Year 4
Welcome to Year 4’s class page…
Welcome to Year 4’s page of our website. Here you will find lots of information about what we have been learning about, the exciting activities we have took part in and things coming up!
Year 4 are taught by Mr Sharock. In Year 4, our classroom is a place of happiness, learning and fun! we firmly believe in respecting one another, working hard, giving new challenges a go with a smile on our face and bringing our learning to life in creative and practical ways!
This term’s Stars!
Friday afternoons are a special time at The Willows, when the whole school gather together in the school hall to celebrate the star performer from each class that week. Mr. Sharrock tell the school what we have excelled at throughout the week and that child’s parents are even invited! Well done to all of our recent Star Award winners.
Things to know about…
Just like the rest of the school, we are set homework on a Friday and it is due in for the following Friday. As we are in Year 4, we are starting to get ready for the build up in homework as we go into Year 5 and Year 6 and then on to high school. For this reason we get either English or Maths homework that will last about half an hour; some weeks we will get both English and Maths work to do. Please support your child in completing their homework.
We are also given a set of Spellings and Times Tables to learn on a Friday – we have our test the following Friday.
Reading is incredibly important in Year 4. We are encouraged to read as often as possible – aiming to read at home at least five times a week.
Our PE sessions are timetabled for Monday afternoons and Wednesday afternoons. From September to December, Year 4 will be going swimming on Mondays, making one of their P.E. sessions.
Alongside the class teacher, Mr Sharrock, the children in Year 4 work with Mrs Barnett for 1 hour per week covering R.E., Miss Mallinson for 1 hour per week covering music, Mrs Spacey for 2 hours per week covering French and Brass For All music. Year 4 also have the valued support of Miss Stedman and Mrs Smith as teaching assistants at various times throughout the week.
Year 4’s Latest News
Hosanna
Years 3 and 4 put on an incredible production of 'Hosanna' this Easter. They told the story of Jesus' journey from Palm Sunday to Pentecost in words, songs, acting and dance. They ran the whole production themselves which included managing all the music, props and...
Year 4 Outdoor Learning Day!
On Thursday 28th March, the whole school celebrated our Willows' Outdoor Learning Day. Activities, games and challenges were organised by teachers and specialist external providers to ensure that the children could learn outside, ALL DAY! Thankfully the weather held...
Our First Reconciliation
Over the last few weeks some of our children and their parents have been meeting together to prepare for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The children and parents have been supported in this by Fr. Andrew and the parish catechists Diane, Suzanne, Laura and Dave. This...
The Mass
One of Year 4's topics this term in RE is 'Giving and Receiving'. We have been learning about how when we celebrate the Eucharist Jesus gives himself to us in Word and Sacrament. We have been learning about the different parts of the Mass (the rites) and the different...
Year 4 Disgusting Digestion Experiment!
Year 4's topic this half term in science is all about digestion and how our body processes food. To bring this topic to life and help the children visualise each stage of the digestion process, we conducted a brilliant experiment using tights, orange juice, weetabix,...
Year 4 Celebrate World Book Day
On Thursday 7th March, Year 4 celebrated World Book Day. We dressed as our favourite book characters for the day and took part in lots of fun activities linked to reading to try to raise the profile of reading and the children's love of reading. Children across school...
School Reading Stars Spring 1
To continue promoting a love of reading and celebrate reading success stories, we are selecting one child from each class, each half term, to be our Reading Stars. As well as being applauded in assembly for their efforts and enthusiasm towards reading both at school...
Year 4 Safer Internet Day
On Tuesday 6th February, Year 4 took part in Safer Internet Day. We completed lots of tasks, challenges and discussions throughout the day on varying themes relating to how to stay safe online and using technology responsibly. There were lots of scenario based...
Year 4 Edible Spoon Experiment
Do you know how many plastic spoons are thrown away per year as landfill in India alone? Believe it or not, it is a staggering 120 BILLION! Year 4 have been learning all about the environment and how to be more sustainable, so when we found out this fact, we decided...
Year 4 Make Plastic
This half term, Year 4 have been learning all about the environment in geography, with a particular focus on sustainability and plastic pollution. Did you know that plastic takes around 1000 years to break down? To try to experiment how we can help improve the plastic...
Year 4 Habitat Explorers
To link with our science topic of 'Habitats', Year 4 went on an exciting adventure exploring the habitats of our school grounds and the church woods. Armed with tweezers and containers, we lifted logs, searched under plant pots and sifted through leaves to find any...
Year 4 Enjoy The Snow!
A rare snow day meant only one thing in Year 4... Snowmen, snowballs and sledging! Children across school were playing on the field throughout the morning, building huge snowmen, sledging down the hill and of course throwing snowballs at their friends and teachers. I...
Year 4 Eco-Warriors!
As part of our 'Environment' and 'Habitats' topics in science and geography, Year 4 have been out in the local community litter picking. We have learnt all about plastic pollution and its impacts on the environment and were shocked to see first hand just how polluted...
KS2 Christmas Disco
One of our final Christmas events was the PTFA Christmas Disco. Open to all children from KS2, the children enjoyed lots of Christmas classics and danced to their hearts content.
Year 4 Christmas Craft morning
On Tuesday 19th December, Year 4 held a Christmas craft morning, honing their D.T. and art skills while getting into the festive spirit. The children followed a recipe as a group to make icing and decorated a biscuit, they used tools like a hot glue gun and a drill to...
Year 4 Plague Day
To end our Year 4 Plague topic, we held an exciting 'Plague Day'. We were visited by the scary-looking, but very friendly Doctor Bob, who told us all about the plague, how important modern day hygiene is and how the village of Eyam suffered to save the rest of the...
Year 4 D.T. Animals
This half term, Year 4 have been creating model animals that use a pulley to open the jaw in D.T. The children started the project by understanding scale and proportion, drawing lots of animals and making sure the head and limbs were in proportion to the rest of the...
Year 4 Science Experiments
This half term, Year 4 have been learning all about different materials and states of matter. We first learnt all about solids, liquids and gases and their characteristics, before seeing if we can plan and carry out a fair test experiment that changes a material's...
Year 3 and 4 Dodgeball!
This week, the children took part in an Inter-House Dodgeball competition and the children in years 3 and 4 teamed up to play dodgeball matches in their house teams. The children had a great time and can't wait to find out which team won!
Autumn 1 Star Readers
To continue promoting a love of reading at The Willows, each half term teachers from each class will be awarding a Star Reader. This is an award to celebrate enthusiasm and commitment towards reading both in school and at home. Each child was awarded with a bookmark...
Year 4 Harvest Prayer and Liturgy
On Thursday 19th October, Year 4 led the school in a Harvest-themed Prayer and Liturgy. The children did an excellent job explaining why we celebrate Harvest during autumn and how it is a time to show both care and generosity towards others. With this in mind, the...
Year 4 Cricket
This half term, Year 4 have enjoyed learning new skills in cricket during P.E. lessons. As well as improving on key skills like striking, throwing and catching, the children have played mini games of diamond cricket and quick cricket to improve their team skills and...
Year 4 French Day!
On Thursday 12th October, Year 4 held a French day to culminate their learning from their 'Paris' geography topic and their learning from French MFL lessons this half term. The children spent the entire day dressed in French colours and completed lots of French themed...
Super Year 4 Netballers!
On Tuesday 19th September, 6 children from Year 4 took part in the Carr Hill Fylde Year 3 and 4 Netball Tournament. The event took place at Carr Hill High school in the Sports Dome against 8 other local primary schools. The tournament started off without using formal...
Year 4 Sound Experimenting
Year 4 have continued to learn about sound and how sound travels from a sound source by experimenting with instruments this week. The children used a range of instruments to explore the relationship between vibrations, pitch and type of sound produced. The children...
Year 4 Science – Sound
Year 4's science topic this half term is SOUND. The children this week learnt how sounds travel to your ears, starting as vibrations from a sound source which bump air particles, which in turn bump other air particles. These particles create a ripple of vibrating...
Year 4 Outdoor R.E. Artwork
Year 4 have been thinking all about positive Gospel values and how they can show them this year. Their challenge was to create a piece of outdoor artwork using natural materials to portray different Gospel values. We went on a muddy explore around the church grounds...
We Are, We Are Year 4!
During their first week in Year 4, the children were tasked with counting beats and becoming creative songwriters. We wrote a class song together as a shared write, changing the words of Queen's 'We Will Rock You' and linking it to what we are looking forward to and...
Year 4 Practical Place Value
During our first few weeks of term, we will be focusing on the place value of numbers in Year 4. We have done lots of partitioning and problem solving, but we have also been very practical with our activities too. We used the dienes blocks to create 3 and 4 digit...
Year 4 Scooter Fun
Year 4 are very excited about using our new school scooters to get to and from swimming this year! We have been getting used to riding the all-terrain scooters around the playground and school environment and even practised marking out the road layout to get ready for...
Year 3 and 4 – Inter-House Handball Competition
Reception Forest SchoolWhat a great time we all had at Forest School. This week we were using the saw to make wood cookies. We also looked for dandelions to make dandelion tea.
Christmas Music Concerts
This week we have seen two outstanding
Year 3 and 4 – Inter-House Dodgeball Tournament!
This week, the children took part in an Inter-House Dodgeball competition and the children in years 3 and 4 teamed up to play dodgeball matches in their house teams. The children had a great time and a big congratulations to Saint Theresa (red team) who won!
