Year 4 Class
Thursday 17 October 2024
Harvest Celebration this Friday
Wednesday 9 October 2024
Wellies for Friday, Home Learning and upcoming dates
Monday 30 September 2024
Home learning information and residential update
TinkerCAD: Year Four Home Learning Help
Today in Computing, Year Four enjoyed using TinkerCAD again. Across the class, we are starting to develop some CAD enthusiasts while others are still getting to grips with what you can do with this powerful piece of software.
One of the fantastic features of TinkerCAD is that you don’t need to start from scratch—you can take an existing design and ‘tinker’ with it! For this week's home learning, Mr Spracklen encourages pupils to find a design they like and make their own modifications as part of their #ROAR2024 project.
Once finished, pupils should share their final design by uploading it to Google Classroom or by emailing Mr Spracklen the .STL file (export to > .STL).
Mr Spracklen explains the task in more detail in the Y4 Home Learning Help video here:
Wednesday 25 September 2024
Trip to the Museum
Hello Year Four Families
We had a wonderful time at the County Museum today. The children learnt about different habitats that animals live in. Animals big, all the way down to microscopic! They used magnifying glasses to investigate creatures close up.
We then had a chance to go down into the basement which was a real privilege, The children got to see where specimens are kept and how they are preserved and looked after. It really was amazing down there!
Back up in the museum we investigated how birds use different shaped beaks to eat different things. The children took on roles as spoonbills, tweezerbills, pegbills and scissorbills. It was interesting to see what they could collect and they learnt how different birds eat different things depending on their beaks.
Lastly, we found out how a range of scientists collected information about their findings. We learned that many used field journals to do this. The children then had the opportunity to make their own.
We had a fantastic morning at the museum . . . and beat the rain home!
I am sure the children will have lots to tell you about their trip today and will enjoy sharing their field journals with you this evening.
The Year Four Team
Monday 23 September 2024
#ROAR2024
We worked in our #ROAR2024 booklets to complete the following statement -
The problem my idea will solve is…
Future lessons will see us prototype our solutions in TinkerCAD.
Y4 trip to the museum
Reminder:
We are visiting Dorset County Museum this Wednesday (25th September) as part of the 'Urban Nature Project'.
The children will be leaving school at around 9.30am.
We will be eating our lunch at the museum so please make sure that your child has a rucksack that they can carry their lunch and a water bottle in.
The weather looks showery at the moment so suitable wet weather gear is advisable.
The Year 4 Team