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Welcome to Year 4

Class of 2017-2018

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Look at How we Celebrated Achievement Last Year 2017 - 2018

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Take a look at our Sporting Achievements from: 2017 - 2018

The topic that we are going to be exploring in this Autumn term is ‘Ancient Greece’. In the Spring term, we will move on to ‘Ancient Rome’ and then in the Summer Term we will learn about ‘A place called home: the UK’.

We will also be studying a number of brilliant texts in English and expanding our thinking across topics in Maths. In Computing, we will be focusing on logical thinking and creating presentations, animations and games on screen. There will also be a focus in French on exploring new vocabulary and linking this with our own language, whilst in Art there will be time for creativity and exploration of new techniques. Across Science topics, we will take part in active experiments and develop our understanding of living things, electricity, sound and states of matter.

Practice your times tables

We should be able to recall and use multiplication and division facts for multiplication tables up to 12x12 by the end of Year 4. You can learn these in many different ways but a fun way to do it is through games. Have a look at the games below. Just click on the link.

Snake! Use the arrow keys to avoid the hazards and direct your snake to the correct answer. There are more than 100 different levels to play. See below for a full list of levels. This game is available as an app on Ipads and Android tablets.

Bubble pop! A fun way to help children learn their multiplication tables. Choose which times tables to practise and then try and pop all the bubbles before your time is up. Try and make the target number (at the top) by shooting a multiplication bubble. So if your target is 10, and you have the x2 bubble, you will need to hit 5, as 5 x 2 = 10.

Crystal Crash! A great game to get children to practise their times tables. The objectives for this game have been taken from the new mathematics curriculum.

Maths race - multiplication Steer your car to the correct answer and avoid the hazards. See how quickly you can complete the course. This game will work on any device in your browser. Choose to practise a times table or choose all objectives (taken from the National Curriculum) for your year group.

Maths invaders! Shoot the spaceship with the correct answer and dodge the incoming fire. A fun game to practise a wide range of key mathematical skills.

Year 4 thoroughly enjoyed taking part in our Champions of Movement PE day.

Year 4 enjoyed visiting a planetarium at Framwellgate Comprehensive School. The children particularly enjoyed learning about different constellations and the life of stars. We were told about where the Earth is placed in the Solar System and also where Earth is placed within the Universe

Year 4 thoroughly enjoyed their trip to Beamish Museum to explore the life of people in local mining villages in the early 1900s. It really allowed the children to relate to aspects of local history. Everyone enjoyed investigating the life of real-life Sunderland miner James White and they enjoyed our trip down the mine too.

Year 4 loved taking part in a festival at Durham Riverside Cricket Ground. Some of us took part in Tag Rugby and some of us took part in Golf.

Year 4 really enjoyed taking part in a performance at The Gala with The Age of Enlightenment Orchestra. They also thoroughly enjoyed our sessions practising for this in school too.

Year 4 loved taking part in our gymnastics festival at Spenymoor Sports Centre.

The Mayor Came to Visit 31/1/18

The Right Worshipful The Mayor of Durham came to visit school. The Mayor is called Councillor Bill Kellet and the Mayoress is called Mrs Jean Chaplow. He brought his Bodyguard with him.