Year 4 Sky Blog
Area
Today we have been introduced to the new maths topic of area. We have discussed what area is, how to measure area using post it notes and then answered some questions on area.
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.
Electrical Circuits
In Year 4 we have been creating electrical circuits. Explored incomplete and complete circuits and then challenged to generate more power to create a brighter lightbulb. We have also explored drawing diagrams with scientific symbols. Some children also incorporated a...
Black History Month
This Year in Ocean and Sky class we have celebrated Yinka Shonibare. He is a British artist living in the United Kingdom. His work explores cultural identity, colonialism and post-colonialism within the contemporary context of globalisation. A hallmark of his art is...
Wroxeter Trip
What an amazing day. We went to Wroxeter, the largest Roman town of it's time in Shropshire. Our guide Lucy was fantastic and answered all our questions fully. To think we were standing in the Roman baths from around 2000 years ago was a phenomenal thought.
International Day of Peace
Thank you to all the children who completed their homework for International Day of Peace. We had some wonderful contributions and explanations of what children believe peace is and how it can be achieved across the world. Here are a few examples: Many...
Loudmouth Theatre Company
This afternoon we had a visit in Year 4 from Loudmouth. They taught us about bullying and the things we need to do to keep stand up to bullies and keeping us safe. We also looked in more detail at cyberbullying and how we could help 'Mo' with his situation. The...
We are going paperless!
In order to reduce the amount of paper usage in school, we are moving towards a completely paperless system for communicating with parents/carers. Information regarding clubs, trips, events etc will now be sent exclusively via ParentMail with no letters sent home with...
What a delivery!!!
The Chest In the school holidays an archaeologist delivered a wooden chest from Pompeii with relics in from Roman times. We were intrigued to see what was inside and to learn more about its’ origins. We retrieved our knowledge about nouns and could easily identify the...
Year 4 DT
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...
Bishop’s Wood – Y4 Anglo-Saxon Day
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...
Year 4 multi-skills afternoon
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...
Frank Chapman Photos
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Frank Chapman Day 2
Frank Chapman Day 1
We've had a wonderful start to our residential at Frank Chapman. The sun has been shining all day! This afternoon, we've been having a go at archery, obstance courses (with blindfolds) and high ropes. In the evening, we've ventured through the woods to the magic tree.
DT Energy Bars
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!
Science Week
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...
SPARKS – Visit from West Midlands Fire Service
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...
Severn Trent Water – Year 4
On Monday 26th February, Year 4 enjoyed a workshop with Chris from Severn Trent Water. We have started our topic about rivers and this workshop was all about how water from our rivers in cleaned and treated, making it safe for us to use. We also learned about sewage...
Children’s Mental Health Week
In Year 4, we discussed again what we mean by the term Mental Health. We need to keep our minds healthy as well as our bodies. This year’s theme is Your Voice Matters. We discussed how important it is to feel secure enough to speak out about what we believe in. We...
Tasty research!
In preparation for our Design and Technology project, we tasted different cereal bars and investigated how much energy they would provide (calories). We will be designing and making energy bars for a mountaineer so we need to provide energy, taste and healthy...