News: y4 | St. Aidan’s Primary School – A Church of England Academy

Image of 🍂 Blackburn Children's University: Autumn Challenge Time! 📚

21 Oct

🍂 Blackburn Children's University: Autumn Challenge Time! 📚

Image of This week we started Addition & Subtraction using digital manipulatives! These interactive tools help children visualise numbers, spot patterns, and build math confidence through hands-on visual learning. 🧮

16 Oct

This week we started Addition & Subtraction using digital manipulatives! These interactive tools help children visualise numbers, spot patterns, and build math confidence through hands-on visual learning. 🧮

Image of Our mini-historians shone at Ribchester Roman Museum and Baths! Patrick was impressed by their knowledge and great answers. They represented the school brilliantly—well done, everyone! 🏛️

13 Oct

Our mini-historians shone at Ribchester Roman Museum and Baths! Patrick was impressed by their knowledge and great answers. They represented the school brilliantly—well done, everyone! 🏛️

Image of Taking rounding to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000 and turning it into basketball! ⛹🏻‍♂️⛹🏽‍♀️

8 Oct

Taking rounding to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000 and turning it into basketball! ⛹🏻‍♂️⛹🏽‍♀️

Image of The children became full-fledged game developers at Computing Club today! 🕹️🌟 They built 3D maze worlds from scratch, added custom game mechanics like villains and health boosts, before test-playing each other’s creations! 👾✨

6 Oct

The children became full-fledged game developers at Computing Club today! 🕹️🌟 They built 3D maze worlds from scratch, added custom game mechanics like villains and health boosts, before test-playing each other’s creations! 👾✨

Image of Number lines but practical! We made human number lines to help us understand that they can have a different number of intervals and therefore count up in different amounts.

23 Sep

Number lines but practical! We made human number lines to help us understand that they can have a different number of intervals and therefore count up in different amounts.

Image of Our science experiment this afternoon was so much fun! We were investigating what happens when sounds are made and how sound travels through different mediums to our ears 👂🎶

23 Sep

Our science experiment this afternoon was so much fun! We were investigating what happens when sounds are made and how sound travels through different mediums to our ears 👂🎶

Image of Year 4 scientists in the making. Our new unit is all about Sound 🛎 We used tuning forks to explore what happens when a sound travels through water. We saw the vibrations and some even made a splash! Great fun 😀

18 Sep

Year 4 scientists in the making. Our new unit is all about Sound 🛎 We used tuning forks to explore what happens when a sound travels through water. We saw the vibrations and some even made a splash! Great fun 😀

Image of Abracadabra! 🪄 We had a fantastic start to Computing Club today, learning the basics of block coding in Purple Mash! The children loved making objects vanish and move to create their own magic! 💻✨

15 Sep

Abracadabra! 🪄 We had a fantastic start to Computing Club today, learning the basics of block coding in Purple Mash! The children loved making objects vanish and move to create their own magic! 💻✨

Image of We have had a great first day back in Year 4- the children have settled in brilliantly! I am very much looking forward to the exciting year ahead.

2 Sep

We have had a great first day back in Year 4- the children have settled in brilliantly! I am very much looking forward to the exciting year ahead.

Image of A huge well done to our Year 4 ALWAYS children! To reward their consistently brilliant behaviour, they had a fantastic time tackling a giant inflatable obstacle course today. We're so proud of you all for being wonderful role models! 🏰

15 Jul

A huge well done to our Year 4 ALWAYS children! To reward their consistently brilliant behaviour, they had a fantastic time tackling a giant inflatable obstacle course today. We're so proud of you all for being wonderful role models! 🏰

Image of Well done to our Year 3/4 children who took part in the football festival! ⚽🏆 They all participated brilliantly, played with fantastic team spirit, and—most importantly—had great fun. We are incredibly proud of all of you! 🌟👏

1 Jul

Well done to our Year 3/4 children who took part in the football festival! ⚽🏆 They all participated brilliantly, played with fantastic team spirit, and—most importantly—had great fun. We are incredibly proud of all of you! 🌟👏