Weekly News 3rd July 2019

Over the last week, we have been tremendously busy.

In maths, we have begun to look at triangles and quadrilaterals. We have even figured out the difference between a rhombus and a parallelogram. Get your child to tell you!

In English, we have been finding about environmental heroes across the world. the children will be writing their own books about one of these social entrepreneurs.

In topic, we are thinking about native Americans and their crafts. Last Friday, we began to make dream catchers. We are also going to be making totem poles.

We are all now looking forward to next week, when we will spend Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with our new classes.

Triangles

We are learning about triangles in maths. Learn the four basic types of triangle by clicking here.

Weekly News. Week Beginning 17th June 2019

Thank you to everyone who came to the Summer Fayre. The children all performed beautifully!

This week, we have been learning how to draw and use line graphs in maths. 

In English, we have been finding out about the conditions that some children in developing countries have to live in. The children all created insightful responses in the form of free verse poetry. At the end of the week we will be looking at how Isatou Ceesay, the lady from Gambia in our class non-fiction book, makes purses using carrier bags. The children will be trying to make their own crafts using carrier bags. 

In topic, the children began to research their chosen US landmark and will be going on to create their own tourism leaflet next week. 

Weekly News. Week Beginning 10th June 2019

In English this week, the children continued working on 'One Plastic Bag', a book about recycling in Gambia, Africa. They used research they did last week to create some excellent posters about plastic pollution.  

In maths, we have been looking at bar charts and have been drawing some of our own using results from the class. Who knew we all had such good taste in favourite films? 

We have continued our work on electrical circuits this week and have begun to design our own electrical games.

On Tuesday, we were treated to a fantastic performance of Alice in Wonderland by a theatre company, which we all enjoyed immensely! 

We have been busy practising our dance for the Summer Fayre on Friday. We are looking forward to seeing you there. 

Weekly News. Week Beginning 3rd June 2019

This week, the children began their new topic, Road Trip USA, by imagining that the school grounds were the United States of America. They had to find and visit fourteen different states that were marked out on the field. Once they had done that, they had to locate the states in an atlas and really began to appreciate quite how vast the USA is. Over the next few weeks, we will be developing these geographical skills as well as thinking about what life is like for the people that live there. We will also think about the many native American tribes.

In English, we have started reading a non fiction book about plastic waste in Africa. We will be focusing on this issue for the next few weeks.

In maths, the Children are again looking at time in digital and analogue, as well as 12 and 24 hour. If your child has a watch, we strongly recommend that they wear it as often as possible as it can make a magical difference to their learning of this sometimes tricky topic.

Weekly News. Week Beginning 20th May 2019

Sports day went extremely well on Monday and all the children in year 4 had a brilliant time.

This week, we have finished reading the saga of Beowulf. He met a rather gruesome end, but many of the children were cheering on the dragon! Our last activity will be to map out the story so that we can retell it orally in the Anglo Saxon Style.

We came to the end of our topic on Traders and Raiders with an examination of the Viking people and their invasion of the Anglo Saxon lands. We have finished our topic now, but if your children would like to learn more, we can strongly recommend that they visit Sutton Hoo over the half term.

In maths, we have continued using our knowledge of decimals to help us solve problems with money. Don't forget that the children need to be practising for the Government's times tables tests in June. Check out the link on the previous post.

Times tables tests

In a few weeks, the children will be sitting the new government times tables test. It would be great if you could help prepare your child for this by using this online simulator:  https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/.