Year 4
Welcome to Year 4’s class page…
Welcome to Year 4’s page of our website. Here you will find lots of information about what we have been learning about, the exciting activities we have took part in and things coming up!
Year 4 are taught by Mr Sharock. In Year 4, our classroom is a place of happiness, learning and fun! we firmly believe in respecting one another, working hard, giving new challenges a go with a smile on our face and bringing our learning to life in creative and practical ways!
This term’s Stars!
Friday afternoons are a special time at The Willows, when the whole school gather together in the school hall to celebrate the star performer from each class that week. Mr. Sharrock tell the school what we have excelled at throughout the week and that child’s parents are even invited! Well done to all of our recent Star Award winners.
Things to know about…
Just like the rest of the school, we are set homework on a Friday and it is due in for the following Friday. As we are in Year 4, we are starting to get ready for the build up in homework as we go into Year 5 and Year 6 and then on to high school. For this reason we get either English or Maths homework that will last about half an hour; some weeks we will get both English and Maths work to do. Please support your child in completing their homework.
We are also given a set of Spellings and Times Tables to learn on a Friday – we have our test the following Friday.
Reading is incredibly important in Year 4. We are encouraged to read as often as possible – aiming to read at home at least five times a week.
Our PE sessions are timetabled for Monday afternoons and Wednesday afternoons. From September to December, Year 4 will be going swimming on Mondays, making one of their P.E. sessions.
Alongside the class teacher, Mr Sharrock, the children in Year 4 work with Mrs Barnett for 1 hour per week covering R.E., Miss Mallinson for 1 hour per week covering music, Mrs Spacey for 2 hours per week covering French and Brass For All music. Year 4 also have the valued support of Mrs Smith as teaching assistant at various times throughout the week.
Year 4’s Latest News
Year 4
To consolidate their learning about France and life in The Alps from this half-term's geography topic, Year 4 held a French theme day on Monday 13th October. The children came to school dresse4d in the colours of the French flag and took part in lots of French themed...
Year 4 Forest School
On Thursday 16th October, Year 4 enjoyed their half-termly Forest School morning with Mrs Hayes. Forest School is one of the most exciting and highly-anticipated aspects of school for the children and it did not disappoint! The children had an amazing morning, working...
Year 4 Poetry Day
On Tuesday 9th October, we completed a school-wide poetry day, celebrating all things poetry and taking part in lots of fun poetry activities within classes. In Year 4, Mr. Sharrock decided to theme the day around rapping and performance poetry. After being taught...
Year 4 Kirkham Fieldtrip
Year 4's Geography topic this half term is 'Life In The Alps', and part of this topic compares the locality and economy of Chamonix, France, with our local area of Kirkham. We went on a fieldtrip as a class on Monday 6th October, walking a pre-planned route which we...
Year 4’s convincing crossing campaign!
Year 4 have been forced into radical action after more recent car crashes and still no safe crossing from Kirkham over Preston New Road - NO MORE! We have written to our local M.P. urging him to act in the safety of our community and to install a safe crossing place....
Orienteering Launch Day
This year, The Willows have joined forces with the team at Cross Curricular Orienteering to really enhance the active lessons we offer the children and the orienteering opportunities the children can experience across school. On Tuesday 16th September, we held our...
Year 4 Sound Experiments
Year 4's science topic this half term is all about sound and how we hear things. Sound is a very difficult concept for children as we cannot see it. To visualise how a sound wave is made and how sound travels, we conducted two tests and used practical equipment. The...
Year 4 Gospel Values
Year 4 have spent the first 2 weeks of their R.E. topic learning about positive character values and the Gospel values. We discussed the Gospel Values, how Jesus taught us these and acted as a role model living these values in his life, then considered how we could...
We are, We are Year 4!
Welcome to Year 4! I have been so proud of how the children have settled in and performed on their first week; it has been a pleasure getting to know them and sharing the exciting plans for the year ahead! To help us think about our hopes and dreams for Year 4, the...
Year 4 Egyptian Day
Year 4 have been spending the last half term learning about 'The Ancient Egyptians' in history. On Monday 14th July, the children had a wonderful visit from a member of the Lancashire Heritage Museums team, who led an Egyptian workshop for the children all morning....
KS2 Colour Run!
On Monday 14th July, the whole school held an amazing colour run afternoon as an end of year celebration. KS2 children combined the colour run with a 'wet and wild' fun run, with a 200m course set up around the school field where teachers were stationed throwing holi...
Year 4 D.T. Electrical Boardgames
Year 4 linked their D.T. project this half term to their science learning about electricity. They were given the design brief to make a game that uses electrical components but is concealed within a box structure. The children did lots of market research online to...
Year 3 and 4 Euro-Football Tournament
During the week of Monday 30th June, all classes in school took part in our latest inter-house sporting competition, a mixed year-group Euro Football Tournament. Year 3 and 4 combined and were split into 12 teams, each 5-a-side. Each team picked a European country out...
Year 4 Electricity
Year 4 are learning all about electricity in science this half term. After starting by comparing different uses of electricity we have in our own homes and school, the children learnt the difference between mains electricity and stored electricity in batteries and...
Year 4 Egyptians
In history this half term, the children in Year 4 are learning all about the Ancient Egyptians! We thought ahead and did a lot of learning last half term about the River Nile in our geography topic of rivers, so our first few lessons where we discovered how the...
Year 4 P.E. Day And Royal Cross Visit
On Monday 16th June, Year 4 had a very special day celebrating National School Sports Week - we spent the entire day doing P.E! We first joined Max Whitlock for an inspiring live Zoom gymnastics lesson. The children were put through their paces by multiple-gold...
Year 4 Zoom Call With Max Whitlock!
On Monday 16th June, Year 4 had the incredible opportunity to take part in a live Zoom P.E. lesson with none other than multiple Gold medal Olympian, Max Whitlock! The children worked in pairs on a mat in the school hall to learn the the different gymnastic poses and...
Deaf Awareness Week
To mark Deaf Awareness Week, Year 4 had a visit from Oak Class at Royal Cross Deaf Primary School on Wednesday 7th May. 9 children from the school's junior class came to teach Year 4 all about what it means to be deaf, different types of hearing aids or implants, how...
Year 4 Food Technology
Year 4 have been learning all about how to design and create a healthy, nutritionally balanced meal this half term in D.T. The children were tasked with a very specific design brief - to create a healthy, nutritionally balanced meal containing cous cous that is...
Disgusting Digestion!
Year 4 have been learning all about digestion in science this half term. They summarised all of their learning with a disgusting experiment to help them visualise just how each step of the digestive system works - they digested some food and made their own poo! The...
Year 4 Glow Dance Festival!
Year 4 enjoyed taking part in our school-wide 'Glow Dance' festival held in the school hall. We created a class playlist and dances to some of our favourite songs under the UV glow lights, wearing glow face paint, bibs and bands. The children loved using the...
First Reconciliation
Congratulations to Zak, Lily, Sammy, Sophia, Oskar, Dom, Lucy and Sophie who all received the Sacrament of Reconciliation for the first time this week. It was wonderful to be part of their special evening and Luce (the mascot for Jubilee Year) even joined them for...
Year 4 Hothersall Lodge Trip!
Year 4 had the most amazing time visiting Hothersall Lodge on Thursday 13th March and Friday 14th March. All of the children threw themselves into the climbing, caving, zip lining and canoeing activities we took part in and really pushed and challenged themselves...
Year 4’s World Book Day
On Thursday 6th March, everyone at The Willows celebrated World Book Day. Year 4 came dressed as their favourite book characters for the day and there were some incredible outfits! We spent the entire day off-timetable, celebrating our love of reading, our favourite...
Year 4 Drama – Jesus Walks On Water
After learning all about The Incarnation during our half term's R.E. focus, we have studied several Bible stories and miracles from scripture that showed or proved Jesus was fully human, but also fully God. One of these miracles was when Jesus walked on water in front...
Year 4 Test Edible Spoons For Sustainability
As part of Year 4's 'Environment' topic, we have been trying to find ways we can become more sustainable. We found out that 120 BILLION single-use plastic pieces of cutlery are thrown away every year and we decided to do something about it. Taking inspiration from the...
Year 4 Make Sustainable Fridge Magnets From Food!
As part of Year 4's 'Environment' topic, we have been learning about the havoc plastic can wreak on our environment. We have decided to experiment making sustainable alternatives to plastic that are biodegradable and just as useful! We made fridge magnets from the...
Year 4 Habitat Hunters
Year 4 have been learning all about different habitats in science, specifically understanding how different animals are well suited to their habitats. We went exploring around our school grounds and around our vast church woods to see firsthand what the different...
Year 4’s Kirkham Cleanup!
To enrich this half term's geography topic of 'The Environment', Year 4 have brought their environmental cleanup learning to life by making a campaign to clean up our local town of Kirkham. Armed with litter pickers, the children walked to Kirkham high street, before...
Year 4 Happiness Day
On Wednesday 15th January, the whole school took part in a Happiness Theme Day to beat away the January blues! Year 4 themed their lessons for the entire day on self-expression, our feelings and ways to promote relaxation. The children studied happy music in their...
KS2 Christmas Disco!
KS2 enjoyed their Christmas Disco in the hall together. We enjoyed dancing, pass the parcel and even a snowball fight to finish! A BIG thank you to our PTFA for providing prizes and treats to make our time even more fun!
Christmas Dinner!
We all enjoyed a beautiful Christmas dinner. A HUGE thank you to the wonderful ladies in the kitchen for making such a fabulous lunch and for such an amazing Santa's grotto at the hatch!
Festival of Carols
Our school was invited to take part in the Kirkham Club Day Festival of Carols at The United Reformed Church in Kirkham. Children from our school choir from Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 came along to the service. They joined the congregation in preparing for Christmas by...
Year 4’s D.T. Pulley Animal Mechanisms
This term's D.T. topic in Year 4 has been creating mechanisms that use a pulley. We chose to focus on animals for our product designs, with a design brief of making a realistic animal model that has a pulley that controls one or more body part's movement. The...
One Christmas Wish – Year 4 Drama
To prepare for Christmas, Year 4 have been basing their English lessons on the short story 'One Christmas Wish' by Katherine Rundell. They read the first two pages together and analysed the structure and hook of the story's opening, before planning and writing their...