At Sevenbanks we use a text enhanced approach. We select text that will engage and support pupils learning other subjects/topics, promote love of reading and writing.  

Term 1 Year 4 read Over and Under The Rainforest and The Secret Wild. This will enhance their learning about Rainforests. 

      

Term 2 We read Greek Myths as we are Historians. 

 

Term 3 we read Journey to the River Sea. This helps our geographical knowledge. We are Explorers 

Term 4 we read Tiger Tiger.   This is an absolutely brilliant book for an understanding on the viewpoint of an animal in Rome at the time of the gladiators. It gives a perspective that is rarely seen in books!  We are using this text as part of our ROMAN history topic. 

Term 5 we read Greta and the Giants. We learn about habitats and dangers to living things. We are Scientists. 

Term 6 we read When the Mountains Roared. 

We are poets.

National Poetry day. Year 4 investigated poems. They read and performed kennings. 

   

 

We are Scientists -In term 1 the children learn about states of matter.  

The children had lots of fun carrying out a science experiment to test how quickly different sized chocolate buttons would melt! We made scientific predictions and conclusions, identifying how and why it changed state but also why one melted quicker than the other. 

       

We are Geographers.  Ash and Birch Class enjoyed going to the local park to collate data as part of their geography learning in term 1. Children have to draw a map based on the route that they took, complete tally charts and questionnaires to identify how different members of the public used their local area.

    

 

We are designers. We have been designing our own electrical devices. We have been learning in Science about electricity and applying this to our designs. 

 

We are artists. Our unit for  term 1 was Sculpture and 3D: Mega Materials.
- On Monday we studied the artist Magdalene Odundo and had a go at drawing some of her sculptures.

       

       

- On Tuesday, we designed and created our own soap sculptures… we found this tricky, but our resilience was fantastic!

     

- On Wednesday, we created a dragonfly sculpture out of wire… this was a tad fiddly! —

     

Finally, we created our own 3D sculpture using recyclable materials in the style of El Anatsui.