Week commencing 13th October 2025

What a fantastic week we’ve had in Year 4!

In English, we proudly completed our Defeating the Monster stories. This week, we focused on paragraphs four and five, where our heroes triumphed over their monsters, using powerful verbs, adverbs, and vivid adjectives to make our writing exciting and engaging. We then wrote our final paragraph, celebrating our heroes’ victories! Afterwards, we spent time editing and improving our work using our green pens — a great opportunity to uplevel our writing and reflect on how far we’ve come.

In Maths, we explored a variety of addition and subtraction calculations, practising exchanging and grouping using the column method. We also tackled a range of one-step and two-step word problems to deepen our understanding and develop our mastery skills.

In Science, we began our new topic on The Water Cycle. We learned about its four key stages and created our own clearly labelled diagrams to show our understanding.

In History, we explored the architecture of the Olympic Village and the Aquatic Centre in preparation for our exciting trip on Tuesday. To finish the week, we continued building our Roman Villas, adding extra details and focusing on features such as pools and mosaics.

What a wonderful week of learning and creativity in Year 4!

 

Week commencing 6th October 2025

What a great week we’ve had!

In Maths, we continued developing our understanding of the column method for addition with grouping and explored a range of word problems. Towards the end of the week, we began using the column method for subtraction and practised calculations that required exchanging. We’ll be continuing to build on this next week.

In English, we started writing our very own defeating the monster stories! We focused on crafting our first paragraph to describe the setting, making sure to include expanded noun phrases, powerful verbs, similes, and alliteration to make our writing come alive.

As part of Space Week, our Science lesson took us out of this world! We watched a live lesson about space and designed a suitcase suitable for living in space. We discussed the seven needs of survival and what life might be like beyond Earth. We also explored different space- and science-related careers to inspire the children to dream big.

In D&T, we started making our Roman villas! We began by choosing the size of our boxes and wrapping them in white paper. Next week, we’ll continue adding lots of detail to our villas, including mosaics, swimming pools, and marble pillars.

To kick off Black History Month, we learnt all about Maro Itoje — his achievements, values, and contributions both on and off the rugby field. The children enjoyed finding out how he uses his platform to inspire others and celebrate cultural heritage. We designed a rugby ball and completed a reading comprehension all about his life. 

We also took part in the Creativity Live: Celebrating Diversity livestream workshop. It was an exciting and inspiring session led by Creative Facilitators who used drama and poetry to help us explore and celebrate Black History Month. We learnt about the importance of diversity and expressing our own stories through creative writing.

At the end, we were asked to write a poem about our special place – somewhere that means a lot to us. It was a great chance to use our imagination and share what makes us unique. The workshop helped us build confidence, creativity, and teamwork while having fun with other schools across the country.

We had a fun-filled week of learning! 

Miss Higgs, Mrs Duffy and Mrs Johnson

Week commencing 29th September 2025

This week in English, we explored the legendary hero Hercules. The children created detailed mind maps focusing on a specific setting, main character, and monster to help them plan their own defeat-the-monster stories. We focused on expanded noun phrases to encourage the use of adjectives and detailed description. 

In Maths, we have been adding numbers up to four digits using the column method, including calculations with more than one exchange. We also tackled two-step word problems, applying our addition and subtraction skills to real-life contexts.

In Science, we continued our learning about the states of matter. The highlight of the week was a hands-on experiment investigating how chocolate melts, helping us understand how solids can change into liquids. We used three containers, each with a different temperature of water, boiling, warm and cool. We had to predict which container would melt the chocolate the quickest and why we thought that. 

In History, we learnt about Roman buildings, exploring the differences between wooden huts, Insulae, Domus, and Villas. The children compared their features and discussed what these buildings reveal about life in Ancient Rome.

Miss Higgs, Mrs Duffy and Mrs Johnson

 

Week commencing 22nd September 2025

This week has been great fun.

In English, we wrote our own poems about the three different types of Greek columns: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. We carefully used a range of powerful adjectives, similes, and rhyming words to make our writing vivid, descriptive, and engaging for the reader.

In Maths, we have been learning about negative numbers and how they are used in everyday life, such as in temperatures below zero and money when dealing with debt. We learnt that the further a negative number is from zero, the smaller its value becomes. We also practised comparing numbers using the terms less than and more than. To strengthen our understanding, we worked with number lines to show the position of both positive and negative numbers and to secure our knowledge of place value.

In History, we have been learning all about the Greek columns and then in our Art lesson this week we created our own pictures of Greek columns using a variety of different materials. 

In Science, we explored whether air has mass by carrying out a fun and practical experiment using balloons. First, we weighed an empty balloon and recorded its mass. Then, we inflated the balloon with air and weighed it again. We discovered that the balloon filled with air was slightly heavier, which showed us that air does have mass, even though we cannot see it. This experiment helped us understand that air is a substance and takes up space, making it an important part of our everyday world. 

Miss Higgs, Mrs Duffy and Mrs Johnson

 

Week commencing 15th September 2025

What a brilliant week we have had in Year 4! 

In English we have written our instructions on how to make a Stone Age Teepee. We made sure to include imperative verbs, time conjunctions, adjectives, adverbs and ensured the steps were in chronological order. We made sure to think about our letter formation and presentation as they are going up on display outside the classroom. 

In Maths we have been rounding 3-digit and 4-digit numbers to the nearest 10 and 100. We have used a rhyme to help us remember... find the number, look right next door, 5 or more raise the score! 4 or less, let it rest! 

We have been continuing our learning of buildings in the Stone Age and have followed our instructions to create our own Mesolithic Stone Age Teepee! 

In Science, we had a fun experiment where we learnt about chemical reactions and how energy can be used to change a liquid into a solid. We turned cream into butter by vigorously shaking it for a minute at a time until it made the change of state. We discussed how we knew a chemical reaction had taken place because the colour had changed from cream to yellow. 

Such a fantastic week of learning! 

Miss Higgs, Mrs Duffy and Mrs Johnson. 

 

Week commencing 2.9.2025 and 8.9.2025

What a great first couple of weeks we have had in Year 4!

We have been busy learning all about prehistoric homes, including caves, teepees and roundhouses. We have learnt that the Stone Age lasted from 3 million BC to 3,000BC and was split into three time periods, the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic. 

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Additionally, we have explored Skara Brae and how it was discovered, as well as its importance. Next week we will be looking in depth at the similarities and differences between Skara Brae and our own homes.

                                          

In English, we have looked into how Stone Age Teepees were made and have begun planning and writing an instructional text on how to make a Stone Age Teepee! 

In maths, we have started looking at place value. We have been practising ordering 4-digit numbers and finding 1000 more or less to 4-digit numbers. 

                       

In science, we learnt about the states of matter and the differences between solids, liquids and gas. 

                          

Next week we will be making our Teepees so make sure you come back to see the final product! 

What a great first two weeks we've had so far. 

Miss Higgs, Mrs Duffy and Mrs Johnson