Year 4 News
Mrs Whiting
Hi, I am Mrs Whiting and I am the Year 4 teacher at Keyingham Primary School. I joined the Keyingham family in September 2021. I have 2 children who keep me very busy and if I find the time I enjoy running, music concerts and going to the theatre (which doesn’t happen a great deal now!). I don’t get the opportunity to read as much as I would like at the moment, other than with your amazing children in class, but a few years ago I came across the book ‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’ by Charlie Mackesy – a truly worthwhile read!
- 26/10/23
26/10/2023
This week in class we have been asking, ‘How can we fold corners on a box without cutting it?’ We finished our box project this week, using PVA glue to strengthen the fabric. We also asked, ‘What is soil?’ We learned that soil is made out of fragments of rock, dead leaves and...Read Full Story - 20/10/23
20/10/2023
This week in class we have been asking, ‘How can we make our boxes in DT more appealing to our target audience?’ We added patterned fabric to the inside of our boxes. We also asked ‘How can we make a Bible Blurb?’ We included the things we have learned about the Old and New T...Read Full Story - 13/10/23
13/10/2023
This week in class we have been asking, ‘What is a megafauna?’ We learned that ‘mega’ means big and ‘fauna’ means animal, so a megafauna is a big animal. We also asked, ‘How can we make a box out of fabric?’ We found out, that if we put card firs...Read Full Story - 06/10/23
06/10/2023
This week in class we have been asking: ‘How can we stiffen cloth with different solutions?’ One solution we used was hairspray, we also used liquid starch, cornflour solution, gelatine, flour and water and PVA glue. We also asked: ‘How are fossils made...Read Full Story - 29/09/23
29/09/2023
This week in class we have been asking ‘What would a Theologist think when looking at the Bible?’ We learned that the writing in the Bible is called scripture and that sometimes they stories might not be reliable because they happened a long time before they were written. We also asked...Read Full Story - 22/09/23
22/09/2023
This week in class we have been asking ‘What is county, region and country?’ We learned that our country is England, which is part of the British Isles. Whereas a county is much smaller. Our county is East Riding of Yorkshire. We also asked, ‘What are the 3 types of rocks?’ W...Read Full Story - 15/09/23
15/09/2023
This week in class we have been asking what does permeable and impermeable mean. We have learned that it means that whether water can, or can’t go through it. We have also been asking how to write specific instructions to explain how to crack open a fossil using command sentences. Excitingly i...Read Full Story - 08/09/23
08/09/2023
This week in class we have been asking ‘How do Christians use the Bible?’ We learned that they don’t just have to read it at Church, Christians can read it anywhere, like in their house. We also have asked, ‘What is the Old Testament and New Testament?’ in our shout it...Read Full Story - 14/07/23
14/07/2023
This week in Year 2, we’ve been reading about the ocean and the deepest dives. In Maths, we have been learning to describe different directions and turns. In PE, we have been practicing tennis skills. In DT, we finished our animal hand puppets and we also have been using Purple Mash to make mu...Read Full Story - 07/07/23
07/07/2023
This week in Year 2, we have continue reading World’s Worst Pets for our reading pledge. In Reading, we read the first chapter of the Worst Witch. Mildred Hubble didn’t like the school because it looked like prison and had strict rules. In Maths, we have been learning to show informatio...Read Full Story - 30/06/23
30/06/2023
This week in Year 2, we have been Reading about Antarctica. We found out that during the winter months, there can be no daylight at all. We also learned that because of the cold climate, there are lots of blizzards, so not many people live there permanently. In Maths, we have learned what...Read Full Story - 23/06/23
23/06/2023
This week in Year 2, we have been Reading about David Attenborough, who was an explorer who collected fossils and was a broadcaster. In Maths, we have been learning to calculate with grams and kilograms using the four operations: add, times, divide and subtract. In DT, we have learned to use templ...Read Full Story