Year 4 Topic Autumn Term

 

Our Year 4 Topic for the second half of the Autumn Term is

Children of the Revolution (Victorians).

We will continue this topic after Christmas as it has been such a busy time.

 

This project has a history focus and teaches children about the

Victorian era including the lives of the rich and poor and other

significant social and moral changes of the 19th century. The

 children learn how to write newspaper and

 

other reports on an historical theme.

In this project the children will learn

About the Victorian era;

 

About the social, moral and technological issues of the day;

About the important people of the day including those who

influenced and made changes

About the literature of the day and how it was used to entertain

and inform

How to write a range of reports;

About the differences between childhood in the present day and Victorian Times

Eisteddfod competitions

As usual, we will be holding Eisteddfod competitions in all classes this year in the run up to our St. David’s Day Eisteddfod. The nature and number of the competitions depend on the age of the children.  Competitions include Art, Creative Writing, Handwriting, Poetry (Reading and Writing, Welsh and English), Singing (Welsh and English), and Music. Every child in the school will take part in the Eisteddfod activities ranging from the Nursery (Art) to Year 6 (all the above).  As a school, we would like  to wish every pupil success in the competitions, and would like to thank the parental support given each year in preparing the children for the Eisteddfod. 

Please follow the following link to find the Year 4 Eisteddfod song; Y Boi Sy

https://hwb.wales.gov.uk/cms/hwbcontent/Shared%20Documents/vtc/2008-09/music/rimbojam/rimbojam.html

Arms Park Tag Rugby Tournament

On the Thursday before half term some of the children from year 4 were fortunate enough to attend a tag rugby fun day at Cardiff Arms Park. Due to some teams not turning up, the two Pontyclun teams played almost non-stop all afternoon! They acquitted themselves brilliantly, playing some excellent rugby and really showing some great skills. Despite playing mostly year 5 and year 6 teams, both sides won some of their matches and even when they didn't, showed  excellent sportsmanship, which was really pleasing.

A massive thank you too, to Mr. Williams who allowed Year 4 to attend this year; the children had a great time and will no doubt benefit from such a wonderful experience. Here's some photos of the kids in action:

Save the Rainforests!!

The children were incredibly interested to learn about what is being done to save the rainforests this week, so here are some links to some websites where they'll be able to learn more about the issues of deforestation and also charities and conservation projects involved in such an important cause:

http://www.worldlandtrust.org/projects/current-projects

http://worldwildlife.org/places/amazon

http://www.amazoncharitabletrust.org/en/index.asp

http://www.rainforestweb.org/

http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/ctf/facts/what.htm

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/eye/deforestation/effect.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/conservation/

http://www.wwf.org.uk/what_we_do/safeguarding_the_natural_world/wildlife/index.cfm

http://rainforests.mongabay.com/1003.htm

http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/rainforest.html#future

Enjoy!

Some fun games on this site where you can save endangered animals:
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/fungames

Summer Term PE

This half- term we've been focusing on health and fitness during our outdoor PE sessions, thinking about why exercise is important and the effects it has on our bodies. The children have been put through their paces completing different sessions of circuit training. Last week, they also had the opportunity to create their own circuits and showed creativity as well as excellent collaborative skills in doing so. Here's some photos of them performing some of their circuits: