Year 4: Blog items
Year 4 We want the tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth!
Date: 27th Feb 2022 @ 4:28pm
This half term we are learning all about 'Animals including Humans' in our Science lessons. Our WOW lesson this half term was all about our teeth! What the different types of teeth are and what purpose they serve. We also talked about how different kinds of animnals have different sets of teeth dependent on whether they are a herbivore, omnivore or carnivore.
Date: 24th Feb 2022 @ 6:49pm
'Twosday' was also our 100th day in school this year so far! We focussed our maths lesson around the number 100. We had 6 activities, which were laid out as a carousel and in our groups we wokred our way aorund, learning loads and having a great time! We also looked at how life was like 100 years ago, how life is now in comparison and how we think life will be in 100 years time. If even half of what we discussed happens in 100 years time, it's going to be pretty exciting!
Date: 20th Feb 2022 @ 4:35pm
Last half term Year 4 had weekly visits from Blackpool FC and had an amazing time on the Fit 2 Go initiative! Some fantastic games that were not only fun, but really raised our pulses and incorporated a lot of teamwork and problem solving. We also learned so much from our theory sessions which were all about how we can keep both our body and our minds healthy. A huge thank you to Blackpool FC, we had an amazing time and learned so much in the process!
Year 4 Children's Mental Health Week
Date: 11th Feb 2022 @ 5:07pm
We have been having some fantastic discussions in Year 4 this week with it being Children's Mental Health Week. We have been talking about what we think mental health means and what it means to us. There have been some really positive and mature discussion points this week and the children have really enjoyed talking about all the ways in which we can ensure that we not only look after our bodies but our minds too!
Year 4 We take 'Pride' in our work!
Date: 4th Feb 2022 @ 7:35am
In our latest Reading into Writing journey we have been learning all about newspaper reports and the features that come with them. We have also put a focus on learning about the LGBTQ+ community and have based our newspaper report on Blackpool Pride. We have had some amazing discussions and open-mindedness and some fantastic work! Mr McCormack and Mr Bamber are looking forward to reading the final pieces!
Date: 2nd Feb 2022 @ 8:18pm
This week in Geography we have been learning all ab out how waves affect out coastlines. We have learned all about contructive and deconstructive waves and the impact they have on our coastlines. We had a conducted a great experiment using water and sand to recreate the two types of waves in our classroom!
Year 4 There's a very thin line between a numerator and a denominator!
Date: 28th Jan 2022 @ 5:33pm
In Maths this week we have been recapping our knowledge of fractions! We have remembered quite a lot from Year 3 which is amazing and we had a bit of fun writing on our tables making fraction equations with numicon.
Date: 18th Jan 2022 @ 4:53pm
Computing and Lego? What a lesson that sounds like! Today Year 4 would like to say a huge thank you to Mr Goldie from EdTech who came and taught our computing lesson today. We had a fantastic time and learnt loads about coding. We got to build a Lego snail, and then all through the coding software make the snail make sounds, move, and light up! We can't wait for the next one!
Date: 18th Jan 2022 @ 4:25pm
Today was 'No Pen Day' at Boundary which fitted perfectly into our French lesson this week! We are learning all about our families in French and it gave us a great opportunity for a discussion about all the different people in our families. We were able to ask each other about our different family members and answer back in French! Bon travail Year 4!
Date: 6th Jan 2022 @ 7:58pm
In Year 4 this week we have started our Geography journey by beginning to learn about our coastlines. This week we focussed on physical and human features of geography and what they mean. We watched an 'ama-sea-ing' video of different clips of the coastlines around the UK.
We then look at different features and decided whether they were human (man made) features or physical (natural) features. A fantastic effort from our Year 4's and it was clear to 'sea' that they enjoyed their lesson!
Date: 1st Dec 2021 @ 10:46am
This week in science our Year 4's have been learning all about the ear. We have talked about the different parts of the ear, how they all work together and how our brain processes sounds. We then created our own PowerPoints to show off what we have learned about the human ear so far and presented to each other.
Date: 25th Nov 2021 @ 5:12pm
Today in Year 4 we enjoyed our first forest school session. We spent our first session creating shelters, and nicely rounded the day off by toasting some marshmallows. It was a little bit chilly but thankfully the weather held out and our Year 4's had a great time!
Date: 19th Nov 2021 @ 4:15pm
Our Year 4's have been tumbling around in their PE lesson this week as we have started doing gymnastics this half term. We have been working on some of our balances and even improving our teamwork!
Date: 19th Nov 2021 @ 3:57pm
In our RE lesson this week our Year 4's have been learning all about the story of Rama and Sita. We are focussing on 'Good vs Evil' and we all retold the story in our RE book using pictures and our writing. All of the children did a great job and loved listening to the story of Rama and Sita and the evil Ravana.
Date: 12th Nov 2021 @ 4:00pm
In Year 4 we have been focussing our art journey on the works of Howard Brodie and E.H Shephard. We have been looking at their most well known pieces of work and discussing the techniques they have used and how we interpret their art. We have tested a wide variety of sketching pencils to experiment with tone and shade.
Date: 12th Nov 2021 @ 3:47pm
This week was a week for us to pay our respects and remember those who bravely gave their lives for our country. Here are our year 4 children making their commemorative poppies that we then planted in our 'Remembrance Garden' outside the front of the school. This was then followed up by a fantastic service led by Miss Ashton and the Year 6 prefects.
Date: 4th Nov 2021 @ 6:32pm
Hold the phone...! That's exactly what our Year 4's were doing in this weeks Science WOW lesson. We are focussing on sound this half term and we thought that this would be a great way to kick off our topic. We made phones with paper cups and string, looking at how the sound of our voices travelled through the string and to the other cup! We noticed that to hear our partner properly, the string had to be nice and tight and we had a great time along the way!
Date: 13th Oct 2021 @ 3:10pm
This week we have been planning and writing our first drafts for our very own non-chronological report! We've really been working on our writing skills and for this particular piece of work how we are going to lay it out. As always, a great effort from the Year 4's and some fantastic reports in the making.
Date: 8th Oct 2021 @ 4:07pm
In our latest Reading into Writing journey we are focussing on non-chronological reports. We have been identifying the features of a 'non-chron' and having a little practice ourselves! This week we are researching and beginning to write our very own non-chronological report on famous footballer and all-round good egg Marcus Rashford. In Year 4 we decided that we needed a little bit more space than we had on our whiteboards so writing on the tables it is! Don't worry.... it rubs off.... we hope!
Date: 5th Oct 2021 @ 4:25pm
That's right! Today at Boundary was no pen day, and what a day we've had in Year 4. Lots of great discussion and debates going on in Reading into Writing about the differences between facts and opinions. In maths we were learning about adding 1, 10, 100 and 1000 to a 4-digit number with a fantastic activity to finish off the lesson! The this afternoon is Science we learned all about conductors and insulators of electricity and a good sessions trying and testing those using the circuits. Finally, to finish off the day we showed off our super search engine skills to find out information about a famous person! Unfortunately... Mr McCormack completely forgot at one point today and picked up his pen! He was subsequently told off my the childfren in Maple Class and even by Mr Bamber.
Date: 1st Oct 2021 @ 4:25pm
This week we have been electing our school councillors! We have had a great week in Year 4 prepping our manifestos and perfecting our speeches. We learned all about democracy and what makes up a good manifesto. Lots of our little politicians across Year 4 entered the running for school councillor, wrote fantastic manifesto's and presented them in front of the class! We then got our ballot papers, and took them into the hall where our very own voting station had been set up! Well done to Layla and Lucas on your new appointments!
Date: 27th Sep 2021 @ 6:30pm
This afternoon in Year 4 we swapped our French lesson as yesterday was the European Day of Languages! To celebrate we changed our French lesson and learned all about the different langauges in Europe, which there are 24 of! In Year 4 the langauge that we focussed on was Portugese. We learned about where Portugal is, we learned a bit about Portugese culture and a few words along the way. Here are some of our Year 4's doing an absolutely excellent job at our English to Portugese phrases/numbers match up activity. Tenha um bom dia!
Date: 23rd Sep 2021 @ 4:26pm
This half term our music theme is Mamma Mia! Today we listened to the song a couple of times (and maybe had a little dance) to introduce ourselves to our topic. We then broke off into our groups and had a discussion about the music. How did it make us feel? What did we think of the song? What instruments could we hear? What musical vocabulary could we think of to help describe the song? Some great discussion and teamwork from Year 4, not to mention the dancing!
Date: 20th Sep 2021 @ 4:52pm
Here are some of our Year 4's bustin' some moves in our dance lessons. What a great way to exercise and keep fit whilst having some fun along the way! Our Year 4's are loving our dance classes this half term and experiencing new movement sequences whilst getting a great core workout at the same time!
Religious Education - Love thy neighbour
Date: 17th Sep 2021 @ 12:06pm
We have recently started our RE journey in Year 4. We have been looking at the way Christians live their lives. We discussed what the term moral means. We found out that our Boundary characteristics and promises are closely related to making the right choices. We looked at a variety of scenarios and we discussed what would be the right choice to make.
