Year 4

Throughout anti-bullying week, Year 4 have thought about what bullying is and how to prevent it by ‘Making a Noise’, which is the theme for this year. We have also incorporated this into art by…

We started reading a new book in class this week, called ‘Leon and the place between’.  This is a fiction book about a circus.  We imagined that we had our own circus.  We used persuasive…

This week, Year 4 have successfully created engaging presentations answering our History Big Question – How did the Romans change St Albans? Using learning from  our trip to Verulamium Museum, the Roman Theatre and the…

  The children in Year 4 went on an exciting visit to Verulamium Museum and the Roman Theatre, on Wednesday 11th October.  We took part in a Roman workshop and had the opportunity to investigate…

This week, Year 4 have enjoyed taking part in a live National Poetry Day lesson with poet, Simon Mole. He spoke about his poetry book ‘A First Book of Dinosaurs’ and modelled how the children…

This week, the children in Year 4 had great fun testing the catapults that they made.  We found out that the paper ball missiles travelled further than pompoms.  Some children adapted their designs and every…

This week, Year 4 have been building catapults, linked to our History Topic, Roman Britain. Previously, they had created their own designs, planning what resources they would need. Then, they built the catapults using an…

In our Science work this week, we have been learning to classify using a key.  We worked in groups to ask ‘Yes/No’ questions and sorted liquorice allsorts depending on the answers.  This ensured that there…