Welcome to our class web page where you can find out about our amazing learning journey. You will find out information about our activities, examples of our work and comments from us! Please visit often to see our learning journey develop.

Key information:

Year 4 have ​​​​​indoor PE on a Monday and outdoor PE on a Wednesday.

Drop off and collection is at the front of the school by Reception.

Term 4

In Term 4 we will be looking at the enquiry 'What is the journey of a raindrop?'

For this, we will be learning about the stages of the water cycle, the 3 states of matter and identifying key features of a river.

In writing, we are looking at the book 'The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane'. We will be writing a narrative about his adventure finding himself and learning about love.

Keep an eye out for updates of our fantastic learning!

Term 3

Year 4 Termly Overview 3

In Term 3, Term 4 will be looking at the enquiry 'How do we hear sound?' and 'What is the journey of a raindrop?'

For this, we will be learning how sound waves work, about pitch and about volume. We will also be learning about the stages of the water cycle. 

In our writing, we will be looking at the picture book 'The Barnabus Project' and writing our own narrative with our own failed project. We will also start our new class book 'The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane'

Being a technologist 

Today was safer internet day and the theme for this year is AI. Our digital leaders led an in class assembly teaching the rest of the class about how to safely use AI. We then completed a quiz where we looked at different ways AI could be used and the safest way to use it.

Being a writer 

When we are being writers, we always make sure we are editing and unlevelling our work. To edit this time, we had different stations and we worked together to make our work the best it could be!!

Being a scientist

We have kick-started our new enquiry, looking at sound. We have conducted multiple experiments to see how sound travels to our ears! We started by putting rice on a drum and seeing how it vibrates, showing how sound waves are made. 

Term 2

Year 4 Termly Overview 2

In term 2, Year 4 will be looking at the enquiry 'How did the Ancient Greeks influence the Western World?'. We will be using the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur to help us in our writing.

In order to answer our enquiry question, we will be looking at democracy, the Olympics, architecture and different Greek Gods.

Keep checking out our webpage to see all of our fabulous work and find our the answer to our enquiry question!

Being a writer 

For our immersion into our new class text 'Theseus and the Minotaur', we made our very own labyrinth. We used the equipment in the PE cupboard to create a maze with obstacles and dead ends. We then tried to find our way out of the maze. 

Being a writer 

For our character description of the Minotaur, we have been looking at expanded noun phrases. To help use with our vocabulary, we used thesauruses to uplevel our adjectives. 

Term 1

Year 4 Termly Overview 1

Year 4 are kick starting the year with an incredible enquiry looking into the similarities and difference between humans and wolves. We will be using the books 'Wolves in the Walls' to help us introduce targets into our writing to make it engaging for our readers. 

In order to answer our enquiry question of 'Are wolves and humans similar?', we will be exploring the digestive system, teeth and food chains. 

Keep checking out our webpage to see all of our fabulous work and find our the answer to our enquiry question!

Being an orator 

In preparation for our oracy open classroom, we shared our work with 6ER. We used the sentence stems to share our work and tell our partner what we have been doing and why we are proud. 

Being a scientist 

For our ambition, we created a presentation to answer the question 'Are wolves and humans similar?' To do this, we used all of the knowledge we have learnt over the enquiry to decide whether or not humans and wolves are similar.

Being an athlete

In term 1, we are focusing on netball and gymnastics. In our netball lessons, we have been working on our different passes. We have been practicing chest pass, bounce pass and over head pass. We have also been working on our pivoting skills.

Year 4 Trip - Bristol Zoo Project

Year 4 had the pleasure of going to Bristol Zoo Project were we began our enquiry "Are humans and wolves similar?" We were able to explore the site and take part in a Wild About Wolves workshop. The children came away full of excitement and knowledge about wolves and other fascinating facts about animals living at the zoo.