Year 4 Spring term
The topic web for this term can be found below. It provides information about the topics children will cover in each subject area for the term.
Sportshall Athletics
In the Autumn term, Year 4 get the chance to go to Aldersely Sports Village to compete in the local Sportshall Athletics Competition. They compete against others schools in a variety of Indoor Athletic events.
Children always represent the school fantastically, demonstrating all of our School Values, as well as determination and skill during the various events.
Pupils run, hurdle, jump and throw in a variety of events, from obstacle races and sprint races to long jump and javelin.
The chosen pupils love going to the events and all thoroughly enjoy the competition.
Well done!
Indie, Millie, Autumn, Olivia, Ivy, Camille, Kamden, Charlie, Jacob, Archie, Oliver and Alfie. St Michael's Sportshall Athletics Team.
Art -Sculpture
Our Spring Art topic is sculpture. We learn all about different sculptures and how they are made. We then focus on Giacometti, an artist who made sculptures of people and animals with long thin limbs and torsos made of bronze.
We practice using tin foil, play dough and wire to create sculptures inspired by Giacometti's work.
To create our final pieces we design our sculptures, choose our materials and began making.
Pupils create some amazing pieces of sculpture using wire, clay, tin foil, papier mache and mod rock.
See our in school display below.
Faith Trail Trip
In Year 4 pupils go on a Faith Trail trip. They visit a Gurdwara and a Mosque, experiencing different cultures and religions first hand. They spot features of the holy building and discussed why they are there and took part in a fabulous workshop related to Asian Weddings. Pupils get the chance to try on a variety of clothing and jewelry and experience henna too. This trip has really enhances the RE learning linked to Islam and Sikhism.
See below for pictures of the pupils during this trip.
World Book Day
World Book Day is always a great celebration. Pupils get all dressed up as their favourite book characters (see picture below) and take part in several book themes activities.
The have great fun joining in the live 'Book and Footy Quiz' on the National Literacy Trust website, taking part in the World Book Day live lesson and spending time reading their new book chosen during the book swap.
Pupils also make contributions to our book themed class door, writing book reviews and drawing characters from David Walliams books (see picture below).
A great day for all and a real celebration of the love of books we all have!
World War 2 Day
In Spring, in Year 4 we hold World War 2 Day. This includes workshops lead by Mr McKenzie. Mr McKenzie completes three workshops, one about the Air Raids in Britain, the second about Life in Nazi German and the third about Rationing.
During the first session, pupils learn about ways people in Britain tried to stay safe during the Blitz and acted out the process when an Air Raid siren goes off.
During the second session, Mr McKenzie shares some amazing stories from his families past in Nazi Germany. Children find these stories so interesting and were full of questions for Mr McKenzie.
During the third session, we explore rationing and how this impacted the life of people in Britain. We learn about the ‘Dig for Victory’ propaganda that encouraged people to grow their own food and that children would share their rationed sweets, having a suck each.