Blog Author: C Dickinson

We had a great Christmas party afternoon today, playing party games with Year 3 in the hall and then circle time games in our classroom. It was lovely to see the children helping and encouraging each other in the games. We wish all our families a very happy Christmas, from Year 4.

Year 4 have been learning to play a melody called 'March of the Golden Guards' on glockenspiels. They have also used given notes to improvise their own melodies with a backing track. The result was very musical - albeit noisy! Well done, Year 4!

Today, Year 4 enjoyed a visit to Lancaster City Museum to support their learning about the Romans. They investigated the purpose of different artefacts from Romans times and learnt about the presence of the Romans in Lancaster for 400 years. 

This week, we have reflected on what we have done during the Jubilee Year to share hope with others in our world. All children made their own 'Jubilee Pledge' - a promise about how they are going to continue to bring hope to the world through their words and actions. These were written or drawn on…

In gymnastics today, the children were working in pairs to create balances that mirrored each other. There were some great examples of balances that showed control and good mirroring and the children used the skills of listening and cooperation very well. Well done, Year 4!

This half term, we are learning about sound in science. For our introductory lesson today, we learnt that sound is the result of vibrations and we used musical instruments to explore this. 

Year 4 had a wonderful afternoon enjoying a Lego Coding Workshop today. First, they worked together to build their robots. Next, they used coding to program their robots. Finally, the children enjoyed racing or battling their robots against each other. There was a lot of learning and even more…

Following food tasting a couple of weeks ago, children in Year 4 planned to make their own pasta salad to create a healthy accompaniment to a meal. The children prepared their pasta salads today and they looked delicious. Great care was taken with chopping onions, tomatoes, cucumber and peppers…

This week, to introduce our Newspaper Recounts unit, children in Year 4 practised being news readers. There were some enthusiastic and engaging readers. Well done, Year 4!

For this half term's DT project, children in Year 4 are preparing to make a pasta salad. Today, we were tasting the different ingredients we could use in order to plan our own recipe. The ingredients included peppers, tomatoes, sweetcorn, olives, basil, oregano, feta cheese, cheddar cheese and…

This afternoon, children in Year 4 led the school in a Celebration of the Word. We reflected on the scripture reading in Genesis where God asked Moses to leave his homeland to go to a new place he would show him. We thought about how difficult this was for Abraham but his trust in God helped him.…

Children in Year 4 thoroughly enjoyed their time playing basketball in wheelchairs today. There was a lot of energy, determination, cheering and great team spirit. Well done, Year 4!