It's been all go here! We've explored food chains, written Japanese poetry, started a new maths section and had a jelly earthquake. Our Haikus Recapping subtraction and place value Our state of the art Earthquake simulator and seismograph station testing the structural integrity of spaghetti and play dough. The Year 4 Team :)

This afternoon in Year 4, we had great fun talking about the power of earthquakes. We spoke about and looked at different structures linked to earthquakes. Then, we had a go at building our own using different materials. We tested these using jelly! It was great fun!

 Today in maths, we have been learning to show how we can add two 4-digit numbers together with one exchange. We have been busy using different pictorial representations as well as using our place value counters.   12.10.26

 We have just finished our Literacy unit, writing a diary entry for a mountain climb, and the children wanted to share their work. Half of each class swapped over to share ideas and talk about the work. The Year 4 Team :)

 This week has had lots of hands-on science and geography, from making our own working seismograph in the classroom ( more on this next week ) to the Great Egg Eggsperiment, we've had a great time. We had a visit from Chelmsford Mountaineering Club to support our Topic which the children enjoyed and got to try on some kit! We will be using the seismograph as part of our learning next week. Then there was egg on our faces! Our eggsperiment looked at the effect of different liquids on eggshell. As you can see, there was quite a reaction from one of them. The Year 4 Team :)

 This afternoon in Year 4, we were joined by Kev from Chelmsford Mountaineering Club. He spoke about how he has travelled all around the world, climbing different mountains. He also gave us facts about different mountains and shared some amazing pictures. At the end of the session, he showed us the equipment he uses when he climbs. Everyone in Year 4 had an amazing time!

 Today in maths , we used our place value counters to help our learning and understanding. We had a try at adding and subtracting using our counters. We spoke about using our knowledge of place value when adding and subtracting from 4 digit numbers.