St John the Baptist CE VA Primary School Year Four

This week Year 4 have been working collaboratively to create their plaster cast for their Egyptian art. They built up the walls around their tiles using clay, then mixed and poured plaster onto their tile. They laid layers of Modroc in to strengthen it.

Once we removed the clay and lifted the polystyrene tile, it revealed the cast underneath.

Year 4 have also been enjoying drawing Factor Bugs in maths! They have been using their understanding of factors and products and using counters to work out factor pairs.

In English, they have loved exploring Leon and the Place Between and can’t wait to create their own Place Between over the next few days.

Year 4 have been really enjoying working collaboratively on their Egyptian artwork. They have been transferring their designs from their sketch books onto the polystyrene printing sheet using tracing paper.

This week in our whole class reading lessons we have been learning about the poetry of James Carter. The children really enjoyed performing ‘Fuss, Fuss, Fuss or the Goldilocks Rap’ in their groups. They gave each other feedback and suggested what they could do to improve next time they perform.

Year 4 have been really enjoying researching Ancient Egyptian art and hieroglyphics for our history and art topics. They have brought in research from home and we have been looking at the British Museum website for inspiration! We are really looking forward to creating our own tomb painting on plaster.