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Welcome to Year 4!
Hi Year 4,
Welcome back to school; we're so excited to see you all!
This year Miss Dukes, Miss Jones and Mr Smith will be the staff leading our exciting learning journey. We'll be posting examples on this page of all of your amazing work and we'll also be adding some special links and treats to interesting things... watch this space!
Just a reminder for P.E:
Class 9 - Friday
Class 10 - Thursday
Children can leave their P.E kits in school between lessons.
If there's anything at all we can do to help, just pop and see us. Thank you so much for all of your support so far this year!
Our class emails to send work in to are: class9@mestycroft.sandwell.sch.uk
class10@mestycroft.sandwell.sch.uk
Miss Dukes, Miss Jones, Mr Smith and Mrs Corns!
In DT this week, we created our moving books!
We based our book on our Reading Spine, ‘The Boy Who Grew Dragons’. We used some of the moving mechanisms to add depth to the book, including a window to reveal a picture, a concertina for the dragon to spring out of the book and a wheel to show the dragon flying in circles.
To practise preparing for our moving books, we linked our skills to RE, creating a pop up Christingle! We folded card to create a 3D, foldable orange and inserted a moving candle in the centre.To practise preparing for our moving books, we linked our skills to RE, creating a pop up Christingle! We folded card to create a 3D, foldable orange and inserted a moving candle in the centre.
in the circuit?' We discussed what conductors and insulators are and chose different materials to test to see which would complete the circuit. We made our predictions and then tested plastic, wood, paper and metal. We discovered that plastic, wood and paper were insulators and metal is a conductor of electricity.
In DT this week, we created our chocolate boxes that we had designed for different target markets. We had previously looked at different chocolate packages, discussing the fonts, designs, colours and other ways in which they attract a buyer's attention. Each child was given a target market to design their chocolate package for, using current packages as inspiration!
In Science this week, we continued to discuss the effect sugar can have on our teeth. We talked about the importance of brushing our teeth and visiting the dentist!
We decided to test a variety of popular drinks to see which one is the healthiest to drink. We used dirty coins as a substitute for teeth and covered each coin in a different drink: orange juice, water, energy drink, cola and sugar free fizzy drink. We will observe to see what happens to each coin after being submerged in each drink.
We needed to ensure that our test was fair, so we used the same type of coin in each drink, carefully measured 150ml of each liquid and stored the drinks in the same place.
In English this week we have been exploring poetry. Check out one of Class 9's performances of Please Mrs Butler!
... and the Oscar goes to....
In French this week we have been learning the days of the week.....
We practised each day French, looking for clues and ways to help us remember them individually. We then challenged ourselves to see which pair could order the days the quickest! Fantastique!
In Music this week we have been using pitched instruments to accompany a beat....
We began by creating the sound of dripping icicles (Vivaldi's 'Winter') by "sending" a clap around the room. We then revisited the 8 beat pattern that we practised last week. We then introduced xylophones to accompany the beats to add layers to our composition.
In Science this week, we looked at carrying out a scientific enquiry.....
As part of our 'Digestive System and Teeth' topic, we were learning about our teeth; how they are different and what is their purpose. We then discussed why it is important to look after your teeth. We decided to set up and enquiry to see how fizzy drinks can affect our teeth.
We used an egg shell to represent a tooth and left it in cola. We made a prediction about what the cola would do to the shell. Each morning, we have looked at the egg to see if we notice changes made to the egg shell's appearance and texture.
In Music this week we have transformed ourselves to be at one with nature...
Vivaldi's 'Winter', from the Four Seasons, gave us the opportunity to count in beats of eight - striking a new pose on the first beat of each count. The Violin represented the harsh wind, so we swayed and flowed in each direction to represent this.
Thursday 16th July
Today we have set an English task, a PSHE task and a Reading Challenge task. If you have any questions about the activities please email your teacher who will gladly offer any help. We look forward to reading and sharing your work.
To access all the resources needed for today's lessons, visit our OneDrive: Summer 2 Day 34
PSHE
You may wish to complete this task before completing the English task as it will help you when writing a letter to your new teacher.
English
Write a letter to your new teacher telling them all about you and what your hopes are for next year. You may use any of the ideas from the transition booklet. There are some letter formats to use or you could write your own or even create a video letter talking to your new teacher.
Reading Challenge
Create your own Book Quiz. You can write out the questions; create your own Kahoot quiz; or even create a PowerPoint quiz. Below are some examples of Kahoot book quizzes you could complete.
Remember to send us your quiz and challenge either Miss Markham-Randall or Miss Robinson to answer all the questions correctly.
I have challenged you to complete the following Kahoot book quizzes:
Go to Kahoot, enter the pin and then you can start the quiz. Good Luck x
Wednesday 15th July
Today we have set a Maths task, a Science task and Reading task. If you have any questions about the activities please email your teacher who will gladly offer any help. We look forward to reading and sharing your work.
To access all the resources needed for today's lessons, visit our OneDrive: Summer 2 Day 33
Tuesday 14th July
Today we have set an English task, a Geography task and Reading task. If you have any questions about the activities please email your teacher who will gladly offer any help. We look forward to reading and sharing your work.
To access all the resources needed for today's lessons, visit our OneDrive: Summer 2 Day 32
Monday 13th July
Today we have set a Maths task, an Art task and Reading task. If you have any questions about the activities please email your teacher who will gladly offer any help. We look forward to reading and sharing your work.
To access all the resources needed for today's lessons, visit our OneDrive: Summer 2 Day 31
Friday 10th July
Today we have set an English task, a Maths task and a DT task. If you have any questions about the activities please email your teacher who will gladly offer any help. We look forward to reading and sharing your work.
To access all the resources needed for today's lessons, visit our OneDrive: Summer 2 Day 30
DT
Design a dip for your teachers. First read their preferences then decide what would be the best dip and dippers for them.
Thursday 9th July
Today we have set a Maths task, a Reading Challenge task and a Music task. If you have any questions about the activities please email your teacher who will gladly offer any help. We look forward to reading and sharing your work.
To access all the resources needed for today's lessons, visit our OneDrive: Summer 2 Day 29
Music
In school during the afternoon we have been watching the movie Inside Out and completing the activity about the emotions and memories. This links to our PSHE work. Below are the sheets if you want to have a go at the activity at home.
Wednesday 8th July
Today we have set an English task, a Reading Challenge task and a Science task. If you have any questions about the activities please email your teacher who will gladly offer any help. We look forward to reading and sharing your work.
To access all the resources needed for today's lessons, visit our OneDrive: Summer 2 Day 28
Tuesday 7th July
Today we have set a Maths task, a Reading Challenge task and a PSHE task. If you have any questions about the activities please email your teacher who will gladly offer any help. We look forward to reading and sharing your work.
To access all the resources needed for today's lessons, visit our OneDrive: Summer 2 Day 27
Monday 6th July
Today we have set an English task, a Reading Challenge task and a History task. If you have any questions about the activities please email your teacher who will gladly offer any help. We look forward to reading and sharing your work.
To access all the resources needed for today's lessons, visit our OneDrive: Summer 2 Day 26
Reading Challenge
Choose one of the author 10 minute challenges to complete from this website:
Summer 2 Week 5 Resources
Summer 2 Week 5 Examples of work
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Summer 2 Week 4 Resources
Summer 2 Week 4 Examples of work
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Day 20
Summer 2 Week 3 Resources
School looks and feels very different right now. Here is a short video showing what our day looks like.
Summer 2 Week 3 Examples of work
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Thursday 18th June Assembly
Today in school, we watched a very special assembly from Oak National Academy about kindness from Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge.
Follow the link to see it for yourself: https://classroom.thenational.academy/assemblies/kindness/
Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Cambridge spoke about a photograph competition called Hold Still. Take a look at it here: https://www.npg.org.uk/hold-still/
Summer 2 Week 2 Resources
Summer 2 Week 2 Examples of work
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Summer 2 Week 1 Resources
Summer 2 Week 1 Examples of work
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Summer 1 Week 5 Resources
Summer 1 Week 5 Examples of work
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Summer Week 4 Examples of work
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Summer Week 3 Examples of work
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Miss Robinson taking on some reading challenges!
Phoebe's challenge - read a book with more than 50 pages
Emily's challenge - read a book with a yellow cover
Filip and Ethan's challenge - read a book outside in the sun
Summer Week 2 resources
Summer Week 2 Examples of work
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Summer Week 1 examples of work
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Year 4 Easter Challenge
Examples of the children's work can be found here:
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Examples of the children's work can be found here:
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For history, we explored Viking economics and became traders.Half of the class (those to the north) were Vikings and the other half (those to the south) were Anglo Saxons. The Anglo Saxons led by King Harold (aka Harry) were victorious due to the fact that the Viking traders kept abandoning their King Cnut (aka Spencer) and settling in Britain
In Geography, we moved along the Tropic of Cancer to reach our next country - Egypt! We explored some of the human and physical features of Egypt, and then sorted these into categories.
In Art this week, we've been completing our final pieces on Surrealism. We were allowed to create whatever we wanted, either using pencil, paint or collage! Here are some examples of the work we've made.
RE
The children made Christingles.
A Christingle is made from an orange, red ribbon, four small sticks, dried fruits or sweets and a lit candle.
Christingle means ‘Christ’s Light’.
Art
The children have sketched out their version of one of Dali's pictures.
This is D-Jay's sketch.
DT
The children are starting to design our own moving storybooks using our work on different moving mechanisms - levers and linkage.
This is Charlotte's design.