This week has been very exciting in Year 4! On Monday, Don and Julie from the Stories of the Stones project came back to visit us. They helped us create our own soundscapes to bring the nature poetry we wrote in the cemetery to life.
We linked different sounds to our poems and experimented with making bird calls, crunching leaves and footsteps. We used special recording equipment as well as our own voices to create the sounds. It was a fun experience and helped us imagine the sounds and atmosphere of our poems.
On Tuesday, the children who go to Science Club looked at volcanic eruptions. They demonstrated their own volcanic eruptions and used playdough to model fold volcanoes. At the end of the session, the children used straws to look closely at the layers they had created underneath, helping them understand how volcanoes are formed.
In Computing, the children have been learning about data handling, focusing on how weather forecasts work. They explored different ways of measuring the weather and enjoyed researching cities and comparing their temperatures.
They also learned about weather stations and which parts are important for collecting data. Using this knowledge, the children created their own weather forecasts as part of an Oracy task. What made this especially fun was watching the weather forecasts they created back in Year 1 as part of Geography!
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