Christmas photo booth!

Say cheeeeeeese!!!

3D shapes

We've worked this week to recognise nets of 3D shapes. Today we made 3D shapes using straws and playdough. 

The water cycle

Today we discussed how the water cycle is maintained by the rainforest. We used important words such as evaporation, condensation, precipitation and transpiration. We know that because rainforests are near the equator they are going to be hotter and therefore water will evaporate quicker. We also discussed how there is plenty of transpiration due to the large amount of plants.

Rainforest assembly

Today Y4P put on a fantastic performance in our class assembly. We taught the whole school about sustainability by performing songs from 'The Jungle Book' and singing Michael Jackson's 'Earth song'.

We danced, sang and acted like stars!!!!

Symmetry

Can you spot how many lines of symmetry our name art has?

Thermal conductors and insulators.

During science we have been conducting experiments on heat.

We tested the temperature of hot water and found that it began getting cooler and concluded that heat will always travel from a hot area to a cooler area.

We then discussed that there are ways to try and keep heat in but that also at times we would like heat to travel through a material.

This brought us onto looking at thermal insulators and conductors. We used our knowledge to predict which material allowed heat to travel through it. We were right! The answer was the metal spoon therefore it was a conductor.

Then Miss Prest explained to us a problem. She said that on a morning she is soooooo busy that her coffee gets cold before she has time to drink it. How could we help????

We planned a science experiment to test different materials. In our groups we wrapped a container of hot water with the material and then measured the temperature every 5 minutes. We used tinfoil, fabric, newspaper and bubble wrap and ensured it was a fair test by keeping the water, containers and time we tested the temperature the same.

We concluded that fabric is the best thermal insulator!

Kidzania!

Today was the day we'd all looked forward to...Kidzania!

The children had an amazing time learning the process and skill involved in range of jobs. Year 4 worked in a Coca Cola and a peanut factory, helped sick animals in the veterinary clinic and hunted for criminals to help the court house. The children were paid in Kidzos which they then paid into the bank and used to buy treats and toys, this taught the children the value of money and provided them with independence. Most importantly, we all had fun!