Year 4 indoor P.E - Aerobics

This term in indoor P.E we have been exploring what is aerobic activity and why it is important. 

We learnt about the benefits of aerobic exercise, explored exercises that targeted our upper body, lower body and core muscle groups and then explored the difference between aerobic and anaerobic activity.

To bring all of our learning together, we ended the term by becoming aerobic fitness instructors! Using our knowledge we created and demonstrated our own fitness routines, combining a sequence of exercises to engage all of our muscle groups.

Year 4 outdoor P.E.- Cricket

This term in outdoor P.E., Year 4 have been developing the key skills needed to take part in cricket.

We have explored bowling, batting, catching and fielding, practising different techniques to improve our accuracy and control. We also learnt how to use the short barrier and long barrier techniques to stop the ball effectively when fielding.

We are looking forward to putting all of these skills together as we begin practising cricket games next term! 

Art Group Competing

The Art group used watercolours to create images for the annual Christmas card competition run by our MP, Abena Oppong-AsarAbena. The theme for this year's competition is: "Christmas in Our Community". Best of luck to all entrants!

Sycamore perform the Ramayana.

 

Today we revisited the story of Rama and Sita. The story is a celebration of how good triumphs and is remembered by Hindus every year during Diwali.  Today, we worked in groups to re-tell the story through dance.

Black History Month reading list

 We've got lots of great book suggestions to help you celebrate Black History Month. Why not try to read some of the books below over the half term?

Sycamore celebrate Black History Month

 Sycamore have enjoyed listening to the stories of many influential black people both past and present and today created artwork influenced by the work of Temi Coker.

Year 4 Science: Investigating Condensation!

 Year 4 Science: Investigating Condensation!

Year 4 have been busy little scientists! We carried out an exciting experiment to investigate what happens when a warm cup is covered with an empty plastic cup.

We watched carefully as the warm cup was covered with the empty plastic cup. We looked closely to see what was forming inside the top cup. We observed tiny water droplets appearing on the inside surface!

We learned that some of the liquid water evaporates and becomes water vapour. When the water vapour cools as it touches the cooler plastic cup, it condenses and turns back into liquid water droplets.

                         

We used our key vocabulary to help us explain our observations:

• Evaporation – when liquid water changes into water vapour.

• Water vapour – water in its gas state.

• Condensation – when water vapour cools and changes back into liquid water.

• Water droplets – tiny drops of liquid water.

After our investigation, we drew and labelled what we had observed, using the key vocabulary to demonstrate our understanding.