Year 4

MMMMM...CHOCOLATE!

We have been designing a chocolate product for Father’s Day. We designed and made our chocolates and then designed and created packaging to go with these. We hope all you dads enjoyed them! Look at some of our final products...

PANTO TIME

On Thursday 23rd May, Year 4 brought the house down with their pantomime, Hansel and Gretel. OH YES THEY DID! The weeks of rehearsals all paid off and they did themselves and everyone at Galton Valley proud. Well done, Year 4, we are so proud of you!

Check out the photos below...

RIVER TRIP

On Tuesday 7th May, Year 4 visited the Wolesley Centre as part of their work on rivers. We had such a good day! We sketched a river and its features and carried out various tests such as how fast the current was, how many different species lived there and the PH levels. It was a very informative day.

take a look at our photos below...

FIRE SERVICE VISIT
Today, we had a visit from the Fire Service to remind us about hoe to keep ourselves safe. They also reminded us to check our smoke alarms. Have you checked yours recently? Check out the pictures below...

NATURAL DISASTERS

In Year 4, they have been learning about natural disasters.

NATURAL DISASTERS include: tornadoes, earthquakes, floods Etc.

Floods:

Flood most likely happen in low spots such as underground parking garages, basements etc.

Tornadoes:

Tornadoes mostly occur in North America. The most violent tornadoes are rarely seen anywhere but USA, Canada and Bangladesh.

 EARTHQUAKES:

Earthquakes mostly occur in China, Indonesia and Japan. In 1960, the biggest earthquake happened in Southern Chile which had a 9.5 magnitude.

By Ridwan

On Thursday   25^th of January, we went Birmingham Hippodrome to watch Jack and the Beanstalk. It took about 30 minutes to get there and about half an hour to get back. To get there, we went on a coach.  

When the Pantomime started, everyone was screaming with excitement. The jokes were really funny and everyone was shocked because at the start there were three huge giants and near the end there was an enormous giant coming towards the audience. It started speaking, which was really cool. We even got to take our own snacks and when it got hot we had some ice lollies.  

My favourite person in the pantomime was Jake because I loved his silly jokes but they were a bit inappropriate for us kids. It was a really enjoyable and fun pantomime and I would like to go again.

By Ridwan

On Wednesday 15th November, we had a visit from Severn Trent Water. After a brilliant assembly, Year 4 were treated to a workshop all about sewerage. We learnt that you can only flush the three Ps down the toilet - TOILET PAPER, PEE and POO! We then watched while Andy made sewerage. He threw in poo (don’t worry it wasn’t real!), pee and toilet paper but then lots of things we shouldn’t be trying to flush away such as cotton wool, cooking fat, toys and even goldfish! Our task was then to work in teams to filter and clean the sewerage  as much as we could. We did a great job and Andy was very pleased. Take a look at the pictures below...

Did you know that the shell of an egg is made of a similar substance to the enamel of our teeth? In Science, we have been testing the effect of different drinks on our teeth by leaving eggs in different liquids and observing what happens. We found that the acidic and sugary fruit juices had the worst effects. Take a look at what happened and don’t forget to brush your teeth!

In Year 4, we have been working in the style of David Hockney. After looking at the different techniques he used, we produced our final pieces. To do these, we explored the school grounds and took photos of areas we liked. We then used oil pastels to create these in the style of David Hockney. Do any of these places look familiar?!