Year 4

We carried out a number of investigations.  The first investigation involved putting eggs in water.  In a glass of water, the egg sank.  When we added salt, the egg floated because it made the water denser.  The salty water pushes it up more.  This is like the Dead Sea.

We put food colouring into milk.  The colours mixed.  When we added soap on a cotton bud, they shot away and swirled.  This is because milk contains fat and the soap started to break down the fat molecules.

We explored different designs of paper planes and spinners to see which would stay in the air the longest or go the further.  We also tested different materials and size.

As part of our Ancient Egyptians topic, we planned and made our own Shaduf in small groups. We worked well in our groups to ensure we could make the bucket move up and down and that we had a stable structure.

Year 4 enjoyed their residential to Kench Hill and really thrived outside of the classroom.

The children practised their map reading skills during our orienteering session. We went on a long stream walk, which resulted in lots of very muddy (and very happy!) children.  The children also learned about their surroundings.

We made shelters and learned about the basic needs of human life today – air to breathe, clean water, food, shelter and sleep.

The children had the opportunity to try archery, mini beast hunting and the bouldering wall. They also enjoyed feeding the ponies, chickens, rabbits and guinea pigs.

One of the highlights of the trip was tackling a very, very, very muddy obstacle course — including braving the “Pit of Doom,” which involved plenty of swishy, wet mud!

We also enjoyed the free time, campfire and food!

The children worked with the New Romney Arts Society to create some wonderful artwork linked to our history topic about the Egyptians.

Can you believe that we are over halfway through the academic year?  Term 4 is a very busy term, with lots of fun events including our visit to Kench Hill and our Egyptian day.

Here is an overview of the term:

Here are our KIRFs to learn:

KIRFs T4

We used drama to help us to explore our book ‘The Explorer’.  We used these ideas to help us write our diary entries in the role of the characters.

As part of our third wellbeing task day, the children in year 4 taught each other different skills that they had.  This included sign language, football skills, handshakes and many more.  The children also taught year 2 how to use TTRS for the first time.  We also followed an online tutorial to draw a cartoon character.

Our first task was to taste biscuits to decide what we liked and disliked about them.  We the looked at a simple recipe to make biscuits.

We carefully measured out our ingredients.

We then made the dough and baked it.

We then adapted the recipe to include additional ingredients such as marshmallows or chocolate chips.

We also designed and made packaging for our product.

Finally, it was time to taste our biscuits.

Welcome to Term 3.  Here is what we will be learning about this term:

Here are the KIRFs to practise and learn this term:

Year 4

WAs part of our second task days for ‘6 Ways to Wellbeing’, we created Christmas cards for people within our community who might be alone at Christmas.  We wrote letters about what we have been learning at school. The focus for this session was ‘connect’.

We also drew pictures of the lighthouse as part of our learning about the marsh desert.