Today in Art Year 4 created Geometric mosaics. They carefully coloured their mosaic squares using squared paper and cut them out ready to begin placing them on their mosaic template.
This week, the children have been using atlases to identify where Europe is in the world and the countries which are found there. This is what the children identified. Europe is a continent that we live in and it is one of the smaller continents. Parts of Turkey and Russia can be found in both Europe and Asia? Some of the countries in Europe are land locked. The largest country is Russia and the smallest country is Vatican City. Italy is shaped like a boot. Lots of people live in Europe. Europe is in the Northern Hemisphere. Well done year 4 some amazing conversations and observations.
Today the children went on a virtual tour of Antarctica: the coldest desert and nearly twice the size of Australia. They learnt how scientists need to plan weeks before they embark on their journey. They need at least 30 pieces of equipment to ensure they have everything they need as there are no shops. once there they stay in research stations where they have everything they need to survive such harsh conditions. When the weather is good they go out on many expeditions as well as researching many subjects such as the magnetic field. A big thank you to one student who brought in pieces of a salt basin from Portugal which we learnt about a few weeks ago. So light to hold and although the children were told not to taste them, one did and confirmed it was very salty!
Welcome to year 4 Geography. This term the children will be studying The United Kingdom. Here is their journey and their new vocabulary mat for the term. During the first lesson the children looked at how the Equator splits the Earth into two hemispheres: Northern and Southern Hemispheres. In the lesson today, they were introduced to the Prime Meridian (vertical lines of longitude) which splits the Earth into two other hemispheres: Eastern and Western Hemispheres. They were also introduced to two lines of latitude, Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer. The two lines of latitude are north and south of the Equator and the Tropics can be located between these two lines. Once the children identified these lines, they then compared the climate of the tropics to that of the United Kingdom.
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