Yr 4 24th May - Looking Back and Forth

Friday 24th May  2019 – Looking Back & Forth in Year 4

Looking back:

What a great last week, we finished our Butterfly Lion ‘Lost Chapters’.  These are now up on display.  Some of the pieces maybe a little tricky to read because of the layout of the classroom.  But the display looks stunning and a real celebration of the class’s hard work.  We then worked briefly on limericks, looking at some of the limericks of Edward Lear.  The children created a class one – then had a Limerick challenge for homework.

In maths we looked at decimals and multiplying and dividing numbers by 10 and 100.  The children were encouraged to use a place value chart to support them in getting the correct answer.

We completed our Fountains Abbey work as well, which has also been put up on display in the classroom and cloakroom.  The children started to look at Europe as a continent, the climate and area, also identifying the countries in Europe and their capital cities.    On Friday the children looked at Cheshire landmarks and classified them as physical or human features.  On Wednesday in science we had a ‘gross’ lesson, looking at what happens after we eat, using rice cakes, tights, and paper cups  we plotted the journey through the digestive system - Blue Peter would have been proud!

Year 4 – Pupils’ Highlights:

• Lego with Mrs Cooper
• Looking at Cheshire Landmarks
• Publishing my Butterfly Lion work
• Painting my Fountains Abbey work
• Playing games with Mr Wilkes
• Chips

 

 

Family discussion questions:

• Can you tell me what the small intestine does?
• Can you tell me what the large intestine does?
• (Here is a challenge!) Can you tell me what peristalsis is?
• What happens when you times or divide a number by 10?
• What happens when you times or divide a number by 100?
• What is a limerick?

 

Looking forward:

This week the children will begin a new unit of work about stories from other cultures.  As we have links to South Africa, with our twin school.  We will look at stories from Africa. 

In maths, the children begin to look at long division and multiplication.  We will continue our investigations on the human digestive system in science.  As well as more investigations into Europe - looking at mountain ranges and currency.

Homework in Year 4

Timestables for Wednesday  - Mrs Benson

(None this week)  Spellings for Thursday – Mrs Cooper 

Maths (Blue sheet) and Limericks  for Next Friday– Mrs Cowell

Could the children please complete their homework in pencil or blue/black pen not felt tip.

(This can be handed it at anytime before Friday, the children know where the plastic wallets are)

 Reminders

P.E. kits in this week.  P.E. will be on Friday morning this week. 

Could the children bring trainers or pumps if possible.

Nightly reading recorded in reading record – make sure it comes to school on Friday

Reading challenge has started – 20 reads in the reading record =10 housepoints

Please encourage your child to record their reading in their reading records. 

Dates for your diary:

School finishes in Friday 24th May and the pupils return on Tuesday 4th June

Advance notice: Sports Day Thursday 4th July Reserve Sports Day Thursday