Year 4

Welcome to Year 4 2024-25 with Mr Flory, Mr Hartshorn and Mrs Ten Broeke.

We would encourage you to keep an eye on these pages as we like to share aspects of the children’s learning and experiences from Maple and Oak classes.

14th October 2024 - DT

From start to finish, the Year 4 children have thoroughly enjoyed the Design Technology for Term 1.  They have explored Food Miles and seasonality of produce, tasted different biscuits and assessed them based on various criteria and designed their own. This came to its conclusion this week as the children made their own biscuits.  We think they have made a super job of it!  Thank you to our wonderful cook, Charlotte, who cooked them for us. 

2023-24

3rd June 2024 - Roman WOW day!

When Marcus Antonius Barbatus was due to visit Year 4, we weren’t quite sure what to expect.  Would he be young or old? Would he be friendly or hostile? Were we prepared for what a Roman soldier based at Vindolanda Fort on Hadrian’s Wall had to tell us? Actually, finding out about the life of a Roman Soldier, how to set up camp ready for battle, about superstitions and the punishment for desertion was both fun and informative.  We now know how to march like Roman soldiers and how the Romans have changed our everyday life.  We took this theme further and looked specifically at Roman roads and how they were made, recreating them with biscuits, chocolates and custard! We also indulged in some printing – Roman style, of course!

15th May 2024 - Sound (Science)

Year 4 were lucky enough to have a guest musician to aid our learning about sound as part of our Science topic.  Ben and his guitar demonstrated how sound is created, helped us to explore and understand pitch and how it can be altered and answered lots of our questions.  Thank you, Ben. The children loved every minute of it and so did Mrs. Lyon!

25th March 2024 - Term 4

We have had a busy time in Year 4 this term on many different levels.  Our writing has been fabulous, we have read Varjak Paw, attacked fractions and decimals with gusto and embraced the Six Nations, as shown in the picture.  

6th February 2024 - DT

Having compared two different bridges and researched their properties, the children have turned their focus to pavilions and what makes a strong structure.  Investigating different types of structures and how to make them sturdy was a sweet task, as pictured!

11th December 2023 - Art

Alongside their history topic on the Egyptians, Year 4 composed their own Egyptian portraits, paying particular attention to tone, shading and pattern.

6th October 2023 - DT (Food)

Year 4 have been busy becoming biscuit designers in DT. They tasted existing biscuits then designed their own to suit a 'brief'. They had great fun making the biscuits, mixing and kneading the dough before adding flavours, colours and extra ingredients. 

Y4 DT Biscuits Oct 23

19th September 2023 - Electricity

Y4 have been learning all about what makes a successful circuit within their Science lessons. Today, they were adding a switch within circuits in order to turn a light bulb on and off. 

2022-2023

23rd June 2023 - Wessex water Trip

What a fabulous day we had! A tour of the water treatment works, finding out about all the cleaning processes water goes through before it comes out of our taps followed by a walk around the reservoir. In the afternoon, we made dens in the shade and explored the river, pond dipping.

15th May 2023 - Engineers (DT)

Year 4 became pizza chefs as they created their own pizza, which they had designed.  They used various skills and techniques including kneading, chopping, slicing and spreading.  The smell was amazing and we are reliably informed that they tasted "out of this world!"

29th March 2023 - Chepstow Castle

Year 4 had a wonderful time exploring Chepstow Castle. What a fantastic end to our enquiry, "Who has stood here before us?".  A huge thank you to Neil Eddiford, Historical Interpreter, who led the tour and provided detailed, expert knowledge. 

24th January 2023 - Electricians!

 

24th November 2022 - Musicians

Year 4 had a visit from Ben from Stage Electrics & the Great Western Youth Theatre to demonstrate how electric and bass guitars can make different sounds based on the thickness and length of the strings. Ben entertained the children with songs and musical sequences and answered their questions. It was great opportunity for the children to experience a real musician and the joy music can bring, as one child said, ‘this is really cool!’  

14th October 2022 - End of Enquiry 1!

In their first term in Year 4, Maple and Oak classes have been answering the enquiry, “Why do we live here?”.  This enquiry has taken us across the globe as Historians and Geographers, as well as Artists and Athletes.  They have considered why people have settled where they do and what features influenced their decisions.  Along this journey, they have created One Point Perspective Art and choreographed dances with Egyptian influences.