1 Jun 2018

Year 4 Update – Wk 32

Wednesday 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th June – Year 4 Swimming (see below for more information)

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

Friday 29th June – Term 3 ends at 12pm

Wednesday 15th August – First day back

Swimming

Year 4 swimming lessons will begin on Wednesday 6th June and will continue every Wednesday until the end of term.

Class	Depart BHS	Return BHS
4L	8:40	10:45
4F	9:30	11:45
4W	10:30	12:45

Please note that 4L will be leaving at 8:30a.m. As such, 4L children MUST wear a swimsuit under their PE kit (no bikinis for girls, please). 4L children must remember to bring their underwear.

ALL Year 4 Children Must Bring

swimming cap (a requirement of the pool)
goggles
towel
flip flops or croc-style shoes to wear in the swimming pool area
$5 coin for the locker

B.H.S. Hats

The Year 4 teachers have noticed that many of the children are coming to school without their caps. With the very hot weather warnings and strong sun, hats are a MUST!

Students are not able to participate in P.E. lessons or make full use of the playground if they are not wearing a hat. Please make sure that if your child has a hat and if not, buy a replacement from the P.T.A. office. Don’t forget to add your child’s name!

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

U.O.I.

Students completed their drawstring bags this week and have moved onto brainstorming their next product. They worked with Mr Lowe to develop innovative ideas for their microbits and began coding the necessary programmes. In the classroom, students had opportunities to create prototypes for bags they would like to sew.

Maths

There were more discussions about expected and observed outcomes in probability this week. Students also analysed the data they collected from the last home learning task to do categorising and representing.

English

This week students drafted and published their response to the party planner. The Year 4 teachers now have great ideas for the end of year class parties. However, hiring clowns, bouncy castles or previewing the next Avengers movie may not make onto our to-do lists! Some students have moved onto planning and writing a letter to a famous person they would like to meet.

PTA Quiz

Some students had a great time participating in the PTA after school on Thursday. There has been a big push to be more green this year and QR codes were used instead of pencil and paper. It was a huge success!

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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 continue to work with Mr Lowe on their micro:bit technology and start on their bags based on initial prototypes. Students will also continue to learn about ways to use technology responsibly through their Digital Passport accounts.

For the next few weeks, students will be reviewing the various mathematical concepts covered throughout Year 4. This will be a good opportunity for students to reflect on their understanding and identify areas they would like to work on in order to prepare for the next year ahead.

Next week, the children will draft and publish their letter to a famous person, or personal hero of their choice. They will also learn about how to address an envelope. Hopefully we can have some letters sent off!

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.

Congratulations to this week’s Golden Book winners!

4F – Gabriel Chan

4L – Cass Lam

4W – Cherry Ho

Learning Technology – Trinity Wong

homelearning

Year 4 Home Learning 25.05.18

Parts, Purposes and Complexities – Bags

Pick a bag at home and complete and use the Parts, Purposes and Complexities thinking routine to think more carefully about its design.
You can pick any type of bag of your choice e.g. lunch bag, school bag, hand bag, sports bag, suitcase, etc.
Draw a picture or take a photo and then label the different PARTS of the bag.
Then think about the PURPOSE of each part.
Finally, record the COMPLEXITIES, difficulties or questions you have about how the parts work.

Due date: Wednesday 6th June

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。