On Wednesday, Year 4 spent the day exploring natural habitats at Hyde Park. They began by working in pairs and used nets to capture insects and bugs that live among the tall grass in the meadows. They discovered things like daytime moths, spiders, lady bugs...
This week Year 4 dived into Hackney’s past by taking part in a workshop, led by Hackney Museum. The children explored a selection of suitcases at the museum and worked together to unpick the clues and props, that revealed a story about who the case...
Earlier today, Year 4 took part in a sound workshop, where they combined their scientific understanding of the sense of hearing, with some of their artistic skills to create beautiful pieces of art. The session started with the children thinking about the everyday sounds that...
This week the children took part in an online coding workshop, led by Barclays. A group of coding experts came together to deliver a session for the children, which allowed them to build on and apply their previous coding skills. The children enjoyed working with...
This week the children worked in groups in science to conduct an mini enquiry, where they observed the effect of different materials on absorbing sound. They were set the task of trying to find an appropriate material to soundproof the music room. Some children used...
Last Friday, Year 4 visited the Shirdi Sai Baba Temple in Dalston to find out a little more about their RE topic ‘Hinduism’. The children had the opportunity to ask lots of questions about the faith and get to know a little about how a...
In science, Year 4 have been learning all about sound and this week they made string telephones to test how the distance between things impacts the sounds that are created. The children worked in pairs to make and test their telephones, and most found that...
This term in humanities Year 4 are learning all about The Americas! The children will be developing their geographical knowledge of the world by exploring the continents of North and South America. They will then use all prior and new learning to make comparisons between the...
For homework last week, the children were all set a challenge to carry out some research and find out about key scientist this half term. In Year 4, Chloe and Maggie produced some fantastic model telephones to represent what they had found out about Alexander...