Year 4: Blog items
Date: 12th Sep 2024 @ 9:17am
Our key question this lesson was "Who was Boudicca and what image do we have of her today?" We started the lesson by recapping what we have learned about the Romans so far. Then we moved on to looking at Boudicca's life and we looked at numerous sources describing her. We used our inference skills to draw conclusion about the type of person Boudicca was and why she revolted against the Romans.
Year 4 - What's are solids, liquids and gases?
Date: 9th Sep 2024 @ 4:07pm
This week, we started our States of Matter unit in Science. We explored what the particles of a solid, liquid and gas look like. During one of the activities, we went outside and acted like particles ourselves.
Year 4 - Should the Romans have invaded Britain?
Date: 5th Sep 2024 @ 9:10am
We started our History unit about Romans by going down to the school hall and looking at our World and British History timeline. We found out that the Romans invaded Britain after the Iron Age and this was one of the reasons they invaded. We then looked at arguments for and against the Romans invading and used our oracy skills to have a debate about it.
Year 4 - KIRFs and dictionary practise
Date: 5th Sep 2024 @ 9:07am
Right back at it this week! We have been practising our numbers to 100 for our KIRFs this half term and we have been practising how to use a dictionary. We remembered that the dictionary is in alphabetical order and that we use the first 3 letters of the word to find it.
Date: 15th Jul 2024 @ 4:52pm
Last week, we had an amazing time visiting the farm animals!
Date: 15th Jul 2024 @ 4:48pm
Today in science, we revisited our 'Sound' topic. Firstly, we completed a flashback about how sound travels. Then, we were asked to move around the room and solve 10 clues which gave us a code to escape a recording studio. All of the clues were based on key concepts that we had learnt in Year 4. Therefore, we had to apply our knowledge of these to answer the questions.
Date: 11th Jul 2024 @ 2:23pm
We had a great time visiting the animals this afternoon!
Boundary Choral Speaking competition
Date: 9th Jul 2024 @ 2:46pm
This week we held our annual Choral Speaking competition. From Reception to Year 6, year groups learned poems by heart and performed them to the rest of the school. Once again, the standard was extremely high and we are proud of all the children for taking part. This year's winners are Year 3, who will represent Boundary at the Blackpool Choral Speaking competition on Friday.
Year 4- Together Time (Laurel)
Date: 4th Jul 2024 @ 5:42pm
In Laurel, we started our History Day in Together Time. Our key question was 'Who are Blackpool FC?' We started the morning by reasearching what the different elements of the Blackpool FC badge represent. Then, we began to research information about them such as their history, the name of their stadium, some famous players and their current manager.
Year 4- Congratulations Albie!
Date: 4th Jul 2024 @ 5:24pm
Earlier this year, Albie was entered into a creative writing competition called 'Once Upon A Dream- A Collection of Fantastic Words!' He wrote a poem which was about the dangers that our planet faces and how we can save it. This week, we recieved the fantastic news that Albie has been selected for his work to be published in a book! We are so proud of you Albie and we look forward to buying some copies of the book for our library!
Date: 4th Jul 2024 @ 1:52pm
For our annual Heritage Day, our key question was 'Who are Blackpool FC?' We started the day by researching what the different parts of the Blackpool badge represent and then researched things such as the name of their stadium, famous players, which trophies they've won and who their current manager is. We then used our artist skills to show our findings.
Date: 2nd Jul 2024 @ 7:36pm
Our key question was 'How do we get from Boundary to the beach and what will we see along the way?'
We found our route using maps in the morning and after lunch we walked the route. Along the way, using clipboards, we wrote down examples of human features and physical features we saw. We decided that there were much more human features than physical.
Year 4 - Together Time (Maple)
Date: 2nd Jul 2024 @ 9:55am
We started our Geography Day during Together Time today. Our question is 'How do we get from Boundary Primary School to the beach and what will we see along the way?' We discussed what fieldwork is and then used maps to mark out our route for our walk this afternoon.
Date: 27th Jun 2024 @ 3:41pm
What a fab week we've had! Not only has it been Sports Day this week, but we researched Paralympian Kadeena Cox, played rounders, had British Vault champion Izzy come in and speak to us, played wheelchair rugby and learned about sea safety from people are the Coastguard.
Date: 25th Jun 2024 @ 1:24pm
We had a great morning in the sun for our Sports Day. The children showed good perseverance and we even saw some people supporting each other when they were unsure what to do. Well done everyone!
Date: 23rd Jun 2024 @ 5:27pm
This year's theme for Music Day was connection! We had a fantastic day learning about syncopated rhythms. We clapped our own rhythms to a nursery rhyme and then created syncopated rhythms with body percussion and a range of different instruments.
Date: 21st Jun 2024 @ 2:17pm
A theme of identity! We've had a great day exploring mark making and then creating our own self-portraits.
Date: 20th Jun 2024 @ 11:58am
What a great morning! We had Mr Cooper (teacher) and Miss Ogden (TA) in Maple teaching us about capital letter and full stops, then about lines of symmetry. After break, they even helped to teach use about reading skills. Thank you Year 5! You did a great job.
Date: 18th Jun 2024 @ 2:22pm
What a great opportunity we've had today! Team Rubicon came in and showed us how to skateboard. We learned the basics about keeping our feet wide apart and being confident, then we were shown some tricks. The adults were really proud of us all giving it a go and Oliver said he was really impressed with us.
Date: 13th Jun 2024 @ 9:12pm
This Science this half term, Year 4 are recapping some of the units that have covered this year. This week, we completed a flashback about the states of matter and their properties. Then, we explained the process of freezing and melting by making ice cream!
Date: 13th Jun 2024 @ 2:29pm
Coats and rain in June! But it didn't stop our Forest School fun this week. We have four sessions this half term. Today we did some activities to show off our listening skills before some free time fruit picking.
Date: 21st May 2024 @ 4:05pm
This half term in computing, Year 4 have veen learning about what data is and why it is important to log it. This week, we looked at two graphs which measured temperature and light. We discussed what questions we could ask about this data and what each graph is telling us. Then, we interpreted these graphs and inputted the data that they showed on Chromebooks.
Year 4 - What is the link between distance and volume?
Date: 20th May 2024 @ 3:37pm
Today, we looked at the link between distance and volume. We discovered that the further away a sound is the more the soundwaves dissipate and therefore the volume is lower.
Date: 14th May 2024 @ 7:42pm
Over the past couple of weeks, Year 4 have been learning about what data logging is. We discussed that data is information that is collected to analyse something and that we use data loggers to do this. Then, we walked around the school and recorded the temperature of the school and then analysed the results. We have also discussed some of the challenges we may have when collecting data in a range of environments.
