Year 4 - Focus Week
What an exciting first week back it’s been in Year 4!
In Fir Class, the children were very excited to welcome their new class teacher, Mrs Masters! They've really enjoyed getting to know each other this week. Welcome, Mrs Masters!
In English, we continued to read the book Until I met Dudley, which we started before half term. In this book, Dudley is a very clever dog who explains how a wide variety of different household appliances work. This book has introduced the children to the format of explanation texts, and they have really enjoyed learning about how different machines work. The children also loved drawing and writing about their own inventions, writing letters to Dudley asking him to explain how different appliances work, and writing their own explanation texts.
In Maths we have started learning about fractions this week. The children have done brilliantly, exploring whole numbers and fractions, and counting in fractions as well as comparing them.
The children thoroughly enjoyed their first Forest School session with Mr Duffin this week! He took us all on a tour around the whole Forest School area, introducing us to the different sections and going over the rules for keeping the children safe whilst using these areas. The children loved exploring, and also played a fun game in pairs where one child had to cover their eyes using their hat, and the other child then had to lead them around the area. The child whose eyes had been covered then had to guess where their partner had taken them while they were blindfolded. We're looking forward to having regular weekly sessions and exploring even more.
In Design and Technology, the children have started to build a slingshot car. They created the chassis and launcher for their car this week, and will continue to design and make the body for their car over the coming weeks.
In Religious Education the children will be learning about different celebrations and commitment ceremonies this half term. Our first lesson this week was all about birth/naming ceremonies from different religions (as well as non-religious celebrations). It was so interesting learning about different rituals such as a Christian Christening or the Hindu Namkaran.
Our Science topic this half term is Sound and Vibration, so we started this week by exploring a wide range of instruments and objects, the sounds they make and how they produce these sounds. The children enjoyed exploring using the instruments in different ways to produce different sounds.
With such a lot of fun and exciting learning in just one week, we can't wait to see what the rest of this half term will bring!
