Mrs O’Shaughnessy and Mrs Grant teach in Year 4. Mrs Brown will teach us on a Tuesday morning.
Children in Year 4 are in Lower Key Stage Two.
Find out what has been happening in our class.
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Year 4 Autumn Term Booklet 2023
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Following a recipe
We have made a very simple biscuit following a recipe. We had so much fun and we can’t wait to start adapting recipes and baking better biscuits.
Researching biscuits
In DT, we will be making and baking our own biscuits. First we have to research biscuits and fill out our table of information.
Gymnastics
In PE, we have been working on creating and performing a sequence. We were challenged to create a sequence that contained a roll, a jump and a balance. We found it a bit tricky to join these movements together but we worked really hard and some of the finished…
Science Eggsperiment
In Science, Year 4 have been learning all about teeth and how they play a vital part in the digestive system. We know we have to look after our teeth to keep them healthy. We investigated the effects different liquids have on teeth. For this we used an egg – the shell…
Dance Festival 2023
Today our Year 3 and Year 4 classes performed at the Gateshead Schools Dance Festival. They opened the show with a fantastic dance to Believer. All the effort that has gone into each PE lesson was worth it for every child to have this experience. We are so proud of…
Pizza Express
Today we went Pizza Express to make out healthy pizzas. We really enjoyed making the pizzas using all of the fresh ingredients. A big thank you to Pizza Express, Gateshead for having us.
Co-Jo
On Friday, we had another session of Commando Jo. In this lesson, we had to work in small groups. One member of the group had to be blind folded and the other members of the group had to guide them around obstacles using specific instructions. We quickly realised that…
Adapting a recipe
Today, we had to adapt our biscuit recipe to try and improve the appearance, taste and smell of the biscuit. We worked in groups to come up with ways to adapt the recipe. Table 1 added cocoa powder, Table 2 added honey Table 3 added lemon flavouring Table 4 added choc…
Mamma Mia with instruments!
We have been learning to sing Mamma Mia by ABBA. We have found out lots of facts about this song and we know it was very popular in the 1970’s and is now the title of a stage show and film. Today we have continued to sing the song and we even had a go at playing the…
Investigating effects of liquid on teeth
In Science, Year 4 have been learning all about teeth. Today, we set up our own experiment to investigate the effects different liquids have on our teeth. For the purpose of this experiment a boiled egg is going to be ‘a tooth’. We placed the boiled eggs in a plastic…