Year 4

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. 

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. 

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..

Launch day- 6.06.23

Children who completed homework projects had the opportunity to present them to the class and talk about what they found out about the rainforest. We then learned about why rainforests exist and where they are located in the world. We became familiar with atlases and noticed that rainforests follow the line of the equator prompting questions about climate and why rainforests cannot grow in other areas. This knowledge was then tested in teams using Kahoot. Next the children looked at some examples of rainforest animal fact files and discussed their appearance, diet and habitat. They then researched their own rainforest animal using the iPads/Chromebooks and completed their own fact files using the template provided.