Welcome to Year 4!

Teacher: Mr Sprigg

TA: Mrs Thurman

It is our pleasure to welcome your children to Year 4. We are looking forward to an exciting year of learning, challenge and fun! If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us through the class email: year4@anthonybek.derbyshire.sch.uk. 

Please see the Year 4 timetable attached above. This is what your children will be doing when across the week. Although we try to stick to this as much as possible, it can be subject to change. If you have any questions regarding timetables, please do get in touch via the class email.  

PE Information

Our PE day is Thursday. Please ensure that your child's kit is in school for this day. Additionally, make sure to check your child's organiser for the Anthony Bek PE Kit requirements. If children come to school with the incorrect PE kit, a message will be sent home via the children's diaries. 

The children participated in an egg rolling competition. They competed to earn as many points as possible over 3 rolls. Well done to our first and second place: Noah-Jay and Maddi!

The children were tasked with adapting a recipe for a simple biscuit. The first part of this process is, of course, market research. The children sampled several biscuits and commented on their appearance, packaging, taste and texture. The overall favourite was decided by vote: Chocolate Chip Cookies. 

The children were challenged with using Google Maps to identify certain areas on the map. They had to use the shape of the land to help them identify specific locations. In the first place, children had the help of a dot on their maps to help them identify places. However, many children got onto the challenge where they had to specifically label the location of a place without the scaffold of a dot on their maps. 

The children took freeze frames to represent the different parts of Christian story: The Last Supper. 

The children explored the Pleasley Newsletter as part of their PSHE lesson. We discovered different community events and groups that people could join. We also discussed the different reasons as to why members of the community might join these groups.

The children loved coming into school dressed up today. We had a whole range of book characters from a host of different genres. We took part in the online 'Footy and Booky quiz'; book swap and Extreme Reading competitions. A super fun day!

The children enjoyed their visit around the local area. We explored the features of our local settlement. After planning their journey using OS Maps, they followed the route and identified shops, different types of housing (detached, semi-detached, terraced, bungalows and flats) and lots more. We even had some extra time to play at the local park!

The children created shadow sculptures. These sculptures included words which demonstrate what it means to be a member of the Anthony Bek Community.

The children worked hard to create a wire sculpture. They used bending and looping techniques to help them. It certainly wasn't easy, but the children were unrelenting. Super job Y4!

The children used an online platform to edit a newspaper article. They were exploring different fonts and sizes. 

Year 4 had their first session of gymnastics today. They recapped the tuck, pike and pencil roll from different heights. 

Year 4 have done a superb job putting on their drumming concert. We even got some of the parents up. 

The children enjoyed mixing colours with black and white to create different shades and tints. They then used this knowledge to paint a picture of a mug. 

Year 4 enjoyed their first session of Yoga this afternoon putting a range of poses into a flow. They left the session feeling relaxed.

Snow hit Anthony Bek today. In between some music and art, we managed to get out and enjoy the snow!

As part of our electricity unit, the children were asked to 'Make your lightbulb light'. The children explored lots of different ways to correctly put their circuit together. We had a lot of success! As a challenge, the children were asked to try make their bulb even brighter.

In our first lesson learning about money, Year 4 recapped the different coins and notes available and made up different amounts needed to pay for simple items. The children absolutely loved using the plastic money. 

Year 4 have spent the last half term researching, designing and building their pavilion structures and floorplans. They have used a variety of skills: measuring, cutting, gluing (including the safe use of a glue gun), weaving to create cladding and lots of resilience when things didn't quite go to plan. Congratulations Year 4 on a wonderful end to our first half term!

It was really interesting to explore mental health with Year 4 today. We carried out mindfulness colouring; explored how listening to music can relax us; belly breathing to help keep us stay calm and recognised the importance of exercise in staying physically and mentally healthy. Year 4 were also encouraged to think about what strategies they use to elevate their mood on those 'down days'. Well done Year 4!

Year 4 thoroughly enjoyed performing and putting actions to the poem Colonel Fazackerly Butterworth Toast, by Charles Causley. A super performance!

The children were exploring what aspects of instruments affect the pitch (how high or low a sound is). Through their observations, the concluded that the bigger the instrument, the lower the pitch and the tighter the string, the higher the pitch. 

Although the weather was a little soggy, Year 4 still managed to have an amazing day at Twinlakes to celebrate their superb attendance last year. Here are a small sample of the many photos that were taken throughout the day. 

Year 4 have enjoyed their team building games today. They worked together to get the highest score and to build the tallest tower. 

Year 4 braved the rain this afternoon to investigate 'What happens when you move further away from the sound source?' using trundle wheels to measure the distance. The children concluded that the further away from the sound source you are, the quieter and fainter the sound. 

After last week's skills of dodging, the children moved onto the key skills of passing and dribbling in two well-known invasion games: basketball and football. 

Following on from last week, the children had the opportunity to play all of the samba instruments today. Over the next few weeks, they will be taking part in lots of rehearsals to perfect the 'Groove' samba rhythm. 

How can sound travel? Today, the children used their observations to learn how sound waves travel through solids, liquids and gases. Can they remember which medium sound waves travel quickest through? 

As part of our DT learning, the children have been creating their own pavillion structures with sweets and cocktail sticks. They created their bases first and even added diagonals for increased strength. Well done Y4!

The children thoroughly enjoyed their first Samba drumming lesson with Derbyshire Music Service. They were briefly introduced to all of the instruments they will be using across the year and are excited to all have a go next week!