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Year 4 - Hickory Class
Homework - Summer- Week 2
Maths - p 10 + 11
English - p 64 + 65
Timestables - 4’s
Spellings
believe
accident
address
arrive
actual
actually
accidentally
answer
bicycle
appear
DT projects- Structures
The children have begun their Design and Technology for this term which is structures. This week, they have enjoyed constructing 3D structures made from paper art straws and playdough!
Constructing simple circuits in Science
This week, the children have been learning how electricity flows through a pathway called a circuit. To help their understanding, they were tasked with a challenge to get the light bulb in their circuit to light. They loved constructing the circuits and figuring out why things would or wouldn’t work. We even managed to get the buzzers out to create a wonderful, yet very annoying, noise
Timetable walk!
To support our understanding of timetables, we took a walk along the local area to find the bus stops. The children were fascinated by the different timetables and loved finding all our local ones near the school.
Homework - Summer- Week 1
Maths - p 15
English - p 78 + 79
Timestables - 9’s
Spellings
who's
whose
plane
reign
rein
whether
peace
weather
rain
piece
plain
History- How Henry VII became king
In Year 4, we've delved into the captivating history of the War of the Roses. Through our studies, we've uncovered the riveting tales of rival houses, fierce battles, and the intricate web of alliances that shaped medieval England. From the emblematic red and white roses to the power struggles of the Lancastrians and Yorkists, we've journeyed through this tumultuous period with curiosity and awe. As we reflect on the lessons learned from this fascinating chapter in history, may we continue to appreciate the importance of unity, resilience, and the enduring legacy of the past.
Welcome back Hickory!
I hope you had a fantastic Easter break filled with laughter and joy. It's wonderful to see each and every one of your smiling faces back in the classroom, ready to dive into new adventures and learning experiences together. Let's make this term one to remember, filled with curiosity, growth, and fun. Get ready to explore, discover, and create amazing memories together!
I hope you all have a wonderful, well deserved break! I can't wait to see you all after our Easter holidays. No homework has been sent home but please can you continue to practise your timestables.
Thank you for all your hard work this term! See you soon!
Mrs Chambers
Alice In Wonderland
I am simply bursting with pride after watching the children perform their play to the school and parents this week! They were ALL absolutely incredible and I can't believe how hard they have worked. Thank you to everyone for supporting to learn lines and providing costumes. Well done Year 4!
India Workshop
In the Year 4 Indian workshop, students explored the rich tapestry of India's culture and traditions. They participated in engaging activities like learning traditional dances, creating colourful rangoli art, and playing instruments. The classroom buzzed with excitement as children immersed themselves in the vibrant sights and sounds of India. Guided by enthusiastic teacher, the workshop provided a fun and educational experience, leaving lasting memories of cultural discovery for all who attended.
Homework - Spring- Week 9
Maths - p 43
English - p 4
Timestables - 7’s
Spellings
mane
meddle
mist
not
meat
main
missed
knot
medal
meet
male
Stone Age Trip- Museum of Somerset
What an amazing time we had on our trip to Taunton! The children had the opportunity to discover pre historical artefacts, make some Stone Age necklaces and paint some cave artwork. They also loved their trail around the museum exploring the artefacts fro all over Somerset. We had lots of members of the public comment on how well behaved the children were.
D.T at Westfield
Westfield D.T department kindly offered to help us make props for our play. A group of children walked over to work with some Year 10 children to make the props.
Homework - Spring- Week 8
Maths - p 30 + 31
English - p 10 + 11
Timestables - 6’s
Spellings
bawl
break
fare
fair
brake
bury
except
ball
berry
accept
SCARF workshop
We had a wonderful morning with Helen from scarf! We learned all about being ourselves and how playing with friends is much better than being on our own. The children loved seeing Howard the giraffe and he even managed to nibble some of the children's fingers!
World Book Day 2024
History- Stone Age cave paintings
For History this week, we have been exploring how Stone Age people communicated. The children discovered that, using animal blood or berries, people who lived in the 3 different periods of the Stone Age painted cave walls to tell stories. They were extremely creative and told some wonderful stories.
Shadow art
The children completed their shadow artwork and used some wonderful describing words!
Maths- converting grams to kilograms and reading scales.
Linking to our DT, today we read scales to help measure out the ingredients for biscuits. We compared 2 different types of scale and decided that a digital one was a lot easier to use as it was more accurate. The children also developed their skills of reading scales accurately by helping to measure out the ingredients.
Homework - Spring- Week 8
Maths - p 59 (Time word problems)
English - p 80 + 81 (Suffixes- ly)
Timestables - 4’s
Spellings
weigh
eight
they
veil
reign
obey
beige
neighbour
sleigh
vein
World Day of Prayer
To celebrate World Day of Prayer, the children wrote their own prayers and then translated them into different languages. Some of the children in Hickory who already speak another language were able to write a prayer in theirs!
Alice in Wonderland- rehearsals!
Things are in full swing for our play with rehearsals going extremely well! The children are doing an outstanding job of learning lines and where they need to be on stage. Thank you to those that have brought in costumes. We can't wait to show you our performance in a few week's time!
Homework - Spring- Week 7
Maths - p (Money)
English - p (Noun phrases)
Timestables - 3’s
Spellings
discipline
ascent
scent
scissors
descent
crescent
fascinate
science
scene
Tying their shoes!
We set the children a challenge, over the last few weeks, to learn how to tie their shoe laces. They were then given an opportunity to show us what they had learned and even earned themselves a small treat!
Computing- voice recordings
Our computing this term is all about audio recording! The children have learned how to record their voices on an ipad and what makes a good audio recording. This is in preparation for creating their own podcasts towards the end of the term.
Homework - Spring- Week 6
Maths - p 64 + 65 ( Lines of symmetry)
English - p 12 + 13 (Articles and Determiners)
Timestables - 12’s
Spellings
unique
antique
vague
catalogue
league
tongue
rogue
dialogue
monologue
plague
Art projects- weaving recycled materials
Children's mental health week 2024
To begin children's mental health week we participated in some relaxing yoga to set our week off well! The children learned all about how to take care of themselves and we did an activity called 'Window of Tolerance' which allowed the children to understand what makes them feel worried or emotional. This was really insightful for them and will help when it comes to regulating their emotions. To end our week, we thought about all the things that have made us proud to be us!
Science- Does temperature effect evaporation?
Last week, we set out an investigation exploring the question- does temperature effect evaporation? The children wrote out the experiment and discussed what we needed to make it a fair test. After we had left it a week, we then wrote our findings. As we had predicted, the water on the radiator had evaporated more than the one in the window.
Safer internet day 2024
To celebrate our safer internet day, the children participated in a live lesson that discussed 'AI' and how we can keep ourselves safe online. The children joined in with the activities and made a poster all about 'AI'. Luckily, robots won't be taking over teachers anytime soon!
Year 3/4 disco 2024
Homework - Spring- Week 5
Maths - p 27 ( Multiplication and Division)
English - p 90 + 91 (Hard C and soft C sounds)
Timestables - 9’s
Spellings
machine
champagne
parachute
chalet
charade
crochet
chef
brochure
Wire art
The children have been designing and bending their own wire art in Monday’s art lessons! I think they all look amazing and must have taken a lot of concentration.
Indian sport Kabaddi
For this week’s PE, the children have been learning how to play kabaddi, a popular Indian sport. It really was exhausting watching them chase each other and having to chant Kabbadi at the same time!
Wessex Water Visitor
We were very lucky to have Wessex Water worker, Tim, come and do a workshop with the children about the water cycle. They learned all about how the water cycle works, how water is treated to make it clean and what not to put down the toilet! The children had a go at ‘flushing’ a fake toilet and discovered what would happen to certain items. Who knew that flushable wipes aren’t flushable! They learned a new word of the day too, disintegrated, and even observed toilet paper do just that.
Homework - Spring- Week 3
Maths - p 22 ( Addition)
English - p 36 + 37 (Capital letters and full stops)
Timestables - 7’s
Spellings
mathematician
injection
musician
magician
politician
permission
invention
tension
hesitation
World religion day
Science- Observing changes of state.
To help further their understanding of how states can change, the children observed changes when making jelly. They watched as the jelly cubes changed from a solid to a liquid and then further observed when the liquid has cooled, the state changed back to a solid again.
Homework - Spring- Week 2
Maths - p 73 (bar charts)
English - p 24 + 25 (Prepositions)
Timestables - 6’s
Spellings
extension
discussion
confession
electrician
expression
comprehension
admission
completion
expansion
Art- Soap carving
Maths- Data handling (Excel)
To help further the children's understanding of data, we linked with our computing topic of data logging. The children learned how to fill out a frequency table on Excel and then inserted a bar chart to their spreadsheet. They even managed to change colour and style of the bar chart!
Geography- Indian culture
For Geography this week, the children have been learning all about the culture and settlements in India. The children learned about the difference between the rich and poor and looked at some real rupees! They then wrote diary entries imagining they were rich and also poor.
PE- yoga
As there has been a delay in our swimming for this term, we decided to work on our core muscles by participating in a yoga session. The children did extremely well with some tricky poses- especially the cactus tree pose!
Maths- data handling
This week's maths is all about discrete and continuous data. To handle this data the children collect some information about the class. They created tally and frequency tables and tomorrow we will be interpreting them into bar charts!
Homework - Spring- Week 1
Maths - p 52 +53 (Perimeter)
English - p 8 + 9 (Pronouns)
Timestables - 4’s
Spellings
vigorous
poisonous
spontaneous
outrageous
serious
tremendous
various
obvious
mountainous
New Year's resolutions
For our PSHE lesson this week, the children have been thinking about the new year and what they want to achieve in 2024. They wrote some resolutions for school and at home. I saw lots of children writing about keeping their rooms tidy so parents make sure you remind them! It was lovely to see what the children's goals are for this year. Remember- If you can believe it, you can achieve it!
Happy New Year everybody!
I hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas break and spent time with your families and friends. I have missed you all so much and I can't wait to see you all back in school tomorrow! We have a very exciting term ahead of us!
See you soon,
Mrs Chambers
Christmas week 2023
What an absolutely wonderful week we have had in Hickory!! Thank you for all your hard work this term and I wish you a Merry Christmas. Have fun spending time with family and friends and I can’t wait to see you all in the new year!
Homework - Autumn - Week 12
Maths - p 6
English - p 7
There are no spellings or timestables this week.
Outdoor Learning - Week 6
Due to the stormy weather, we were inside this week but that didn't stop us from embracing the outdoors! The children got into the Christmas spirit by making leaf wreaths to hang on their doors at home. We encountered a few creatures on our way and we took the opportunity, whilst indoors, to have a chat with each other about what our Christmas looked like at home.
History- End of Egypt
I can't believe we have made it to the end of our Egyptian topic already. To our the unit, the children wrote everything they could remember about Ancient Egypt and we stuck them all on the board. We did this at the start of the term and the difference was amazing!
Homework - Autumn - Week 12
Maths - p 38 + 39 (Decimals and fractions)
English - p 60 + 61 (Punctuating speech)
Timestables - 3’s
Spellings
mistletoe
ornament
reindeer
advent
sleigh
Bethlehem
wreath
angels
manger
decorations
stocking
chimney
Outdoor learning- Week 5
For this week, we endured the snowy weather and made Autumn hangers! They children had to whittle sticks, drill holes in conkers and thread leaves onto the string. They looked wonderful and hopefully will look lovely hung up at home.
London Trip 2023!
What an absolutely superb day Year 4 had on our London trip! The children were amazed by all the mummies and Egyptian artefacts. They were in awe of the size of some of the statues and I am also immensely proud of how incredibly behaved they all were both in the museum and on the coach! Thank you for such a wonderful day!
Homework - Autumn - Week 11
Maths - p 50 + 51
English - p 20 + 21
Timestables - 12’s
Spellings
glamorous
courageous
curious
dangerous
humorous
hideous
famous
enormous
courteous
History- Ancient Egyptian death masks
To go with our mummification instructions, the children designed and coloured their own death masks.
Class book- Harley Hitch
Hanna did a wonderful job of reading our class book today. She spoke clearly and fluently. The whole class were completely hooked on what was going to happen to Harley and the strange fungus in the iron forest!
Computing and Music
Our computing linked wonderfully with music this week as we were exploring chromes music lab. The children had a great time watching their drawing become music!
Outdoor learning week 4
What a great time we had in outdoor learning this week when we were learning to build a bird watching den! The children learned all about A frames and how a triangle is the strongest and sturdiest shape. Once their team had built thier dens, they were able to bundle inside with their binoculars and look out for birds!
Homework - Autumn - Week 10
Maths - p 76 (Diagrams)
English - p 44 + 45
Timestables - 11’s
Spellings
division
television
erosion
passion
decision
pension
fusion
collision
invasion
confusion
Children in need 2023
Outdoor learning week 3
This week for outdoor learning, we were extremely lucky to have a visit from the rivers and wildlife people who helped us to look after our school pond! We raked leaves out, cut down the dead plants and even looked for any amphibious creatures. Whilst one group discarded for the pond, the others were on a mini beast hunt! You can see some great creatures were found.
Maths- drawing and interpreting Venn Diagrams.
In today’s maths lesson, the children were collecting data and organising it into a Venn Diagram. We found out some very interesting information about some of the children and even who preferred cake over biscuits!
Odd socks day 2023
To kick start our anti-bullying week, the children and staff wore odd socks to school! I bet you can guess which ones were my odd socks!
Diwali dance workshop
To celebrate Diwali the children were involved in a dance workshop learning all the moves to perform to each other!
Homework - Autumn - Week 9
Maths - p 66, 67, 68 (Co-ordinates)
English - p 6 (Verbs)
Timestables - 10’s
Spellings
treasure
creature
furniture
adventure
picture
nature
pleasure
measure
enclosure
Music- looking in the mirror
We ended our week with a lovely music lesson learning our song for this term ‘looking in the mirror’. We are going to add some instruments next week!
Outdoor learning
This week, the children rotated through 3 activities. Firstly, they were whittling sticks to make kindle for the fire. The second activity was to light a piece of cotton using a fleet and steel and then third activity was to make a bird feeder. The children learned so much about fire safety and how we can keep a fire lit by adding oxygen. It was a delight to see their faces when they were able to light them!
Science- understanding the digestive system.
Following on from last week’s lesson, we did a revolting experiment to help secure our knowledge of each part of the digestive system. The children were disgusted when squashing the banana and biscuit and it got even worse when we added some water. The tights were then used as the oesophagus and stomach. For both of the intestines, we squeezed the tights to allow the liquid to be absorbed into the body. The children found the last part the best as we cut off the end of the tights and made it seem as though we were going to the toilet!
English- writing instructions
This week, the children have been learning about the features of instructions. They were then tasked with the challenge of writing a set of instructions. To be able to know what to write, the children needed to know how to make something. Of course this needed to involve chocolate! We had a wonderful time making rice crispy cakes and they followed the verbal instructions really well.
Homework - Autumn - Week 8
Maths - p 23 (Written subtraction)
English - p 94 + 95 (Plurals and apostrophes)
Timestables - 9's
Spellings
angrily
basically
comically
completely
dramatically
finally
gently
happily
humbly
nobly
sadly
simply
usually
Outdoor learning
We were extremely lucky on Thursday as the rain decided to stop just in time for our first outdoor learning session. The children learned about fire safety and the safety of hedgehogs during bonfire night. They went on a hedgehog hunt around the field and then built some great dens for the hedgehogs. Whilst one group was out, the other group made wand sparklers using leaves. We had a wonderful time and didn't get too muddy!
History- Ancient Egypt
We have finally begun our History topic of Ancient Egypt this term, which the children (and myself) were very excited about! We started off with writing down what we already knew about Egypt and what we would like to learn. Luckily, the children will get to learn all the things they wanted to!
Homework - Autumn - Week 7
Maths - p 58 (Telling the time)
English - p 50 + 51 (Apostrophes for missing letters)
Timestables - 8's
Spellings
admiration
adoration
elevation
fixation
inflammation
information
preparation
restoration
sensation
Volcano eruptions!
It was finally the time to erupt our volcanoes and after weeks of building and painting, the children were ready to watch them explode! We added coke to the bottles and then put in Mentos to create the magma erupting. As you can see from the children's faces, they absolutely loved it! Each group had an amazing volcano and erupted differently which was incredible to see. What a super way to end our Geography topic for this term!
Design Technology and Computing
Our topic for this term's DT was all about programming timers. The children had to design, research, create and evaluate a timer using programming and coding. They produced some wonderful prototypes and used their timers to create a mindfulness moment. It got very complicated when they were tasked with programming the timer with microbits but they did very well understanding it. It certainly boggled my brain!
Maths- Estimating time
In our maths lesson, the children had to choose an activity and estimate how long it would take them to complete it. They then timed it and compared their estimations to the actual time it took.
Black History Month
Year 4 have been learning all about the work of Adelaide Hall and Margaret Busby. They were tasked with creating PowerPoints to present to the class. The children were very inspired by their stories and loved learning about how Adelaide and Margaret influenced the UK. To further celebrate Black History Month, the children made some wonderful artwork inspired by Alma Thomas.
Maths- Telling the time using analogue clocks
For our maths lesson, we spent a long time going back over how to show times on an analogue clock. The children showed good knowledge and we were able to look into how we show and read time to the nearest minute.
Homework - Autumn - Week 6
Maths - p 40 + 41 (Dividing by 10 & 100)
English - p 40 + 41 (Sentence Practise)
Timestables - 7's
Spellings
misbehave
mislead
misspell
reappear
redecorate
redo
refresh
return
subdivide
subheading
submarine
submerge
Volcanoes continued!
After allowing our volcanoes to dry, the children have been painting them this week. They look spectacular and the children (and myself) are VERY excited to erupt them next week!
Hello Yellow 2023
Class book- Harley Hitch
Today was Rishona's turn to read aloud to the class. She read beautifully clear and fluently! Harley and Cosmo have finally entered the Iron Forest.
Measuring lengths
In maths this week, we have been learning to convert between centimetres and metres. Alongside this, we were estimating and measuring different lengths around the classroom.
Mental health performing arts workshop
The children were extremely lucky to have a visit from Natalie, from Razzmatazz theatre school, who worked with them linked to mental health week. They were tasked to celebrate their uniqueness and think of something that made them special. Using these, the children then shared them by creating poses to show off their uniqueness. Natalie also gave the children an opportunity to learn some techniques to help keep our mind happy and calm. This involved a relaxation activity about their breathing. It certainly did look very relaxing!
Homework - Autumn - Week 5
Maths - p 33 (Equivalent fractions)
English - p 70 + 71 (prefixes)
Timestables - 6's
Spellings
irresponsible
irrelevant
intercity
interact
international
interrelated
anticlockwise
antiseptic
antisocial
autobiography
autograph
Volcanoes!
Linking with our geography, we have finally started creating our volcanoes! The children really enjoyed creating the structure and using papier-mâché to stick it all together. Next week, we will be painting them and I can tell they are going to look amazing!
Class book- Harley Hitch
Today, Eddie read our class book aloud and he did a wonderful job of engaging the children. I wonder what will happen to Harley and Cosmo!
National poetry day
We finally got to open our top secret envelope this morning and inside we found a letter from detective P I poem! Our task was to create a poem using the words found inside. The children took it in turns to create a line in their classroom rows. I really hope we win the prize!
Harvest Festival 2023
We celebrated our harvest festival this week! The children brought in some donations for the Lord's larder and we displayed them at the front of the assembly. We sang some hymns and read some poems and prayers. Rev. David also shared a bible story about the harvest. What a wonderful harvest assembly!
Author Visit- Annelise Gray
This week the children had the wonderful opportunity to meet Annelise Gray, the author of Rider. She explained how she got inspired to write her books and the children were able to ask questions about the book.
Homework - Autumn - Week 4
Maths - p 60 + 61 (2D Shapes)
English - p 22 + 23 (conjunctions)
Timestables - 5's
Spellings
disagree
imperfect
incorrect
disappoint
impossible
illegal
disobey
illegible
inactive
immature
immortal
impatient
Art week- Maths, shapes and Kandinsky
This week, we linked our maths work of shape to our art week artist, Kandinsky. The children have learned all about polygons and the 2D shapes that Kandinsky was inspired by. They have designed and created their own piece of work including finishing their pictures using watercolour.
European day of languages
We have throughly enjoyed celebrating European day of languages in year 4 today! We spent the morning learning different poems in other languages and some of the children shared some words in their language. We learned some Romanian from Lucas, Polish from Oliwia and lots more! In the afternoon, we also joined a live lesson all about Charlie and the chocolate factory but using French vocabulary! We even learned how to say my favourite thing in the world- chocolate!!
Homework pages Autumn week 3
Maths- page 26 (Using timestables)
English- page 76 + 77 (Suffixes)
Timestables- 4’s
Spellings
country
couple
courage
cousin
double
rough
touch
trouble
young
Year 4 multiplication
As the children have their multiplication check this year, we have been spending a lot of time practising our timestables. The test consists of 25 questions and only 6 seconds to answer each one. To help with this, the children get to engage in timestable activities on a Friday morning.
French- Jacques a dit!
For French this week, the children have been learning how to play ‘Simon says’ but using French vocabulary​​​​​. They enjoyed playing as a class and then playing in small groups with particular children chosen as ‘Jacques’.
Team building skills
As part of our PE this term, the children will be working on team building. They were set the task this afternoon to rearrange themselves in different ways but they had to follow specific instructions, for example, they weren’t allowed to talk on some and they weren’t allowed to touch the floor! They did really well working together as a team.
Music- Mamma Mia!
For our music this term, we will be embracing all things ABBA. The children began with learning the song ‘Mamma Mia’ and it seemed like they really did ABBA proud!
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Art
This week, the children were using graphite to create pictures and then using rubber, they removed the graphite to create an image.
Computing Secret Word:
Hippopotamus
Maths- Multiplication
In today’s lesson we learned, for the first time, how to calculate 2 digits by 2-digit multiplication. The children did very well and practised lots on their whiteboards. Following each step, they were able to solve complicated problems.
English- Playscripts
To help support our lesson on playscripts, we performed Jack and Jill! The children identified the features on their script and this helped when writing our own scripts this week
Show and tell
We are so proud of Jasper who achieved ‘Most improved’ in his boxing group outside of school! Well done Jasper and keep up the hard work!
Computing
For this week’s computing, the children were using scratch to make characters move across the screen. The children did well to understand the coding!
WELCOME TO YEAR 4 HICKORY CLASS!
I hope you have all had a wonderful summer break and are excited to come back to school- I know I am! I know that some of you may be getting those back to school wobbles but you have nothing to be worried about. We are going to have an amazing year together and I can't wait to see all your smiling faces on the playground. Please don't forget to bring in your PE kits!
Be ready to learn, work hard and have lots of fun!
Mrs Chambers 