Welcome to Class 4 Activities 2023-2024
Homework due Friday 19th April 2024
This week’s homework is looking at using descriptive language in Literacy. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Easter eggs
Check out our Easter eggs! We each worked so hard on our designs and loved creating them for the Easter Egg Competition.
UNCRC Article 31 – children have the right to relax and play.
Cornerstones Celebration
Today, we celebrated the end of our Cornerstones topic of ‘1066’, by each creating our own Domesday Book! We used a variety of materials, such as paints, oil pastels and colouring pencils to create our books and even filled it with our information inside.
UNCRC Article 31 – children have the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
PE with Paul
We have loved doing our fitness sessions with Paul this half term. Check out our star jumps!
UNCRC Article 28 – children have the right to education.
Homework due Thursday 28th March 2024
This week’s homework is once again focusing on our times tables, in preparation for our multiplication check in June! Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Comic Relief funny football
Today, we took part in funny football as part of Comic Relief! We loved taking part in our funny football session with the Sports Leaders and had a great time showing off our rainbow/funny outfits.
UNCRC Article 31 – children have the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Bayeux Tapestry
Check out our completed embroidery pieces of the Bayeux Tapestry! We loved learning this new skill.
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop children’s personalities and talents to the full.
Homework due Friday 22nd March 2024
This week’s homework is focusing on our proof reading and editing skills in Literacy. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
What did the Normans do for us?
Throughout our Literacy (and History) lessons this half term, we have been discussing all things Norman! In today’s Speaking and Listening, we discussed what positives and negatives the Normans brought to England. We each spoke with confidence and clarity.
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Embroidery
In our Art lesson this week, we’ve been creating our own parts of the Bayeux Tapestry! We used threads, hessian and plastic needles to create the parts of the tapestry we wanted. Some of us discovered we have a hidden talent for stitching! We loved creating our pieces.
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop children’s personalities and talents to the full.
Norman helmets
Check out our freshly painted Norman helmets – we’re ready for battle!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to relax and play.
Homework due Friday 15th March 2024
This week’s homework is focusing on our topic of Animals Including Humans in Science. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
World Book Day fun
As it’s World Book Day, we came dressed as our favourite characters from our favourite books! Can you spot any familiar faces?
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to relax and play.
Paper mache
In our DT session, we began to construct our very own Norman helmets! We used newspaper, warm water, PVA glue and a dash of flour to create our designs. We can’t wait to be storming Normans while wearing them!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of artistic activities.
Career Encounter
Today, we were lucky enough to have Mrs Janet Morrison come to school to visit us! She used to work as a Metro train driver and spoke to us about her experiences, the training she had to go through to do this career and answered any questions we had. We even got to try her torch and work vest! A massive thank you to Janet for taking the time to speak to us today.
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop children’s personalities and talents to the full.
Homework due Friday 8th March
This week’s homework – we are continuing with our times tables practise in Numeracy, in preparation for our Multiplication Check in June. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Topic Engagement with Adam Bushnell
To launch our new topic of 1066, we had the amazing author Adam Bushnell come in to deliver a history workshop with us! We learnt all about the origin of the name ‘Durham’, how the cathedral was built by the Normans and the heraldry alongside the weapons the Normans used! We had so much fun and can’t thank Adam enough for helping us bring this aspect of history to life.
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop every child’s talents and abilities to the full.
Homework due Friday 1st March
This week’s homework – we are beginning to look at our new topic of The Normans in Literacy. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Welcome back to Spring 2!
Welcome back to Spring 2 everyone! We hope you had a lovely half term break. This half term, we are looking at our new Cornerstones topic of ‘1066’. We will be focussing on the Norman invasion, how it impacted our country and the Norman places that we have still around us! Keep an eye on our section of the website to be updated on all the lovely activities we are doing in class. 🙂
Thank you for your continued support,
Mrs Edwards
Topic Celebration
To celebrate our latest topic of ‘Potions’, we have spent the afternoon creating our very own love potions in the form of chocolate love hearts! We created some delicious treats using a range of ingredients and can’t wait to share them with our families.
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in artistic activities.
Springtime Disco
We had so much fun at the Springtime Disco! We danced with our friends, had lovely snacks and made super memories of Year 4.
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to relax and play.
Bath Bombs
This half term, we have been creating our own bath bombs as part of Potions! Check out our perfectly packaged products – they smell divine!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework due Friday 16th February
This week’s homework, we are continuing looking at Sound as part of Science. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Bike Ability
Today, we had the opportunity to take part in a Bike Ability course! We rode our bikes with confidence both in the hall and on the yard and showed great resilience and determination.
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework due Friday 9th February
This week’s homework, we are continuing our practise with our times tables. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Rehearsing our Raps
In Music this half term, we have been looking at the genre of grime and have began to create our own verses for a song called ‘Stop!’, about stopping bullying in school. We’ve been working in groups to come up with our lyrics and worked hard today in practising staying on beat.
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Archery Experience
We worked with Darren today, who taught us the basics in archery! We loved trying this new sport and had so much fun figuring out which is our best aiming arm.
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop every child’s abilities and talents to the full.
Homework due Friday 2nd February
This week’s homework, we are consolidating our learning in SPAG. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Lit HW due Fri 2nd February 2024
Curling Experience
Today, we were lucky enough to have a curling experience with Caitlyn to try out New Age Curling! We loved trying this sport and had so much fun learning the rules.
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework due Friday 26th January
This week’s homework, we are continuing to look at Sound in Science. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Art Coffee morning
We had so much fun making new arts and crafts this morning with parents and carers as part of our Art Coffee Morning. Take a look at what we created!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
String telephones
As our new topic in Science is Sound, we have been experimenting with many different ways of creating sound – this week we made string telephones! We loved hearing our voices through the paper cups.
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Homework due Friday 20th January
This week’s homework, we are continuing to prepare for our Multiplication Check in June. To do this, we’re completing various times table questions this week, as well as encouraging each other to go on TT Rockstars at home as much as possible. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Instrument experiment
We began to investigate vibration in our Science lesson today by observing how the instruments we held reacted to being played!
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Cornerstones Engagement
To kick off our new topic of ‘Potions’, we created our very own potions in class! We mixed a range of ingredients together to create real life, colourful, bubbling potions! Everyone has so much fun creating this experiment and we even discussed what each of our potions would do if you drank them – yuck!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework due Friday 12th January
This week’s homework, we are continuing with our new Literacy topic of Dragons. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Welcome back to Spring 1!
Welcome back to school everyone. We hope you had a great Christmas break and are excited to learn lots of interesting facts in our new Cornerstones topic of ‘Potions’. We will be researching the historic use of potions as well as making our own magic! Keep an eye on our section of the website to see what we get up to in class.
Thank you for your continued support,
Mrs Edwards
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Cornerstones Celebration
To celebrate the end of our topic ‘Misty Mountain Sierra’, we created some backdrops for our clay mountains using our geography knowledge for the location. Take a look!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Elf Run
Today, we took part in an Elf Run to help raise money for charity! Thanks to the Sports Leaders and Mrs Aspinall for organising such a fun run!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Christmas Disco
Everyone had so much fun dancing and singing at our Christmas Disco! Check out our party clothes.
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to relax and play.
Christmas Pantomime
Dip and Dab came back to see us this year with another amazingly funny pantomime! We had so much fun and loved watching our friends be included.
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to relax and play.
Christingle Service
As a whole school, we took part in a Christingle Service at our local church. We sang songs from our Christmas play and ‘Away in a Manger’ as we lit our candles.
UNCRC Article 14 – every child has the right to a religion.
Ukulele Performance
Today, we were lucky enough to showcase our ukulele playing in front of the whole school! We performed many songs we had learnt this term with Mr Stokoe and wowed our peers! Everyone was so impressed. Well done, everyone!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Homework due Friday 15th December
This week’s homework we are continuing with our Christmas theme to use our multiplication knowledge. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Xmas HW due Friday 15th December
Christmas Performance
Today, we performed our Christmas play of Superstar for our families. We spoke with great confidence, danced like professionals and sang like superstars!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Painting Mountains
In both our DT and Art sessions the past two weeks, we have been creating our own mountains out of clay and using paint to create the effects of grass, water and snow! Have a look at our marvellous creations.
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework due Friday 8th December
This week’s homework we are continuing with our Christmas theme to use our gorgeous vocabulary and literary devices. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Lit HW due Friday 8th December
Christmas in Class 4
It’s the 1st of December! We decorated the tree in our classroom and began to cover our displays with tinsel. It’s almost Christmas!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Decorating the school tree
This afternoon, the whole school came together to decorate the tree in our hall. Then, we listened to Mrs Lee tell us a very famous poem – A Visit from St Nicholas. We had so much fun and are in a very Christmas-y mood!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework this week
This week, your homework is to continue to learn your lines for the Christmas play, alongside the lyrics for our songs in our performance. You are working so hard and we’re so incredibly proud of your effort, Class 4!
Mountain exploring in Computing
Today, we looked at various UK mountains on Google Maps and even managed to step foot on top of the mountains virtually! We had so much fun exploring the area we have been researching in Geography.
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to education.
Homework due Thursday 23rd November
This week’s homework we are continuing with our work on teeth in Science. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Sci HW due Thurs 23rd November
Children in Need workout!
Year 6 Sports Leaders came and helped us this morning take part in a schoolwide workout as part of our Children in Need day! Thanks, Sports Leaders.
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework due Friday 10th November
This week’s homework we are continuing with our shape work in Numeracy. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Remembrance Assembly
As part of our Remembrance service in school, Class 4 each decorated the giant poppy with donations for the British Legion.
UNCRC Article 15 – every child has the right to meet with other children.
Independent research by Jasleen
During a discussion in class, Jasleen wondered when the modern day television was invented. At home, she went away and did some independent research on the internet and created a mini presentation to share her findings with her peers. Well done, Jasleen!
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to education.
Cornerstones Engagement
To kick off our new topic of ‘Misty Mountain Sierra’, we visited a local mountain – Penshaw Monument! We climbed to the top to look at both the physical and human geography around us, then got our sketchpads out to do some crayon rubbings and sketches of the monument. We had so much fun!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework due Friday 10th November
This week’s homework is beginning to look at our new topic of Science Fiction in Literacy. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Welcome back to Autumn 2!
Welcome back to school everyone. We hope you had a great half term break and are excited to learn lots of interesting facts in our new Cornerstones topic of ‘Misty Mountain Sierra’. We’ll be exploring these giant mountains, discovering how they were formed and looking at the water cycle! Keep an eye on our section of the website to see what we get up to in class.
Thank you for your continued support,
Mrs Edwards
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Cornerstones Celebration
We celebrated the end of our Cornerstones topic, ‘Road Trip USA’ by taking a virtual tour across America. We even stopped for some American style snacks! We had a great time looking at pictures and maps of the country we’ve been learning about and also took part in a table vs table quiz to show off our new knowledge.
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Halloween Disco
Take a look at some of our spooky costumes from the Halloween disco!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Harvest Festival
Today, we took part in our school’s Harvest Festival at our local church. We sang proudly and confidently as well as recited our poem from memory! Well done everyone!
UNCRC Article 14 – every child has the right to a religion.
Well done Harry
Massive well done to Harry who won our Sainsburys Games Values trophy in multi-skills with Mrs Aspinall!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Homework due Friday 27th October
This week’s homework is looking at the work we have been doing in SPAG. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Literacy HW due 27th October 2023
Environment Poster
Look at this wonderful poster created by two members of our Rights Respecting Council, Imogen and Phina, who are working hard to raise awareness of looking after our local area. Well done girls!
UNCRC Article 12 – every child has the right to have a say in matters that affect them.
Gymnastics Certificates
Today in assembly, we got presented with some beautiful certificates for taking part in the Year 4 Gymnastics event at Sherburn!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Well done George
Massive well done to George who won our Sainsburys Games Values trophy in multi-skills with Mrs Aspinall!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Homework due Friday 20th October
This week’s homework is looking at the work we have been doing on environmental changes in Science!. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Science HW due Friday 20th October 2023
Robin Hood Ballads
In Literacy this term, we have been looking at the legend of Robin Hood. Today, we began to work in our partners to create our very own ballads about Robin Hood and his adventures!
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Colour the Castle Competition
Today, we took part in the Colour the Castle Competition, to hopefully have our artwork projected onto Durham Castle during Lumiere!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities.
World Mental Healthy Day
Today, we dressed in yellow to help raise awareness for World Mental Health Day. Don’t we look cool?
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Homework due Friday 13th October
This week’s homework is recapping on using our column methods in Numeracy. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Numeracy HW due 13th October 2023
Gymnastics at Sherburn
Today, we took part in a Year 4 Gymnastics event with Durham Sports Partnership at Sherburn Gymnastics Centre. We had so much fun trying out new skills and enhancing our learning from our sessions with Mr Beveridge. Even Mrs Hindmarch and Mrs Moore had a go!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Homework due Friday 6th October
This week’s homework is recapping on all of our wonderful knowledge of nouns in SPAG! Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Literacy HW due 6th October 2023
Gymnastic Sequences
Today in PE, we were working in our partners to come up with some ideas for our gymnastic sequences. We have been working hard with Mr Beveridge to remember to include a range of rolls, balances, jumps and turns!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Ukulele
We had another great session with Mr Stokoe today, where we focused on plucking the individual strings – so much so that we managed to pluck along to a couple of songs! Mr Stokoe was so impressed with our work and we are looking forward to learning more songs as the weeks progress.
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Vertebrate and Invertebrate Investigation
In our Science lesson, we were looking today at vertebrates and invertebrates in our local area! We found lots of different examples of each on our school grounds and had so much fun working in our groups.
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Homework due Friday 29th September
This week’s homework is focusing on using our classification knowledge in Science! Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Science HW due 29th September 2023
Native American Dreamcatchers
In today’s Art session, we used our previous plans for dreamcatchers to create some beautiful Native American inspired pieces. We’ve been learning about the Native Americans in History and how they use dreamcatchers and tried our best to recreate their style. How do you think we did?
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities.
Homework due Friday 22nd September
This week’s homework is focusing on using our Numeracy skills to focus on place value! Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Numeracy HW due 22nd September 2023
Rugby with Marc
This afternoon, we had our first session of rugby with Marc! We showed great determination, resilience and a Rights Respecting attitude to participating as we worked in our partners to take each other’s tags. We can’t wait for next week, where we’re going to begin taking part in mini rugby games!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Gymnastics with Mr Beveridge
We had our first gymnastics session with Mr Beveridge today and we had so much fun! We worked in our partners to create imaginative balances and showed an excellent Rights Respecting ethos when showcasing our skills to our peers.
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Ukulele with Mr Stokoe
Today, we had our very first ukulele session with Mr Stokoe. We loved learning new musical vocabulary and even remembered the names of each string from last year!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Cornerstones Engagement
To kick off our new Cornerstones topic of ‘Road Trip USA’, we each became travel agents! We used the internet to research the must-see places to visit in New York and made our own travel brochures about the Big Apple. Then, we wrote postcards home to Mrs Lee to explain which sights we’d seen! We had so much fun and can’t wait to learn more about the United States of America.
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework due Friday 15th September
This week’s homework is focusing on using our Literacy skills on creating descriptive sentences about Robin Hood! Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Literacy HW due 15th September 2023
Welcome to Autumn 1!
Welcome back to school everyone. We hope you had a wonderful Summer break and are ready to learn some exciting new things in Year 4! Our new Cornerstones topic is ‘Road Trip USA’, where we will be learning all about The United States and its history. Keep an eye out on our section of the school website to see what we get up to.
Thank you for your continued support,
Mrs Edwards
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Bath Bombs
This half term, we have been creating our own bath bombs as part of Potions! Check out our perfectly packaged products – they smell divine!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework due Friday 16th February
This week’s homework, we are continuing looking at Sound as part of Science. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Bike Ability
Today, we had the opportunity to take part in a Bike Ability course! We rode our bikes with confidence both in the hall and on the yard and showed great resilience and determination.
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework due Friday 9th February
This week’s homework, we are continuing our practise with our times tables. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Rehearsing our Raps
In Music this half term, we have been looking at the genre of grime and have began to create our own verses for a song called ‘Stop!’, about stopping bullying in school. We’ve been working in groups to come up with our lyrics and worked hard today in practising staying on beat.
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Archery Experience
We worked with Darren today, who taught us the basics in archery! We loved trying this new sport and had so much fun figuring out which is our best aiming arm.
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop every child’s abilities and talents to the full.
Homework due Friday 2nd February
This week’s homework, we are consolidating our learning in SPAG. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Lit HW due Fri 2nd February 2024
Curling Experience
Today, we were lucky enough to have a curling experience with Caitlyn to try out New Age Curling! We loved trying this sport and had so much fun learning the rules.
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework due Friday 26th January
This week’s homework, we are continuing to look at Sound in Science. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Art Coffee morning
We had so much fun making new arts and crafts this morning with parents and carers as part of our Art Coffee Morning. Take a look at what we created!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
String telephones
As our new topic in Science is Sound, we have been experimenting with many different ways of creating sound – this week we made string telephones! We loved hearing our voices through the paper cups.
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Homework due Friday 20th January
This week’s homework, we are continuing to prepare for our Multiplication Check in June. To do this, we’re completing various times table questions this week, as well as encouraging each other to go on TT Rockstars at home as much as possible. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Instrument experiment
We began to investigate vibration in our Science lesson today by observing how the instruments we held reacted to being played!
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Cornerstones Engagement
To kick off our new topic of ‘Potions’, we created our very own potions in class! We mixed a range of ingredients together to create real life, colourful, bubbling potions! Everyone has so much fun creating this experiment and we even discussed what each of our potions would do if you drank them – yuck!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework due Friday 12th January
This week’s homework, we are continuing with our new Literacy topic of Dragons. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Welcome back to Spring 1!
Welcome back to school everyone. We hope you had a great Christmas break and are excited to learn lots of interesting facts in our new Cornerstones topic of ‘Potions’. We will be researching the historic use of potions as well as making our own magic! Keep an eye on our section of the website to see what we get up to in class.
Thank you for your continued support,
Mrs Edwards
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Cornerstones Celebration
To celebrate the end of our topic ‘Misty Mountain Sierra’, we created some backdrops for our clay mountains using our geography knowledge for the location. Take a look!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Elf Run
Today, we took part in an Elf Run to help raise money for charity! Thanks to the Sports Leaders and Mrs Aspinall for organising such a fun run!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Christmas Disco
Everyone had so much fun dancing and singing at our Christmas Disco! Check out our party clothes.
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to relax and play.
Christmas Pantomime
Dip and Dab came back to see us this year with another amazingly funny pantomime! We had so much fun and loved watching our friends be included.
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to relax and play.
Christingle Service
As a whole school, we took part in a Christingle Service at our local church. We sang songs from our Christmas play and ‘Away in a Manger’ as we lit our candles.
UNCRC Article 14 – every child has the right to a religion.
Ukulele Performance
Today, we were lucky enough to showcase our ukulele playing in front of the whole school! We performed many songs we had learnt this term with Mr Stokoe and wowed our peers! Everyone was so impressed. Well done, everyone!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Homework due Friday 15th December
This week’s homework we are continuing with our Christmas theme to use our multiplication knowledge. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Xmas HW due Friday 15th December
Christmas Performance
Today, we performed our Christmas play of Superstar for our families. We spoke with great confidence, danced like professionals and sang like superstars!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Painting Mountains
In both our DT and Art sessions the past two weeks, we have been creating our own mountains out of clay and using paint to create the effects of grass, water and snow! Have a look at our marvellous creations.
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework due Friday 8th December
This week’s homework we are continuing with our Christmas theme to use our gorgeous vocabulary and literary devices. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Lit HW due Friday 8th December
Christmas in Class 4
It’s the 1st of December! We decorated the tree in our classroom and began to cover our displays with tinsel. It’s almost Christmas!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Decorating the school tree
This afternoon, the whole school came together to decorate the tree in our hall. Then, we listened to Mrs Lee tell us a very famous poem – A Visit from St Nicholas. We had so much fun and are in a very Christmas-y mood!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework this week
This week, your homework is to continue to learn your lines for the Christmas play, alongside the lyrics for our songs in our performance. You are working so hard and we’re so incredibly proud of your effort, Class 4!
Mountain exploring in Computing
Today, we looked at various UK mountains on Google Maps and even managed to step foot on top of the mountains virtually! We had so much fun exploring the area we have been researching in Geography.
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to education.
Homework due Thursday 23rd November
This week’s homework we are continuing with our work on teeth in Science. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Sci HW due Thurs 23rd November
Children in Need workout!
Year 6 Sports Leaders came and helped us this morning take part in a schoolwide workout as part of our Children in Need day! Thanks, Sports Leaders.
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework due Friday 10th November
This week’s homework we are continuing with our shape work in Numeracy. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Remembrance Assembly
As part of our Remembrance service in school, Class 4 each decorated the giant poppy with donations for the British Legion.
UNCRC Article 15 – every child has the right to meet with other children.
Independent research by Jasleen
During a discussion in class, Jasleen wondered when the modern day television was invented. At home, she went away and did some independent research on the internet and created a mini presentation to share her findings with her peers. Well done, Jasleen!
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to education.
Cornerstones Engagement
To kick off our new topic of ‘Misty Mountain Sierra’, we visited a local mountain – Penshaw Monument! We climbed to the top to look at both the physical and human geography around us, then got our sketchpads out to do some crayon rubbings and sketches of the monument. We had so much fun!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework due Friday 10th November
This week’s homework is beginning to look at our new topic of Science Fiction in Literacy. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Welcome back to Autumn 2!
Welcome back to school everyone. We hope you had a great half term break and are excited to learn lots of interesting facts in our new Cornerstones topic of ‘Misty Mountain Sierra’. We’ll be exploring these giant mountains, discovering how they were formed and looking at the water cycle! Keep an eye on our section of the website to see what we get up to in class.
Thank you for your continued support,
Mrs Edwards
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Cornerstones Celebration
We celebrated the end of our Cornerstones topic, ‘Road Trip USA’ by taking a virtual tour across America. We even stopped for some American style snacks! We had a great time looking at pictures and maps of the country we’ve been learning about and also took part in a table vs table quiz to show off our new knowledge.
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Halloween Disco
Take a look at some of our spooky costumes from the Halloween disco!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Harvest Festival
Today, we took part in our school’s Harvest Festival at our local church. We sang proudly and confidently as well as recited our poem from memory! Well done everyone!
UNCRC Article 14 – every child has the right to a religion.
Well done Harry
Massive well done to Harry who won our Sainsburys Games Values trophy in multi-skills with Mrs Aspinall!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Homework due Friday 27th October
This week’s homework is looking at the work we have been doing in SPAG. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Literacy HW due 27th October 2023
Environment Poster
Look at this wonderful poster created by two members of our Rights Respecting Council, Imogen and Phina, who are working hard to raise awareness of looking after our local area. Well done girls!
UNCRC Article 12 – every child has the right to have a say in matters that affect them.
Gymnastics Certificates
Today in assembly, we got presented with some beautiful certificates for taking part in the Year 4 Gymnastics event at Sherburn!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Well done George
Massive well done to George who won our Sainsburys Games Values trophy in multi-skills with Mrs Aspinall!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Homework due Friday 20th October
This week’s homework is looking at the work we have been doing on environmental changes in Science!. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Science HW due Friday 20th October 2023
Robin Hood Ballads
In Literacy this term, we have been looking at the legend of Robin Hood. Today, we began to work in our partners to create our very own ballads about Robin Hood and his adventures!
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Colour the Castle Competition
Today, we took part in the Colour the Castle Competition, to hopefully have our artwork projected onto Durham Castle during Lumiere!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities.
World Mental Healthy Day
Today, we dressed in yellow to help raise awareness for World Mental Health Day. Don’t we look cool?
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Homework due Friday 13th October
This week’s homework is recapping on using our column methods in Numeracy. Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Numeracy HW due 13th October 2023
Gymnastics at Sherburn
Today, we took part in a Year 4 Gymnastics event with Durham Sports Partnership at Sherburn Gymnastics Centre. We had so much fun trying out new skills and enhancing our learning from our sessions with Mr Beveridge. Even Mrs Hindmarch and Mrs Moore had a go!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Homework due Friday 6th October
This week’s homework is recapping on all of our wonderful knowledge of nouns in SPAG! Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Literacy HW due 6th October 2023
Gymnastic Sequences
Today in PE, we were working in our partners to come up with some ideas for our gymnastic sequences. We have been working hard with Mr Beveridge to remember to include a range of rolls, balances, jumps and turns!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Ukulele
We had another great session with Mr Stokoe today, where we focused on plucking the individual strings – so much so that we managed to pluck along to a couple of songs! Mr Stokoe was so impressed with our work and we are looking forward to learning more songs as the weeks progress.
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Vertebrate and Invertebrate Investigation
In our Science lesson, we were looking today at vertebrates and invertebrates in our local area! We found lots of different examples of each on our school grounds and had so much fun working in our groups.
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.
Homework due Friday 29th September
This week’s homework is focusing on using our classification knowledge in Science! Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Science HW due 29th September 2023
Native American Dreamcatchers
In today’s Art session, we used our previous plans for dreamcatchers to create some beautiful Native American inspired pieces. We’ve been learning about the Native Americans in History and how they use dreamcatchers and tried our best to recreate their style. How do you think we did?
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities.
Homework due Friday 22nd September
This week’s homework is focusing on using our Numeracy skills to focus on place value! Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Numeracy HW due 22nd September 2023
Rugby with Marc
This afternoon, we had our first session of rugby with Marc! We showed great determination, resilience and a Rights Respecting attitude to participating as we worked in our partners to take each other’s tags. We can’t wait for next week, where we’re going to begin taking part in mini rugby games!
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Gymnastics with Mr Beveridge
We had our first gymnastics session with Mr Beveridge today and we had so much fun! We worked in our partners to create imaginative balances and showed an excellent Rights Respecting ethos when showcasing our skills to our peers.
UNCRC Article 29 – education must develop a child’s abilities to the full.
Ukulele with Mr Stokoe
Today, we had our very first ukulele session with Mr Stokoe. We loved learning new musical vocabulary and even remembered the names of each string from last year!
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Cornerstones Engagement
To kick off our new Cornerstones topic of ‘Road Trip USA’, we each became travel agents! We used the internet to research the must-see places to visit in New York and made our own travel brochures about the Big Apple. Then, we wrote postcards home to Mrs Lee to explain which sights we’d seen! We had so much fun and can’t wait to learn more about the United States of America.
UNCRC Article 31 – every child has the right to take part in a wide range of activities.
Homework due Friday 15th September
This week’s homework is focusing on using our Literacy skills on creating descriptive sentences about Robin Hood! Can you find your group’s worksheet and complete it? Remember, if you upload your homework onto DB it’s 500 table points for your table!
Literacy HW due 15th September 2023
Welcome to Autumn 1!
Welcome back to school everyone. We hope you had a wonderful Summer break and are ready to learn some exciting new things in Year 4! Our new Cornerstones topic is ‘Road Trip USA’, where we will be learning all about The United States and its history. Keep an eye out on our section of the school website to see what we get up to.
Thank you for your continued support,
Mrs Edwards
UNCRC Article 28 – every child has the right to an education.