Thursday, 10 September 2015

Week 3 Review and Week 4 Preview


Y4 Weekly Update: September 7th to 11th , 2015

                                                                                                                                                                        

This Week  

Next Week

English
This week, we designed our own haiku, shape, acrostic and simile poems. We also created our own stop motion films based on the characters we made last week.
Next week, we will start our topic stories from different cultures where we will look at the African story of Awongaleema set in the Sahara Desert.
Math
In Maths, we looked at greater than and less than symbols as well as multiples of 10 and adding two digit numbers together mentally using partitioning and counting on.
In Maths we will be looking at count in 6s and recall multiplication and division facts for the ×6 table as well as 9 times table patterns.
Humanities
For Humanities, we put our map together and labelled the continents and other geographical concepts needed to look at an atlas.
Next week, we will look at Asia as a continent and some of the activities people do that are distinctly ‘Asian’.
Science
This week, we looked at what things animals need from their Habitat and how they survive. We went outside and looked at different places where animals live.
Next week, we will look at how animals adapt to their habitats as well as any dangers such as weather and predators.
Art
In Art, we constructed our very own world map using colourful continents.
Next week, we will create our own Japanese Blossom trees.
PSHE
This week, we looked at how we can improve our lessons by settling down to class more.
Next week we will look at how other students from around the world go to school and to feel happy with our own lives.
Notices and Events
Please try to log onto your ClassDojo accounts so you can see your child’s behavioural record for the week. Please also make sure that your child brings a marker and glue with them to school in their pencil case.