were, however, all fantastic representatives of Read More
Year 4 Blog 26.1.24
26/01/2024 · No comments yet
Maths We have continued with our multiplication and division topic in Maths this week, focussing mainly on formal methods of multiplication. We looked at how to multiply 2- and 3-digit numbers by a 1-digit number using a column method. Have a look at the video to recap this method. EnglishIn English this week, we Read More
Multiplying, Dividing and Describing!
19/01/2024 · No comments yet
Maths This week in maths, we have been continuing our work on multiplication. More specifically, we have been looking at how to mulitply and divide by 10 and 100. We used counters and place value charts to explore exactly what was happening when we used these numbers, noticing that the value in each column Read More
Making Musical Instruments
22/12/2023 · No comments yet
This week our main focus has been creating our musical instruments as part of this half-term’s DT. A few weeks ago, we spent some time planning which instruments we were going to make and, more importantly, what we would need in order to make them. The idea was to turn everyday items or ‘junk’ Read More
