Year 4 Autumn Term

In Year 4 we have been busy working on our Roman Topic books during our History lessons. We have learnt all about how the  Romans fought, what entertained them, what they ate ad their general way of life. Part of our topic work invloved a trip to Fishbourne Roman Palace. During our visit, we took part in a workshop, in which we learnt how archaeologists used evidence to find out about aspects of Roman life. We were shown atefacts from the Palace and took part in practical activities including dressing as a Roman Emperor, weaving, making a mosaic, working in a roman kitchen and Arch building. We also saw some amazing mosaics, it was fabulous educational day out, it really brought out topic work to life!

During our Literacy lessons we have been developing our use of adjectives and descriptive writing. We have looked at picture books and used our imaginations to extend stories. We have also looked at the storybook 'Where the Wild Things Are' and written playscripts linked to this.

In Science we have been looking at 'Keeping Warm'. We have used thermometers to investigate different temperatures around the classroom and predicted why some places are hotter than others. We have also set up experiments to investigate how various materials keep warm liquids insulated.

During our Art lessons we have been working with clay and designing and making Roman coins. We have had a go at writing Roman Numerals and using the Roman alphabet. We have also made our owm mosaics, inspired by the mosaics we saw at Fishbourne Roman Palace. In DT, we have been making pop-up books. We designed our pop-up books based around a Christmas story and learnt three pop-up techniques that we have integrated within our stories.