Year 4 certificates

 Well done to everyone in Year 4 who received a TTRockstars or a mathletics certificate. Your efforts in school and at home have been rewarded. Keep it up!

Amazing artefacts

Archaeologists dig all around the world finding artefacts that allow us to delve into history and the lives of people who lived long before us. 

Today, Italy class completed their own archaeological dig. On the tables were 6 trays with artefacts from a historical period in time. They needed to dig up the artefacts, decide what they thought the item was used for and what it tells us about the people who lived during that time.

Year 4 Water Cycle Experiment

 Today, Germany class created their own miniature water cycles so they can watch all the different processes in real life. 

Water Cycles

After learning about the different processes that happen through the water cycle we wanted to put it into action and so we carried out our very own experiment. Today was awesome! We made our own water cycles and it was fun! It helps you understand how water moves through the environment.

 

We used a sandwich bag and put some water inside then made sure it was sealed nice and tight. We then taped them to the window. We also labelled the different processes that we can expect to happen during our observation. 

1. Evaporation: Water heats up and turns into vapor, rising into the air.
2. Condensation: As the vapor cools, it turns back into liquid, forming clouds.
3. Precipitation: When the clouds get heavy, the water falls back to Earth as rain, snow, or other forms of precipitation.
4. Collection: The water collects in bodies of water like rivers, lakes, or oceans, ready to start the cycle again.

I wonder what is going to happen to the water? Over the next few days, we will observe them very closely to see what happens.

Stay E-Safe!

During the festive period, we can sometimes forget those basic E-Safety rules. So in year 4, we have been making posters to remind everyone of the importance of staying safe on the internet. Year 4 also wanted to make sure that just in case anyone gets some new technology over Christmas they know the fundamental rules everyone must remember! 

Mental Health - Flipping our lids!

After looking at why it is crucial to look after our Mental Health we wanted to see if we were able to identify our triggers in the hopes that by recognising them we can prevent our brains from 'flipping out' Everyone's brains can 'flip out' at times but we can try our best to keep our brain in harmony during more stressful times. 

We displayed these posters around the school sharing the message that

'It is ok to not be ok' 

Mental Health - Strategy 3

In year 4 we practiced another calming strategy today to help keep our brains working to the very best they can. 

- Gratitude journal

Our brains find it easier to think of all the bad things about our day and it can take some practice thinking about the good things! Therefore, taking time to write a gratitude journal can get us into the mindset of thinking of all those good things that have happened in our day and made us smile.