Class of 2028 (Y4)

On Monday afternoon, Year 4 explored the wonderful world of nature mandalas during our outdoor mindfulness session.  The children collected natural treasures from the ground and created their own unique mandalas, each with a special name. We opened the outdoor art gallery and the children admired…

On Monday afternoon, year 4 children enjoyed taking part in an outdoor mindfulness scavenger hunt. Using all of their senses, the children explored the natural world around them, searching for different objects in nature and noticing things that brought them happiness. Phoebe said, “It made me…

We finished our half term writing some of our own Halloween poetry. We had lots of fun creating group stanzas and thinking about rhyming couplets to complement our poems! We even got to perform our poem as a class. 
 

We took part in a zoom masterclass yesterday, organised by Children’s University and led by Lara, a CBBC animator. 
it was fascinating and the children absolutely loved thinking creatively and having a go at some of their own doodle monsters. All starting with a simple scribble. 
 

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Year 4 have been very busy cooking this half term! We talked about healthy alternatives to foods containing lots of preservatives in our supermarkets. We made a simple pizza with a flour and yoghurt based dough, slow cooker tomato soup and fresh bread rolls! 
the children loved the experience of…

Today, the girls participated in a rugby session led by Nikita Prothero, who plays for Sharks rugby team. The aim was to inspire more girls to join rugby clubs after the recent success of England Women’s Rugby team during the World Cup! 
 

The girls had an amazing session and really enjoyed…

Year 4 really enjoyed their first visit of the year! Lots of lovely books waiting to be read. 
 

This week we started our new art topic, drawing. We looked at the artist Giorgio Morandi who was famous for his still life drawings. We were inspired by his work and completed our own simple line contour drawings, using objects from around our classrooms. We were so pleased with our work and even…

This week year 4 have been working really hard on their times tables! We started we our 3s, then 6s and 9s. The children have loved working practically to create their own arrays with counters, writing on the tables makes everything much more exciting too! 
 

We have been learning about electricity in `year 4. Today’s lesson we created our own simple circuits and discussed the difference between an open and closed circuit, as well as insulators and conductors of electricity. 

Year 4 recently visited Kingsley & Co, a Ykids literacy project operating as a cosy cafe and book shop in Bootle. 

The children absolutely loved playing, reading and simply sharing books for the day. It was a fantastic experience from start to finish! 

Kingsley & Co are a charity run…