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Year 4 Weekly News

Weekly update of activities in Year 4

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  • 14/11/24

    Friday 15th November 2024

    This week Year 4 have been writing diary entries.  We thought carefully about the features to include, for example, time conjunctions, informal language and writing in the first person.  We linked this with our class book ‘The One and Only Ivan’ by Katherine Applegate.  Th...
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  • 08/11/24

    8th November 2024

    The children in Year 4 have now started reading their new text for this half-term - The One and Only Ivan. It’s a based on a true story about a gorilla who lived in a shopping mall in the USA. So far, the children have been very descriptive in detailing the domain in which he lives. The cla...
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  • 24/10/24

    25th October 2024

    Year 4 have been writing poetry this week, as part of our celebration of Black History Month. The class recited "Overunderstanding" by Benjamin Zephaniah and wrote a cinquin, using the same theme of being kind, treating people fairly and living together in harmony.
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  • 17/10/24

    18th October 2024

    Year 4 has worked really hard in Mr Spalding's absence for a few days, particularly in making our class neurodiversity book about autism. The children wrote about autism and researched well-known people who are autistic. Their book will be in the school library for others to read. Mr...
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  • 11/10/24

    11th October 2024

    This month is the Month of the Rosary and Year 4 now have their own rosary beads to keep in class on our prayer table. The children have begun to learn how to use the rosary beads to pray, different prayers and decades.
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  • 04/10/24

    4th October 2024

    Mr Spalding gave in the children in Year 4 a design brief in Science this week: to make a circuit where a motor and a bulb can be turned on and off independently from one another. The children were successful in creating the circuit using two switches, where they could turn the bul...
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  • 27/09/24

    27th September 2024

    Every Monday for the next 4 weeks, Year 4 are receiving cricket coaching from Platform Cricket.  Their first session was a great success, with all the children practising their fielding skills, including throwing and catching.  They ended with a game and next time they will...
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  • 20/09/24

    20th September 2024

    In the first week classes wrote about their class Saint. Year 4 have been working so hard to produce a beautiful display about their class, St Peter, outside their classroom.
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  • 13/09/24

    13th September 2024

    The children in Year 4 have been making 4-digit numbers using Base 10 Dienes pieces, working together to make lots of different numbers. It also kept Mrs Bird busy, having to take lots and lots of photos for their Maths book - some of which are seen here!
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