Sloth Class Gallery
02.07.26 - D.T.
In D.T., we designed and built pneumatic devices using a strong frame, two pistons and cylinders connected by tubing. We discovered how air pressure can be used to create movement, making a lever arm move up and down as the pistons pushed and pulled in turn. It was challenging in places and we needed team work to make it a success. We learnt a lot from this hands-on lesson as it brought our learning to life.
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01.07.26 - Geography
Festival of Fieldwork 2026As part of our Festival of Fieldwork, Year 4 investigated the enquiry question: 'Where do our local streets get their names from?' Using maps, we followed a route around our local area, recording street names and taking photographs along the way. Back in the classroom, we used Digimap to trace the origins of these names and discovered that many are named after places in the Lake District in north-west England. By comparing maps of the two areas, we noticed how different the landscapes are, with the Lake District's fells, valleys, rivers and large lakes contrasting with the flatter landscape of Great Notley. It was a fantastic opportunity to develop our map-reading and fieldwork skills while learning more about the geography of our local area.
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12.06.26 - D.T.
Today.we had fun learning about pneumatics. We built small cars which used air pressure to create the force to move it forward.
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08.06.26 -Science
In Science, we have been learning about the human digestive system and how food is broken down through a process called peristalsis. Last lesson, we learned about the chain of organs that make up the digestive system. Today, we explored their functions by creating a practical model.
We demonstrated how teeth and saliva break down food, how the stomach churns it, and how the small and large intestines absorb nutrients and water. This hands-on activity helped us develop a better understanding of how the body processes food, leaving waste behind. It was a fun and memorable way to bring our learning to life.
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04.06.26 - Times Table Rock Stars Day
We had a time playing times table games and being rock stars today!
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18.05.26 - Science
As part of our habitat topic, we have been learning about the vital role of plants in a pond’s ecosystem. We classified lands as flowering or non-flowering, having floating leaves and flexible stems or roots that are anchored to the floor.
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15.05.26 - Geography
Learning about volcanoes has really captured our interest! Here is some examples of today's learning which was about the process of eruption. To celebrate our hard work, we enjoyed creating a 'volcanic eruption' for fun.
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08.05.26 - To celebrate Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday, we created mini-documentaries trying to use his enthusiasm, his calm and measured tone and descriptive words.
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08.05.25 - D.T.
To improve our automaticity and fluency skills, we have been practising a range of joinery skills in preparation for creating a shell structure. Today, we used corrugated cardboard to create joins and different shapes using tabs, slots, flange and scoring.
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24.04.26 - Art - Take One Artist, Jordi Koalitic
Our Art work inspired by Koalitics use of perspective.
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22.4.26 - Music
In music, we listened to Unsquare Dance by Dave Brubeck which has an ostinato (repeating pattern) that runs throughout the piece of music. We used the percussion instruments to make our own ostinatos.
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16.04.26 - Art - Take One Artist
Jordi Koalitic is a photographer known for making images using simple objects. His work is modern, creative and inspiring. Today, we learnt how to use ordinary objects as a prop to force perspective. We will be creating our own scenes based on his work in future lessons.
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25.03.26 - Art - Take One Piece
Year 4s have been exploring colour and light with Dale Chihuly. He is a famous artist who makes incredible sculptures out of glass by using bold colours and curving shapes that look like things from nature, such as flowers or sea shells. We have been inspired by work and had a magical art lesson creating our own cangle light holders.
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23.03.26 - Science - Learning about Living Things and Conservation
Sloth Class had a fantastic time exploring Maisie’s Garden and the pond area as part of our Science topic on habitats. We became real nature detectives, carefully investigating the pond and discovering a whole range of fascinating wildlife.
We were excited to find frogspawn and tadpoles, and even spotted a newt swimming through the water! As we looked closer, we also found leeches, water mites, different larvae, and even a water spider gliding across the surface.
It was amazing to see how many living things call the pond their home. This hands-on experience helped us understand how habitats support different creatures and why it’s so important to take care of our natural environment.
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16.03.26 - Big Sing Parent Event
The children have been practising a range of songs and performed them beautifully.
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11.03.26 - P.E. Spy Dance
Using the genre of a 'spy action thriller', we created dances using spy moves, working with a partner for action and reaction sequences. We made sure we used a range of heights and movement, and a variety of sequencing such as unison, canon or mirroring.
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10.03.26 - History and our time at Colchester Castle.
Year 4 have been learning about the Romans and how their invasion of Britian has left a lasting legacy in England. We are very lucky to have an excellent source of history near us - Colchester Castle. This was the Roman's first capital. The invading army drove the local Celt tribe - the Trinovantes - off the land and used captured Celt slaves to build the prestigous Temple of Claudius. It was here, on this site, that the Roman's first felt the heat of Boudica and rebellion. We loved exploring both our local history and finding out more about both the Celts and the Romans in Britain.
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05.03.26 - World Book Day
Celebrating our Year Group Author - Michael Morpurgo - we have had a fabulous afternoon enjoying extracts from one of his most popular books, War Horse. We then enjoyed representing Alfred and Joey in silhouette art.
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04.03.26 - P.E.
The last few weeks, we have been creating a dance based on a secret spy theme! We have really loved sequencing 'spy moves' with a partner to create a dance which tells an exciting story.
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23.02.26 - English
Today, we have been exploring the different themes of Myths and Legends. Using freeze frames, we created a retelling the legend of Robin Hood, using good decisions vs bad decisions, and hero vs villain.
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06.02.26
Today, we painted our Still Life Clay Tiles. They have yet to be glazed to create a sleek shine. Not only have we really enjoyed the process of making this art, we have learnt a lot about the use of shape, texture and colour.
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19.02.26
We have been exploring the work of Paul Cezanne for inspiration to learn about still life. Using colourful fruit with different textures to create a composition. Today, we made clay tiles from our drawings and learnt new clay techniques such as scoring, using slip and blending. Our final pieces will be ready to show soon.
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19.01.26 - English
Year 4 are studying formal and informal language. They are learning how tone, vocabulary, and sentence structure change depending on the audience and purpose of a text.
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Year 4 are getting to grips with formal and informal language—basically, when to sound posh and when it’s okay to sound more relaxed! They’re learning how words, sentences, and tone change depending on who you’re talking to.
Here is some examples of our work.
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12.01.26 - Science
Today, we were excited about creating simple circuits and learning that a circuit is a pathway which electricity flows around and has to be unbroken to work. We learnt that a battery, bulb, switch and wires are all compenents. We added a switch to control the circuit.
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07.01.26 - English
Year 4s have enjoyed learning and demonstrating how to perform poetry using the tone and volume of their voice, gestures, facial expressions and body actions. This is in preparation of pupils co-writing their own poems and performing their own work to the class. Here is a taste of some of their performance work so far.
18.12.25 - Music and Christmas Carol Concert
We are delighted that we were able to share our singing and recorder skills in a Christmas performance by our Year 4 pupils. Thank you to everyone who attended and supported our young performers.
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15.12.25 - D.T
Today, we completed our festive version of a handheld treat with a choice of different fillings and designs. We used the fluency skills last week to rub, bind and roll the pastry. Here is us at work!
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08.12.25 - D.T
Year 4 made traditional mince pies today as the fluency part of learning to make pastry and a festive treat. Net week, pupils will be creating their own version of a hand held sweet pastry for their final piece.
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26.11.25 - P.E./History
Today, we combined History and P.E. and took part in The Olympic Games. We took part in chariot racing, discus, javelin, long jump, sprinting, archery and tug of war. We thought it was the best P.E. lesson ever!
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Tuesday 18th November - Science
Today, we explored how sound travels through different mediums. We used our previous learning to understand how sound waves travel fast through a solid because the particles are tightly bonded. Therefore, the sound wave (or energy) travels through the solid quickly.
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Wednesday 12th November - Music and learning how to play the notes B, A, G, C and D.
We have been learning how to correctly hold a recorder and use the correct finger placement to play Claire du Lune. Today, we learnt two new notes, C and D, and where they sit on the stave. Listening and playing the different notes helped us explore mthe different pitch of the notes. For our Christmas Performnace, we are now playing Jingle Bells which uses all five notes and a range of different values.
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Monday 10th November - Odd Sock Day
Today, we supported anti-bullying week by wearing odd socks. We discussed how we all are unique and can celebrate our differences. We can each use our own 'power of good' to speak out to help others and otherselves when we recognise someone is at harm from bullying.