In R.E. we are learning about Pentecost. We have learnt about the different ways the Holy Spirit inspired and influenced the disciples. We have retold the story of Pentecost and learnt about how we can receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit and the different Sacraments. 

In Mathematics, we are learning about money. We have learnt about different types of notes and coins. Also, we have learnt about the practical uses of money and have practiced calculating the amount of change we should have when buying items.

We visited the beautiful St Columban's Missionary in Solihull and explored the wonders of God's creation.

In English, we will be writing a leaflet about Martineau Gardens. To begin the unit we looked at a variety of leaflets and picked out the key features.

In DT, we made healthy oat biscuits. We learnt how to follow and adapt a recipe and practiced measuring precisely. The biscuits were delicious! We evaluated their taste upon eating them. 

On the 8th May we celebrated 80 years of VE Day. We learnt about the purpose of VE Day and how people celebrated and why it is important that we keep celebrating and remembering this day. 

In History, we are learning about Ancient Greece. In the Easter holidays, the children made their own models of the Parthenon, which we now know is a very famous temple in Athens.

4B enjoyed their lovely trip to Martineau Gardens. They used their knowledge of food chains and applied this to woodland animals. We did pond dipping and even found some newts! The sun was shining and we all had a brilliant day. 

In maths we have been learning about fractions. We have completed activities in our White Rose workbooks and engaged in practical lessons using a variety of resources. We used an online app on the chromebooks to help us to visualise and understand equivalent fractions. If anyone would like to use this app at home, it is available in the online resources section of the Year 4 web page.  

To celebrate British Science Week, we had a visit from The Animal Man. A few pupils from 4B went to learn about some animals and even got to hold them! 

We had an extremely fun day for World Book Day. The children came wore some fabulous outfits inspired by their chosen word! We did lots of reading related activities including a book swap, making our own book marks and going to read with children in reception.

In geography we have been learning about Mediterranean Europe. We have learnt about the climate in Mediterranean Europe and even did our own weather forecast for Rome. 

Ahead of World Book Day we had a visit from the fabulous writer Nick Toczek. He read us some of his fantastic poems and we really enjoyed learning them. Nick showed us lots of fantastic magic tricks and introduced us to his puppets! We did a workshop with Nick and he inspired us to write poetry.

In English we are learning how to create an adventure story about the Viking Gods. Firstly, we used some props to immerse ourselves into the Viking lifestyle! Followed by story mapping and learning the model text, so we can learn what devices we need to include in our adventure story. 

In R.E. we have been learning about Moses and how he answered his call from God. We roleplayed the event of Moses and the burning bush, so we could think deeper about how Moses answered this call and how Moses felt when he received this call. 

In science we have been learning about electricity. Our lessons have consisted of a mixture of practical and written work. We have learnt about conductors and insulators and experimented to see which materials are conductors and which are insulators. Also, we learnt about electrical safety and how we can stay safe around electricity both at home and in school. 

In Spanish we have been learning about the names for different family members and names for different parts of our faces! We created our own family trees using what we have learnt about family members. 

In maths, we have enjoyed learning about length and perimeter and where we come across these in real life. We completed a variety of practical and written work, which included measuring the perimeter of the playground and the classroom!

In Art we have been learning about space and how to create the illusion of space in our artwork. We have experimented with a variety of media including: felt tips, oil pastels and paper for mosaic. Also, we have explored different techniques such as pointilism and colour blocking. Our inspiration for our final piece came from the key artist we studied - Jean Francois Millet. Millet was a pioneer of the realism art movement and the children enjoyed learning about this movement and sketching landscapes. 

In R.E. we have been learning about Christmas. An important part of this unit was learning about how Christmas is celebrated in other countries and the different cultural traditions. The children created some brilliant posters explaining this.

We have been learning about multiplication and division this half term. We have had lots of practice using resources, whiteboards, our math journals and our White Rose books. 

The children from 3B and 4B joined together for our pilgrimage to Rome to celebrate the Jubilee year of Pilgrims of Hope. Together with the parents, we created some lovely verses for our Pilgrims of Hope song. As well as this, we recreated our own Michelangelo style art pieces and redesigned the uniforms of the Swiss Guards. We also got to taste some delicious Italian food! It was a very exciting afternoon. 

In order to celebrate different faiths we learnt about Hanukkah. Hanukkah is a special Jewish celebration. The word 'Hanukkah' means 'rededication' and the celebration marks the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem which was destroyed and rebuilt by a small group of Jewish fighters who stood up and fought for their religion and rebuilt the Temple. Hanukkah lasts for 8 days and during Hanukkah people celebrate by giving each other presents/money, eating traditional Jewish foods and playing traditional Jewish games, such as playing with a dreidel.

In 4B we had a culture day to raise money for CAFOD. This was a lovely way to celebrate all the different cultural backgrounds of our class members. All the children came dressed in the colours of the flag of their country and brought in an item that was special to their culture for a show and tell! 

The fire brigade came to teach us all about fire safety and what to do if there was fire. We learnt about fire exit routes and how to get out of a house safely. 

For World Children's Day we did a range of activities. Including, a debate for Who should we vote for Prime Minster, Mr Brown or Mr Curry? We also practised in school emotional well-being by: Mindfulness colouring, listening to relaxing music ,meditation, fitness camp, zumba, hopscotch and playing with friends.

We went to the police museum to learn about the change in the police through history and to learn how the police solve crimes.

We learnt that even though people did something wrong there rights were still respected. We learnt that part of the polices job is to protect our rights.

In DT we have built our own functional slingshot cars. We made the base and designed the chassis and then tested them against each others. 

In Autumn we created a multimedia fact file all about our school.

In maths we have been working on multiplication and division. 

In Autumn we have been investigating Sound. We have used Microbits to gather and record results to see how volume changes depending on the force and medium used about the source of the sound. 

In art we investigated light. We studied the artist Caravaggio and his use of contrast to create from. After experimenting with different medias we created our final piece of plant pots.

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