26 Oct 2018

Year 4 Update – Week 9

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Friday 26th October – Unit 1 Reports on Gateway

Monday 5th – Tuesday 6th November – School photos

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

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 started investigating how animals can be classified and what features living things have in common.

Maths

The children continued to inquire into patterns by thinking about visual patterns, patterns found in a hundred square when adding consecutive numbers and they began to predict future terms based on their findings. They also looked at adjacent numbers that formed a square on the number chart. They investigated what would happen if you added the two diagonal numbers, some even looked at if you were to multiply the two diagonal numbers.

English

The children have started looking at using powerful verbs and adjectives to improve their sentences. Some of them have started to look at clauses and compound sentences.

Pitch

We had our first week of pitch and the children enjoying having some time to explore the area and use the equipment. From next week, the children will be in groups to complete different rotations for the next 3 weeks.

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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 – Mark Yuen

4F – Gabrielle Leung

4W – Ying Ling Wong

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.