Year 4

Planning time

Planning time

We are creating a plan for our recounts. We are thinking about the key parts of our trip and we are making notes to help us with our writing tomorrow.

Sikhism – Guru Granth Sahib

Sikhism – Guru Granth Sahib

We looked at two stories from the Guru Granth Sahib in RE. We discussed the similarities and differences between the two stories and then shared what we thought the key messages were.

Polygons

Polygons

We have identified polygons and non-polygons in small groups. We then moved on to identifying whether a polygon is regular or irregular.

Everyone is Welcome! 

Everyone is Welcome! 

We were visited by one of our well-being ambassadors today. He shared a story with the class and then we discussed the importance of being kind and making everyone feel welcome.

Why are these words special?

Why are these words special?

We focused on Hinduism this week. We looked at the story of Hanuman. We sequenced key events from this story and then thought about what important messages this story gives to Hindus.

P4C

P4C

We had a fantastic philosophy session. Everyone shared their thoughts, listened carefully, was respectful and built on each other's ideas. We used the video Batman/War Hero as a stimulus and discussed some of the 'Big Ideas' from this. Then we came up with some...

Food Chains

Food Chains

In science we have been learning about food chains. We explored how the energy passes for each plant or animal to the next. We know that plants and animals in food chains are either producers or consumers. We also know that they can be predators, prey or even both....

Peer assessing

Peer assessing

We have peer assessed each others work today. We used a checklist to see if our partner had included the correct playscript features. We then used these checklists as a prompt to help us edit and improve our writing. [gallery type="rectangular"...

Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt

We experimented with oil pastels in preparation for creating our final pieces.  We explored the feel of the pastel, the shades of each colour and whether the colours could be blended or not.

Mindfulness

Mindfulness

L.O. To learn various meditative balances and understand the benefit of executing the balances correctly in order to improve our posture, body awareness, focus and concentration.

Using water colours 

Using water colours 

We experimented using water colours to achieve the perfect shade for different parts of Monet's painting. We know we can add more water to create a lighter colour.

Handball

Handball

L.O. To combine passing, moving and shooting to create an attack which results in a shit in target against another team.