Welcome to Year 4!

This week so far: 

English: This week in English, we have completed our setting narratives based on 'Rhythm of the Rain' by Grahame Baker-Smith. Students focused on the journey of the water, the objects it past and the background and horizon using descriptive language to bring their narrative to life. It was wonderful to see everyone’s creativity shine!

Maths: This week students completed their end of block test for decimals. We then completed a base line assessment for our new topic shape and looked at the different types of triangles there are and their properties.

Science: This week in Science,to celebrate the 100th birthday of Sir David Attenborough, we looked at his documentary 'Thin Ice' which is part of the frozen planet series. We then conducted an experiment to see if the icebergs melted there would be a significant difference to the sea levels. This hands on experience allowed students to see first hand how due to water displacement the icebergs melting would not significantly alter the sea levels. However land ice and glaciers melting would increase sea levels.

DT: This week students began our new topic DT. We looked at how pneumatic mechanisms work and how we could apply this to the pneumatic creatures we will be creating in class. In pairs students then designed their pneumatic creatures based on rainforest animals to ensure they included a pneumatic system allowing the mouth to open and close.

PE: PE this term will be athletics