D and T in Year 4

Last week saw the culmination of our D and T project in Year 4. In previous lessons, we researched and designed torches.  Last week, we gathered the materials and made our working torches.  It was really tricky and took lots of perseverance and collaboration –...

International Day for Tolerance in Year 4

On Thursday, we celebrated the International Day for Tolerance by sharing a book called ‘Journey to the Beginning of the World’ by Virginia McLean.   It helped us to understand that people from different cultures believe different things about the way the...

Super switches!

In Friday’s science lesson, Year 4 were investigating how switches work.  We made our own electrical circuits and then created a switch from paper fasteners, cardboard and a paper clip. We investigated how we could turn the bulb on and off. Our investigation...

Y4 visit to Wroxeter Roman City

On Tuesday, we visited Wroxeter Roman city to find out more about how Romans changed Britain following their invasion.  We saw the ruins of the Roman baths and also visited a replica Roman villa.  The museum was really interesting as we could see artefacts from Roman...

World Mental Health Day

For World Mental Health Day, Year 4 talked about big emotions which might have a negative impact on our well-being.  We then discussed activities that might help us to manage these emotions and improve our well-being. The children had the opportunity to practise some...

Willow Patterns

In our art lesson this week, we used blue ink to create a Willow Pattern on a paper plate.  We based our ink paintings on the book “Escape from Pompeii”, which we are reading in our English lessons.  In our paintings, you can see Mount Vesuvius overlooking the Bay of...