Year 4

In Literacy we have explored lots of amazing, interesting and some may argue ‘pointless’ animals based on some lovely books we have been sharing. We have looked at how authors can use humour to add interest to their writing and how short pieces of text can capture the readers imagination and interest.

We have then chosen different animals to research and write about to showcase our focus writing skills of using more complex noun phrases and using adverbs and adverbial phrases to show frequency like “at times, usually, rarely”.  We can’t wait to share what we have written about koalas, giant pandas, red pandas and sloths.

In History we have explored what aspects of Ancient Greek life we still have today such as the architecture, medicines, democracy and theatre.  We had an amazing trip at Manchester Art Gallery to explore this further.   We looked at artwork inspired by the stories of the Ancient Gods and Goddesses as we heard about the birth of the gods and the story of Pandora’s box.

We also enjoyed sharing our knowledge of Ancient Greece in our class worship. From Aesop’s fables to meeting the Gods and Goddesses of Mount Olympus – it was all Greek to us!

We then spent time exploring ‘friezes’ which were architectural decorations that were used to decorate temples and wealthy homes.  We explored the Greek inspired gallery looking for design ideas to sketch.  We then worked with a lovely artist Sam, who showed us how to turn these sketches into our own friezes. 

In Computing we learned about using publisher to create posters and media.

In our PE sessions we have continued to develop our swimming skills.

In  French we learned about our families naming them in French and using simple words and phrases to describe them.