Year 3/4
Spring Term
During the Spring term, we will focus our learning around two topics. We will begin with 'Iceland: Land of Fire and Ice and after half term we will start 'Lights, Camera, Action!'
Stubbington Study Centre
Year 4 were lucky to visit Stubbington Study Centre in January. They stayed for two nights and had a wonderful time taking part in a range of activities. They set up mammal hotels, took part in a obstacle course called 'Earthquake' and finished the visit with a trip to the beach to take part in a sandcastle competition and to make rock pools.
The children were amazing and showed our values of Love, Truth and Respect in everything they did.
Autumn 2 2023
In Autumn 2 we started our theme 'Romans: Rotten or Revolutionary? we began the theme by looking at some Roman Artefacts from the Hampshire History Box. We learnt the difference between primary and secondary sources and the importance of knowing the difference. We explored the legacy of the Romans and discussed whether they were rotten or revolutionary. We concluded our theme with a Roman Day led by Portals to the Past. We had a fantastic day and learnt a lot.
In DT we made Roman Chariots. We had to evaluate what chariots were used for, the features of a chariot and then we designed and made our own.
Autumn 1 2023
In Autumn 1 we began the year with a brand new theme, 'Southampton: A gateway to the world?'. We used our geography knowledge from KS1 to revisit the countries of the UK and how to locate on a map where we live. We thought about how Southampton connects us to the rest of the world by looking at Southampton airport departures and where the cruise ships go that depart from Southampton docks. We discovered that from the docks we could travel all around the world. We did some virtual fieldwork and thought about why Southampton is a multi-cultural city.
In science, we focused our learning around electricity. We discussed the purpose of batteries, how appliances work and built our own circuits and fixed broken circuits. We the used everything we learnt in science to make our own torches in DT. Our torches were really successful and we enjoyed making and decorating them.