Science; Skeletons and the digestive system

This half term we have been looking at skeletons and the digestive system, we named and labelled bones on the skeleton and we looked at where our food goes when we eat, through our digestive system.

Here are some photos of our learning

Tell me something you have learnt about our skeletons or digestive system...

Iron Man

As you may well know Year 4 are studying the novel Iron Man by Ted Hughes, so far we have read the first 2 chapters and are really enjoying the text here is our classroom display;

And Tamara's chalk sketching from the playground 

What part of the story have you enjoyed the most so far?

Do you think the Iron Man is nice or evil?

Gold book (1/2/16)

Freya 

Freya is in the gold book this week for co-operation, as she has been seen helping her class mates independently and giving them advice on how to tackle a problem from a different perspective, this is lovely to see!

Freddie 

Freddie is in the gold book this week for his perseverance, he has found time tricky but he has persevered and is now solving time word problems confidently, well done!

Gold book (25/1/16)

Maddison 
Maddi is in the gold book this week for her perseverance, whenever she finds something tricky she keeps going until she has grasped it.

Jacob H
Jacob is in the gold book this week for the perseverance he has shown during our time learning, this is a tricky concept and he didn't give up!

Gold Book (18/1/16)

Here is this weeks year 4 gold book children

Emily
Emily is in the gold book this week for her perseverance, she found an activity tricky but persevered and had to try it repeatedly, but she carried on going and got it, well done for not giving up!

Ellen
Ellen is in the gold book for her resourcefulness, during maths she chose the equipment she needed to help her solve the problem.
She also chose to take herself away from a situation that she knew was wrong and could potentially get her in trouble, a very grown up approach, well done!

Gold Book (11/1/16)

Tamara
Tamara is in the gold book for showing perseverance this week during a tricky word problem maths session and an informative science lesson.

Bobby
Bobby is in the gold book this week for showing resourcefulness and co-operation while helping his class mate during maths.

Spring Termly Letter

Tuesday 19th January   

                              
Dear Parent/Guardian,

Firstly let me apologise for how delayed this letter is! I hope you all had a super Christmas and New Year.
Here is some important information for this upcoming term.
P.E.                 

Monday, children will need outdoor kits and suitable footwear e.g. trainers or pumps.

Swimming

Friday, children will need a swimming costume, towel and goggles if wanted. Can I recommend that girls tie their hair up and boys wear swimming trunks instead of baggy shorts.
Spellings and Learn its        

New spellings and Learn its will be given every Monday and tests will be on the Friday of the same week. The spellings given are words related to the class theme and words with a focus on a particular word rule e.g. suffixes, prefixes, singular, plural rather than the actual words. So when practicing them please emphasise the rule e.g. adding -ing.

Big Talk

Big Talk will be sent home on Tuesdays to be discussed in preparation for Big Write, which will now take place on Thursdays due to swimming.
Homework    

Homework is the learning logs, a new learning target will be put into the books every fortnight and your child will have 2 weeks to fill the 2 pages with anything they think relates to the learning target, the deadline date will be at the bottom of the target.
I would be very grateful if you could encourage your child to complete every piece of homework and to hand it in on time. It is essential for your child to get into a routine before they start high school.
Reading         

Please make sure your child reads their school reading book at home. I would like them to read everyday, and if you could please write a small comment about what they have read and sign it in their reading journal. We will aim to listen to your child read at school once a week so please ensure your child brings their book and reading record on their designated reading day. Your child can change their own book mid week if necessary, the time for this is between 8.50 and 9am (your children are aware of this).

We are now working from the newly revised National Curriculum (details of which you can find on the school website).

This term our class theme is Ancient Egypt, so all our subjects will be related to this. Here are some of the activities we will be doing this term;

Literacy
We have started a novel study, the novel we are studying is Iron Man by Ted Hughes, throughout the term we will be reading the whole book together and our writing will be linked to the text, we are going to be writing setting and character descriptions, diary entries, newspaper reports, instructions, letters, predicting the story and maybe even an essay style piece! I am very excited about this and hoping to read some fantastic pieces of writing.

Maths
Addition, subtraction, fractions, time, coordinates and position, division, multiplication and perimeter.

 

Science

Skeletons, digestive system and food chains and living things and their habitats.

 

Computing
Programing and using technology to make a presentation.

 

Geography
The geography of Egypt.

 

History

Ancient Egyptians.

 

Art

Egyptian drawing, hieroglyphics and artifacts.

Design Technology (D.T.)

Designing and making canopic jars and a sarcophagus.

Physical Education (P.E.)
Dance, swimming and outdoor and adventurous activities.

Mrs Kendrick will be teaching Wednesday afternoons to cover my PPA time.

Finally, can you please check your child has a safe and wearable pair of indoor pumps!

 

I am aware that there is a lot of information included in this letter! If any of the

information is unclear, or if you have any further queries regarding your child, please do not hesitate to see me.

Kind regards,

Mrs M L Quinn
Year 4 Class teacher