Reading with our Year 4 Buddies
We continue to read our buddies in year 4. We love sharing our stories with them.
Maths-Using a human tens frame to learn about subtraction
In Maths, we have been learning about subtraction using a human tens frame and passengers on a bus.
Science-Animals-Fish
In Science, we learnt about fish, in particular parts of a fish and how it differs to other animals. We made our own 3D fish.
Science-Animals-Amphibians
As part of our learning about amphibians, we made webbed feet to learn about how important they are for swimming. We tested our webbed feet in water compared to no webbed feet and noticed how the water is forced back more with the webbed feet.
World Book Day 2026
Shapes in the environment
As part of learning about shapes in Maths, we explored our outdoor learning area looking for shapes. We found circles, triangles, rectangles, squares and octagons.
Outdoor learning
We have been enjoying taking part in a range of outdoor activities, including construction, dinosaurs in the small world, musical performances on the stage, drawing, water play and caring for the babies.
History
Toys in the Past – Year 1 History A Journey Back in Time! In our exciting Toys in the Past topic, Year 1 children became history detectives, discovering how toys and childhood have changed over time. What Did Your Child Learn? Through hands-on exploration and investigation, children: Real-World Connections Children loved bringing in toys from […]
Computing
The children have been developing their ICT skills by mastering the mousepad and exploring the creative tools on paintz.app to draw and write digitally. They’ve also taken their first exciting steps into coding using Rodocodo, where they create sequences of commands to guide a character around the screen – bringing their instructions to life!
Animals including Humans Unit 1
The children explored the human body through the song ‘Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes’ and hands-on labelling activities. They then developed their understanding of the five senses: sight, sound, touch, smell and taste. We made pipe cleaner models of our sense organs. To encourage ownership of their learning, a different child was selected each week […]