Year 4 - Summer 1 - Week 2

Date: 26th Apr 2022 @ 11:21am

The sun has continued to shine and our spirits have been high in Year 4 this week.

After exploring the variety of Churches that can be found around the world, this week, we focused on churches we can find in our local area. After labelling different characteristics of these churches, alongside spotting similarities between them, we set to the task of drawing our own church. Year 4 took particular inspiration from St. Peter’s church and its traditional design. Our designs also incorporated stain glass windows made from a variety of coloured tissue paper and a steeple with a cross placed on top.

In Maths, we took part in a Mathematical investigation to see how many different decimal numbers we could find on a given magic square. After spotting two numbers that could be placed together, we then had to divide the number by 10 in order to form a decimal between 1 and 6. Year 4 also used number cards to create as many different decimals numbers as they could that could fit between two given numbers. It took lots of rearranging of the number cards to find all possibilities, but we were determined to find them all! We also recreated a visit to a toy shop and with our allocated funds, made a shopping list of what we would like to buy. Year 4 were thrilled to also be able to create a wish list of items they couldn’t quite afford yet but informed Miss Mcvey of the required amount they would need to purchase their wish list items. Next week, we will be continuing to make amounts of money and identifying change.

What a week of English lessons we have had! We began by creating a glossary of vocabulary associated with a tropical rainforest, ensuring we used a bold colour to make the word stand out and recorded the key words in alphabetical order. Our focus then turned to recalling when we use an apostrophe in our writing and how we write singular and plural words with a possessive apostrophe. It was a real treat to then watch a clip from Planet Earth, narrated by David Attenborough. We recognised that the transcript of his narration had features of a non-chronological report, which we identified and colour coded.

In recognition of our hard work on World Earth Day, the National Trust Formby presented us with a plaque to honour the incredible mural we created made completely out of recycled materials. Well done, Year 4! You truly showcased our school value of nurture and showed such passion and determination to spread such an important message.

 A huge thank you to Ultimate Kids for a thrilling and incredibly enjoyable activity session. We were so grateful to try a range of different activities, whilst keeping fit and active. We can’t hide our love for sport in Year 4 and it has been a delight to see the children taking so much enjoyment from our Tri-Golf PE lessons this week.

In Art, we turned a monochrome rainforest print into a colourful, bold and vibrant rainforest scene. Through the use of colour, we ensured the parrots jumped off the page and the vegetation disappeared into the background of the picture. We discovered a rainforest is made up of 4 layers in Geography and what the particles look like in different states of matter in Science.

Have a wonderful bank holiday weekend, Year 4.

Reminders:

-Children to continue to practise their times tables at home in preparation for the Year 4 Multiplication Check.

-PE lessons take place every Tuesday and Friday.

-Chester Zoo trip payments to be made on School Money.