Year Four
Welcome to Year 4!
Our teachers are Miss Connor and Mrs Newton.
We hope you’ll visit our page regularly to see what we’ve been up to.
Year Four Blog Posts
Inspire Torch Relay
With the Olympics coming up in Paris this Summer the Gateshead Schools Sports Partnership have organised their very Own Gateshead Inspire Torch Relay. The torch is on a journey across 27 schools in Gateshead before finishing at the Athletics festival which some of our...
Synonyms
In English, year 4 are writing a description of 'The Butterfly Lion'. The children enjoyed using a Thesaurus to help them generate a list of synonyms for adjectives to describe the lion.
Visit to the Mayor
On Friday, the School Councillors enjoyed a visit to Gateshead Civic Centre to meet the Mayor. The children were taken into the Council Chambers where council meeting take place and they also visited the Mayor's Parlour. They learnt that the Mayor, Mrs Eileen...
Pitch
In Science, Year 4 have been learning about sound. This week the children learnt about the pitch of a sound. They know that pitch is how high or how low a sound is. The children used a guitar to explore the different pitch of sounds the different strings create. They...
Four Figure Grid References
In geography, Year 4 have been learning how to read four figure grid references. The children learnt that we give the eastings first and then the northings. That means that when you find your point on the map, you must go along to the east first and then move up...
The Three Peaks
In Geography, Year 4 have been learning about the three peaks in England, Scotland and Wales. The children used an atlas to locate Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon. Then using Digi Maps the children measured the distance between the three...