Year 4 News
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
Sam the Sound Man
17/11/2023 · 1 comment
We have done lots of fantastic learning this week, but the highlight has certainly been our visit from Sam the Sound Man! On Tuesday, Sam taught us all about the science of sound and showed us how to make musical instruments out of materials we probably all have at home! We learnt about how Read More
Steady Hands and Sound…
10/11/2023 · No comments yet
Year 4 have really hit the ground running this week and have produced some great pieces of work, which we would love to share with you! Science In science, we have started a brand new topic all about sound. This week, we focused on how sounds were produced, carrying out a variety of small Read More
Year 4 Blog 27.10.23
27/10/2023 · 3 comments
We have reached the end of a very long but fantastic half-term! We have packed so much learning into the past 8 weeks and we are already looking forward to our topics next half-term! MathsWe completed our Addition and Subtraction topic in Maths this week, ending with lessons on efficient subtraction methods, estimating answers Read More
Switched On Learning!
13/10/2023 · No comments yet
We have had another fantastic week, with the children working really hard in all of their lessons. We’d love to share what we have been getting up to! Maths This week in maths, we have been focusing on how to add four digit numbers. We began by using visuals to represent the two numbers Read More
