As part of our ‘being my best’ topic, our last lesson was dealing with different medical emergencies. We learnt how to handle burns, choking, bumps, cuts, and even helping people who are unresponsive but breathing. we went and practised by putting each other in the recovery position.
We got to experience VR today and we explored how Climate Change is affecting our planet. We got up close and friendly with Polar Bears and Orangutans. It was amazing! Because we were so good, we even got to experience a tarantula for free! We were so lucky! Read more…
Look at these super moving pictures! They were designed and created using linkage mechanisms. Some pictures have more than one moving part. A linkage is when levers are connected together using a mixture of moving pivots and fixed pivots.
As a class challenge today, we had to think of as many Kings and Queens as we could since 1066. This annoyingly ruled out King Harold Godwinson who we had done so much learning about since he start of the year. However, as a class we managed to get a Read more…
Today we looked at the water cycle and how water circulates in our everyday life. To replicate this, we put some water in a bag and stuck it to the window. we witnessed the effects of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. It’s super interesting.
Children in Year 4 have been having lots of fun at our Times Tables after school club. They have been playing lots of games to help them learn and remember their times tables.
In maths this week, we started our new topic on diving by 10 beyond the decimal point. To visualise this, we each wrote a number on a piece of paper and stood in front of a place value grid. We then moved one place to the right for each division.
We had a delightful Geography lesson today as we started by recapping what we learnt last lesson by grouping facts about Norway and the UK together. we then sampled some delicious Norwegian salmon. I think we agree it’s an acquired taste.
To prepare us for our upcoming special write, we printed off a persuasive speech and cut it into its sentences. With these sentences, we grouped them into paragraphs around the same topic. To finish off, we summarised these paragraphs into our books.
In science this week, we found a practical way to see the speed at which things evaporate. We poured down some water and drew around the puddle. We measured how much had evaporated every 5 minutes.