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Y4 Weekly Update: January 25th to 29th, 2016
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English
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This week, we are looking at our new topic Persuasive texts in which students will need to write a piece on an invention and explain why it is important.
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Next week, we will be starting our new unit called Stories With Historical settings, where we will read and listen to the story of Oliver Twist, a famous novel by Charles Dickens.
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Math
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Use mental multiplication and division strategies; find non-unit fractions of 2-digit and 3-digit numbers; find equivalent fractions and use them to simplify fractions (halves, thirds, quarters)
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Recognise and compare acute, right and obtuse angles; draw lines of a given length; identify perpendicular and parallel lines; recognise and draw line symmetry in shapes; sort 2D shapes according to their properties; draw shapes with given properties and explain reasoning; draw the other half of symmetrical shapes
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Humanities
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For Humanities, we will learn about what causes flooring and examine different materials and how they affect flooding.
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Next week, we will look at hurricanes and things we should do if a hurricane is ever upon us, including making our own hurricane survival kit.
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Science
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This week we will look at different types of resistance including water resistance and how to measure it.
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Next week we will look at how different types of resistance affects us in our daily lives and how we can reduce and produce different types of resistance.
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Art
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In Art, we will finish making our inventions and write a piece about them so that people know how they work.
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This week, we will show our inventions to the class and present them as well as critique them
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PSHE
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In PSHE, we will look at Kindness Week and what some kind deeds we can do, not just this week but all the time.
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Next week we will look at the positives that have happened this term as well as trying to think of ways to make next term better.
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Notices and Events
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Please try to log onto your ClassDojo accounts so you can see your child’s behavioral record for the week.We will also have a presentation on Friday at 9am where students will present their new inventions to a panel of judges and give persuasive arguments as to why the judges should buy their inventions.
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