It has been another busy, but exciting, month in Year 4. We have started our photo editing unit in computing, enjoyed 'making noise' in anti-bullying week, and science, and used balloons to demonstrate knowledge of the Earth's invisible lines.
Anti-bullying Week
Children started the week by wearing their odd socks and designing some of their own. Although it was the first half of November, Christmas was already featuring in the designs! Classes participated in a live lesson, which helped them understand key features of bullying and what they can do to help themselves or someone else if they are being bullied by making noise. They also filled compliment cups and made pledges for what they would do to help keep bullying out of our school.
Science
In science, we have been learning all about how sound is made through vibrations. We made some straw pipes to help us understand how pitch changes depending on the size of an instrument. Longer, thicker pipes produced a lower pitch while shorter, thinner pipes were higher pitched.
Geography
Children have been reviewing and extending their locational knowledge in geography by reviewing their knowledge of the 7 continents and 5 oceans and drawing the invisible lines of the Earth on balloons.
Computing
Children have been creating their own photographic portfolio to demonstrate show the editing skills they have been developing. They have learnt how to crop photographs of each other on the iPads and used google photos to add filters to enhance some landscape photographs.
Times Tables
Children are still working hard on their times tables learning. Lots more children have reached the top sections of our speed status board and now they are also focusing on their accuracy in sound-checks to join our 25 club. Everyone has been very excited to see how they have all been improving..
