Welcome to Class 4 Activities 2023-2024
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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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!
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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
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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.
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Halloween Disco
Take a look at some of our spooky costumes from the Halloween disco!
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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!
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Gymnastics Certificates
Today in assembly, we got presented with some beautiful certificates for taking part in the Year 4 Gymnastics event at Sherburn!
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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!
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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!
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World Mental Healthy Day
Today, we dressed in yellow to help raise awareness for World Mental Health Day. Don’t we look cool?
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.Â
