Literacy 

In literacy we have been learning about poetry. We explored different poems and studied poetic features such as metaphors, similes and personification. We used what we learnt to create our own poems about hope. We thought about some problems in the world today and how hope can make the future brighter. Every child performed their poem in front of their class and each class chose a winner. Congratulations to Aisha (4G), Ana (4GM) Fatou(4M) and Isa (4O) who were the Year 4 winners!

Maths 

In maths this half term, we have learnt about the value of decimal points. We learnt how to convert decimals and fractions and solved a range of reasoning problems involving decimals. We also recapped the four operations and progressed to adding and subtracting with decimal numbers. We have learnt how to use column multiplication to help us solve problems with 2 and 3 digit numbers. We have used the skill of ‘striving for success’ to learn our times tables. More and more children have been achieving their silver and gold awards and many children have now begun the platinum challenge!

Topic 

In our geography topic, Year 4 have been learning about Rivers. We learnt about where rivers begin and end as well as how they can change over time. We learned about the process of erosion, transportation and deposition through different classroom investigations. This year we are taking part in a River of Hope project. For this we will be looking at how we can protect local rivers and will be linking with a school in Ethiopia to share or ideas.

We designed our own rivers, including as many physical features of a river that we could.