Welcome to the Year 4 Blog
This week, we used the forest school to get in touch with out senses. First, we used a senses hands to find items that felt tickly, rough etc. Then we sat quietly and listened to all the sounds around us. Next, we created our own badger scents by collecting different items around us and mixing them up. Again, great fun!
Today, Year 4 looked at the art work of Andy Goldsworth and used things from around forest school to get creative and create their own art work. Then, they created their a textured caterpillar. Very cold but great fun!
Over the next half term, Year 4 will be working with Katy from the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust. Today we learnt about birds. We used binoculars to search for birds around the school grounds, we then used natural resources around us to make ground nests for our fluffy bird friends. Finally, we made bird feeders from cheerios. All the children had a wonderful time and learnt lots!
On December 14th, a selection of Year 4 children were taken to the Xcel Centre to take part in a Coventry School Games DEVELOP dodgeball event. The event focused on a set of values (Respect, Honesty and Teamwork) rather than just winning in the usual sense of the game.
All children played their best and were great representatives of the school and of the aforementioned values. The team came in 5th position out of 11 schools. Well done!
Key Stage 2 children performing at the Coventry Cathedral.
In 4GW, we did some work relating to our maths topic of perimeters. The children worked out the perimeters of various sizes of Pudsey. They then coloured them in and did some of the live ‘mood booster session’.
The children in year 4 had a lovely time at Warwick Castle on Thursday 17th November. Despite a very wet start to the day, it was pleasantly dry for the duration of their trip. They enjoyed walking the castle grounds; seeing and naming various parts of a castle, they watched a birds of prey display and climbed some very tall towers with numerous steps! The children visited the Great Hall and had a snoop around the beautiful rooms within the stately home. As a treat, the children were put in ‘gaol’ to experience what it may have been like to have been kept in such cramped and unpleasant conditions.
Year 4 used oil pastels to draw out and colour poppy quarters. Once these were complete, we put four of the quarters together to create a whole poppy. The children worked really hard on these and made a beautiful, eye-catching display.
Year 4 were very lucky to be visited by Canley White Watch from the West Midlands Fire Service. The children learnt about the dangers of fire in the home, the importance of smoke alarms and how to call 999 in an emergency. The children also practised how to STOP, DROP and ROLL if any of their clothing caught on fire.Â
Continuing with the topic ‘changing state’, we discussed the changing state of water through the water cycle. The children have created their own water cycles in food bags!
