Year 4

Predictions for our new reading text

Predictions for our new reading text

We were excited to see our new class text is Charlie and the chocolate factory! We discussed what we noticed on the illustration and title of the cover. Then, we used these clues to create predictions using a range of...

Timelines 

Timelines 

We placed periods of history which we have previously learned on a timeline. Then, we placed key events from our current key period in history- the Roman Empire.

Enjoying stories 

Enjoying stories 

We explored new rich vocabulary to describe feelings: ravenous, wintry, fortunate and hopeful. We underlined evidence from Charlie and the chocolate factory to show when Charlie would experience these feelings.

Hardware investigators

Hardware investigators

We were lucky enough to explore the real life components of a computer. This really helped to understand why this hardware is important.

New Class Text

New Class Text

We are excited to begin our new class text 'Journey to the River Sea'. We have focused on attention to punctuation to develop our fluency with our partners.

Descriptive language

Descriptive language

We have worked in groups to gather descriptive words and phrases to describe a range of different settings. We tried to use adjectives, adverbs and figurative language.

Timelines

Timelines

On 6th November we explored timelines to introduce our new history topic. We ordered historical events we had already learnt about and then added some key events from the Roman Empire to our timelines.

Published Pieces

Published Pieces

We put a lot of effort into the recounts of our school trip. Mrs. Rennison can't wait to read them!

Healthy Eating

Healthy Eating

Today we have researched the sugar content of some of our favourite snacks. We were shocked by how much of our daily sugar allowance is found in some of these.