Year 4 Ocean Blog

Energy Bars

Energy Bars

This week we are completing our DT project - to create an energy bar for mountain or river walks/adventures. Throughout the week we will be investigating energy bars, tasting, looking at the nutritional value, designing our own unique energy bar, designing packaging...

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PSHE

PSHE

This afternoon we have had an awesome time thinking about our emotions, feelings and how relationships impact on them. We discussed how emotions can be linked to colours and animals and words. We then thought about our key relationships and drew a picture. You can see...

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The Easter Story

The Easter Story

Today we discussed the Easter Story and thought about how Christians feel throughout the Easter period, the importance and what Christians want to share. These were our thoughts as a class.

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Fractions

Fractions

Today we have used cuisenaire rods to help us to understand fractions more. We have become more confident in mixed number fractions and have confirmed that fractions have to be equal. Some of us were also able to identify equivalent fractions too.

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Rivers of the UK

Rivers of the UK

Our Theme this half term is Rivers and Mountains. We have been looking at river formations in detail and today we have discussed the rivers in the UK. We already knew a few, Trent, Avon, Thames, Ouse and Severn, however, we didn't know where in the UK they were. This...

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Measuring Perimeter

Measuring Perimeter

Our unit of Maths has been perimeter of polygons. We ended our last weeks lessons with a practical activity of measuring accurately the perimeters of everyday items. We used our accurate measuring skills, choosing the correct / most appropriate measure, units of...

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Does Carbon Dioxide weigh?

Does Carbon Dioxide weigh?

This week in Science we have been conducting an experiment to find out if 'gases' weigh. We bought some fizzy pop and identified that the gas which gives the fizz and bubbles is Carbon Dioxide. We made a prediction that it is just a type of gas and therefore doesn't...

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World Book Day 2025

World Book Day 2025

Today we have dressed up as book characters to celebrate World Book Day 2025. We all look very different in our costumes! We have listened to Mc Grammar and taken part in a live lesson. It was a great day and a good time was had by everyone. Look at our beautiful...

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Safer Internet Day

Safer Internet Day

This week has been Safer Internet Day - We have learnt about staying safe using online platforms and keeping a check on our mental well being by monitoring our device usage. We completed a task using purplemash.

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Severn Trent Water Visit

Severn Trent Water Visit

Andy visited this morning to Year 4 to introduce us to the Water Cycle and how we can help to reduce our water usage. Andy was great and was especially impressed with our measuring skills. One group in Ocean class were just 1ml short!! We had a fantastic morning and...

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Volcanic eruptions

Volcanic eruptions

In Year 4 we have been learning all about tectonic plates, the layers of the Earth and how they all connect to create and generate pressure to produce volcanic eruptions. We have then used our models to demonstrate how a volcano erupts.

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Fun in Forest School!

Fun in Forest School!

This week we had our last Forest School session. We were making massive bubbles and we had a blast! We tried to make them as big as possible and then we would chase them until they flew away or popped! Thank you Mrs Harrison and Mrs Kayla-Barrett for so much fun this...

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Willow Pattern Art

Willow Pattern Art

This week we have looked at the Willow Pattern. We saw how delicate and intricate it is and watched a video on how it is created. We then imitated what we saw to create our own Willow pattern plates with an image from Pompeii. We were very pleased with our efforts....

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DT

DT

This week we have finally made our torches. We used plastic bottles and electrical components to bring our designs to life. We had several challenges which we had to overcome along the way and then SUCCESS! A fully working torch made by our own hands. What a fabulous...

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Area

Area

Today in Maths we have manipulated 10 sticky notes to create as many different shapes with an area of 10 as possible. We then transferred them into our Math book.  

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BBC Children in Need

BBC Children in Need

Today we have participated in raising money for the BBC Children in Need appeal 2024. We have looked into where the money goes and the good causes it helps. We have dressed in yellow and completed some Pudsey activities from the website. We have enjoyed our day.

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Anti Bullying Week 2024

Anti Bullying Week 2024

This week has been anti bullying week. In Ocean class we have discussed bullying, how people would feel if they are being bullied and looked at the roles of others in the group. We have used materials from anti bullying alliance and 1decision ltd. Afterwards we...

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