Weekly Update for week beginning 03.04.17

We have been busy rehearsing down the church this week and the children have been very patient and hardworking! One more week to go…

Here’s what will be happening next week:-

Numeracy: We will be finishing division and doing a rainbow assessment based on addition and subtraction.

Literacy: Children will writing their own sci-fi story.

Easter Service: We will be going to the church to rehearse our Easter Service on:

Monday between 13:00-14:30 and Tuesday between 09:00-10:40. We will be performing to the school on Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning. Our final performance will be on Friday between 09:30-11:00. If you are able to accompany us then please let us know.

Spring Fayre: Children must be collected from their classrooms by an adult at 14:30 for the Spring Fayre. Children are welcome to come unaccompanied after 3pm.

Pyjama Party: Children can bring their pyjamas, onesies and soft toy to school on Thursday for a special golden time as they have worked so hard this term!

Last day: School will finish on Friday  7th at 1pm. A packed lunch is not needed but children can bring in a snack for break time. Games can also be brought in for the children play on the last day.

There will be no homework this week. Instead, please can the children continue to learn their words for the Easter Service-especially the words for the songs!

Many Thanks for your support, have a good weekend!

Year 4 Team

Time change of church tomorrow

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the time of going to the church tomorrow has changed slightly. We will begin walking down at 10.40am and walk back to school for 12.00pm.

If anyone is able to walk down and back with us at these times please let us know.

Apologies if this causes any inconvenience, especially to helpers that have already agreed to come down with us.

Many thanks,

Year 4 Team

Links to the Easter script and song words

Please find below, links to the Easter script and song words (in case any children have mislaid them!).  Children should know their lines and be well on the way to knowing all song words this week.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PXEh8ovn6uQWczcVmR7JD-I3i9UXLCazlxBEiviDUow/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HldMg4S_eceMipLWHd2bHf5t2LirSpKc2FAXZaPND9I/edit?usp=sharing

Many thanks for your support,

Year 4

Weekly Update week beginning 27th March

Year 4 Weekly Update for week beginning 27.03.16

 

What a brilliant Red Nose Day we have had! Thank you for all your donations towards this worthy cause..

We also had an amazing ‘Feel the Force’ Day and the children were fully focused and did some brilliant science. Thank you so much for all the parent helpers-we really appreciate it! Thanks also, for making the effort to bring in the bikes, scooters, skateboards etc.

 

Here’s what will be happening next week:-

Numeracy: We will be looking at fractions, decimals and percentages.

Literacy: Re-telling the story ‘The Black Box’ and planning our sci-fi story. Children will be given the choice of either rewriting the story in their own words, substituting the story or writing it from another point of view.

Science/ICT: Children will be carrying on with making their iMovie’s about Feel the Force Day.

Easter Service: We will be going to the church to rehearse our Easter Service on: Wednesday 29th, Thursday 30th between 1:00-2:15pm and Friday 31st between 09:45-10:30am. If you are able to accompany us then please let us know.

The children should know what they need for their costumes, please could they bring them in to school as soon as possible.

There will be no literacy homework this week. Instead, please can the children learn their words for the Easter Service-especially the words for the songs!

Many Thanks for your support, have a good weekend!

Year 4 Team

Literacy – Thursday and Friday

Just a note to say that the children will be choosing a way to learn our Science Fiction text – ‘The Black Box’ in literacy for the rest of this week.  They will have a choice in their teams to either: act the story out, use mini figures to act it out, write/draw a text map.  If the team requires mini figures, they may bring them in!

Many thanks

Year 4

Science-Feel the Force!

Year 4 have spent a day exploring forces and friction as part of their ‘Feel the Force Day.’ They have ridden their bikes, scooters, skateboards etc around the school grounds to find out where it was easier or harder to move.

They then carried out investigations that explored many different types of forces.

We are now going to make a film of our learning.

Here are some useful web links and films to find out more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZYwsAvHgVw

Bitesize Science

Science Clips

Physics for kids

Physics4kids

Weekly Update for week beginning 20.03.17

Here’s what’s coming this week:-
Science – Feel the Force Day: We are looking forward to the day and hoping the weather is dry. A reminder that if any parents can help on the morning of Wednesday 22nd, we would be most grateful. Please let your class teacher know. Also, each team will need a lego man and a car (please label!)
Easter Service
Costumes: Please find below information about what the children need to bring in for their costumes:-
School Children – A navy school skirt/shorts and a white shirt/t-shirt.
Rabbi – Trousers and a white shirt.
Donkeys – Grey trousers/grey t-shirt/long sleeved top
All other children will need to bring a plain and light coloured vest and shorts to go underneath their tunics.
All costumes should be brought in a labelled carrier bag.
Red Nose Day: Friday 24th March, children can wear red mufti for a donation of 50p or more and we are looking forward to seeing our finalists in the talent show too.
Numeracy: Looking at mixed and improper fractions.
Literacy: Continuing with typing up our own newspaper reports on Google Docs. We will be beginning to look at a Sci-Fi story called ‘The Black Box’.

Many Thanks and we look forward to seeing you!

Year 4 Team

Numeracy Homework 17th March: Averages

This week we have had great fun finding the averages of the hit points on our Pokémon cards.

We Are Learning To find an average (the mean)

  • Add all the numbers.
  • Divide the answer by how many numbers there are.
  • Use a method for addition (partitioning / column) and division (number line, compact, bus stop).

For homework this week complete another 5 or more questions from the sheets below-choose your own level of challenge.

Find the mean Pink

Find the mean Yellow

Find the mean Green

Find the mean Peach

Find the mean Blue

If you really want to challenge yourself, try to find some averages around the home-see Mrs Judd’s examples! This is optional:-

Averages around the home

Literacy Homework 10.03.17

Literacy Homework 10/03/17 due ASAP

For our newspaper topic, the children have chosen what they would like to write a newspaper article about. For homework, children are to collect quotes from real people that they can use in their article as direct and reported speech. If children need to ask people around the school, they are welcome to do so in their own break times or during homework club at lunchtime on Monday.
For example: If their newspaper report is about Guilbert – the school dog, they will need to prepare questions to ask Mrs Lovell and find her around the school during break or lunch to politely ask her a few questions.
When interviewing children should:
• Have clear questions ready to ask their interviewee.
• Write answers in note form (in homework books).
• Repeat interviewees answers back to them to make sure they have written down to double check.
• If possible, take a photograph and send to their class teacher/print a copy.