Blog Author: Ms Kendal

In Computing, children in Year 4 have been building on their Scratch Programming knowledge to create an electrical circuit game.  The children have been learning about different variables as well as broadcast commands.  

Children in Year 4 have been exploring electrical circuits.  All the children were given different components (wires, cells, bulbs and buzzers) and were asked to create as many different working circuits as possible.  

Children in Year 4 have been looking at conjunctions and exploring how they can change the meaning of a sentence.   

"This book is about young boy called Bun who soon turns blind and finds a sword in a tomb lying under his garden and is tempted to keep it.  He dreamed of returning the sword to King Arthur and the next day he could see again. 

 

I would recommend this book to children who like sad books,…

Children in Year 4 have been developing their knowledge and skills in order to be able to complete a safe and accurate search.  The children have looked at trusted search engines as well as strategies to improve search results. 

The children in Year 4 have been exploring Area.  We have been creating different shapes with an area of 6 sticky notes.

This half term, children have used image editors to create an edited image of themselves transposed onto an image of an Ancient Greek monument. 

Children in Year 4 have been developing their clay skills by creating a pinch pot, using Greek styles and shapes. 

Using a planning template, children designed their clay pot, listing the materials and equipment they would need and sharing and explaining their ideas with peers.   Children then…

Children in Year 4 have been exploring the work of the Ancient Greek mathematician, Euler.

Euler helped discover the 5 Platonic shapes.  The children worked in groups to test his formula of Number of Faces + Number of Vertices - Number of Edges = 2.

Great work Year 4!

Children in Year 4 have participated in a Water Aware workshop this week.    

The children have explored the world of water and where it comes from.  Children have learnt about the water cycle, calculated how much water they use each day and how they can save water at home and at school and…

Children in Year 4 have been exploring the viscosity of different liquids.  We discovered that viscosity means how thick a liquid is.  

Children in Year 4 have explored how they would feel if they received a hurtful message online and what they should do about it.