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Year 4 News – 1.5.26
English We have had a fantastic time exploring the world of radio advertising this week! After analysing professional adverts to uncover their persuasive secrets, the children worked in teams to script their own adverts for the Five Palms Hotel. Today, 4SL stepped into the recording studio. Even though we faced a few sound engineering challenges […]
Read newsA Busy First Week Back!
Since returning after the holiday, the children in Year 4 have really hit the ground running with their learning! Maths This week, we finished our unit on fractions with an exploration of how to add and subtract whole numbers, unit fractions and mixed numbers. The children showed a good understanding of the strategies involved and […]
Read newsYear 4 News 27.3.26 – Murton Park Special!
Year 4 had two brilliant trips to Murton Park this week, helping us to develop our understanding of what Vikings were really like, and how that might be different to the stereotypical view of Vikings that we often hear about. Our day began in the Great Hall, where we were introduced to the idea that […]
Read newsYear 4 News 20.3.26 – Part 2!
We had so many pictures to share this week, we needed two blog posts! Skipping Festival The children from Year 4 who represented Farfield at the skipping festival did a fantastic job on Thursday, with everyone putting in an amazing amount of effort and showing a positive, supportive attitude. The team finished in second place […]
Read newsModelling the Digestive System! – Part 1
Our science lessons were quite messy this week as we continued our explorations of the digestive system. In order to get a better understanding of the process, we decided to try and recreate it in the classroom. It was very gross at times (the best kind of science!) but many of the children were happy […]
Read newsYear 4 News 13.3.26
Musical Instruments Year 4 turned their classrooms into workshops this Thursday! Using saws, drills, and hammers, the children applied their science knowledge to build an amazing array of instruments, including xylophones, trombones, rainsticks, pan pipes, chimes and drums. As well as their safe and accurate use of the tools, we were particularly impressed by the […]
Read newsYear 4 News 6.3.26
World Book Day! We had a fantastic day celebrating World Book Day on Thursday. It was wonderful to see the children dressed up in outfits to represent their hobbies, interests and favourite books. The book swap was a particular highlight of the day. Children were excited to choose a new book and spoke enthusiastically Read More
Read newsPerimeter, Diaries and Saxons, Oh My!
In our English and Guided Reading sessions, we have been reading a brand new text called ‘The Boy at the Back of the Class’. Over the next few weeks, both classes are going to be exploring the story in more detail and using it to create some diary entries for the characters, beginning with Read More
Read newsYear 4 News 12.2.26
Mamma Mia! This half term in music, Year 4 have been learning the song Mamma Mia by Abba. We hope you enjoy our final performances. How to Train Your Dragon We have been so impressed with how hard Year 4 have been working when writing their own stories over the last couple of weeks. Read More
Read news‘How to Write your Story’
This week in English, we have been focusing on writing our own stories set in the world of ‘How to Train your Dragon’. The children first spent some time thinking carefully about what they would include in each section of their story, and how they would incorporate the characters that they had designed to Read More
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