Class 9: Blog items
Christmas holidays- Week Ending 19.12.25
Date: 12th Dec 2025 @ 9:40am
Goodbye 2025 – Hello 2026!
As we come to the end of an amazing year in Year 4, we want to take a moment to celebrate everything we’ve achieved and look forward to what’s next.
A Wonderful Year
We’ve learned so much this year – from exciting maths challenges to creative writing, music-making on Purple Mash, and even Greek dancing! We’ve laughed, shared, and grown together as a class. Thank you to everyone for working so hard and making this academic year so special.
Our Christmas Wishes
Now it’s time to enjoy a peaceful and joyful Christmas break. Spend time with your family, relax, and recharge your batteries. Maybe read a good book, play some games, or just enjoy the magic of the season. We hope your holidays are full of happiness and cheer.
Looking Ahead – Our New Topic: The Rainforest
When we return in January, we’ll start an exciting new topic: The Rainforest! We’ll explore the amazing plants and animals that live there, discover why rainforests are so important to our planet, and learn how we can help protect them. Get ready for an adventure full of colour, life, and fascinating facts! On Friday- Zoolab will be in school and we are asking children to come to school as their favourite animal from the rainforest.
Class Blog Week Ending 12.12.25
Date: 12th Dec 2025 @ 9:31am
Our Amazing Week in Year 4!
This week has been full of fun and learning in Year 4! We’ve done so many exciting things, and we can’t wait to share them with you.
Trip to the Pantomime – Beauty and the Beast
On Thursday, we went to see the pantomime Beauty and the Beast. It was incredible! The costumes were bright and colourful, and the actors were so funny. We loved joining in with the singing and shouting.The Beast’s transformation was magical, and the whole show taught us about kindness and bravery. It was a day we’ll never forget!
Learning About Length in Maths
In maths, we explored length. We measured objects around the classroom and we learned how to convert centimetres to metres and cm into mm. Some of us were surprised at how accurate our guesses were! Measuring is such an important skill, and now we feel like real mathematicians.
Greek Dancing Fun
In PE, we tried Greek dancing! It was so much fun learning the steps and moving in a circle to the music. We discovered that Greek dances often tell stories and bring people together. It was a great way to exercise and learn about another culture at the same time.
Making Music on Purple Mash
We also became musicians this week using Purple Mash. We created our own tunes and experimented with different instruments and rhythms. It was amazing to see how technology can help us make music. Some of our songs were so catchy that we couldn’t stop humming them!
Class Blog Week Ending 05.12.25
Date: 4th Dec 2025 @ 7:48am
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Year 4 Adventures: Learning, Singing, and Spreading Joy!
This week in Year 4 has been full of festive fun and exciting learning opportunities!
We’ve been getting into the Christmas spirit by learning traditional Christmas songs. The small hall has been filled with music and cheer as everyone practices their singing ready for the big performance.
In English, we’ve been working on non-chronological reports, exploring how to organise facts and present information clearly. The children have enjoyed researching and writing about fascinating topics, showing off their creativity and knowledge.
Our geography lessons have taken us on a journey across Europe! Each pupil explored a European country, discovering its culture, landmarks, and traditions. It’s been amazing to see the curiosity and enthusiasm for learning about places beyond our own borders. They have created a webpage.
In French, we’ve been practicing how to present family members. The children have loved sharing details about their families in a new language, building confidence in speaking French.
To top it all off, Year 4 has been spreading joy throughout the school by delivering Christmas cards to different classes. It’s been a wonderful way to share kindness and celebrate the festive season together.
What a fantastic week it has been—full of learning, laughter, and holiday cheer!
Class Blog Week Ending 28.11.25
Date: 27th Nov 2025 @ 11:18am
This Week in Year 4
This week has been full of creativity and learning in Year 4!
In English, we’ve been diving into the classic European tale “Beauty and the Beast.” The children have been exploring the story from a new perspective by writing in the first person as the Beast. It’s been wonderful to see their imaginations come alive as they give voice to this iconic character.
In Maths, our focus has been on decimals, particularly tenths. The children have been developing their reasoning skills and applying their understanding in problem-solving activities. It’s great to see their confidence growing with these important concepts.
To keep the energy flowing, we’ve also continued practicing our Greek dancing, learning the traditional Sirtaki steps. The class has really enjoyed moving to the rhythm and embracing a bit of cultural fun!
What a fantastic week of learning and creativity!
Class Blog Week Ending 07.11.25
Date: 7th Nov 2025 @ 4:24am
🌟 Year 4 Learning Blog 🌟
This week in Year 4, we've been diving into some exciting new topics across our subjects!
📚 English – Last Stop on Market Street
We’ve been exploring the beautiful story Last Stop on Market Street, thinking deeply about the characters and their journey. We’re working towards writing our own diary entries from the perspective of CJ, capturing his thoughts and feelings as he travels through the city with his Nana. It’s helping us build empathy and understand how to write with emotion and detail.
click the link to listen to the story- Kids Book Read Aloud Story 📚Last Stop on Market Street 🥖🧺 by Matt de la Peña
🔢 Maths – Place Value & Reasoning
In Maths, we’ve been strengthening our understanding of place value—learning how numbers are built and how we can break them apart. We’ve also been developing our reasoning skills by explaining our thinking and solving problems in different ways. It’s been great to see everyone becoming more confident mathematicians!
⚡ Science – Electricity & Energy
Our new Science topic is all about electricity! We’ve started exploring how energy is made and the different ways we can generate it—from batteries to power stations, and even renewable sources like wind and solar. We’re excited to start experimenting and learning how circuits work!
We’re proud of all the hard work Year 4 has been doing—keep it up!
Class Blog Week Ending 26.10.25
Date: 24th Oct 2025 @ 4:54am
Curriculum Week in Year 4 was a rich tapestry of emotional literacy and cultural exploration. Pupils began by diving into the Zones of Regulation, learning to identify and manage their emotions through colour-coded zones. Through speaking and listening activities, they shared strategies for calming down, staying focused, or energizing themselves. Art played a central role—children created expressive emotion wheels and personal regulation posters, linking feelings to real-life scenarios and building empathy across the classroom.
Later in the week, Black History Day brought the fascinating story of the Ivory Bangle Lady to life. Discovered in Roman York, her African heritage sparked curiosity and pride. Pupils researched her burial site, discussed her significance, and responded through powerful artwork and creating a non-chronological report.
The week showcased how history, emotion, and creativity can intertwine to deepen understanding and celebrate diverse voices.
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Class Blog Week Ending 17.10.25
Date: 17th Oct 2025 @ 7:17am
This week in Year 4, we’ve had an exciting time exploring the water cycle in science, where we learned how water travels through evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection—it was fascinating to see how it all connects! In PE, we’ve been practising our gymnastics skills, focusing on balance, rolls, and creating smooth sequences, which helped us build strength and confidence. In English, we’ve been writing dilemma stories, where our characters face tricky choices and have to decide what to do next—everyone came up with such imaginative and thoughtful ideas!
Class Blog Week Ending 3.10.25
Date: 5th Oct 2025 @ 5:54pm
This week in Year 4, our classroom was buzzing with creativity as we explored the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur in English. The children planned and wrote their own heroic narratives using story mountains, bringing the ancient tale to life with vivid descriptions and developing the use of paragraphs.
In Maths, we investigated angles—acute, obtuse, and right angles.
Art sessions were a mosaic marvel! Inspired by Ancient Greek designs, children created stunning tiled artworks featuring ancient Greece symbols. A truly amazing week with fabulous outcomes.
Class Blog Week Ending 26.9.25
Date: 25th Sep 2025 @ 6:56pm
We've had a brilliant week packed with learning, creativity, and a touch of mythology. Here's what we've been up to…
Maths: Subtraction Superstars!
This week in maths, we've been diving deep into subtraction. We've practised using column subtraction and even mental strategies to solve problems.
English: The Tale of Theseus and the Minotaur
In English, we’ve been developing our writing skills so that we can write a retell of a Greek myth based on: Theseus and the Minotaur. We imagined ourselves as brave heroes, sneaking through the twisting tunnels of the labyrinth, facing the fearsome beast, and using clever tricks to escape. We have been using expanded noun phrases, making word banks and using prepositions of time.
History: Discovering Ancient Greece & Democracy
Our history lessons have taken us back in time to Ancient Greece. We’ve explored what life was like in Athens and Sparta, learned about Greek gods and goddesses, and discovered how democracy began.
Did you know that the word democracy comes from the Greek words demos (people) and kratos (power)? That means “power of the people” — and it all started in Athens over 2,500 years ago!
We’re loving our journey through Ancient Greece and can’t wait to share more with you soon. Keep practising those subtraction skills at home — and maybe write your own myth too!
Date: 6th Jun 2023 @ 10:21pm
Class 9 have continued their learning on States of Matter. Today we looked at cooling and decreasing the temperature. We took the classrom temperature and then put the thermometer in to icy water with ice and saw the temperature decrease (go down) to nearly negative numbers. we talked about when the temperature decreases then the particles in the state slow down and contract. We then blew up balloons to different sizes and submerged them into cold icy water. We watched and observed the balloons getting smaller as the gas particles slowed down and contracted. Next week we are looking at heating and seeing how solids, liquids and gases respond.
Date: 20th Jun 2022 @ 10:15am
This week, in English, we have been developing our written work and the genre is Newspapers.
The children have been working on including the features of a newspaper and tried to include as many as they could.
In Maths, we have been working on Fractions; adding and subtracting them.
Date: 15th Jun 2022 @ 4:16pm
This week in maths we have been learning about Mass. The children have converted kilograms in to grams and have been weighing.
Why dot you bake with your child to allow them to weigh things out on the scales?
Date: 9th Jun 2022 @ 8:31pm
This week we have been learning all about the Queen and celebrating her Jubilee.
During the week we have been writing postcards and creating fact file. The children have also created flags and have made pop art for our school gallery.
Date: 18th Mar 2022 @ 7:17am
This week we have been writing and researching information about Rainforests and orangutans.
The children had to share their information with each other and write their facts using extended sentences.
In Maths we have beeing working on Multiplication and in Science we have been learning all about the digestive system.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwrsL-lCZYo
Date: 7th Mar 2022 @ 3:44pm
This week we are continuing to exploring the story, titled LEAF. The children will be writing a retell of the story and will be planning out how they want to write it by choosing a planning proforma wich best suits their style.
In Maths, we are studying Geometry and the children will be learning all about shape and different types of line.
Click on the link for some games to support your knowledge. https://uk.splashlearn.com/geometry-games-for-year-4
Date: 15th Feb 2022 @ 9:55am
This week has been Curriculum Week. The children have been developing their Metacognition.
What is Metacognition - you ask?
The term metacognition refers to an individual’s ability to plan, monitor, evaluate, and make changes to their own learning behaviours in order to confront challenges more effectively.
You might have heard it defined as ‘thinking about thinking’,
It is also a form of self-regulation, involving self-awareness, critical analysis skills, and the ability to problem-solve.
Having metacognitive skills means that they are able to recognise their own abilities, direct their own learning, evaluate their performance, understand what caused their successes or failures, and learn new strategies.
It can also help them learn how to revise when they are having tests as well as develop their memory, attention, activation of prior knowledge, and being able to solve or complete a task.
Overall- It makes them learn more efficiently and more effectively, and so they are able to make more progress.
Date: 25th Jan 2022 @ 9:46am
This week we have been learning to play the recorder in Music and have been doing very well.
Why don't you purchase a recorder for yor child to practise at home. Press on the link below.
Date: 25th Jan 2022 @ 9:44am
This week we have been learning to play the recorder in Music and have been doing very well.
Why don't you purchase a recorder for them to practise at home.
The Star of the Week is.... Faatima B
Date: 14th Jan 2022 @ 7:33am
Class 9 – Faatima B for being confident when speaking in front of the class.
Date: 10th Jan 2022 @ 8:21am
This week we have been writing character descriptions in English, Adding money in Maths and learning all about living and non living things in Science.
The children have been learning to recall their 6 times tables and are making amazing progress with it.
Please support your child to develop the knowledge and recall so that they are ready for the Multiplication test in June.
Date: 4th Jan 2022 @ 1:08pm
This week we have had a positive start to our first week back. In Maths we have been mastering symmetry and in English we have been learning all about Boudica- the Icini Queen.
Date: 13th Dec 2021 @ 9:11am
This week is Christmas week. The children have been making hats, mats and table decorations.
We have also been completing our Design Technology by making a buzzer games. Ask you child all about it.
Did their plan work? Would they do anything different?
Date: 7th Dec 2021 @ 2:14pm
We have had a super week of learning and the children have made amazing progress with their writing.
We have been writing setting descriptions and the children have been focussing on similes, fronted adverbials and adverbs. I have seen HUGE improvements and I and very proud!
In Maths, we have been developing our knowledge of angles- Can your child describe these angles to you?
Date: 30th Nov 2021 @ 10:49am
This week we have been working on Money and in English we have been writing a persuasive text all about The Lakes District.
The children have become very persuasive and I am sure they will be asking you to take them there on holiday!
Did you know that the Lake District is in the North West of England?
Date: 24th Nov 2021 @ 10:31am
This week we have been working on the four proceedures in Maths and have been carring out assessments to look at the children's progress and in English we have been writing a persuasive text all about London.
In Science the children have been learning all about sound and how the ear works and in PSHE we have discussed sharing emotions and recognising different emotions and knowing that those emotions are NORMAL.
