Year Four

Class teacher: Mrs Young

Support staff: Miss Beeks

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Welcome to Year 4!

Year 4 is an exciting year filled with new challenges, discoveries, and adventures in learning. Throughout the year, we explore many History adventures, beginning with the Romans and their impact on Britain, before traveling through the times of the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. In Science, we investigate numerous adventures from light and electricity to the human body and animal habitats. Our RE lessons encourage us to ask big questions about Christianity and Islam, helping us to understand different beliefs and traditions. As the year progresses, we develop our skills in reading, writing, and maths, becoming more confident and independent learners. We end the year with a Geography adventure, exploring mountains, rivers, and coasts. Year 4 is a fantastic year of curiosity, creativity, and discovery, preparing them for the next step into Year 5.

Please see the termly overviews to find out what your child will be learning each term.

Y4 Summer 1 Overview

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VE Day

Today we learnt about the importance of VE Day and why it is celebrated. We then made our own flags to wave proudly to show our respect to those who sacrificed their lives for us.

Y4/5 Senior Bankers

The seniors bankers have done a super job of choosing new stock for our school shop. They helped to cost and label the items ready for the rest of the school to spend their tokens.

Y4 Vikings

Year 4 are enjoying learning about the Vikings. We’ve all been getting into character in preparation for our Viking play!

Y4 Historians

To begin our Viking adventure, we took part in an archaeological dig to discover different Viking artefacts. We used our historical skills to determine what the item was and what this tells us about the Vikings way of life.

RE - Christian visitor

To start our RE learning, we had a visitor from a local church who explored our big question ‘ Why do Christians call the day Jesus died Good Friday?” We learnt about the different days in Holy Week and acted out the events of Palm Sunday.

Y4 Scientists

In Science, we have had the chance to explore electrical circuits. We used our investigating skills to build working circuits with bulbs, buzzers, motors and switches. We also explored the question: Which materials are electrical conductors or insulators?

Easter Experience!

We had a wonderful visit to St James' Church, where we deepened our understanding of the Easter story through a variety of activities. We explored the significance of Palm Sunday, learned about Jesus humbly washing his disciples' feet at the Last Supper, and reflected on the events of Good Friday.

Anglo-Saxon bread making!

To conclude our learning about this period in history, we baked our own Anglo-Saxon bread using a traditional simple recipe. We carefully measured the ingredients, mixed them together, and practised our kneading skills to shape the dough. Once baked, we enjoyed our delicious rolls dipped in honey, just as the Anglo-Saxons would have done in the past!

World Book Day

We had a fantastic time dressing up as book characters and sharing our favourite books with the class. Plus, we took part in our annual Read-a-thon, celebrating our love for reading together!

Bike Fix

The children took part in a bike fix. They looked at what all the parts do, how to look after them and what do do if something breaks.

FIRE SAFETY!

Year 4 had some important visitors this week! Aldridge Fire Service visited us to tell us about how we can stay safe both in and out of school. We then got the opportunity to look at the fire engine and finished by using the water hose, which we loved!

Termly Overviews

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	Y4 Spring2 2.pdf	.pdf

Holy Trinity Church Of England Primary School

Year Four

Y4 Summer 1 Overview

Termly Overviews