11 May 2018

Year 4 Update – Wk 29

Friday 18th May – Year 4 Changes Unit: Children will be introduced to the changes that happen during puberty through watching videos and discussion

Monday 21st May – BHS CPD – School closed

Thursday 24th May – BHS Summer Music Concert

Thursday 31st May – PTA Quiz

Wednesday 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th June – Year 4 Swimming (more information to follow)

Monday 25th June – End of year reports available (via Gateway)

Friday 29th June – Term 3 ends at 12pm

Body Changes

As part of our Personal Social Health Education programme, the Year 4s will be having a couple of in class sessions on ‘Living and Growing’ Friday 18th May. They will be learning about the changes their bodies will go through during Puberty.

In these sessions they will be shown some educational videos which cover the theme of Changes.

Please contact me at susan.chung@bhs.edu.hk if you would like to borrow the DVD to view at home beforehand.

For your information the BHS Sex Education Policy can be found on the Gateway under School Documents – BHS School Policies.

Ukuleles!

Please encourage your child to remember to bring their ukuleles and ukulele booklets to school on the appropriate day. At the moment, we still have quite

a few children forgetting their instruments.

4F – Thursday

4L – Tuesday

4W – Tuesday

Ukulele Club – Wednesday lunchtime (this only applies to members of this club and they know who they are).

Y4 Teacher Contact Information

4F – Mrs Fennelly – charlotte.fennelly@bhs.edu.hk

4L – Miss Fisher – laura.fisher@bhs.edu.hk

4W – Miss Wu – jane.wu@bhs.edu.hk

Year 4 Learning Support Teacher – Ms Mak – haymen.mak@bhs.edu.hk

Vice Principal – Mr Thompson – andy.thompson@bhs.edu.hk

Baseball Workshop

Aidan’s dad and Coach John came this week to hold a baseball workshop for the Year 4 students. They had a great time learning the rules and playing the game.

Personal Inquiries into Earth Changes

Students worked on completing their inquiry into their chosen Earth change. Many had the opportunity to review the difference between an important and interesting fact and strived to locate, record and understand information that extends their learning based on the lines of inquiry.

Maths

Students utilised their knowledge of number lines and fractions and decimals to help them with measuring mass, volume and capacity and temperature. They also had some hands-on experience with measuring equipment like weighing scales and thermometers.

Bellies full of Cheese!

A highlight of the week for some students is probably our pizza lunch day, here are some photos of them enjoying their pizzas!

Dance Off!

A huge well done to those who participated in the Year 4 Dance Off on Thursday!

LEAP

Students really enjoyed their LEAP visit. They learnt about the nervous system, the effects of medical and non-medical drugs and ways to prevent and handle bullying.

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How We Express Ourselves

Central Idea

Technology Changes and Challenges the way we Express Ourselves

Lines of Inquiry

An inquiry into…

Creativity through technology (function)
The growth of technology and its impacts (change)
Using technology responsibly (responsibility)

Next week, students will inquire into how written communication has evolved through the use and development of technology. Mr Lowe will lending his expertise for this unit and plan to help students develop their very own wearable technology. To prepare for this, students will learn how to sew a little bag.

Probability

Central Idea:

Probability is based on chance and can be expressed in different ways.

Lines of Inquiry

An inquiry into:

Data from probability and how it can be collected, organised, displayed and analysed in different ways
Different graph forms that highlight different aspects of probability more efficiently

Next week students will be finishing their hands-on experiences on measurement and begin investigations into the likelihood of activities.

As part of their inquiry into the evolution of written communication, students will be composing letters. They will also be discussing the difference between spoken and written language with role-plays.

Comprehension Strategy: Review

For the next few weeks, students will be given time to read and record their thinking using any of the reading strategies they have learn throughout Year 4. This will be a good opportunity for the students to reflect on which reading strategy they are confident in and which they are not. Mini-lessons will be held to help fill in the gaps.

Golden Book Certificates

Well done to the children who received Golden Book awards this week!

4F – Anna Yeung

4L – Isaac Presley

4W – Rachel Leung

PE & Music – Tammy Zhou

homelearning

Year 4 Home Learning 11.05.18

As a way to tune students into this new unit of inquiry into technology, they were asked to choose 5 websites that they feel best showcases their online presence and think about how technology has changed over time and its impacts on people. For their new home learning task, students will be collecting information from the adults in their lives (You!). They can choose any format to present their learning to the following questions:

Who are you (in 5 tabs)?

What technology have you witnessed changing and how did it impact your life?

Due date: Wednesday 23rd May

Spelling

The children have a list of words they need to learn. They should practise these at home in preparation for “buddy spelling tests” (the children testing each other) in class next week.

Reading

The children have been given their Home Reading Journals and are expected to read for 20 minutes per day at their given comprehension age. Children will record the title of their book in their journal. Please discuss your child’s reading and leave a comment in the journal so that they can change their book.
To support their reading development, please make sure of the following:

Home reading should be fun not a chore.
Keep the timing short, find a comfy, quiet space and have a chat about what your child is reading. This really helps to develop their comprehension skills.
There is information about comprehension at the beginning of the journal, which you can use to help guide your discussion with your child. Please also refer to information your class teacher has sent out to you about how to help your child at home.

Mathematics
All children should aim to spend 30 minutes per week completing their assigned Mathletics tasks and/or practising their times tables.

Mandarin (All children are encouraged to take a reading book home on the days when they have Mandarin lessons.)

Ms Lynn (Home learning) – Please check your google classroom for details.

Ms Xu – 记得借书读书，写读书报告，完成课堂未完成的功课。完成google classroom 未完成的功课。