Canterbury Cross Primary School 
Where Bright Futures Begin'

We have had such a busy week this week in Year 4! In Numeracy, we have looked at conversion of time, which even though can be tricky, Year 4 did really well. In Science this week, we have been looking at our new topic of 'Animals including Humans' Children have so far looked at different types of teeth, and the uses of them!

For science week this week, children looked at making water clocks to fit in with the theme of time. We then moved on to creating our skittles experiment, where we looked at diffusion. Children had fun pouring water over skittles and watching how the colour runs from one concentrated area to a less concentrated area. 

We have had a busy week this week in Year 4. We are still continuing our topic of Historical Settings in Literacy this week, where children have written their own character descriptions of Flavia. In Maths, we have looked at our tricky topic of time, and in Science, this week we investigated all living things habitats in our school playground! 

This week, we have been busy creating landscapes for our new topic. The children have sketched and given reasons behind their choices. On a later date, they will be adding detail to create a collage. We look forward to seeing our final results on our display boards!

This week we looked at evaporation in Science where we observed how heat affects the amount of water. In Maths, we learnt how to multiply and divide numbers by 10 and 100 using a place chart. We started our new topic of cricket and dance.

In Literacy this week we have started to learn about explanation texts. We looked at a range of texts and looked at the language and structural features. We learnt about perimeter in Maths and drew rectilinear shapes. In Art, we added detail to our Greek theatre masks by adding paint.

This week we had a workshop where we learnt how to use African drums.

In history we explored the social hierarchy and learnt about the four different social classes.

This week has been a very busy week so far for Year 4! 

This week in Literacy we have been focussing on our new topic of 'Haunted stories' Children wrote a fantastic plan of a character description based on Alma. 

In Maths in 4A, we have been looking at Roman Numerals. 

For World Book Day this year in Year 4, we created our own class book based off 'The Hungry Caterpillar' Children uplevelled the book and wrote their own ideas including looking at speech with action and drawing some amazing pictures to illustrate!

This week in Year 4, we have been looking at Historical Settings for our new Literacy topic. Children have been focussing on the features of a Historical Setting. Next week, children will have the chance to write their own Historical Story. 

This week we learnt how to convert decimals into fractions. In Literacy we continued learning about imaginary settings and created our own character and setting. We investigated how steam turns into a liquid in Science. 

In Numeracy this week we learnt about area. Children worked out the area and drew rectilinear shapes. In Literacy, we wrote our own explanation texts about how a telescope works. During our Geography lesson we used plasticine to create the formation of rocks. 

This week we learnt the story of Christmas. On Thursday we had a traditional Christmas dinner followed by an afternoon full of fun activities.