The Big Picture - Week 1

Dear all, this week in Y4M we had a fabulous start to what will undoubtedly be a fantastic academic year. This week's photos are from our introduction assembly, humanities, and literacy classes. Please check our class blog regularly as many photos will be posted throughout the year. Have a wonderful weekend!

Week 1 Review and Week 2 Preview

Y4M Weekly Update: August 24th to 28th , 2015

                                                                                                                                                                        

	This Week	Next Week
Literacy	Reading and Writing This week in Literacy we explored the fundamentals of both reading and writing. As per our writing, we reviewed the basic parts of speech and proper reading techniques.	Stop Motion Story Next week we will be focusing on creating a stop motion video that will reinforce the concepts of plot, setting, and characters in story.
Math	Mental and Written Math In this week’s Math class we focused on refreshing our math skill set and working on our times tables.	Place Value In Maths class, we will focus on place value and the importance of quick number recognition up to the thousands.
Humanities	All About Me In Humanities class we discussed other cultures and created lovely “All About Me” posters in order to discover the diverse composition of our class.	Native Americans Next week, we will be discussing Native Americans and their impact on contemporary American society. Linkages to other native societies in Europe and Asia will be made.
Science	Science In a compressed week of Science, we re-introduced the scientific method and the concept of fair testing.	The Skeleton In Science class next week, we will examine why humans and certain animals possess a skeleton.
Art	Stop Motion Settings This week in Art class we created the setting backgrounds for our upcoming stop motion videos that we will plan and film next week.	Symmetry Next week in Art, we will create our own portraits using the concept of symmetry. In order to do this, we used a picture of half our face and sketched the other half by hand.
PSHE	Introduction to PSHE This week in PSHE we introduced the concept of PSHE and what exactly it entails. Positive personal traits and various other core traits were discussed as a class. We also created our class Dojo.	Character Building Next week in PSHE we will focus on character building and what steps we can take as individuals and a class to become better people.
Notices and Events

End of Year

Art in Paradise

On Wednesday we went on our school trip to Art in Paradise. We had so much fun taking interesting pictures, then we got to eat delicious pizza at Scuzzi.   Kru Bee and myself were both so impressed with how well behaved 3H were. Well done! 

Pyramids!

We constructed our very own pyramids and painted them during Art.

Which Way is North Again?

Recently in science we have been learning about magnets and we've carried out lots of interesting investigations. This week we made a real compass out of paperclip!

Ancient Egyptian Design and Technology

We've really enjoyed learning about Ancient Egypt this term and we've been able to make lots of interesting things in D&T. Firstly, we researched, designed and made Ancient Egyptian musical instruments. We wrote songs about Egypt and performed them in front of each other. It was very funny! We're now making pyramids out of paper mache.

We Love Science!!!

The Ascot Science Fair was a great success. All of the teachers were really impressed with level of experiments that took part and the scientific knowledge of the children. There were also lots of fun experiments taking place in the classroom. I can't wait for next years fair!