Year 4 (Class 10) - World Book Day

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Class 10 had a fabulous time on World Book Day.

We had so many amazing costumes from Superman to Matilda and Red Riding Hood to pirates. The adults in our class came as villains from fairy tales. We spent the afternoon putting Captain Hook and Ursula on ‘trial’ for their crimes.

The class…

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English Phonics and Reading

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Year 4 - Football Team (21.02.2023)

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Well done to the Year 3/4 football team.

They did fantastically well progressing out of their group and narrowly missed out on penalties to qualifying to the next round.

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Physical Education

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Year 4 (Class 10) - History - Gladiator Schools

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Class 10 have been advertising their own gladiator schools! We learned about what ianistas (the owners of gladiators) did to make sure they got all of the sponsorship money.

We then worked in groups to come up with a sales pitch, ready to present to the Emperor. We talked about how we would…

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History

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Year 4 (Class 11) - Science - Magnets

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Today we learned how to make magnets out of metal nails.

We tested how long they stay magnetised for in our own way and compared our results. 

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Science

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Year 4 (Class 10) - R.E - Bhangra Dancing

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Class 10 have been learning about how people express their faith in different forms.

We learned about how Vaisakhi is celebrated, which is a festival observed in Punjab similar to a harvest festival.

We learned how people express themselves through Bhangra dancing and had a go at it…

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Music Religious Education

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Year 4 (Class 11) - Science - Magnetic Fields

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Class 11 have looked at the magnetic field of the earth and how we can use this to find where we are going.

We used compass’s to find the direction of different landmarks in the area located around the playground. 

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Science

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Year 4 (Class 12) - Science - Magnetic Poles

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Today we learnt about magnetic poles. We tested different magnets and tried to put like poles together.

We recorded what we found and then learned how a compass works.

We used this to do a treasure hunt of famous Leeds landmarks and familiar local places. 

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Science

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Year 4 (Class 10) - PSHE - Put Downs

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Class 10 have been learning about how to respond to put downs. 

We learned that a put down is something that makes you feel bad and said to deliberately make you feel like you can’t do something. 

We then talked about characters in stories who faced put downs and discussed strategies they…

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PSHE

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Year 4 (Class 12) - Computing - Green Screen Filming

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Today we began our filming using our green screen app.

We found photos on the internet for our backgrounds and prepared the props we will need. 

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Computing

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Year 4 (Class 10) - Reading - Contrasting Characters

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In reading, class 10 have been comparing and contrasting characters from the same story.

We worked in groups of 3 or 4 to explain what was similar and different about characters.

Miss Matley and Mr Wedge were very impressed with some of the debates that were happening, including how one of…

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English Phonics and Reading

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Year 4 (Class 10) - PSHE - Opinions of Others

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Class 10 have been learning about respecting the opinions of others in PSHE.

We listened to two different versions of the same story and decided whether we thought the villain was really a villain or not. We had the opportunity to ask the characters some questions to help us make our minds…

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PSHE

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Year 4 (Class 12) - Computing - Roman News Scripts

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Today in computing we worked on our scripts for our Roman news programmes.

We finalised what we will be saying and what props and costumes we will need ready for filming against our green screen next week.

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Computing

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