In science year 4 have been looking at classify insect and animals using a Dichotomous key. We looked at the features of different living things and designed yes and no questions to sort them.
On Tuesday, year 4 had a workshop with firefighters from Aston fire station. We found out a little more about their important job, played games to identify fire hazards in the home and learnt how to keep safe in the event of a fire. Maryam and Samir even dressed up as firefighters and found out just how heavy the uniform is!
On Wednesday, Year 4 visited Birmingham town hall and became detectives to investigate the case of the missing organ pipes. We travelled back to 1853, 1945 and 1963 to dance, look for clues and meet historical figures. We particularly enjoyed crawling across the floor to escape the air raid sirens during WW2. The visit ended with the pipes restored and a demonstration on the organ.
In literacy we are writing adventure stories about Flat Stanley, an unfortunate boy who was squashed flat by a notice board and is now 2cm thick. To help us imagine all of the adventures he could get up to, we made our own Flat Stanley kites and enjoyed flying them around the playground.
Year 4 have been making Anglo Saxon helmets as part of our topic. We used a variety of materials to collage our metal helmets.
On Thursday Year 4 visited the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery to find out more about the Anglo Saxons. When we first arrived, we headed to the Anglo Saxon gallery to try and solve the mystery of the Staffordshire Hoard. We used our activity pack to identify mystery artefacts and answer questions about what they might be. We also learnt how Anglo-Saxons relaxed by dressing up in their clothes and heading to the Mead Hall to play games. After this, we headed to the education room to take part in a history workshop. We became archaeologists and excavated artefacts from the sand to find out more.
It was a great day and we will soon be producing some fantastic writing and art work linked to our trip.
Year 4 created their own Roman shield, which were inspired by their class trip the Roman Lunt Fort. They looked at images of real Roman shields and discussed the design and patterns. Then they created their own shield using coloured card and pens to draw their design.
On Friday afternoon, Year 4 performed their class assembly all about Diwali. We acted out the story of Rama and Sita and explained how Diwali is celebrated in homes today. We sang a song to celebrate the special day and we were very pleased that the audience joined in with us.
Year 4 have been creating their own magical potions. We collected ingredients such as, troll’s slime, giant’s toenails and unicorn tears. We mixed the potion to create our own magical spell. We made spells to grow as tall as a giant, make anything you touch turn to gold, run as fast as a cheetah and fly like a Pegasus. We made labels for our potions and wrote instructions to describe how to make them.
Year 4 have been investigating the properties of different liquids. We worked in 3 groups to pour the same amount of liquid down the pipe and time how long it took to reach the bottom. We discussed how to make it a fair test and predicted which liquid would travel down the pipe the quickest. We discovered that the thicker liquids traveled slower down the pipe.
