The Year 4 children have been creating more music this week, building on last term's beats and ostinatos work.  This time, the children all had a go in groups at making a simple tune played on the xylophone, backed with body percussion - stomps, claps, pats and clicks.  The w...

In Science this half-term, the children in Year 4 are learning about Living Things and their habitats.  This week the children learnt how to classify vertebrates, firstly learning that there are 4 types, using the acronym "B R A M F" to remember them.  Next, they chose questions...

In MFL this half-term, the children in Year 4 have been learning the names of classroom items in Spanish.  They are able to say what they have in their pencil case - and what they don't have.  We enjoy playing a game of bingo at the end of the lessons too!

The children in Year 4 have had a very busy 4-day week, including their second swimming session, the Crowning of Mary, VE Day celebrations and Mass with Year 3.  Amongst all the extra activities, they have continued to read Varjak Paw in English.  They are now writing, editing and improvin...

On the first Wednesday of each half-term, every year group will take part in a whole-class maths problem. This week in Year 4, the children had an investigation into making shapes using string, trying to find different possibilities for making 3-sided and 4-sided shapes with lines of symmetry. They...