Year 4 Class Blog: 

WC 24th November 2025

We had fun this week doing our design and technology project. I am sure the children have told you all about it.

I was so impressed by their patience and determination to succeed. This was quite difficult, but everyone gave it their best shot - even when I unpicked their work because they had made mistakes. It did take us longer than all the other classes, but I think you will agree - it was worth it. They have produced some excellent Christmas Tree Decorations and have learned some new skills.



WC 17th November 2025

In Art, we have started a big project. Step one is to do an outline drawing of a photograph that shows a foreground, a middle ground and a background. This will then be cut into the three sections, painted and reconstructed as a three dimensional picture. Keep watching this space to see it develop.



WC 10th November 2025

In history, we have been learning about the great Greek Philosophers, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. We gathered information about them and took notes to be able to complete the task. We then used our notes to sort information about the philosophers. We have been thinking about how the philosophers thought in other lessons, using the Socratic method to ask lots of why questions to help us to think deeper.

WC 20th October 2025

In history, we have been learning about the Persia Wars, where the Greeks fought against the Persians. Alexander the Great was a Macedonian who wanted to unite the Greek city-states and defeat the Persians. We learned about how when some Greeks refused to join him, he burned down their city and sold them to slavery. We also learned about the myth of the Gordian Knot, which foretold of great power being bestowed onto the person who could untangle it. Alexander the Great simply drew his sword and sliced it in half, showing his intelligence and ruthlessness.

In English, we have finished the first part of our narrative writing. The children have reproduced their own version of the famous scene from Oliver Twist where he asks for more. They have shown excellent examples of how they can use speech, expanded noun phrases for a deeper level of description and a variety of sentence structures to make their writing more varied.

WC 13th October 2025

In science, Year 4 have been learning about vitamins and why they are necessary for a healthy body. They have thought about what foods will provide the vitamins and minerals that their body will need, and they have started to understand why their bodies need a balance diet.

In art, we have been exploring colour. We understand from previous learning that red, yellow and blue are primary colours. We could all remember that the secondary colours are made by mixing the primary colours, for example, we mix yellow and blue to make green. We also thought about how we could achieve tonal changes by building up layers of colour.

WC 6th October 2025

In geography, the children have been learning about their local area. They have recognised key features in and around Wisbech. They have looked at maps in previous weeks and have applied what they know to the local area.

WC 29th September 2025

The unit title for our religious education this term is - what is religion? Up to now we have considered what it is that makes a religion and if spirituality is a type of religion. We have thought about our own worldviews and if everyone's worldviews are the same. We have found out that they are not, and that this is OK.

This week we have specifically thought about Celtic Christianity. This religion has combined Christian beliefs with influences of spirituality from the natural world. The art work from our lesson shows the combination of the Celtic Cross with images of animals and plants, fusing these two belief systems.

In art, we used paint to explore mid-tones. We used a cheese puff crisp as our subject, so that we mixed our paint only from a limited palette.

WC 22nd September 2025

In history, we have been learning about the Spartans as part of our unit on Ancient Greeks. We have learned how they began their training at 7 years old. They were treated quite cruelly in order to toughen them up. They were taught how to fight, and steal, and survive in terrible conditions. They were the greatest warriors of the Greek world because of their brutal training.

WC 15th September 2025

In art, we are going to be thinking about light and shadow, the effectiveness of chiaroscuro and tonal changes in our work. We began by thinking about the form of the object which we were drawing, without any shading. We reproduced the form for a second time, but then we added shading with charcoal and highlighting with chalk. We considered the direction of the light source and how this would create a shadow.

In English, we have started to write a biography  of Charles Dickens. This will help us to understand the themes in the novel Oliver Twist.

WC 8th September 2025

In science, Year 4 started the term by recapping their knowledge of teeth which they had learned in Year 3. They then extended their knowledge by looking at the structure of a tooth.

In English, we started reading and learning about Charles Dickens, who is the author that we will be studying this term through his novel Oliver Twist.

Our whole class reading is also connected to this, as we learn about the Victorian era, the workhouse, what Victorian schools were like and Queen Victoria.

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