Year 4 News

In Year 4, we have started reading the incredible book Varjak Paw. During this week, we debated whether Elder Paw or Father Paw were the right cat to lead the family and whether Julius or Varjak were right about the … Read More

In Year 4 this week, we decided to create our own digestive system outside of our bodies. We grabbed some bananas and biscuits and set about cutting them up like our teeth do in our mouths. We added some water … Read More

As part of our science topic this term, we conducted an experiment to show how food travels through the digestive system. We used crackers and bananas to represent the food we eat. Then, we added water like the saliva and … Read More

This week in Year 4, we have been learning all about the digestive system and the different organs involved. We created our own digestion collages showing the main organs after we learnt about them.  

A number of our pupils who play stringed instruments recently took part in a community outreach project with the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra to record a track together. The song, entitled ‘This is Me’, came from the soundtrack to the film … Read More

This week, to kick off our topic on the location of the Olympics Games, we painted and drew flags of the countries that compete in this event. Over the weeks to come, we will be looking into more detail about … Read More

This term we have been studying warning tales and practising writing the settings based in Oxford. We are looking forward to writing our own versions of the modelled text (Reilly) using what we have practised. We have been using the … Read More

This week, we have looked at a range of artefacts and guessed which ones represent the Hindu god Brahman. We then learnt about which ones did represent the god and why.