24 Aug 2018

Year 4 Update – Week 1

Wednesday 29th August – Meet the Teacher Evening (see timings in the table below)

Friday 14th September – PTA Bowling Evening

Monday 24th September – BHS CPD Day (School closed)

Tuesday 25th September – Public Holiday

Friday 28th September – Year 4 Sharing Morning 9 -11am

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Welcome to Year 4!
We would like to start by letting you all know how impressed we have been with the way the children have adapted so readily to life in Year 4. They have demonstrated enthusiasm across the board and we are really looking forward to working with them all during the coming year.
Meet the Teacher Evening
We look forward to meeting with you all on Wednesday 29th August. Please note this information session is for parents only, no students should attend.

All new BHS parents

5:30pm Wine & Cheese Party in the Staffroom

Introduction in the hall

Meet the teacher in the classroom

Finish

Year 4, 5 & 6 Parents

6.00pm

6.15pm

6.45pm

Year 1, 2 & 3 Parents

6.30pm

6.45pm

7.15pm

Eco Squad!

Please see the poster below if you would like to be a member of Mr. Hodskin’s Eco Squad (the new BHS Green Team).
Chess Champions
Congratulations to Gabriel Chan (4W), Felix Lee, Julien Leung and Marcus Su (4F) who were awarded 1st runners-up at the Chess Academy Hong Kong Inter-School Team Chess Championships 2018!

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Central Idea

Experiences and beliefs shape a person’s actions

Lines of Inquiry

An inquiry into…

  • How our actions affect our lives (Causation)
  • People’s many and varied beliefs  (Perspective)
  • The interconnectedness of beliefs and actions  (Connection)

Next week, students will explore the beliefs of other people by spending time with different adults who work in Year 4. They will have opportunities to explore the beliefs that are behind music from different cultures. We will also be thinking about the role of dance and the children will all become choreographers!

Central Idea
Base 10 place value system can be extended to represent size

An inquiry into:

  1. The patterns of 5 digit numbers and how they are represented
  2. Representing number patterns using words, symbols, numbers and tables

Next week the children will be renaming, ordering and comparing 5 digit numbers. They will be undertaking a range of activities, games and open-ended tasks in order to do this.

Writing focus: Writing to entertain
Poetry
Next week the students will continue to develop their vocabulary by selecting the “best words in the best order” by writing Kennings poems relating to beliefs and experiences. We will also begin to explore other forms of poetry to describe important experiences, such as Haiku and Cinquains.
Comprehension Strategies
Visualising and Self-monitoring

Congratulations to the students who received Golden Book certificates during Monday’s Assembly!
4A – Fae Chui
4F – Benjamin Gu
4W – Olivia Jung
Mandarin – Mali Tam
Spelling
At the present time we are assessing the student’s spelling, we will begin Spelling homework in the next few weeks.
 
Reading
Students should read everyday and talk to an adult about the text they have selected. 
  • Mon, Weds, Fri – borrow a BHS home reading book
  • Tues, Thurs – read a book online from Big Universe

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