Homework in Year 4
Autumn 1: Anglo Saxons and Vikings
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Summer 2: Rumbling Rainforests
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Summer 1: Crime and Punishment
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Launch day - 23.04.2025
Spring 2: Global Trade
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Launch day - 24.02.2025
On Year 4 Launch Day, students delved into the fascinating world of Global Trade. They learned about the principles of fair trade, discovering how it ensures producers in developing countries receive a fair price for their goods. The children explored the journey of various foods, examining where they come from and how far they travel to reach our local stores. This hands-on learning helped them understand the complexities of global trade and its impact on communities. To wrap up the day, the children got creative by designing their own fair trade symbols, putting their newfound knowledge into action. It was an exciting and educational start to a new half term of exploring the global marketplace!
Spring 1: The Tudors
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Launch day - 08.01.2025
On Tudor Launch Day, Year 4 students began by sharing their projects, showcasing their understanding of Tudor history. They then studied various Tudor artefacts, gaining insight into the era's culture and daily life. To conclude the day, they engaged in a creative activity, crafting their own Tudor roses, a symbol of the period.
Autumn 2: Deserts
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Autumn 1: Anglo Saxons and Vikings
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Launch day - 04.09.2024
On Launch Day, Year 4 children explored the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings by sorting events on a timeline. They also crafted Viking longships and presented their holiday homework to the class. These activities, including the project presentations, helped them understand and enjoy the history of these ancient cultures in a fun and interactive way.
Summer 2: Rumbling Rainforests
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Launch day- 03.06.2024
For launch day in year 4, we focused on our topic: Rainforests. Initially, we presented our projects to our class. Then, we wrote questions based on what we wanted to learn throughout our topic, and carried out quizzes to test our knowledge. Finally, we created art masterpieces and fact files based on rainforests around the globe, alongside creating research pieces re: rainforests using google slides.
Summer 1: Crime and Punishment
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Launch day- 16.04.2024
During launch day in year 4, we delved into crime and punishment. Initially, we presented our homework projects to our peers. Then, we looked at different forms of crime and punishment relating to different eras, such as the Tudors, the Normans and Ancient Rome. and compared these to modern day. Finally, we set up a courtroom within class and roleplayed a court hearing, using different history eras to influence the court proceedings.
Spring 2: Global Trade
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Launch day- 19.02.2024
Our topic this term is ‘Global Trading’. We started the day by sharing our projects followed by discussing aspects of global trading that we knew about and things that we would like to learn. In groups, we had images of various fruits and vegetables and had to decide whether they were grown in the UK or abroad. Remaining in our groups we played the ‘Fair Trade Board Game’. This involved answering a series of questions to progress to the finish line. Using chrome books we researched how many kilometres a range of food travelled across the world to reach Australia. Our final activity was to redesign the Fairtrade logo.
Spring 1: The Tudors
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Launch day- 10.01.24
To launch our topic about the Tudors the children presented their fantastic projects. This included models of buildings, castles, crowns, posters with facts and board games. We then became investigators and looked at a variety of artefacts (rush light, eel basket, clay bird nest and a quill) . The clay bird nest caused the most discussion because it was less obvious to identify a purpose. In pairs they prepared a Tudor timeline and viewed it in contest to the Viking era we studied during Autumn 1. We learnt about the ‘War of The Roses’ and Tudor Rose. During the day there was a fascination with Henry Vlll and his poor six wives, which led the children to research questions they had prepared earlier.
Autumn 2: World Deserts
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Autumn 1: Anglo Saxons and Vikings
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Launch day- 6.09.23
The Year 4 topic of the half term is Vikings and Anglo-Saxons. Children started their launch day by presenting their homework projects. They went on to explore various real life artefacts from the Viking and Anglo-Saxon era. They then analysed and assembled a timeline of key events that occurred during this period. Children also created labels for their pencil cases and bookmarks written using the Runic alphabet. In the afternoon, children built 3D models of Viking long ships and Anglo Saxon roundhouse..