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title: "Year 4  Science - What is a solid?"
url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-04-16-year-4-science-what-is-a-solid"
school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy"
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# Year 4 Science - What is a solid?

  ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/Year_4.jpg)   16 April 2026

Year 4 have thrown themselves in to their new Science topic, States of Matter. We began our inquiry by testing different items and whether they would classify as a solid or not. Year 4 demonstrated some excellent reasoning skills to explain their points in relation to the properties of a solid.

![](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/images/news/Year_4.jpg)

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