Year 4
Year 4
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Week beginning - Monday 23rd February 2026
Take a peek at all the amazing things we've been learning this week!
Week One!
Week One!
This week in Year 4, we have had a fantastic start to the term with lots of exciting exploration and discussion. We began by introducing our central idea and lines of inquiry for this term.
Central Idea
Humans use science and technology to improve access to resources.
Lines of Inquiry:
Describing human involvement in the development of electricity.
Explaining how humans adapt and innovate to overcome challenges.
Evaluating how sustainable resources can positively impact communities around the world.
To spark our thinking, we explored a range of older electrical appliances, including a TomTom sat nav, DVD player, battery charger and a plug-in home telephone. These items prompted some wonderful conversations. The sat nav was definitely the highlight, with some pupils suggesting it might be a tiny television or even a games console!
We then moved on to investigating simple circuits. Working in pairs, the children were given two wires, a battery, a bulb and a bulb holder, with the challenge of making the bulb light up. The excitement when they successfully completed the circuit was incredible! The pupils demonstrated excellent teamwork, discussion and curiosity. They also explored what would happen if they added an extra bulb without an additional battery — which led to further questioning and problem-solving, even if the results were not always successful.
In Maths, we have been learning about unit and non-unit fractions. The concept became much clearer when we related it to sharing a pizza among friends. The children worked hard to understand the basics before deepening their learning through reasoning and challenge questions.
It has been a very successful week in Year 4, full of enthusiasm, curiosity and thoughtful learning. What a fantastic start to an exciting term ahead!
Congratulations this week goes to ...
Congratulations this week goes to ...
Peak Performer 👏
Peak Performer 👏
4S
Bella
Bella
Bella has been a shining star this week, showing confidence and resilience across the board. She has been open-minded when exploring our new inquiry into electricity and has been reflective in her maths, where we have been revisiting our fractions knowledge. It has been a fantastic start to the new module, well done!
4R
Millie
Millie
Millie has worked very effectively with her partner and table group to explore concepts connected to our central idea and line of inquiry this week. She has demonstrated open-mindedness and excellent communication skills, which have helped her deepen her understanding and extend her thinking in our new module of learning. Well done, Millie!
4GA
Eliza
Eliza
Eliza has been an incredibly principled learner this week. She has worked with really great self management skills, especially when researching inventors. She has shown good discipline when editing and correcting her work too. Brilliant start to this module, keep up the good work, Eliza.
Reader of the week 👏
Reader of the week 👏
4S
Olivia
Olivia
Olivia has made excellent strides in her reading so far this year. In lessons, she has shown independence, confidence and great partner work to tackle a variety of questions. It has been wonderful to see her continue to grow and develop as a reader, well done!
4R
Kylla-Rose
Kylla-Rose
Kylla-Rose has worked hard throughout the half term holidays and the previous module to increase her reading. She is always excited to talk about what she is reading and proudly shares the number of books recorded in her reading journal. Her enthusiasm and willingness to read have helped to strengthen her understanding across the curriculum. Well done, Kylla-Rose!
4GA
Bethal
Bethal
Bethal has made an excellent start to this module, she has shown growth in confidence during reading lessons and is able to unpick vocabulary, use her detective skills to summarise, explain and predict with knowledge. Keep up the great work.
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