Year 4 Update Wk 10
- All camp forms returned – Friday 30th October
- Camp Snacks at school – Monday 9th November
- Mandarin Parent Consultations – 10th, 12th, 16th and 18th November
- Year 4 Camp – Wednesday 11th November – Friday 13th November
- Parenting Workshop: Marie Marchand – Tuesday 17th November, 6.30pm
- ISA data will be released around Early December and they will be uploaded to Gateway. Ms Susan Chung will send a note to parents when they become available.
- We will send out new letters regarding the LEAP trip soon, which will be taking place on Monday 7th December.
- Camp forms – In order to ensure that camp organisation is thorough, please ensure all forms and payment for camp are returned at the same time. This includes cheque, medical form and permission slip.
- Camp Snack – collection of camp snack will begin after the mid-term break. Have your child deposit the multi-pack snack in the box in the Year 4 crush area.
- Boxes of Hope – a reminder if you are making a Box of Hope, these need to be in school on Tuesday 3rd November.
- PE uniform days for each class – Tuesdays and Wednesdays for 4M, Wednesdays and Thursday for 4W and Mondays and Wednesday for 4J.
Sharing the Planet Unit of Inquiry continued with reviewing research skills and beginning to create questions to aid our inquiries. This Friday, Paul Melsom, a well-known horticulturist in Hong Kong, delivered a talk about native and non-native plants to all Year 4 students. He also took students on a walk around the school looking at native and non-native plants. Ask your child for more information!
In English, students learnt more about the grammar used during narrative writing.
Pre-assessment for Data Handling was completed along with revision of place value concepts.
Sharing the Planet
Central Idea: People’s behaviour impact on the habitats of other living things
Lines of Inquiry
- Different habitats/ biomes and the living things found there
- Impact of behaviour on habitats/ biomes
- Human responsibility to habitats/ biomes
Concepts: Form, causation and responsibility
Learner Profile: Caring, principled
Attitudes: Appreciation
Pre-assessment: Children will pick from a selection of infographics and complete a graffiti wall.
Next week, students will be inquiring into the positive and negative impacts of human behaviour on our environment.
A Maths unit on Data Handling is connected to this UOI.
Addition and Subtraction
Central Idea (Number)- The operations of addition and subtraction are related to each other and used to process information to solve problems
Lines of Inquiry
- Mental and written methods that can be applied for exact and approximate calculations
- How we use addition and subtraction to solve problems
- The different mental strategies used to solve problems
Pre-assessment: Mental strategies and algorithms
Mental and written strategies for this unit:
- Jump Strategy
- Split Strategy
- Compensation Strategy
- Doubles and Near Doubles
- Working Backwards
Data Handling
Central Idea (Strand)- Different graph forms highlight different aspects of data more efficiently
Lines of Inquiry
How people collect and display data
How data is interpreted
The children will be:
- Collecting, organizing and representing data (including bar and line graphs, 3-ring Venn diagrams and Carroll diagrams) where one object or symbol can represent many data values
- Interpreting data, drawing conclusions using a variety of scales and describing the advantages and disadvantages of data representation forms
Narrative
To entertain, create, stimulate emotions, motivate, guide and teach.
Elements of narrative include:
Opening/orientation that usually includes a setting and introduces characters
A series of events that build up
Complication(s)
Resulting events
Resolution and ending
Pre-assessment: Writing a narrative
Grammar:
Nouns, verbs and adjectives
Verb tenses
Paragraphs
Punctuation
Parent Evening With Marie Marchand on Tuesday 17th November at 6.30-8.00pm in the school hall. The theme is ‘Bringing a family routine that works to your home.’ Please register your attendance via this link: http://goo.gl/forms/2VqT4UB1jb
Children are encouraged to bring in fruit and vegetable sticks on Fridays to support BHS’s Fruit Fridays.
Remember to give your child a healthy start to the day with breakfast and a nutritious snack to ensure sustained energy levels.
Please remember to sign your child’s home reading journal so that they are able to borrow a new book. A kind reminder that students are expected to read Reading Eggspress twice a week.
