Year 4 have been super active this half term, with coaches from Yorkshire Cricket Club, Wombwell Cricket Club and Barnsley Tennis Club all visiting us. Everyone has worked really hard, developing sporting abilities, really impressed all of the coaches, but most importantly, everyone's had loads of fun! Lots of children have also signed up to All Stars and Dynamos Cricket out of school, following these sessions. Keep active Y4, well done! 

This week our guided reading text was a biography from the David Attenborough book. We found out a lot about Sir David Attenborough's life and the amazing influence he has had on generations across the world.
We decided that he would be the perfect person to share information about an endangered animal with the world so we wrote a non-chronological report that he could read out on one of his shows, which would hopefully lead to changes to help the endangered species.
We researched the animal and organised our facts into paragraphs of background information, why the animal was endangered, why it was important that the animal did not become extinct and what could be done to help the animal.
Here are some examples of our completed work ready for Sir David Attenborough!

As part of our High View Cares topic, we have been learning about endangered animals.
We have been reading a book called 'When the Mountains Roared' by Jess Butterworth. The introduction of the book uses great suspense to hook the reader in and we couldn't wait to find out what happened. We used the suspense features in our own writing to write our own version of an introduction to the story.
Can you spot our short sentences, rhetorical questions and use of emotions?

Today was Safer Internet Day! We had great fun taking part in the BBC Live Lesson and completing lots of activities all about staying safe online. Children in school and at home discussed and created 5 Golden Rules which we should all keep to keep ourselves and others safe when using the internet. 

Today, Wednesday 11th November, was Remembrance Day. We learned all about the importance of Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day and why we should remember those who have sacrificed their lives for our freedom. We observed a 2 minutes silence and used our collage skills we have been developing in art to create or very own poppies, just like the ones in Flanders Field. These were then made into a wreath which we laid at the Cenotaph in the school library.

Well done to all of year 4 for their fantastic reading at home this half term. The first children have achieved 25 reads already and were presented with their cards this week. Keep up the good work! 

Year 4 have also been working hard in PE. We have started to use hitting in a game with increasing control and accuracy, meanwhile learning to communicate with peers/team mates more effectively to contribute to a common goal. Children have quickly grasped lots of fundamental hockey skills and are applying this in game situations. 

This week we have had great fun exploring Roman roads and we even made our own! 
We used sugar and oats to represent the sand and rubble, then we laid a layer of small stones (lentils) on top. After this, we used gravel (rice) to create the camber of the road, before laying smooth paving slabs (pasta)  on top. When our roads were complete with a ditch at each side, we used digital cameras and iPads to photograph them. We then annotated our cross sectional diagrams with each feature and the reasons why Romans needed roads.