Year 4 Ocean Blog
Safer Internet Day
This week has been Safer Internet Day - We have learnt about staying safe using online platforms and keeping a check on our mental well being by monitoring our device usage. We completed a task using purplemash.
Severn Trent Water Visit
Andy visited this morning to Year 4 to introduce us to the Water Cycle and how we can help to reduce our water usage. Andy was great and was especially impressed with our measuring skills. One group in Ocean class were just 1ml short!! We had a fantastic morning and...
Volcanic eruptions
In Year 4 we have been learning all about tectonic plates, the layers of the Earth and how they all connect to create and generate pressure to produce volcanic eruptions. We have then used our models to demonstrate how a volcano erupts.
Fun in Forest School!
This week we had our last Forest School session. We were making massive bubbles and we had a blast! We tried to make them as big as possible and then we would chase them until they flew away or popped! Thank you Mrs Harrison and Mrs Kayla-Barrett for so much fun this...
Mosaic Art
This week we incorporated the Roman skill of mosaics into our festive activities.
Willow Pattern Art
This week we have looked at the Willow Pattern. We saw how delicate and intricate it is and watched a video on how it is created. We then imitated what we saw to create our own Willow pattern plates with an image from Pompeii. We were very pleased with our efforts....
DT
This week we have finally made our torches. We used plastic bottles and electrical components to bring our designs to life. We had several challenges which we had to overcome along the way and then SUCCESS! A fully working torch made by our own hands. What a fabulous...
Area
Today in Maths we have manipulated 10 sticky notes to create as many different shapes with an area of 10 as possible. We then transferred them into our Math book.
BBC Children in Need
Today we have participated in raising money for the BBC Children in Need appeal 2024. We have looked into where the money goes and the good causes it helps. We have dressed in yellow and completed some Pudsey activities from the website. We have enjoyed our day.
Anti Bullying Week 2024
This week has been anti bullying week. In Ocean class we have discussed bullying, how people would feel if they are being bullied and looked at the roles of others in the group. We have used materials from anti bullying alliance and 1decision ltd. Afterwards we...
New French Unit
This half term we have started our new French unit - food. We had great fun this afternoon repeating the types of food and then we played 'splat the food'. This was a game where we had images of the food, Mrs Millward said the food in French and we had to 'splat' the...
Remembrance Day
Today in our PSHE lesson we learnt about the significance of Remembrance Day. We identified the importance of the date and time and what the soldiers gave up for their country. We also looked at the continued work of the Royal British Legion and how buying a poppy...
Special Visitors
Today in Ocean class we celebrated the end of quite a challenging week by completing several 'just dance' videos. We had a much needed blast of exercise and music complete with fun. We had 2 special visitors join us too 🙂 Can you spot them?
Volcanic Dance
Over the past weeks we have been developing a dance related to and expressing the Mount Vesuvius eruption back in 79AD. We used the music and connected our moves to express the eruption. We have all thoroughly enjoyed this unit and are extremely pleased and proud at...
Electrical Circuits
In Year 4 we have been creating electrical circuits. Explored incomplete and complete circuits and then challenged to generate more power to create a brighter lightbulb. We have also explored drawing diagrams with scientific symbols. Some children also incorporated a...
Black History Month
This Year in Ocean and Sky class we have celebrated Yinka Shonibare. He is a British artist living in the United Kingdom. His work explores cultural identity, colonialism and post-colonialism within the contemporary context of globalisation. A hallmark of his art is...
Wroxeter Trip
What an amazing day. We went to Wroxeter, the largest Roman town of it's time in Shropshire. Our guide Lucy was fantastic and answered all our questions fully. To think we were standing in the Roman baths from around 2000 years ago was a phenomenal thought.
International Day of Peace
Thank you to all the children who completed their homework for International Day of Peace. We had some wonderful contributions and explanations of what children believe peace is and how it can be achieved across the world. Here are a few examples: Many...
Loudmouth Theatre Company
This afternoon we had a visit in Year 4 from Loudmouth. They taught us about bullying and the things we need to do to keep stand up to bullies and keeping us safe. We also looked in more detail at cyberbullying and how we could help 'Mo' with his situation. The...