Year 4 has had another busy week. Children have learned how to use ‘Book Creator’ to record their ideas, speech and photos. They have used that knowledge to create beautiful documents explaining their understanding of the Stations of the Cross. In Science, children have conducted practical investigations about gases. Their favourite was to make gas […]
Year 4 has had a few busy days. As a launch to our Science Week, the children have researched Fernando Magellan and his cruise around the world, located the Spice islands on a map and then talked about the difficulties of such a journey. Also, they discussed the big question for the week: What would […]
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This week was another busy week in Year 4. On Monday, the children discussed their Lenten promises and the importance of praying, fasting and almsgiving. As we talked about Jesus’ love for us, the children each created a crown of thorns. It’s a new tradition in which you create a crown (from dough), add thorns […]
Year 4 has had an exciting start to the new half term by launching into their new English topic based on The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon! The illustrations and language is quite familiar to them as the book is by Mini Grey, the same author who wrote Traction Man. The children also […]
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The children have been learning about Hinduism as part of our whole school focus -‘ Other Faith Week’. They have completed their own research about the main pillars of this faith as part of their Home Learning and they have been introduced to Gods and Goddesses through RE. Today, we visited the Neasden Temple in […]
This week, Year 4 have spent some time focusing on the Sacrament of Reconciliation, one of the seven Sacraments we are learning about this term. They created a role play of the Sacrament and reflected on what they learnt about the role of the priest and the penitent. They also made some beautiful ‘stained glass […]
This week the children have been continuing their work on Fractions and Converting units of Measure through problem solving. As most of the Year 4 class are part of choir, the classroom was rather empty on Wednesday when the children went off to the O2. For the children who remained, they had a creative RE […]
This week, we have continued with our work on Fractions and Conversion of units (including measures and time). In RE we have continued with our topic on Sacramental people We read the story of – Maybe God is like that too by Jennifer Grant and the children wrote about their own experiences in which they have experienced joy, […]
Another week in Year 4 has whizzed by! In R.E, we have been learning about ‘sacramental people’ and how we can see God in the world and others. The children examined the storybook, ‘Maybe God is like that too.’ which is about a young boy who asks his grandma where […]
This week in Year 4 we have spent time discussing the Epiphany story from Matthew’s Gospel and the meaning of the three gifts brought to the baby Jesus. The children have reflected on why these gifts were given to Jesus and what Mary may have felt receiving these gifts for her baby. As well […]
Zentangle
/0 Comments/in Year 4 /by Margaret JoyceYear 4 has had another busy week. Children have learned how to use ‘Book Creator’ to record their ideas, speech and photos. They have used that knowledge to create beautiful documents explaining their understanding of the Stations of the Cross. In Science, children have conducted practical investigations about gases. Their favourite was to make gas […]
Science Week in Year 4
/0 Comments/in Year 4 /by Margaret JoyceYear 4 has had a few busy days. As a launch to our Science Week, the children have researched Fernando Magellan and his cruise around the world, located the Spice islands on a map and then talked about the difficulties of such a journey. Also, they discussed the big question for the week: What would […]
8th March
/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4 /by Margaret JoyceThis week was another busy week in Year 4. On Monday, the children discussed their Lenten promises and the importance of praying, fasting and almsgiving. As we talked about Jesus’ love for us, the children each created a crown of thorns. It’s a new tradition in which you create a crown (from dough), add thorns […]
The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon
/0 Comments/in Year 4 /by Margaret JoyceYear 4 has had an exciting start to the new half term by launching into their new English topic based on The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon! The illustrations and language is quite familiar to them as the book is by Mini Grey, the same author who wrote Traction Man. The children also […]
Other Faith Week
/0 Comments/in Year 4 /by Margaret JoyceThe children have been learning about Hinduism as part of our whole school focus -‘ Other Faith Week’. They have completed their own research about the main pillars of this faith as part of their Home Learning and they have been introduced to Gods and Goddesses through RE. Today, we visited the Neasden Temple in […]
The Sacraments
/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4 /by Margaret JoyceThis week, Year 4 have spent some time focusing on the Sacrament of Reconciliation, one of the seven Sacraments we are learning about this term. They created a role play of the Sacrament and reflected on what they learnt about the role of the priest and the penitent. They also made some beautiful ‘stained glass […]
1st February, 2019
/1 Comment/in Year 4 /by Margaret JoyceThis week the children have been continuing their work on Fractions and Converting units of Measure through problem solving. As most of the Year 4 class are part of choir, the classroom was rather empty on Wednesday when the children went off to the O2. For the children who remained, they had a creative RE […]
25th January, 2019
/0 Comments/in Year 4 /by Margaret JoyceThis week, we have continued with our work on Fractions and Conversion of units (including measures and time). In RE we have continued with our topic on Sacramental people We read the story of – Maybe God is like that too by Jennifer Grant and the children wrote about their own experiences in which they have experienced joy, […]
January 18th, 2019
/1 Comment/in Year 4 /by Margaret JoyceAnother week in Year 4 has whizzed by! In R.E, we have been learning about ‘sacramental people’ and how we can see God in the world and others. The children examined the storybook, ‘Maybe God is like that too.’ which is about a young boy who asks his grandma where […]
This week in Year 4 we have spent time discussing the Epiphany story from Matthew’s Gospel and the meaning of the three gifts brought to the baby Jesus. The children have reflected on why these gifts were given to Jesus and what Mary may have felt receiving these gifts for her baby. As well […]