Merry Christmas Year 4

Thank you for the lovely perfume and surprises on the last day of term.
Here are some Christmas Activities if you get bored!

Have a Merry Christmas and all the best in 2016.

I am going to miss St Hilda's very much.

Year 4 Independent History Project

During the last 2 weeks of term, Year 4 students will be asked to present to the class without using a script. They can choose any period of history or historical figure of interest to them up to World War 1. They can use posters, models, costumes etc to aid their presentation. Time will be given during history sessions to prepare.

The focus is on ‘correct use of oral English’.
Here are some useful websites:

History for Kids
BBC History for Kids
Ducksters History
Primary Homework Help

Remember, Remember the 5th of November...

Today we learnt all about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot.

The Gunpowder Plot

We also found out how November the 5th is celebrated in the UK.

Click here to watch a video and find out more.

2D Shapes

We will be revisiting polygons this week.

Here is a great website to find out how much you know about 2D shapes.

Time

We have been doing some games and activities involving telling the time. Here is a great game to practise your vocabulary.

Stop the clock

Speech Marks

We have been improving our writing by revising how to use speech marks properly.
Watch this short film so you can use them in your own stories...

Speech Marks

The Great Fire of London

Year 4 have begun a new History topic,  The Great Fire of London

Use these facts and anything else you can find out to add to our Year 4 History Revision Guide. You can post comments on the blog if you find out some interesting information and we will put all the information together during our History lessons.

The fire started on 2nd September 1666 at 2am in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane.

A plaque at the site where the fire began.

The fire spread quickly and we have researched into some of the reasons why. Click here to find out more. Why did the fire spread so quickly?

The fire lasted for 4 days and the events where recorded in a diary by Samuel Pepys who was a friend and advisor to King Charles II. Click here to read more about Samuel Pepys and The Great Fire of London. Samuel Pepys and his diary.

King Charles II

Samuel Pepys

Click here to see Ten Facts About The Great Fire of London.

Here are our News Reports of the key events:

Solids, Liquids and Gases Revision

We have been doing lots of activities to help us learn more about solids, liquids and gases.




Here are some activities to help with your revision Solids, Liquids and Gases Games.

Fun with Books

During Book Week, Year 4 have been using ideas from fantasy stories such as 'Alice in Wonderland', 'The Lion the Witch and The Wardrobe' and 'The Wizard of Oz' to try to write our own fantasy stories.
We also enjoyed reading our Dinosaur Books to Year 2 and listening to 'The Quiltmaker's Gift' read by a special guest...

Thank you Alejandra Acaroni for reading us such a beautiful story.

Teacher's Day

A huge thank you for the gifts we received on Thursday. 

We are very lucky to be the teachers of such a vibrant, enthusiastic and talented group of children. 

Book Week

Next week is Book Week and we have lots of exciting things we plan to do. Have you got your costume ready for Friday 18th September?
Here are some ideas.

Book Week Costume Ideas

Titanic

We are reading a non-fiction book all about the Titanic.
Here is a clip of how experts think the 'unsinkable' ship sank!

How the Titanic Sank

Dinosaur Book Project

Here are some excellent resources to help you with your Dinosaur Book Project.
Science Kids - Dinosaur Facts
Kids-Dinosaurs
Kids Dig Dinos

Remember, every book should include the following:

• Front cover
• Contents page
• Dinosaur facts (at least 3 different dinosaurs)
• Pictures, captions, bullet points, labels
• Back cover with blurb

Here we are working together to produce our Dinosaur Books:

Science Week

This week Year 4 had to solve a scientific problem. Ten mysterious substances had lost their labels so they had to work together as a team of scientists to work out if they were solid or liquid and try to discover what the substances could be. We had a lot of fun!

Recycling!

We have been finding out about recycling this week. Here is an interesting website to help you to find out more!

 Recycling Guide

The Working Children

We have enjoyed reading 'The Working Children' by Wes Magee and brought together all that we had learned by producing a short scene from the play and performing it using puppets.

The Preparation:

The Performances: