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  • Year 4 What do you need to create an electrical circuit?

    Published 07/05/25
    In Science, we are learning about how electrical circuits work and how to stay safe with electricity. It is really important that, as we are making circuits with a section of batteries, wires, bulbs and switches, we know how to stay safe.  
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  • Year 4 - What is the Water Safety Code?

    Published 30/04/25
    This week began with an assembly about water safety and what the different flags mean on the beach. Year 4 then had a workshop with Catherine from Sutton Schools Sports Partnership about different types of water and how to survive falling into cold w
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  • Year 4 - What is batik printing?

    Published 23/04/25
    After a great Easter holiday, we hit the ground running with an art day, designing a batik print inspired by William Morris prints. We started by creating a mood board based on rainforest images, colours and creatures. We then looked at work created
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  • Year 4 - What did you enjoy about "Troy Story"?

    Published 02/04/25
    This week we have had 3 performances of our Spring production of "Troy Story". Our first performance for Year 5 was the first time we had been through the whole performance without stopping. We asked for some constructive ideas to help impr
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  • Year 4 - How are you persuaded to do something?

    Published 26/03/25
    This half-term we have been thinking about persuasion. What makes us change our mind? Which words hold the power of persuasion? In English we have been discussing whether we would prefer to live in Athens and Sparta. We have been using our best persu
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  • Year 4 - What caused the Battle of Troy?

    Published 20/03/25
    Year 4 have fully grasped the reasons behind the reasons why the Trojans and the Greeks went to war, and it all comes down to the love of a woman! They are getting passionate about life in Sparta and Athens as they prepare to write a discussion text
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  • Year 4 - Would you prefer to live in Athens or Sparta?

    Published 12/03/25
    Athens and Sparta were two of the most influential cities - or Polis' - in Ancient Greece. Athens was known for its education, democracy and culture; whereas Sparta was known for its land army and gender equality. We have been looking at this que
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  • Year 4 - How would you persuade Polar Bear to stay?

    Published 05/03/25
    For World Book Day this year we are reading Leaf by Sandra Diekmann as a school. In Year 4, we have been writing persuasive letters from the animals to the Polar Bear to try to persuade him to stay and not return home. Polar Bear was lost, lonely and
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  • Year 4 - How do we categorise different types of animals?

    Published 26/02/25
    To be able to talk effectively about animals, we have discovered this week that we need to be able to categorise them. We have learned a fun song about BRAMF - birds, reptiles, amphibians, mammals and fish. We have also started learning about Ancient
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  • Year 4 - How do we recognise a scam online?

    Published 12/02/25
    This week is online safety week. In computing we have been learning about how to recognise a scam and how to avoid being scammed. We took part in an online lesson with BBC live lessons. It included recognising scams, what to do about them and ho
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  • Year 4 - If you were a spy, how would you move?

    Published 05/02/25
    If you were the next James Bond, how would you move? In dance, we have been learning a routine to include working in unison as a class, paired work, showing movements in a canon and mirroring each movement. Each class has worked hard on their routine
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  • Year 4 - What represents Australian culture?

    Published 29/01/25
    We started this week by celebrating all things Australian. We thought about why Australia Day is also called invasion day and why it is a contentious day to 'celebrate'. We used the day to learn more about what makes Australia special as a co
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