Year 4 Blog

4^th October

This week in Year 4 we have deepened our Roman understanding and learnt about the Roman influence on Chichester and the differences between a Roman child and a modern day child.

In Maths, Year 4 have finished their unit on place value by tackling rounding to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000.

In English, we have been planning and beginning to write our recounts of the trip to Fishbourne Roman Palace. We have also learnt about fronted adverbials and will try to include these in our recounts. We are looking forward to publishing these to fill out Year 4 display board!

In our project lessons, we have focused on the lives of Roman children to modern day children. For example, did you know that in Roman times lots of children died due to poor health and children enjoyed playing games with animal bones!

In Religious Education, we have continued our study into Hinduism and learnt about the concept of Samsara, helping children understand the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.

In gymnastics, we have learnt how to do a handstand and a cartwheel. In basketball, we practised the skill of defending by shielding the ball with our body.

27th September 2024

This week in Year 4, we are continuing our exploration of the Romans! We have been learning about how Roman children used to live their lives, the influence that Romans had on our society, and even baked Roman flatbreads!

In Maths this week, Year 4 have been working on ordering and comparing numbers up to 10,000, as well as making learning and practicing Roman Numerals. We enjoyed using lolly-pop sticks to practice forming different Roman Numerals.

In English, we have been working on our recount of our trip to Fishbourne Roman Palace by sequencing images of our day and exploring good examples of recounts. Next week we will be putting all of our hard work into practice when we write our recounts.

In PE, we have been really enjoying doing basketball and gymnastics. We have been learning how to safely jump and land and how to perform a landing on vaults. In basketball, we have been gradually adding in new skills, such as dribbling with the ball and working with our teammates to successfully score points. 

27th September 2024

The whole of Year 4 went on a train journey to Fishbourne Roman Palace.

In our first activity we had a Roman workshop were we cooked in a Roman kitchen, weaved wool, created mosaics, wrote on wax tablets and dressed in Roman clothes.

Then we watched a video about the discovery of the Roman Villa in Fishbourne.

Next, we walked through the gardens, that were the size of a football pitch, and looked at all the plants and trees that were set out the same way it was 2,000 years ago.

After our lunch, we walked about the museum and found out some fascinating information about how the Romans kept clean in the baths.

Then we look at the wonderful Roman mosaic floors in the Palace.

What an exciting day we had!

Molly and Aiden (York Class)