Our English journey culminated with ‘The Lorax’ by Dr. Seuss, where we honed our skills in crafting balanced arguments on whether the Truffula Trees should be cut down for thneeds. After identifying the essential features of an argument and debating both...
Continuing our focus on the WWII era, we enjoyed delving into a series of chapters from ‘Goodnight Mr Tom’ this half-term. By digging deep below the surface of Thomas Oakley, we were able to write detailed descriptions of the intriguing protagonist, encompassing the...
This half-term, our class text, ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’, was written by Year 4s’ significant Christian figure. Through Anne’s diary entries, we discovered what it was like to be a child in hiding during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands while exploring the key...
This half-term our class text, How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell, lead us into a fictional Viking world where we focused on the experiences of the protagonist Hiccup on his journey to become a hero. Assuming the role of Hiccup, we wrote a letter to our...
Our class text for this half-term was The Chronicles of Narnia – The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. The story takes place in a winter wonderland, providing an ideal opportunity for us to flex our setting description skills. Our use of figurative...
We kicked off our Year 4 learning journey with a focus on ‘The Great Outdoors’. In our English lessons, we researched famous explorers before writing biographies about their lives, including details of their amazing achievements. We also wrote our own adventure...
