Year 4CC: Blog items
Date: 21st Mar 2025 @ 5:34pm
It's Red Nose Day!
Everyone looked amazing their red clothes today, some with their red noses on too. We did some fun activities at the end of the day such as designing our own red nose, making some fantastic face masks and some children even organised their own cake sale! We had an amazing time.
Date: 21st Mar 2025 @ 5:31pm
Year 4 have been fantastic this week doing their assessments. We know that these assessments can be quite tricky but they have tried their best and have done an amazing job! We are looking forward to speaking to grown ups about their progress next week.
Date: 10th Mar 2025 @ 7:49pm
On Friday we celebrated World Book Day with our theme of 'Get Comfy and Read.' We had a wonderful day of activities starting with some of our grown ups joining us to read with each other in the hall. It was a lovely time for us to share our favourite books with others. We made wooden spoon puppets of our favourite book characters and did a puppet show. We also had an amazing time reading to the reception children. It was a fantastic day and we all looked great!
Date: 12th Feb 2025 @ 10:00am
Here is our Spring 2 Parent Overview. Have a look at the exciting topics we will be exploring next half term.
Date: 24th Jan 2025 @ 2:48pm
This week in maths, the children have had a great time folding different shapes to find their lines of symmetry.
In reading, we have been looking at different explanation texts in preparation for writing our own next week.
Reminder to the children to practice their 8 times tables by completing the next three pages in their booklets for their homework!
Date: 7th Nov 2024 @ 3:40pm
Yesterday and today, during story time, Nursery had a special visitor. One of the junior children came to read one of her favourite stories to us. The Nursery children were an excellent audience, looking and listening and joining in with words and actions. Our visitor told the story with such good intonation and expression. Maybe she will become a Nursery teacher when she grows up?
Year 4 shares their writing with Year 3
Date: 19th Oct 2024 @ 7:32pm
Both Year 3 and Year 4 have worked extremely hard in their writing lessons this half-term. They've written myths, instructions, non-chronological reports, and diary entries! As part of their writing focus, year 4 chose year 3 as their target audience.
Year 3 were able to listen to year 4 share their amazing Maya myths, whilst providing positive feedback about the skills the children had clearly practised and worked hard at including.
This was a great experience for both year groups, and year 3 look forward to sharing their writing with year 4 soon!
Date: 18th Oct 2024 @ 5:19pm
What a busy week we've had!
On Monday we put eggs into different liquids: milk, apple juice and diet coke, to investigate the damage these liquids do to our teeth. We recorded our results on Friday.
On Tuesday we made wraps that we designed for Design and Technology, we explored different ingredients and packaging to make the perfect wrap.
This week in maths we made polygons with straws
Date: 11th Oct 2024 @ 5:19pm
A polygon is a 2D closed shape with straight sides.
Date: 28th Jun 2024 @ 10:42am
In our history lesson, we embarked on an exciting exploration of Viking life. Each group delved into a specific aspect of Viking society, researching and presenting on topics such as the structure of Viking society, the role of women, the design of their houses, the roles of various people, and the laws that governed them.
The childrenalso learned how to evaluate primary and secondary sources, enhancing their critical thinking skills and deepening their understanding of historical research. This hands-on approach not only enriched their knowledge of Viking culture but also developed their teamwork and presentation skills. It was a fantastic opportunity to present to the class and share their discoveries with enthusiasm and creativity.
Have a look at the attached pictures and have a lovely weekend!
Date: 14th Jun 2024 @ 9:42am
On Tuesday a group of Year 3 and 4 children attended an event called the 'Great Science Share' at the University of Salford. It was an opportunity for 34 school's around Greater Manchester to gather and share their science investigations to each other. Each school had a stall which they used to share their investigation to the visitiors walking around the hall. We also got an opportunity to go and visit the other schools' stalls to listen and learn about their science investigations. The Lord Mayor of Salford attended as well as some professors from the University of Salford and Manchester who were going around the stalls quizzing the children about their investigations.
Ferdows and Ayaan in Year 4 even got chosen to cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony of the event! It such an amazing opportunity for the children who were in awe of the actual building! I am hoping to attend this event each year!
Enjoy looking at the photographs and video!
Mrs Iqbal
Date: 24th May 2024 @ 3:37pm
For our Science topic this term 'Living things and their habitats' the children have grouped living things, classified a vertebrate, classified invertebrates, created classification keys recognised positive and negative changes in the local environment and researched endangered species. Throughout this time, the caterpillars have slowly turned into butterflies that we have released in the school garden. Have a look at the attached pictures!
Have a good rest over the holidays but don't forget to practice your times tables for the upcoming MTC.
Date: 17th May 2024 @ 8:02am
What a week filled with transformation. Our caterpillars are in the midst of their transformation and have become chrysalises! Hopefully next week, there will be an even greater transformation...check in next week. Have a look at the pictures to see the changes so far.
Date: 8th May 2024 @ 4:47pm
We spent the day exploring how Castleton is different from Clayton. We conducted a traffic survey and completed a field sketch of Castleton! Have a look at the attached pictures.
Date: 3rd May 2024 @ 1:00pm
This week in Science we went on a vertebrate hunt in school in order to create a classification key. We found lots of millipedes, centipedes and worms. We were also lucky enough to see the premier league trophy! Have a look at the attached pictures.
Date: 3rd May 2024 @ 7:26am
As part of our science learning this half term, which is about living things and their habitats, we have had some Caterpillars arrive in each year 4 class. Watch closely over the next couple of weeks to see their glorious transformation!
4AK Art- Helen Musselwhite’s paper cutting.
Date: 23rd Apr 2024 @ 1:31pm
For our Art this week, we analysed pictures of Castleton and identified features of the landscape and how it is different
from Clayton. We then developed our skills in cutting and attaching in order to create balanced freestanding sculptures.
we developed awareness of composition within a 3D context and thought about pattern to create our Castleton Composition. Have a look at the attached pictures of our fantastic models.
Date: 27th Mar 2024 @ 1:41pm
What fantastic entries we had as part of our Easter competition. Year 3 and 4 made some fantastic entries, and everybody's efforts deserve recognition. As a prize for entering the competition, every entry will recieve a chocolate lolly. Other prizes have been given for the most independent, and best use of every day materials.
Have a look at the entries on the attached document - you'll be amazed!
Date: 22nd Mar 2024 @ 3:30pm
In Science this week, we had lots of fun trying different electrical components, see attached pictures!
Our main Scientific question was does it matter where we place the switch in a simple electrical circuit?
We learnt that it doesn't matter where in the circuit you put the switch - the effect is the same. The bulb glows because electricity flows through the thin wire inside the bulb called a filament and makes it hot!
Homework has been sent home, please complete and return by the 28th March.
Have a lovely weekend.
Date: 15th Mar 2024 @ 3:50pm
We have had a brilliant science week, 4AK's favourite part was making slime, have a look at the attached pictures.
For red nose day, we created our own unique red noses for the school councillors to judge on Monday, have a look at a few fantastic entries.
Have a good weekend!
Date: 8th Mar 2024 @ 1:02pm
We have had a fantastic morning making puppet characters, reading our favourite stories with parents and reading with Reception.
Have a look at the attached pictures and have a wondeful weekend!
Date: 1st Mar 2024 @ 1:22pm
4AK have had a wonderful first week back in school full of learning!
We are so proud of our Sketchbooks so far, have a look at the attached pictures.
Homework has been sent home, please make sure it is completed and returned by Friday 8th March. Continue to read at home and practice your times tables.
Have a lovely Weekend!
'The great wave'-Paolo Terdich
Date: 16th Feb 2024 @ 1:16pm
4AK have had a fantastic learning journey in Spring 1, they are all so proud of their work and achievements. We've been working with Miss Mcaffer this week on some water inspired artwork. We took inspiration last week from 'The Great Wave'. This week, we were inspired by an artist named Paolo Terdich to create some oil pastel artwork and some sketching. Have a look at a few of the amazing pieces that we created.
Holiday homework and the spring 2 overview have been sent out today. Please continue to read and practice your times tables.
Have a great holiday!
Date: 26th Jan 2024 @ 1:27pm
Hello, we have had another busy week in 4AK!
We started off the week with trip to see the River Medlock to carry out our local river study. We then located the features of a river on a map and created a field sketch of the river. See the attached pictures!
In maths we continued to plot co-ordinates on a grid and create our own ploygons and oblong shapes on a grid. In English we have been looking at Kenning poems ready to write our own on Monday and continue to enjoy our class text ' The waterhorse'. In Science,we investigated how temperature affects evaporation and set up an experiment that we will observe for 14 days. We will then show our observations using a line graph. We continued with our sketchbooks practicing our new skill of 'see three shapes'. The children first drew an outline of their object, then added shadow and form for the final sketch. See attatched pictures.
Homework has been sent out- please complete and return by the 2nd February.
Have a lovely weekend!
Date: 19th Jan 2024 @ 8:28am
Hello, we have had a busy snowy week this week!
In Geography, we continued to observe and measure rainful using our rain gauges. The highest measurement was 9.5cm of rain so far! we will contine to observe next week. Some children also shared their brilliant school council manifestos to the class before we went to the polling station in school and voted for our new class/school councillor. Have a look at the attached pictures!
Homework is being sent out today, please complete and return by Friday 26th January.
Please make sure your child is practicing their times tables and reading every day.
Have a great weekend!
