How time has flown by! Year 4 have been working very hard in the weeks leading up to their half term break and have been demonstrating their Christian values across their school life. Year 4 have continued to work on their resilience and have been exploring the different attributes that can make them a resilient member of their community. We have especially been looking at team work and communication skills this week throughout our curriculum.

In English, we have continued with our story-led resilience workshop with the Grand Theatre who were very impressed with the enthusiasm and work ethic of Year 4. The class also carried their resilience and team work skills through to their work on information texts and worked together to produce fantastic, colourful information posters about the Manchester Ridge-back dragon.

In Maths, we have started working on understanding negative numbers on a number line and even beginning to solve some problems using negative digits. The class showed great resilience and perseverance through this work as it was definitely a challenge to start with! We have also continued to dedicate our Fridays to practising our times tables and trying to be as quick as possible.

In RE, the class have been enjoying their Monday and Tuesday afternoons with Mrs Parker as they continue to explore and deepen their understanding of important Bible stories.

In Science, we have continued to investigate animals and humans. Year 4 have started to look at food chains and how they are constructed. The class have also extended their knowledge of food chains by studying the specific vocabulary that labels a food chain such as producers, consumers, predators and prey.

In Topic, the class have continued to explore the Ancient Egyptian process of mummification. We examined our mummified tomato from last week to observe the chemical change and the class found that it was starting to dry up and preserve! This experiment has helped us all to understand the physical process of mummification to then write about it, though we were aware that the subjects are quite different! Of course, the class also received a letter about Ancient Egyptian day on Friday 5th November, if there are any questions about the contents of the day or costumes, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

In Spanish, we have continued with our Singing Spanish to carry on practise our greetings and we have even begun to look at animals!

Congratulations to our award winners:

Golden Award: Frankie.

Writing Award: Lexi Rose.

Maths Award: Ruby.

Just a quick reminder to ensure homework is handed in/completed by Tuesday.

Thank you from all of the staff in Year 4.