Year 4 News
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
Year 4 Blog 15.12.23
15/12/2023 · No comments yet
MathsWe completed our multiplication and division topic in Maths this week by multiplying 3 numbers together. We looked at efficient methods for multiplication and what happens when two numbers are multiplied by 0 or 1. The children showed a good understanding of this and have showed improvements in their times tables recall recently too! Read More
Poetic Performances
08/12/2023 · 1 comment
English This week in English both Year 4 classes have been hard at work learning their Autumn poems as part of the school poetry slam. The poem we have been learning is called ‘Granny’s Sugarcake’ by John Lyons and the really interesting thing about it is that it written to mimic the accent of Read More
Year 4 Blog 1.12.23
01/12/2023 · No comments yet
We have had another great week in Year 4! MathsWe have been continuing to learn our times tables in Maths this week, focussing on the 7 and 11 times tables. In both lessons, we spent time looking at patterns and strategies to help us learn and remember each times table. Have a look at Read More
Describing and Dancing
24/11/2023 · 2 comments
English In our English lessons this week, we have been focusing on descriptions and how to make them effective. To start, we developed some heroic characters for our upcoming extended writes that were based on legendary figures such as Robin Hood and King Arthur. We then had a go at describing these characters, thinking Read More
