Year 4

Tennis lesson 3

Tennis lesson 3

We are learning to develop our backhand. We recapped what we had learnt about the forehand, talking about ensuring we push the ball forwards rather than up. We then looked at body position and how to hold the racket for successful use of the backhand. [gallery...

Catapults

Catapults

We are learning how to make and build an effective catapult. We have learnt about how catapults have been used throughout time. We talked about the key vocabulary we will need to use and then began working on our design booklets. [gallery type="rectangular"...

The Explorer

The Explorer

Today we have written questions for the main characters in our text. We have thought about what has happened already in the story and what we have learnt about the characters to inform our ideas.

Orienteering lesson 3

Orienteering lesson 3

We are learning to orientate a map, locate points on the map and travel to the points recording what we find. We worked in small groups using a compass to follow the instructions on our sheets. We travelled to different points in the school grounds. We were developing...

Chronology 

Chronology 

We looked at the features of a historic timeline. We know that mining (our current unit) happened after the Roman Empire and Anglo-Saxons (our previous units).

Classification

Classification

We know animals can be grouped. We grouped: mammals, fish, amphibians, reptiles, insects, birds and vertebrates/invertebrates.

Evaluating predictions 

Evaluating predictions 

We used a Venn diagram which organised our predictions about the cover and the blurb. We know which predictions are likely to be most accurate.

Tennis lesson 2

Tennis lesson 2

We have continued our work on our forehand technique. We have looked at how use the forehand to hit the ball over the net. Today we tried to hit the ball into space to score a point.

Orienteering Lesson 2

Orienteering Lesson 2

We are learning to follow a map route. Today we were given a map that we had to follow to find key points around school. When we reached this point there was a key question to answer. We had to work in teams and communicate clearly. [gallery type="rectangular"...

Retrieval…

Retrieval…

We use knowledge of text structure to locate information. We thought about what the main theme of each paragraph was. This helped us to locate answers more effectively.

Tennis lesson 1

Tennis lesson 1

We are learning to develop our forehand. We have worked in pairs to practise our underarm throws and our forehand skills. We practised over a cone net and then over the actual net.

Orienteering L1

Orienteering L1

We are learning to give directions using the compass points. We have started our orienteering topic. We have talked about using maps to find our way around. Today we discussed the importance of giving clear and accurate directions to move around the space and find...