4JI Detective Day

 4JI took part in a Detective Day, trying to solve the kidnapping of our beloved Coco the Koala! 

We had 4 main suspects, Mrs Burton, Mr Pawley, Mrs Blake and Miss Staples.

We conducted interviews, looked at the crime scene extensively and made our predictions.

We found out the guilty party was Miss Staples!

We wore detective costumes and had a great time! :)

4DK - Science Homework

Year 4 DK – Science Fair Investigations

In our upcoming Science topic we will be investigating Electricity, these are some of the objectives we will be covering in our topic.

Objectives to be covered:

Science Y4: Electricity ·       Identify common appliances that run on electricity ·       Construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers ·       Identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on        whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery ·       Recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with  whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit ·        Recognise some common conductors and insulators and associate metals with being good conductors.

For the Suttons science fair you might like to develop some of these ideas!

·       To find electricity powered appliances at home to understand how dependant we have become on electricity.

·       Design and make a torch you can turn on or off

·       Design and make a working model of a lighthouse

·       Alternative methods of making electricity – as we move away from fossil fuels how will we keep our homes, industries and transport running?

Or some questions to investigate…

Which brand of batteries last the longest? What materials produce static electricity? How fast does electricity move? Which materials conduct electricity best? What causes a static shock>? Can we use fruit & veg as electricity?

Or any question of your own relating to the objectives above.

Question : what do you want to find out
Prediction :what do you think will happen
Materials : list everything you will need to set up your experiment
Procedure : step by step instructions how you carried out your experiment
Results: -:what did you find out

Goodbye 4JI!

Goodbye 4JI! :) I hope you enjoy your 6 weeks summer holidays and I will see you when you're in Year 5! 

4JI Homework Projects

Well done to the children of 4JI for some amazing homework projects! This was our first time completing these and they did not disappoint!

Here of some of the children's incredible work!

4JI Bug Hunt

As part of our Science topic about Living Things and their Habitats, 4JI went on a bug hunt, and we managed to find lots of different invertebrates that we then classified!