2 Nov 2018

Year 4 Update – Week 10

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Monday 5th – November – School photos

Tuesday 6th Class – School photos

Tuesday 6th 6 pm Raising Kids Who Love To Read An information session for parents.

Thursday 8th November 2 pm Helping With Home Reading A workshop for helpers

Friday 9th Sibling photos

Friday 9th Diversity house celebration day

Monday 12th November – Mandarin Parent Consultations

Wednesday 14th November – Mandarin Parent Consultations

Wednesday 20th – Friday 22nd November – Year 4 Camp

Wednesday 21st November – Mandarin Parent Consultations

Friday 23rd November – Mandarin Parent Consultations

School Uniform

Dear Parents

Please remember that students need to arrive at school in school uniform on Monday, Tuesday and Friday irrespective of Pitch, P.E. or Diversity celebration day due to school photographs. they should bring their P.E. kits and diversity clothes to change into on these days.

Our latest Scholastic Book Club is up and running! Go to http://world-schools.scholastic.co.uk/beacon-hill-1 to browse the latest books and order online. For every $1 you spend in BHS’ Book Club, our school will earn 20c in Scholastic Rewards.

Please place your order online by November 23rd, 2018.

Many thanks,

BHS English team

U.O.I.

This week, the children evaluated the research they had done so far and started thinking about how they can make improvements when they begin to research their chosen animal. They have continued investigating how animals can be classified and are now moving onto different food chains. They are also beginning to start their research on a specific animal for their summative assessment. The students have also been looking at the connection between the principles of art, pattern in mathematics and art.

Maths

The children continued to inquire into patterns by thinking about visual patterns. They completed their work on square, triangular and rectangular numbers and also worked problem solving tasks involving patterns.

English

This week the students began to look at compound and complex sentences. They have developed their understanding of independent and dependent clauses as well as subordinate conjunctions.

Pitch

We had our second week of pitch and the children had the opportunity to practice different techniques associated with athletics and sports day.

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Central Idea

Interdependence of living things can affect their survival.

Lines of Inquiry

An inquiry into…

Different types of livings things (Form)
What living things need to survive (Connection)
Human responsibility to the survival of living things (Responsibility)

Next week, the children will continue their work on the classification of animals. They will be looking at the similarities and differences between the different classes. They will also begin their research on an animal of their choice.

Central Idea

By analysing patterns and identifying rules for patterns it is possible to make predictions.

An inquiry into:

Rules of patterns and how these predict future terms.
Equivalent number sentences using addition and subtraction
Patterns and relationships in multiplication and division

Next week, the children will be looking at the the mathematical language used to describe patterns (terms, objects, linear, growing and square).

Writing focus: Writing to inform

To present information about something, generally describing an entire class of thing, whether natural or man-made.

We will continue to really thoroughly investigate the contents of sentences. Next week, we will take a more in depth look at clauses and compound sentences.

Comprehension Strategies

Determining Importance

We continue our work on our reading comprehension strategy of determining importance by undertaking research into an animal of our choice and making decisions about which information is IMPORTANT and which information is just INTERESTING.

Year 4 students who received Golden Book certificates this week:

4A – Davy Wong

4F – Oscar Yip

4W – Shunji Lam

homelearning

Spelling

The students have 8 spellings each week that they will need to practise at home. They will have 3 spelling tests each week to make sure they know how to spell their words correctly on a consistent basis.

Reading

Students should read everyday and talk to an adult about the text they have selected. This can be a chance for them to practise their comprehension strategies.