Year 4

Remote Learning

We have outlined our remote learning procedures during the covid pandemic on this page, following the guidelines set by the government. If there is a need to switch back to remote learning in the future, we will adhere to our Remote Learning policy. We will make sure to review and update it according to the current situation and the lessons we have learned from the previous period of school closure. Rest assured, we will communicate these changes clearly to parents.

Remote Learning Policy

Remote Learning Statement

Have a look at our knowledge mats to see what we are learning this term

Year 4 Autumn 1 - Knowledge mats

During English Children have been reading and adapting The Iron Man by Ted Hughes. The children even spent some time building their own Iron Man.

In this weeks thrive time children have been working on skills for leadership and following instruction. We played some games which can help us perfect these skills.

Here we have been given a challenge and we have to work out how to accomplish the challenge, by following the rules.

Have a look at our knowledge mats to see what we are learning this term

Year 4 Autumn 2 - Knowledge mats

Sampling biscuits and evaluating them for Design and Technology week.

Creating a simple biscuit to explore ways we can enhance and modify it.

Our finished product. The children really enjoyed baking their biscuits.

This half term in our music lessons, we are focusing on playing the Samba Drums.

Year 4 were fantastic today at Blackburn Cathedral. We had to think about some really big questions about the moon and how God made the world. If you can get down to the Cathedral to catch this amazing art installation you won’t regret it.

Year 4 have arrived safely at Ribchester Museum and are listening to the historian Patrick. We’re picking up lots of knowledge that we will make sticky over the next few weeks.

Hi all. As you know we had a trip to the Roman Museum yesterday and we had a wonderful time. We got to try on Roman armour and the children loved it.

Learning to code with Hopscotch during Junior Jam.

Exploring mountains using globes and atlases in Geography.

We've had a magical time exploring the world of Narnia with The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Your children have shown incredible imagination and enthusiasm as they've followed the Pevensie siblings on their extraordinary adventure.

Friday's snowball disco. All the children enjoyed themselves that much that we forgot to take pictures as we were too busy dancing!

This afternoon, we have had our Christmas party! We played games and listened to music, it was so much fun!

Some of the pictures of our Year 4 children taking part in our Carol Concert service this morning in church. They made the christingles in their RE lessons.

Have a look at our knowledge mats to see what we are learning this term

Year 4 Spring 1 - Knowledge mats

Have a look at our knowledge mats to see what we are learning this term

Year 4 Spring 2 - Knowledge mats

Have a look at our knowledge mats to see what we are learning this term

Year 4 Summer 1 - Knowledge mats

Have a look at our knowledge mats to see what we are learning this term

Year 4 Summer 2 - Knowledge mats

Autumn 1

Investigating pencil tones in art.

The children loved learning about Boudica yesterday and her rebellion against the Romans.

We have been looking at adding and taking away 1, 10, 100 and 1,000 from a given number.

On our way to swimming.

Looking at contractions in our English work

The children enjoying junior jam this afternoon.

Children are learning about conductors and insulators.

The children loved using different pencil types to create their own sketches of fruit.

The children hunting around the classroom for factors that have had an impact on England after the Romans invaded.
Ask your children to see if they can remember any of the things that the Romans brought over to England that we still use to this day.

Romans

Year 4 looked at creating switches for a simple circuit during their science learning this afternoon.
Ask them which object they chose for the switch and why it would work as a switch.

Science- switches

The children enjoying art this afternoon using oil pastels (as visible on your children's clothes).

Learning about what the Romans have brought to England. Ask your children about objects and buildings we still have to do this day that were brought over by our ancient invaders.

What Romans brought to Britain

Pictures from this afternoon showcasing some VERY proud faces. The children in year 4 worked extremely hard in groups to create a torch with the help of all of the knowledge that they have learnt throughout this half term. I’m sure you’ll be very pleased to know that ALL groups completed the task!!! Ask your children how they made the torch and which materials and items they used to make them. 

Science - Torches

Autumn 2

The children enjoying ICT this morning during Junior Jam. Ask them what they enjoyed the most.

The children doing the last check for their 3 times tables this morning!

The children enjoyed their session with the water and wellness project at the beginning of this week, the children planted acorns and did some drama on the cycle of a tree.

Water and Wellness Project

DT Week

Year 4 enjoying D&T week

Year 4 DT week (1)

The children navigating bee bots around their own tracks made out of resources from the classroom

Year 4 DT week (2)

This afternoon the children looked at different skills they will be using to make their electric cars at the end of this week!

Building Circuits
Measuring
Sawing

Year 4 DT week (3)

Painting their shoes this afternoon made of masking tape.

Year 3 and Year 4's Christmas party!

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Spring 1

The children started a new unit of work today - here they are generating a word bank using the five senses and action words after observing dogs at school.

Generating a word bank using the five senses

The children were looking at different states of matter today in science. To see the differences between the three the children had balloons to observe, which were filled with ice, water and oxygen.

Ask them about this

Different states of matter

Y4 had fun this morning tasting a range of healthy and unhealthy foods - this enabled them to generate a word bank using their five senses after trying the foods.

P.S - we had lots of funny reactions from the children trying malt loaf (most children were so convinced they were brownies).

Ask Y4 words they have used to describe the foods that they have tried today. 

Food tasting

Year 4 experimenting in Science this afternoon. Ask them what they've been up to!

Y4 experimenting in science yesterday - looking at: 

Does gas have weight? 

What happens when gas heats up? 

Can you create a gas from a liquid and a solid? 

Ask them which experiment they enjoyed the most 

Y4 experimenting in science

The children using dye techniques in their art work this week ready for printing next week.

Year 4 have been writing some super impressive sentences! Can you spot your child’s name?

Finding factors of numbers by creating arrays using counters. Ask your child what a factor is.

A few action shots from tonight’s athletics. We didn’t win but we all tried our best and showed great sportsmanship. Well done year 3 and 4!

A few action shots from tonight’s athletics.

Number Fun Day 2023

Year 4 using the printing technique in art yesterday

Blakewater enjoying their winner's treat from Ninja Coffee!

Experience day today in Year 4, making boats for our new story ‘Float.’

Lego club in Year 4

Spring 2

Year 4 having fun in Art, painting on different surfaces.

World Book Day- Year 4

The children enjoying being wrapped in blankets and drinking hot chocolate in English yesterday as part of our experience day.

English experience day 07.03.23

Y4 - growing their own rainbows yesterday for Science Week

Year 4's fantastic trip to Martin Mere.

Y4 started off their D&T week by analysing products.

Y4 learning how to thread a needle.

Y4’s final purse designs

Summer 1

Y4 creating collages in Art, tearing paper and creating body parts to show a human dancing.

Researching different churches & writing the similarities and differences in R.E today.

This afternoon we looked at “what happens when we chew bread?” The children had to chew the bread for a whole minute and then hold it in their mouths for 3 minutes to see what happens to the taste of bread when it is broken down and mixed with saliva.

Practicing times tables ready for their multiplication check in June.

Y4 enjoyed their trip to Ewood Park this afternoon.

What happens in your stomach? 

The children experimenting with bread and coke to see what happens in your stomach when digesting food.

Andy Warhol sketches in Art today.

Exploring the digestive system today in science - the children had a go at putting the organs of the digestive system into the correct place.

Summer 2

Y4 using their map skills to identify the countries in South America.

In our science we are looking at living things and their habitats, the children were working in groups classifying animals into “invertebrates” and “vertebrates”.

Today in English, the children worked together looking at a newspaper report and tried to piece each section of the newspaper to its language feature.

Experience day- The children are looking at newspaper reports in English and as part of their experience day they interviewed each other for “eye witness” accounts for their articles.

Some of our KS2 children are having a great time at Junction 4 Skate Park for the BMX Festival.

Y4 enjoying a workshop this morning delivered by BRFC. Ask them what they got up to.

In our science learning we are focusing on classification keys, here we are looking at one before we create our own.

Working together to create a classification key in their science learning.

Y4 designing their own and printing African prints.

Enjoying Lego this afternoon

Autumn 1

Laura from school swimming came to speak to the children about swimming. All year 4 children will be going swimming every Tuesday starting from next week.

Flexible partitioning in maths.

Experience day in English. Experiencing being warm and cosy in blankets and enjoying hot chocolates with cream.

Testing different electrical circuits in science. Ask your child about a complete circuit.

Finding shapes for a non-fiction text in English.

Making Roman numerals in maths this morning.

Experience day in English. The Children explored how the digestive system works by completing an experiment. Ask them about it.

Testing conductors and insulators in science.

Being spies to find out about Roman villages. Ask your child what they have learnt about Roman villages today.

We have some budding electricians in year 4! Today, we made our own switches in science. Ask your child how they made their switch work.

Autumn 2

Trying biscuits in DT week.

An example of a basic biscuit recipe.

Adapting a basic recipe.

Adapting a basic recipe. Ask your child about what additions they made.

Trying their biscuit adaptations. This was part of the process in deciding what flavours they would use for their final products. They have designed their own biscuits before making them.

Making their final product. Keep your eyes peeled for the baked product. They are currently in the oven!

Designing packaging.

The children's final product.

Creating art in the style of Wassily Kandinsky.

Subtraction with an exchange.

Looking at the continent South America in Geography.

Experience day - being emerged within a deep, dark cave.

More of the cave

Learning about the ear.

No pens day! Thinking about mathematical statements and using mathematical language.

We have finished two class novels this half term. We have just started our third.

Making Christingles

Christmas crafts afternoon with parents.

Christmas crafting - final products.

Our special visitors - Year 4

Spring 1

Dividing a number by one and itself.

Learning about states of matter - solid, liquids and gases.

Year 4 are receiving a safety talk this afternoon from the Swimming Instructors at Blackburn Leisure Centre regarding the dangers of Ice. We will be back Swimming next week, please make sure all children have their swimming kits with them next Tuesday.

Yesterday Rock Kidz came to school!

Today in maths we are learning about factor pairs.

Year 4 enjoying their first Dance lesson with Jen from Blackburn Rovers Community Trust.

Using factor pairs

Deciding whether different scenarios are safe or unsafe in PSHE.

Multiplying by 10 using place value counters

Conducting an experiment in science - which liquid ran the furthest in 30 seconds?

Analysing evidence in history.

Using a method to work out multiplication.

Multiplying 2-digit by 1-digit.

Conducting an experiment on Monday.

Creating a timeline based on when Christianity came to England. The children also looked at facts about Christianity and history.

Dividing a two digit by a one digit.

Lisa from Place 2 Be talking about mental health week.

Conducting an experiment in science on temperature.

Planning their tour around Sicily and presenting their ideas.

Division with remainder

Division with exchange and a remainder.

Spring 2

Conducting an experiment in science, changing the state of chocolate with different methods.

Dividing a three digit number by a one digit number.

Experience day in English, trying Italian food. To start, mozzarella and tomato salad.

Pasta for the main course.

Sicilian lemon cake and ice cream for dessert.

Learning about the water cycle in science.

Laura Hartley from Merchandise 4 Impact has visited the children today to discuss potential future careers.

Trust activity in RE

World Book Day 2024 - Year 4

Famous mountain information hunt today.

Lego designs. The Big Build!

DT week- we have started investigating, researching and practicing skills today.

We have had a busy afternoon in year 4.

DT week- we have been investigating, practicing skills and designing this morning.

Summer 1

Working hard in PSHE recognising that being diverse is great but celebrating the things we do share in common- mainly a love of food in Year 4!

Year 4’s final steel pan lesson with Junior Jam.

This week in Art, we have been working on different types of sculpture. We have created chalk drawings, wire sculptures, soap sculptures and and also shadow sculptures. The children have learnt lots of new skills and have shown great perseverance, particularly when sculpting with wire.

Well done year 4

Art - Different types of sculptures

Summer 2

We have arrived at Canalside Activity Centre and are starting with an Orienteering competition to capture the Aliens.

We are now having lots of fun doing Soft Archery and Giant Catapults.

Year 4 had a fantastic time in their VR session on animals. Ask them what animals they have seen!

This week year 4 have been completing their Art project. We have taken our inspiration from the rainforest and have enjoyed using a variety of techniques to achieve our designs. Our final part is to creat our own fabric design using a technique called Batik. Tomorrow we will wash of the glue to hopefully reveal a beautiful pattern. Stay tuned for the end result.

Year 4 - Art project