This half term Year 4 have been learning about electricity. We carefully planned an investigation to find out which materials were conductors and insulator of electricity. We choose the materials we wanted to test and discuss how we were going to make it a fair test.
During the investigation, we created a simple circuit and tested each material within the circuit. We discovered if the bulb lit up then the material was allowing electricity to pass through it, so it must be a conductor of electricity. When the bulb did not light up we learnt that the material must be an insulator because it did not let the electricity pass through it therefore, making the circuit incomplete.
Take a look at some of the different materials we choose to investigate!
On Thursday 18th January, Year 4 visited Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery to find out about the Anglo Saxons.
We started the day exploring the many levels of the museum. After lunch, we visited the Staffordshire Hoard, which is the largest hoard of gold ever found in Litchfield and it belonged to the Anglo Saxons.
During our workshop, we took part in many activities to understand how archaeologists dug up the artefacts and also how the conservation team at the museum recreated some of the pieces of jewellery to be displayed in the museum for everyone to enjoy.
This week Year 4 have been learning about fractions and how to find a non-unit fraction of an amount. On Friday, we applied our knowledge within a problem using Smarties. We shared the Smarties in to equal groups by dividing the amount by the denominator. Then we multiplied by the numerator to find our final answer. It was great fun and we even got to eat some Smarties when we solved the answer accurately!
This week in Year 4 we have looked at a variety of different instruments and how they make different sounds. After discussing the instruments we decided which instrument we wanted to make using a range of different materials. Lots of us made guitars, some of us made a drum kit out of plastic bottles and some made wind pipes using plastic straws.
We also explored how sound travels over a distance using a string telephone. We used 2 paper cups and string to make our telephones. Then we investigated how the sound vibrations passed along the string. We took it in turns with our partner to talk into the cup at one end of the string and listen carefully to what are partner was saying.
Take a look at our instruments and string telephones.
On Monday, Year 4 visited the Roman Lunt Fort to learn new and interesting facts about the Romans. When we arrived at the fort, we had to use a secret password to enter.
During our visit, we learnt about life as a Roman solider and their many different duties.
Codie was lucky enough to try on the Roman body armour, helmet and shield and we also learnt what they were called in Latin.
In the afternoon, we learnt how to fight like a real Roman solider. We used a wooden shield and sword to attack the rotten Celts!
On Monday afternoon, we started our new topic about Romans. We used an atlas to find the 7 different continents of the world. Using our new knowledge about the Roman Empire we labelled a map of Europe and the countries the Roman Empire invaded. We couldn’t believe how many countries the Roman Empire invaded!
Our topic for this half term is Potions. We started by looking at different fantasy creatures in our literacy lessons. Then we designed our own fantasy creatures and explained how they used their magical powers.
We thought about something magical that we wanted to be able to do, for example, fly like an phoenix, grow as tall as a giant, run as fast as a unicorn, or become as strong as a troll.
We created a potion using a variety of magical ingredients, such as:
This term Year 4 are learning about Judaism in their religious education lessons. They have learnt how Jews show their special promise to god in their home and why the Mezuzah is important to Jewish people.
This week Year 4 have been acting out the story of Moses and the Ten Commandments. They have taken on the role of the main characters in the story using expression and actions to retell the main events.
This week in Year 4 we have began our week by learning to orally retell a fantasy story. We used actions to help us remember the story and spoke with expression. On Wednesday, we learnt how to read as a reader and discussed great words and phrases that the writer had used.
Look out for our own fantastic fantasy stories next week!
Year 4 have had a fantastic start to the school year. We have been writing prayers and poems about gentleness for our new fruit of the spirit display. Have a read of our wonderful work!
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