We have been practising our sewing skills in Year 4, as well as attaching fastenings. We originally designed book jackets, but we ended up making wallets with different fastenings and designs. We used backstitch to join the edges, attached a button, a press stud or velcro, then we added our designs. Take a look at…
As part of Sports Week, each year group has focused on a different continent. In Year 4, Asia was the continent we studied and, in particular, China. On Wednesday afternoon, we studied the traditional art of Chinese paper cutting. This art dates back to when paper was first developed. Paper cutting became popular as a…
Year 4 enjoyed a visit to Bishop’s Wood Activity Centre in Stourport last week. It was a lovely sunny day and we had a great time getting into character as Anglo-Saxons travelling to Britain and settling. The day was jam-packed with fun activities including role-play, shelter building, discovering artefacts and creating some Anglo-Saxon crafts. Take…
Today, 30 Year 4 pupils went to Perryfields Academy to take part in a multi-skills sports afternoon. We had the opportunity to participate in five different activities: bowling, archery, obstacle course, quoits and ‘grab the cone’. We also had a game of dodgeball to end the afternoon, followed by a drink and a biscuit! Thank…
As one of our enrichment activities in Year 4, we have been learning about the technique of Batik to produce patterns on fabric. Batik is an art and craft that is popular around the world. It originated from Indonesia and uses wax-resist dyes applied to cloth. When the wax is removed, the dye leaves a…
In Ocean class, our music lessons this term are linked to our Anglo-Saxon topic. We are following the story of Beowulf and learning songs, focusing on the major and minor key and how this can portray the emotion in the music. We will also be practising some rhythmic and melodic accompaniments using percussion instruments. https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/music-ks2-anglo-saxons-beowulf-part-one-grendel/z66jjhv
On Friday, we had an enrichment day in school. In Year 4, we focused on structures – in particular, bridges. We looked at different types of bridges from around the world and discussed ways to make a bridge stronger. We experimented with simple beam and arch bridges first and then tried using triangular shapes to…
In Year 4, we designed and made energy bars for a mountaineer. We based our energy bars on a basic flapjack recipe and added extra ingredients such as raisins, chocolate chips or fruit. Once they were cooked, we enjoyed tasting and evaluating our finished products!
The theme for this year’s British Science Week was ‘Time’. In Year 4, we talked about how time is measured now and how it was measured in the past. We looked at images and a video about sundials, which were first used in Ancient Egypt and were adopted by the Romans in order to measure…
On Monday 11th March. Year 4 were visited by some fire fighters from Oldbury Fire Station. They taught us all about how fires spread and what to do if we find ourselves in a building where a fire starts. It was a really interesting session and we are all going to check our smoke alarms…