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Year 4

Year 4

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Find out what’s been going on in Year 4.

Staff

  • Yasmine Ahmed

    Year 4 Teacher
  • Marzena Kowalewska

    Teaching Assistant
  • Tony McSween

    Sports Coach, 1:1 Teaching Assistant
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    Willow had an amazing time @sciencemuseum. Looking at how electricity has changed over the years. #science
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    Some hands on experience before writing this week! Giving instructions and making jam sandwiches! #writingforpurpose
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    We were minibeast hunting in Birch Class yesterday! We wanted to investigate what lives in the microhabitats inside of our forest. 🔎 We found: worms, ants, spiders and slugs. #science
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    Our knowledgable children have been delving into the exciting world of coding after school. Our second session was a success #coding #technology
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    Willow were immersed in their history writing today. Re-enacting the battle between the Vikings and Anglo Saxons.
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    What is living, dead or has never been alive around our school? 🔎 A fascinating afternoon spent investigating for our new science topic in Birch Class. #science
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    Let’s get crafty! Birch Class had a super busy afternoon on Friday. Everyone sowed and decorated a felt pouch in DT and even demonstrated their excellent needle work! #designandtechnology
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    Holly team are feeling extremely festive this morning - just look at our artwork!
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    Year 3 have been creating strong, steady and stiff structures in their DT lessons!
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    Holly class having fun in the snow ☃️
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    Our Nursery children had such lovely time playing with their parents this morning during our first Stay and Play session. Thank you to all parents and carers who were able to stay this morning. We look forward to seeing you again in future sessions #family #EYFS #Storytime
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    Holly class on their hugely enriching trip to St Paul’s Cathedral this week! We dived into Christianity through sacred mosaics and holy spaces. #RE #learning
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    Yesterday Birch Class got creative out on the playground during their spelling lesson. They have been memorising lots of different words with the letter ‘i’ in this week. The playground is now covered in ‘behind’, ‘climb’ and ‘wild’! #spelling
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    What material would make the best raincoat? Well Birch class did an investigation to try and find out! Cardboard and fabric were not waterproof but plastic and wax paper were! We concluded plastic was the best material because it’s flexible, lightweight and impermeable. #science
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    Well done to our star readers and mathematicians in holly class! They have been working incredibly hard.
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    Today Elm class went to the Natural History Museum to build on their learning about earthquakes, volcanoes and other natural disasters and forces. They had lots of fun being scientists and solving problems for ‘Volcano Town’. We also got to see Dippy! #geography #Science #museum
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    Willow had an amazing time @HornimanMuseum. For an Amazon Rainforest workshop. #right24
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    Birch class have been learning about materials in Science class. They have been thinking about how many different things can be made from the same material. Wood can be used to make the floor, a table and a whole adventure playground! #science
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    Birch class had a beautiful day at the Walthamstow Wetlands. In geography class, they have been learning about Hackney, their local area, and why it is so special. The marshes are on our doorstep and are incredibly important to our local wildlife!
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    Birch class had a wonderful time helping to create some art work for Springfield’s office display! We read the book “One Well” which helped us to imagine if all the world’s water came from one source.
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Upcoming Year 4 Events

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Our Learning

Year 4 is an exciting year at Springfield, where children have the opportunity to engage with a broad, enriching curriculum and develop as mature, enthusiastic learners.

We start the year by learning all about the Amazon rainforest – its location, its climate, what lives there and the challenges it faces. We explore the vast biodiversity of this rainforest and make links to our understanding about adaptation and habitat. Once we understand the threats to the Amazon, we learn about ways in which humans can protect it with more sustainable approaches. 

In the first half of the autumn term, we learn about the three states of matter: solids, liquids and gases. We investigate melting and freezing as reversible changes. Later in the autumn term, as scientists, we learn about electricity.  We build our own circuits and test them out as well as experiment with different materials to test whether they conduct electricity.

In history, we learn about the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings as invaders and settlers. As historians, we explore similarities and differences and understand the important legacy of these invasions. In the summer term, we explore a more recent period of British history: the Tudor period. In particular, we zoom in to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II and explore why the Elizabethan Age is sometimes referred to as a Golden Age of British history. We conclude this unit by learning about the 1588 Spanish Armada.

In the spring term, as geographers, we travel to the Alps and explore the physical and human features of this famous mountain range. Later in the summer term, we develop our understanding of the links between human and physical geography with a unit on rivers – the key features and stages of a river and how rivers are used around the world. We also learn about flooding and the impact it can have on a community, as well as the impact we can have on rivers in our local area.

Our science unit in the summer term focuses on the stages of digestion and teeth. We also learn about food chains and the role of predators and prey as well as producers and consumers.

Throughout Year 4, we read a wide range of fiction, non-fiction and poetry and draw on a range of rich texts to inspire our writing. As mathematicians, we develop our fluency, reasoning and problem solving skills and practise our rapid recall of our times tables to prepare for the Year 4 Multiplication Check.

Take a look at the Year 4 – Yearly Overview to find out more about learning in each subject across Year 4.

Home Learning

Access your home-learning menu for this half term here. Some tasks invite you to review and embed prior learning and some are linked to your current learning. Which challenges will you choose?

 

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