Year 4 2020-21

The children were learning all about the structure of the earth, what the earth is made of and where volcanoes and earthquakes occur and why. We looked at a model of the earth and worked together to find out all about the layers and what their properties are. Have a look at what they found out... This was all independent as the children were working from home. Wow! Amazing research!

Year 4 have been learning all about the Ancient Greeks. We have been independently researching the history of the Marathon. We were investigating the question: Here are some of the facts that the children found out:

 We have been learning to play different maths strategy games.  Here are some links to them so you can try them at home: https://nrich.maths.org/1204 https://nrich.maths.org/7337

 Year 4 have an amazing music teacher, Miss Tabbush, working with them all through the year. Each week, they are learning different skills from reading music to playing percussion instruments. This week, we had djembe drums, claves and a guiro.

 We have been learning all about the United Kingdom. We have learned how to locate different cities and to name each of the countries that make up the United Kingdom.

 In maths, we have been learning about place value. We have been using resources to create different numbers, thinking about the value of each digit.