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Y4 Weekly Update: August 12th to August 16th, 2015
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English
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This week we looked at how to structure our recounts in the form of an introduction, a body and a conclusion as well as writing adverbs of order and using reported speech.
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Next week, we look at how to write our own personal recount of what we did in the holidays.
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Math
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In Maths we looked at place value in decimals and the relationship between tenths and decimals; add two 4-digit numbers; practise written and mental addition methods; use vertical addition to investigate patterns.
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In Maths we will convert multiples of 100 g into kilograms; convert multiples of 100 ml into litres; read scales to the nearest 100 ml; estimate capacities; draw bar charts, record and interpret information.
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Humanities
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For Humanities, we looked at South America as a continent and the Amazon. We will look at the different animals that live there and why they are dangerous and unusual.
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Next week, we will start our new topic 'Dinosaurs' and look at how dinosaurs first came about.
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Science
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This week, we looked at conducting an investigation on how birds adapt to eating foods with their different beaks. We took different tools to use as beaks and saw which type of food they worked best with.
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Next week, we will start on our new topic, Skeletons and Body.
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Art
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In Art, we created and decorated our class stalls for the upcoming Charity Day. We made a Human Fruit Machine which should be a lot of fun.
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Next week, we will look at putting together a massive dinosaur jigsaw puzzle.
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PSHE
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This week, we looked at what issues are important to bring to the teacher and what issues the students should be able to sort out themselves.
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Next week we will look at the positives that have happened to students in our class as well as things that we can do to improve our class.
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Notices and Events
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Se you at Parent Teachers tongiht and tomorrow. We are also having Charity Day on the last day of term which is Friday 16th. School will be closed for a week before opening up on Monday
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