Year 4 Blog – Page 2 – Queen's Hill Primary School

Year 4 Roman Catapults

11th December 202410th December 2024

This week all three year four classes have been putting their design and technology skills through their paces building Roman catapult models. The children have been closely supervised measuring, sawing and gluing the different parts together in our final activity from what has been an extremely engaging history topic. There has also been opportunities to test out the firing capabilities of their long range-range weaponry using rubber missiles and plastic soldiers. Mr. Cross was pleased to hear there was no bloodshed!

Music Assembly

21st November 2024

Years 2, 3, 4 and 5 enjoyed a musical performance assembly from Norwich School today.

They were able to hear different instruments and think about how it made them feel.

Thank you to Norwich School for providing our pupils with this opportunity.

Year 4 – Science – teeth investigation

19th November 202418th November 2024

Year four have been learning all about teeth this half term and have set up an investigation to see what affect different liquids have on tooth decay. To do this, we have supplemented eggs in the place of real teeth as the shells are made of enamel! You can see some of the photos below after 7 days and we look forward to finding out the final results in our science lessons this week.

Year 4 Roman Day

20th September 2024

Year 4 had a fantastic Roman day with Centurion Titus. They completed a Roman soldier Boot Camp, created mosaics and practised using Roman numerals. We look forward to learning more about the Romans in our history topic for the rest of this term.

Year 4 – Jabberwocky Art

17th September 202416th September 2024

Year 4 have been completing art work in response to the poem “The Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll. They used charcoal, graphite, pencil and water colours. Our finished final pieces are displayed in the corridor and the classrooms.

Polling Day: School Council

11th September 2024

Today, classes visited polling stations 🗳️ to elect their new school council members. we have been learning all about democracy and fairness.

Well done to our new school council members for 24/25! 🎉

Y4 Persuasive Speeches

12th July 2024

Over the last few weeks, Year 4 have been learning all about what makes a great speech. They were then set a task by Mrs. Suffield to help her decide whether she should move her family to Queen’s Hill or the centre of Norwich. Y4 have been working incredibly hard to collate their ideas and come up with a convincing argument for why Queen’s Hill is the best place to live. This afternoon, Y4 gathered in the hall to present their speeches to Mrs. Suffield.

Y4 Royal Norfolk Show

27th June 2024

Year 4 had a fabulous day at the Royal Norfolk Show today. They all began in the Discovery Zone, learning about the production of sugar beet in Norfolk, from preparing the soil all the way to what the sugar is used for. They were challenged to build the tallest possible tower of sugar cubes!

The children also enjoyed exploring many of the other attractions, collecting stickers and seeing how many freebies they could gather!

The highlight of the day for many was seeing the RAF Falcons parachuting display over the Grand Ring!

Y4 Geography

21st June 2024

As part of our continuing geography topic looking at our local area, Year 4 went on a walking tour of Queen’s Hill this afternoon to assess whether the quality of the environment improved the closer they got to the woodland area. They rated 8 different streets on their appearance, safety, cleanliness and proximity to amenities.

Y4 String Telephones

14th June 2024

Year 4 explored how to make the best string telephone by testing different sizes of cups to see which gave the clearest sound. We also investigated the possibility of ‘eavesdropping’ into others’ conversations.