Term 6 - 2023/24

Year 4 have continued our studies on Ancient Civilisations by focusing on the history of Ancient Egypt. Now that we have studied two ancient civilisations, we have noticed their similarities and differences. We have been reading, ‘The Ancient Egypt Sleepover’ which is set in the British Museum. Now that we have been, we can really visualise the story!

English:

Our main piece of writing this term was to produce a story set in another culture. We looked at a model text of a story set in Ancient Sumer. We made observations about the features used so that we could try and replicate these in our own stories. Each child chose to write a story in Ancient Sumer or Ancient Egypt. In our Grammar lessons, we revised the rules of writing direct speech. As a class, we have now written a creative set of historical stories. The children managed to include direct speech, expanded noun phrases, setting descriptions, character descriptions and a range of punctuation. The children also cleverly used their historical knowledge to enhance their writing.

Maths:

We began term 6 with our long-awaited multiplication check. The class have worked hard all year on learning their times tables and I am very proud of their effort. The majority of the class scored highly with some even getting full marks. This hard work will really pay off in their understanding of Year 5 Maths.

More recently in Maths, we have studied time. The children practised reading times on analogue, 12-hour and 24-hour clocks. Analogue proved to be the most challenging! We are now looking at co-ordinates and using them to find locations on grids.

Other news

In PE, the class practised their athletic skills in preparation for Sports Day. They had a really fun day and showed good teamwork. We are now enjoying playing some friendly rounders games alongside Year 5. The class have been practising their swimming every week and have really improved since we started in September. By the end of primary school, we aim for every child to swim 25m. Many in the class have reached this target already. Some have managed to swim 200m, while one child swam 600m!

Year 4 had a fantastic trip to London. We explored the National Gallery and got to see paintings by artists such as Monet, Van Gogh and Seurat. We had a lovely lunch in the park, before going to see Frozen in the theatre. The children really enjoyed the performance and were blown away by the special effects! The ice creams at the interval were also very popular. We hope to go on more theatre trips in the future!