Year 4 Update – Week 31
Thursday 10th May – Y6 PYPX
Monday 13th May – Birthday of Buddha School Closed
Tuesday 14th May – BHS CPD Day School Closed
Friday 17th May – 4A Assembly
Friday 24th May – 3G Assembly
Friday 31st May – 4W Assembly
Action in the PYP at BHS
Thank you for all the great examples of Action that you are taking. Action in the PYP is when students are inspired through their learning and their experiences to make a difference to their lives or the community connected to real life issues and opportunities. We would like to celebrate our students taking action outside of school
Please could you email examples to me, tsuik4@beaconhill.edu.hk, and I will share through our newsletter.
There are different types of Action. Last time I gave a description of how ‘participation’ is a form of action, below is an description of how advocacy is a form of action.
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Type of Action |
Examples |
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Advocacy Promoting an idea that you feel passionately about e.g. social, environmental or political |
Making people aware of an issue you feel passionately about Debating Sharing ideas with friends, classmates or family |
U.O.I
The students began to research different types of change to the Earth’s surface for their summative task. These changes include natural processes and those caused as a result of human activity.
English
The students have continued to identify features of an explanation text. They have discussed the similarities they have noticed over a broad range of explanation texts and are now implementing them into their writing.
Maths
This week Year 4 have been continuing to identifying and describing rotations, translations and reflections of 2D shapes. Next week we will be looking at angles of 2D and 3D shapes.
Golden Book
Below:
4A – Shamu Tharm, Hugo Cheung, Luca Zabbialini, Karsten Tsang and Thoma Yuan
4F – Emma Shan
4W – Charlotte Chan, Ernest Chan, Takumi Stemp
Central Idea:
Changes of the Earth and atmosphere impact the natural world
Lines of Inquiry:
- How the different components of the Earth are interrelated (connection)
- Why the Earth has changed and is continuing to change (change)
- How we know the Earth has changed (reflection)
Over the coming weeks, the students will continue to inquire into volcanoes and research with these 3 questions in their mind; what are volcanoes? How are volcanoes created? How does a volcano change the earth?. The classes will then create a whole class Prezi using their in depth research on volcanoes.
Central Idea:
Shapes can be identified, classified and used in different ways.
Lines of Inquiry:
An inquiry into…
- the relationship between 2D and 3D shapes
- symmetry and transformations can be found in the environment
- angles in 2D and 3D shapes
Over the coming week, the students will look at rotational symmetry, describe translations, reflection and rotations of 2D shapes and describe direction using the four compass points.
Please continue to help your children to practise their multiplication tables at home. Click the image below to access some online games that might support this….
Writing Focus: Writing to explain Explanations detail and logically describe the stages in a process, such as the water cycle, or how a steam engine works. Other examples could be how a law is made, or why we blink when we sneeze. Comprehension Strategies: Questioning
Questioning is a strategy that readers use to engage with the text. questioning techniques help the reader to clarify and comprehend what he is reading.
Over the coming week, will continue to look at different explanations texts on volcanoes and using them to help them with their inquiry research. Whilst reading they will use their questioning techniques to come up with new questions they might have.
- 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.
- Ms Lynn – Please complete home learning assigned in Mandarin Matrix.
