Year 4 Update – Week 2
Friday 14th September – PTA Bowling Evening (see below)
Monday 24th September – BHS CPD Day (School closed)
Thursday 20th September – Mid-Autumn Market
Tuesday 25th September – PUBLIC HOLIDAY (School closed)
Friday 28th September – Year 4 Sharing Morning 9am -11am
Monday 1st October – PUBLIC HOLIDAY (School closed)
Tuesday 9th & Thursday 11th October – Parent Teacher consultations
Monday 15th – Friday 19th October (inclusive) – Mid-term break
P.T.A. Bowling Night!
It has been another fun and busy week in Year 4!
Unit of inquiry
In order to find out more about other people’s beliefs, the Year 4 classes spent time with one another’s teachers this week to learn more about them and their beliefs. Each teacher provided clues about some of their beliefs and then explained why those beliefs were important to them and where their beliefs came from. The children had chance to experience something that was really important to each teacher… Exercise with Ms Andrews, Modern calligraphy with Mrs Fennelly and Pop Art with Mr Whyman.
English
Following these sessions, we continued to develop our understanding of Kennings poems by putting what we had learnt about each teacher into a Kenning poem. We then had to carefully edit our writing to ensure we really had chosen the “best possible words” and then we published them. The children will look forward to sharing them with you on our Year 4 Sharing Day.
Maths
As part of our work on place value, the children have been thinking about the different ways 4, 5 and 6 digit numbers can be represented. We have also been comparing numbers using greater than and less than and ordering numbers.
Learning Technology
All 3 classes had the opportunity to visit the Cloud this week and spend time with Mr Lowe in order to familiarise themselves with the features of their new Chromebooks. They even have touch screens that are designed specifically to work with HB pencils! Everyone also had a go at posting on Flipgrid by recording a short video on the in-built cameras.
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 be making connections between people’s beliefs and the actions that they take. We will be doing this through multimedia work with Ms Kannis, dance lessons with class teachers and Ms Claudia, as well as in the classrooms.
In order to help us think about this we will be analysing the actions of superheroes and thinking about how this connects with their experiences and beliefs.
Central IdeaAn inquiry into:
- The patterns of 5 digit numbers and how they are represented
- Representing number patterns using words, symbols, numbers and tables
Next week the children will be continuing to rename, order and compare 5 digit numbers and beyond. We will also be consolidating our understanding of rounding and be creating posters to explain to younger students how to round numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000.
- 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.
Mandarin
All children are encouraged to take a reading book home on the days when they have Mandarin lessons.
