Y4 Weekly Update: January 25th to 29th, 2016

                                                                                                                                                                        

	This Week	Next Week
English	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.	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.
Math	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)	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
Humanities	For Humanities, we will learn about what causes flooring and examine different materials and how they affect flooding.	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.
Science	This week we will look at different types of resistance including water resistance and how to measure it.	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.
Art	In Art, we will finish making our inventions and write a piece about them so that people know how they work.	This week, we will show our inventions to the class and present them as well as critique them
PSHE	In PSHE, we will look at Kindness Week and what some kind deeds we can do, not just this week but all the time.	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.
Notices and Events	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.

Y4 Weekly Update: January 18th to 22nd, 2016

                                                                                                                                                                        

	This Week	Next Week
English	This week, we have finished writing our Explanation texts based on the comics of Wallace and Gromit.	Next 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.
Math	Look 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	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
Humanities	For Humanities, we will look at will learn facts about tornadoes, their features and survival techniques.	Next week, we will will learn about what causes flooring and examine different materials and how they affect flooding.
Science	This week we will look at how to use a Newton meter to measure horizontal force and to design a fair test.	Next week we will look at different types of resistance including water resistance and how to measure it.
Art	In Art, we will start to make our inventions that we designed the previous week by bringing recycled materials to school.	This week, we will finish making our inventions and write a piece about them so that people know how they work.
PSHE	In PSHE, we will look at our camp and writing letters of thank you to those people that organised it as well as looked after us during our stay.	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.
Notices and Events	Please try to log onto your ClassDojo accounts so you can see your child’s behavioural record for the week.

The Big Picture - Week 15

Seasons greetings from all of Year 4. Here are some pictures of our field trip, writing information texts, and other classroom activities. Happy holidays!

Y4 Weekly Update: November 23rd to November 27th, 2015

                                                                                                                                                                        

	This Week	Next Week
English	This week we looked at how to write an information text including how it is structures and how to use quotes to back up our statements.	Next week, we create our own information texts using dinosaurs as a rewference and create our own newspaper articles.
Math	In Maths we revised and completed two maths tests and reviewed them	Next week, we will look at placing 4-digit numbers on landmarked lines; 0–10 000 and 1000–2000; round 4-digit numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000; mentally add and subtract to/from 4-digit and 3-digit numbers using place-value; count on and back in multiples of 10, 100 and 1000; count on in multiples of 25 and 50; add and subtract multiples of 10 and 100 to/from 4-digit numbers
Humanities	For Humanities, we looked at different types of flying animals that lived in the prehistoric times as well as the habitats that encountered and the threats that they faced.	Next week, we will look at other animals that lived in prehistoric times and how they managed to live with the dinosaurs as well as how they survived the extinction.
Science	This week, we looked at how the muscles in the body work and took videos of ourselves warming up our muscles and exercising.	Next week, we conduct a muscles experiment and look at how to make a fair test and which variables to change in order to answer our question.
Art	In Art, we continued to work on our Dinosaur Dioramas by adding in some of the foreground in 3D.	Next week, we finish our Dinosaur Dioramas by adding in some lifelike realia such as sand and dirt as well as bringing in our own dinosaurs and showing them their new homes.
PSHE	This week, we looked at good study habits and how to have a good test.	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.
Notices and Events	Hopefully our trips will be confirmed by the end of the week so look for the permission and monetary slips to be going home. Please also ensure that your child brings a cap to school to make sure they don't get too hot.

The Big Picture - Week 12

Another week, another truly incredible educational journey. From learning about marine dinosaurs, writing our own stories from imaginary worlds, reading with Early Years students, to investigating who in our class has fractured a bone; it has been fantastic. Please, enjoy the photos and have a wonderful day.

Y4 Weekly Update: November 16th to November 20th, 2015

	This Week		Next Week
English	This week we created our own individual stories based on The Legend of the Wawel Dinosaur. We planned our stories with our own settings, characters and  plots. We then displayed our stories as a story map. Come along and see the display.		Next week, we will be starting our unit on informational texts. We will look at how to create the structure of a news article and tie it in with dinosaurs.
Math	In Maths we revised over what the students will need to know for their reviews next week including timestables and other forms of calculation.		In Maths we will have two Maths reviews. The first is on Tuesday and the second on Wednesday.
Humanities	For Humanities, we looked at different flying reptiles including how big they were as well as where they were found.		Next week, we will look at dinosaurs that lived in the sea and how they managed to survive in prehistoric times.
Science	This week, we looked at the different muscles that we have in our bodies, how they work and how to look after them. We also made a lung from a bottle and looked at how it inflates and deflates.		Next week, we will look closer at xrays and bone fractures with an experiment on muscle tension.
Art	In Art, we started making our own dinosaur dioramas out of a shoebox. We will also look at ways to make the shoebox into a realistic habitat for different dinosaurs.		Next week, we will finish off making our dinosaur dioramas.
PSHE	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.		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
Notices and Events		Please remind students to complete their Abacus homework sent out online. Also, please make sure your money is paid in along with permission slips for our residential.

The Big Picture - Week 11

Another exciting week in Y4 is upon us. Lots of great work in Maths, making life sized skeleton diagrams in Science, and last but not least; Book Week. As always, feel free to come by the classroom and check out our amazing Book Week display.