Welcome to Year 4!

Highlight of the week 19/10/68: It’s been a busy two weeks in Year 4. We continued conducting our science experiments with sound, investigating whether the volume of sound changes with distance. Year 4 are very proud of their final persuasive arguments and have enjoyed delivering their speeches using all their performance skills. We also became mini-geologists, exploring different types of rocks and investigating the rocks we have around the school. Year 4 had lots of fun celebrating Black History Month with Steel Pan workshops and making the Nigerian sweet snack, Chin Chins. Well done, Year 4!

Highlight of the week 05/10/26: In the last two weeks in science, we have been exploring elements of sound volume and pitch. We tested to see if volume would change if an object was dropped from a higher height. We also made our own instruments exploring how we could change pitch from a low to a high sound. In English, we have been looking at persuasive language and what features we can include in our debates to convince others to side with our arguments. The children are quite passionate about their arguments. We may have some budding politicians within our mist!

Highlight of the week 21/09/26: What a full two weeks of practical learning and fun! In Science, we continued to look at sound. We role-played how sound travels faster when particles are closer together, like in solids, as opposed to air, where particles are further apart. We practised our performing skills in English by acting out the poem A Small Dragon. We then listened to each other’s feedback about what went well and what they would 
have liked to see even more of. We continued with our co-operative skills in RHE when we worked together to create a human machine.

Highlight of the week 07/09/26: What a great end to our first week, making volcanoes and stress balls. We also learnt about our amazing brains. Parents, ask your children about ‘The Hand Model of the Brain’. We also had fun this week exploring our new science topic SOUND. Ask your child what three things need to happen for a sound to be made and heard.