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Skipping, Switches and Super Writing
Skipping This week in Year 4 we were visited by Adele from skipping school, who led a very energetic session of skipping for each class. We went through some of the skips that we had learnt previously in Year 2 and tried some tricky new skips including the cross over and the pretzel. We Read More
Read newsElectric Editing!
English In our English lessons this week, we have primarily been focusing on how to effectively edit our work. We started by looking at different strategies that can be used to identify and correct errors as well as make improvements to what has already been written. To do this, we initially used an example Read More
Read newsThis week in Year 4
How do fireworks explode? In English this week, we have been finding out all about fireworks and how they work. We have used this information to start writing explanation texts. The children have done some excellent research and are impressing us with their use of language. Meet Rambashi In guided reading this week, 4SL Read More
Read newsElectric Explanations!
English This week, we have been continuing our work on explanation texts and how to construct them – focusing primarily on organising paragraphs and writing clear conclusions. The children were able to carefully select the information that they wanted to include in each paragraph and create subheadings that clearly indicated what each paragraph was Read More
Read newsArtefacts, explanations and electricity!
We have had another busy week in Year 4! R.E In R.E both classes explored some Islamic artefacts, looking closely to try and work out what the artefacts are used for and why they are important to Muslims. English In English, we have been learning all about explanation texts. This week we focused on Read More
Read newsWelcome to Year 4!
The children in Year 4 have had a fantastic first week and have really impressed their new teachers with their enthusiasm and positive attitudes. Here are some of our highlights from the week: Team building On Tuesday, both classes completed a series of fun team-building activities on the field. Children had to work together Read More
Read newsGoodbye Year 4!
A short blog today just to say a massive thank you to all the children in Year 4 for a fantastic year. It has been a pleasure looking after you all for the last year (or two!). All the Year 4 staff feel very lucky that we get to work with such amazing children Read More
Read newsThis Week in Year 4: Bananas, Music and Sports
English Year 4 had lots of fun writing thank you letters to the Cloud Tea Monkeys, not on paper, but on bananas! In our thank you letters, we had to practise using the present perfect tense (e.g. ‘the empress has tasted the tea’ or ‘we have paid the doctor’). It was amazing how neatly Read More
Read newsLet’s Animate!
Computing This week, the children have been hard at work creating their own stop motion projects. After spending some time reviewing their plans to make sure they had everything they needed, the children set up their webcams and were ready to begin. Each group was so focused on taking each individual picture, making sure Read More
Read newsTwo Sunny Trips to Burnsall!
Both Year 4 classes had fantastic trips to Burnsall this week, made even better (if a little sweatier!) by the glorious sunshine. All children completed a 2-mile walk along the River Wharfe to the Hebden Suspension Bridge, which made for a fun and wobbly river crossing! On the walk we made a number of Read More
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