Friday, 13th May 2022
This week, the children in Year 4 used their artistic skills to complete creative learning pieces.
First and foremost, they added their final touches to their bedside lamps and attached any last details, such as paws, ears, etc. They then built their own simple series circuits with 2 light bulbs and a handmade switch securing the wires with insulation tape. They will test their circuits on Monday and insert them into their models to complete this long but enjoyable D&T/Science project.
During the week, they applied their learning of tints, shades and tones in painting as well, when they created pieces based on the ‘Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon’- our playscript Writing unit.
In Science, extending their plant learning, the children had planted mung beans which, over the last two weeks, grew large enough to be planted into soil.
In Maths, the class moved on to long written division-chunking- using place value counters and familiarising themselves with the new layout, whilst in English they finished their planning, finalising all dialogues for next week’s big writing.
In RE, the class explained the meaning of the Ascension story according to Luke and in Topic moved away from Geography to introduce their new unit-The Tudors.
The children also completed tests to support the Multiplication Table Check- which is approaching fast. I am very pleased with their results and how well they cope with the time limit and the pressure of such formal tests. Well done!
I wish you all a lovely and sunny weekend,
Ms Varga
See Home Learning below:
| Home Learning | Due by Tuesday, 17th May 2022 |
| Spelling | Please log onto Spellingframe and practice this week’s spelling words.
Spelling Rule 26 – Word list – years 3 and 4 – br- to ce- |
| Reading | Please log onto Read Theory and complete 2 activities. Please also update your Reading logs. |
| Multiplication | Please log onto TT Rockstars and spend some time practicing your mixed facts.
Very well done for Panayiotis and Eliana for their amazing progress and scores!!! |
| Research- for Monday, 23rd May | In support of our next English unit-Explanation text- I would like the children to research some interesting inventions from around the world. In this unit of work, the children will design their own ‘crazy’ invention (based on a short extract from Wallace and Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions) and write a detailed explanation of their use.
To help the children come up with inventive and engaging ideas, I would like them to research a few interesting or revolutionising inventions. They can print a picture of them or draw them. add labels or captions. Maybe explain what they do in a few bullet point. This is a planning activity, so just as before, I would like an A4 piece of paper with some invention ideas and bullet points so the children have some background facts and ideas to rely on when designing their own inventions. Here are just a few ideas 🙂 PLEASE BE AWARE THAT MOST OF THE SITES INCLUDE POP UPS AND THE CONTENT WILL NEED CHECKING BEFORE THE CHILDREN ACCESS IT.
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