Gold book (19/10/15)

Freddie
Freddie has been really trying this week to do his best, to do the right thing and help others, this is lovely to see, please keep it up.

Kacey 
Kacey is always doing the right thing even when no one is looking, she gives 100% to everything she does! a real golden girl! 

Gold book (12/10/15)

Liam 
Liam is in the gold book this week because he has shown great persistence and effort, he has tried his absolute best even when he has been unsure and his confidence has grown and he has seen how capable he really is, well done please keep it up.

Rose D
Rose is in the gold book this week because she is such a kind hearted, friendly, thoughtful girl, who always looks after her friends and puts their feelings first, an absolute pleasure to have in class!

Science, Electricity

This week I set Year 4 a challenge to make a bulb light brighter, I gave them lots of equipment and just asked them to investigate, and they did!

They really enjoyed themselves and all met the challenge and made the bulb shine lighter, here are some photos;

How did you make the bulb shine brighter?

Gold Book (5/10/15)

This weeks gold book children are;

Tarja 
Tarja is in the gold book this week because she has been trying really hard to work independently, she has been doing this and succeeding, she did especially well during our rounding to nearest 10 and 100 maths session, please keep it up.

Jake 
Jake is in the gold book this week because he has been trying really hard with his joined up handwriting, it has improved greatly over the last week, please keep this up.

Learning Log Homework

As usual the learning log homework was fantastic, they were well presented, well researched and excellent to read! 

Here are just a few examples;

What would your dream house be?

Welcome Back!

Wednesday 9th September                                     

Dear Parent/Guardian,
Welcome back and welcome to Year 4! I hope you all had a super summer.
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 (swimming will start Friday 18^th September)

Spellings and Learn its        
New spellings and Learn its will be given every Monday (starting from 14^th September) and tests will be on the Friday afternoon 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 (starting from 14^th September) 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 (reading timetable attached) 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 Homes, so all our subjects will be related to this. Here are some of the activities we will be doing this term;

Literacy
Information texts and stories from other cultures and traditions / Poetry and persuasive texts

Maths
Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, shape, area, data handling and fractions.

Science

Electricity and states of matter.

Computing
Introducing Microsoft Office

Geography
Comparing the UK to Sao Paulo.

Design Technology (D.T.)

Making own Sao Paulo home model.

Physical Education (P.E.)
Invasion games and Gymnastics and swimming.

Mrs Gray will be teaching Wednesday afternoons to cover my PPA time.
Finally, can you please ensure your child has an indoor pair of 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

Electrical safety

Can you find the electrical problems/dangers on this picture?