Year 4

Week 4 of Term 1 was a fantastic week of learning for Year 4 students. Fables are a brilliant way to teach morals and help us adjust our moral compass. In Moral Studies, students explored Aesop’s fable “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” and analysed the themes of honesty and integrity. Although the fable gives us a great moral lesson, the class asked themselves, “Can this fable be applied to a modern-day context?” Students began to construct their own stories to warn other students about the dangers of consistently being dishonest. In the collection of stories, there was “The Man Who Cried Meteor Strike” and “The Girl Who Cried Tornado!” Once these stories have been finalised, make sure you have a read from our budding, young authors.

In Science, students moved their learning by investigating what the life-cycle of a mammal looked like. We, as humans, are part of the animal kingdom. Specifically, within that context, we are mammals. When we are born, we are babies. We then develop into toddlers and young children. We go through adolescence and become adults. Finally, we get old and grey and turn elderly. This is the circle of life. It is the same for almost every mammal on the planet. This Science lesson really allowed students to focus on where they may be in 5 years, 10 years and what they hoped to have achieved by the time that they are elderly. Well done on a fantastic reflection activity.