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Year 4 (Class 12) - Maths - Addition & Subtraction
This week in year 4 we are looking at addition and subtraction.
Today we have been using practical resources to represent numbers and answer addition calculations.
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Year 4 (Class 10) - Science - Animal Ears
Class 10 have been testing out animal ears on the playground. Firstly, we made cones to represent differently sized animal ears.
We then took our animal ears and stood 2m, 5m and 10m away from our partner who made a noise to see which ear helped us to hear most clearly.
We then talked about…
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Year 4 (Class 11) - PSHE - The Government
Class 11 have enjoyed learning about how the government works and about the decisions they have to make.
They have worked in groups to persuade the PM why each area of the government deserves more money.
They presented their arguments for a class vote.
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Year 4 (Class 11) - English - Author Visit
Class 11’s first trip into the newly opened school library was introduced by best selling author James Nicol.
He told the children of where he got the inspiration for his latest book ‘The Spell Tailors’ and some other interesting memories about his life.
The children were all looking forward…
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Year 4 (Class 11) - P.E - Dodgeball
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Class 11 have enjoyed honing their dodge ball skills to enable them to play some games.
They have tried hard to think about their techniques and how best to dodge a ball.
It was a good first attempt at some games.
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Year 4 (Class 11) - P.E - Dodgeball
Class 11 have enjoyed honing their dodge ball skills to enable them to play some games.
They have tried hard to think about their techniques and how best to dodge a ball.
It was a good first attempt at some games.
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Year 4 (Class 10) - English - Charles Dickens
We have been working collaboratively to answer retrieval questions about Charles Dickens, who wrote Oliver Twist.
In our groups of 3, we each had a different section of information about his life such as his childhood or other jobs that he had.
We had to work together to find the answers to…
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Year 4 (Class 11) - Music - Sound and Pitch
Class 11 decided on how to conduct and experiment to find which pitch of sound travels furthest (low or high).
Mr Horsey played a variety of instruments the children chose, with different pitches, to see which was the loudest.
We measured the volume with a data logger, using decibels.
We…
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Year 4 (Class 12) - P.E - Ice Skating
Class 12 had a fantastic time ice-skating. The coach was very impressed with how much they had come on, over the 2 sessions.
Great work class 12.
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Year 4 (Class 11) - Commando Joe's - Obstacles
Class 11 have been thinking about the obstacles Ed Stafford may come across on his journey down the Amazon.
We thought about how he may have to cross the river at some point and how he would have to use anything he may have around him to make a bridge.
The children used the equipment given…
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Year 4 (Class 11) - Homework Achievements
Charis and Antonia from class 11 have spent some time at home creating a shoebox scene of a room in a Victorian house using what they have learnt in their topic so far.
Well done to them both.
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Year 4 (Class 10) - Commando Joe's - Food for a Long Journey
Class 10 had a great time learning about Ed Stafford’s adventures in the Amazon rainforest.
We thought about which foods would be beneficial to us when travelling long distances. We then had to work as a team to collect the food we needed, making sure that other teams didn’t steal our…
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