This week we have been preparing for assembly all about teeth.  We have had fun learning and reciting the old Pam Ayres poem 'I wish I'd looked after my teeth'. 

Our topic has now moved down the body and we are thinking about all the horrible things that happen to our food as it makes its way through.

We have been practising speech punctuation and using inverted commas (speech marks). We can now imagine the most amazing conversations.

 In maths, we have used equipment to help divide 2 digit numbers by single digits. We have discovered remainders and worked out how we can exchange tens for units.

This week, we discovered that you can protect the calcium in an egg by coating it with flouride from toothpaste. We soaked treated and untreated eggs in acetic acid (vinegar) and compared their shells. Can you tell which is which?

We have spent some time this week looking at newspapers and have begun to write our own accounts of the wolf attack on the Icelandic village. The children have had great fun inventing characters to interview.

In maths, the children have been finding ways to  multiply 2 digit numbers by single digits. They have used a range of apparatus and have begun to use formal written methods.

 We have also carried out some mathematics assessments, and the children are all very proud of the impressive progress that they have made.

We have reminded the children to keep practising their times tables. There is still plenty of room in the 66 club! 

Don't forget that our year 4 assembly will be at 2.15pm on Friday 1st February. We look forward to seeing you then.

This week, we have been finding out what happens when we clean our teeth. We stained our teeth using disclosing tablets, which showed how much plaque was left on our teeth. What we discovered was that those children who cleaned their teeth in the way their dentist told them to, had the cleanest teeth. What a surprise!

In maths, we have been exploring multiplication and have been finding out about commutativity and associative law. This means that it doesn't matter what order we multiply numbers in, we just need to find the easiest way to do it. We have also explored factors and prime numbers.

In English, we have thought about exploration and adventure and why people might want to visit Iceland. We have written adverts to persuade them to go.

The children have continued to access Bug Club in school and are enthusiastic to use it at home. Please let us know if you experience any difficulties getting on.

Today, inspired by 'Arthur and the Golden Rope', we worked together to write a piece of free verse about books. 

Books

Books can be a world of wonder

Anything you want

A path to GREATNESS

A path to wisdom

Dangerous and safe.

Lead to treasure

Your own adventure.

Your own expedition.

There are enough in the world to create a sea

Go look and you will see

They will live for eternity.

Books are funny things.

Educational, inspirational teachers.

So pick up a book and FLY away.

Cars taking you on a quest

Across the world

Through your imagination.

Can be funny but can be scary

Sad.

Fun.

Addictive.

Words shimmer over a shining sea

In books

like diamonds in a cave.

Fly away.

Laugh away.

Welcome back to a new year and a new term, We hope that you had an enjoyable and peaceful holiday.

As an introduction to our topic, 'Burps, bottoms and bile',we started this week by thinking about teeth. We looked at the types of teeth and their function and we made models and drew sketches. 

We also began to look at this term's English book: 'Arthur and the Golden Rope', in which we immersed ourselves in the fascinating fantasy world of Sir Arthur Brownstone.

In maths this week, we have been undertaking inspirational challenges that help children to develop their resilience, creativity and team working. The children have amazed themselves with what they have been able to achieve.

The children have all been reminded that they have logon details for Bug Club. It is a brilliant resource to encourage reading, both at school and home. Please encourage your child to go on as often as possible.

Weekly News 14th December 2018

Wow! What a busy week! Year 4 spent the first part of this week performing 'Bah Humbug!', first to the school and then to parents and family. Throughout, they maintained an extremely high standard of both performance and behaviour and should be very proud of what they have achieved.

Throughout all of this, the children have continued to learn and practise their times tables and will be looking to improve their score on the '66 tables facts' at the end of the week.

We have nearly reached the end of 'The Pugs of the frozen North' and the children are excited to find out how the story ends. They loved the idea of echosnow, screechsnow, slumbersnow and shrinksnow and then  had a lot of fun inventing new kinds of snow and describing its effects.

Reading Champions
Would you be willing, and are you able to spare some time, to come into school on a regular basis and read with some children? If so, we would love to hear from you. 

Weekly News 7th November

This week, we received a nocturnal visit from Father Christmas. He left snowy footprints outside the door and a letter inviting the children to tell him what they have been up to this year and what they wanted for Christmas. The children were really excited to draft and write letters back to him.

We have also been rehearsing for the play. The children now know their lines really well and are excited to get into their costumes for the performances.

In maths, we have continued to use the 6 and 9 times tables to solve problems and challenges. 

Next week, we will challenge the children to remember the 66 times tables facts. If you want to give your child a challenge, they can have a go at the times table activity on this site: https://collins.co.uk/pages/primary-mathematics-times-tables-test-simulator.