Welcome to 4B's web page! Here you can see some of our fantastic work and learning. 

Year 4 have been taking part in Aldi’s Get Set to Eat Fresh scheme, a fun programme that helps children learn more about healthy eating and making good food choices. As part of this, the children worked together to create a delicious and healthy snack, which they can easily adapt and make at home with their families. Learning about healthy eating is an important part of our faith, as it reminds us that our bodies are gifts from God and we should look after them with care. Year 4 have enjoyed discovering how eating well helps us stay happy, strong, and ready to serve others.

In History, Year 4 have been discovering the fascinating world of the Anglo-Saxons. We have explored how life in Anglo-Saxon England was very different from life today and even wrote an extended piece of writing imagining ourselves as Anglo-Saxon children. We were amazed to learn that children were considered adults at just 10 years old! This led to some passionate discussions about our UNICEF Rights, as we realised how lucky we are to have access to education, rest and play – things that children in the Anglo-Saxon times did not have. We’ve also begun learning a little about the Vikings, which will prepare us for our next exciting history topic.

In R.E., Year 4 have been learning all about God’s creation. We have explored what it means to be made in God’s image and likeness and thought about how this influences our beliefs and the way we live today. This links closely to our UNICEF Rights and our Golden Thread, reminding us to treat everyone with respect because we are all made in God’s image. We have studied key events from Scripture, such as God asking Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, and discussed how much the key figures trusted God and showed faith. To develop our writing skills across the curriculum, we imagined we were Abraham on his journey to Canaan – describing the setting and exploring the thoughts and feelings the key figures might have experienced along the way.

In Science, Year 4 have been exploring the fascinating topic of States of Matter. We have been learning about the properties of solids, liquids and gases, even role-playing them to understand how they behave and classifying them into groups. Through a variety of hands-on experiments, we are developing our ‘working scientifically’ skills. We’ve also been investigating changes of state – including a delicious experiment using chocolate buttons! This topic has been great fun and is helping us deepen our understanding of how materials change.

In Mathematics, Year 4 have been learning all about number and place value. This is a really important topic because it helps us with our next areas of learning and builds the foundations for understanding other mathematical concepts. We have been following the White Rose scheme of work and using practical resources to deepen our understanding of place value.

In English, Year 4 have been busy writing our own exciting journey tales! We are following the Talk for Writing process and using The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as our model text. To help us understand the story, we have immersed ourselves in it through story mapping and learning actions to bring the text to life. We’ve also been exploring powerful new vocabulary and writing tools, such as fronted adverbials and expanded noun phrases. We’re thinking carefully about how these choices make our writing more interesting and how they affect the reader.