Tick Tock!

In Maths, we have been learning to tell the time using the 24-hour clock. The children have applied their knowledge of Roman numerals to read a range of analogue clocks and have practised drawing the minute and hour hands accurately. They have also used their understanding of time to solve duration and elapsed time problems.

 

Digestive Journey!

In Literacy, we have been using our knowledge of the digestive system to create explanation leaflets about the journey food takes through the body. The children thoroughly enjoyed learning about the different organs involved and explored a variety of leaflets to help them choose the layout and design for their own work. Although some of the information was a little disgusting at times, the children can now confidently explain the entire digestive process! Next time you visit the library, be sure to look out for our fantastic leaflets on display.

 

Body Experts

In Year 4, we have been learning about the digestive system.  We became human body parts to help us ‘tell the story’ of food’s journey through our bodies. We can name the major body parts involved in digestion and can explain the part they each play in getting our body the water and nutrients it needs as they work to turn food in to poo. 

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In an investigation to discover the effects of different drinks on our teeth, we put eggs in different liquids so we could observe the changes to the shells over time. (Egg shell is similar to the enamel on our teeth.) We made careful observations to discover that the more acid there was in a liquid, the greater the chance there is of tooth decay.  We decided that we certainly didn’t want that to happen to our teeth! We know that sugar turns to acid in the mouth if our teeth are left unbrushed so we learnt a valuable lesson about trying to avoid very sugary drinks and the importance of oral hygiene if we want to keep our teeth healthy.

 

Gaming Wizards

We have been using a program called ‘Scratch’ which helps us to use code to combine images, movement and sounds to create our own games.  The process of writing algorithms, coding and debugging has given us a fascinating insight in to the world of computer games.  We are all very keen software engineers, who are very proud of our coding achievements. You may even get to play one of our games on the Nintendo in the future!