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Year 4 News

November 2023

  • A fortnight in Year 4

    Published 30/11/23

    Over the past two weeks we have learnt so much in Year 4. 

    In science, we have been learning about which materials are good conductors and which are good insulators in order to make our own circuits with switches. 

    In maths, we have learnt all about facts families and introduced some new maths vocabulary; factors, product and sum. If you know one multiplication fact, then you also know its family facts. 

    In writing we have written a wonderful piece of direct speech and started to learn all about prepositions. 

    In D&T we have painted our wardrobes in interesting and different shades of brown to represent different grains of wood.

    In computing we have been coding (AT SPEED) and debugging code to make sure we can complete multistep coding problems. 

    In geography, we have been learning all about mountains and mountain ranges and what a Nepalese child's journey to school might look like compared to ours in Sheen. 

    In addition to all of this we have been learning our Chritsmas concert songs, remembering all the different seasons in French, playing lacrosse matches and discussing how best to tackle problems in PSHE.  

     

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  • Electrical circuits

    Published 16/11/23

    In Science we have been building our own simple circuits. The children have thoroughly enjoyed using the buzzers, motors and bulbs.  In addition, they understand what a good conductor is and what material makes a good insulator. They can really quickly identify a complete and broken circuit. The children are starting to see how their circuits and science learning will accompany their D and T wardrobe designs. We are all really looking forward to creating our illuminated wardrobes later in the term!

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  • The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

    Published 01/11/23

    We have gone through the wardrobe! 

    This week, Year 4 started reading Narnia, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. We have been using our inference skills to decide which of the characters are bossy, scared and most mischievous. We have just met an interesting character who is half goat, half man and are getting ready to write a detailed piece of description showing off all of our writing skills. These include but are not limited to expanded noun phrases, subordinate clauses, conjunctions and brilliant vocabulary. This week we have already seen words such as decrepit, syncopated and ominous used to describe the lamppost and falling snow of Narnia. 

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November 2023