Year 4 - Autumn 2 - Week 1
Date: 1st Nov 2022 @ 10:11am
We are back, ready to start the new term ahead and we sure are having fun!
Our week began with a look at our new Collective Worship monthly value of peace. We took the time to think about what peace looks like and times when we feel at peace. Using the Google Classroom Drawing app, we created a picture collage of our ideas to symbolise what peace looks like to us and also how peace can be seen in the Christianity religion. With the knowledge that Jesus is the Light of the world, we unpicked how Jesus brings light to our world and what support and guidance Jesus brings. We popped our ideas into a candle, with a bright flame to represent the idea of light being brought into our lives.
Connecting our understanding of negative numbers, this week in Maths we completed missing number sequences spotting the numbers needed below zero. Our attention then turned to Word Problems, with a focus on problems that required us to count backwards to numbers below zero. Later in the week, we were introduced to Area and what Area is by measuring the surface area of objects in our classroom, using squares. We learnt that to measure Area in Year 4, we simply count the squares inside a given shape or object. Next week, we will be focusing on drawing our own shapes with a given area and connecting our understanding of arrays to support measuring area in a quick and efficient way.
In English, we had an exciting morning at the TSP Circus. We used our sense to stimulate some fantastic ideas for our creative writing, linked to our new book ‘Leon and the Place Between’. We learnt about the importance of using adjectives in our writing so our readers can understand just what it is like to visit a circus and can grasp what the atmosphere is like. By using a double bubble map, we were able to showcase adjectives to highlight the similarities and differences between two images of a circus tent. Laughter filled the air as we played a game of truth and dare, to help us understand what dare Leon might be undertaking as the sign appears in our story asking ‘Do you dare to go to the Place Between’. We made some great predictions about what the Place Between might be and next week, we will create a survival guide for anyone who dares to visit.
A big thank you to Dom from Active Sefton, as we had a fantastic Health Habits session. We looked at the importance of eating a balanced and healthy diet and what that might consist of. We also had fun this week exploring different ways of meastering our times tables. We showcased amazing teamwork, enjoying the games and challenges set up in our classroom to help us develop our times tables recall.
There is no doubt that this week has been the best so far, as we filmed our Kindness Week Video. From gelled hair to space buns, our hairstyles brought the 90s theme to life as we sang, danced and raved throughout the week to some classic 90s songs. We can’t wait to see our joyful efforts be brought to the screen next week when our video premiers.
Rest those dancing feet this weekend, Year 4 and get ready for our Kindness Video premier next week!
Reminders:
- Year 4 PE lessons continue to be on a Tuesday and Wednesday (Swimming).
- Year 4 Kindness Week Project donations to be in school by Wednesday 16th
- Please ensure your child returns their Reading books to school on their Reading day.
- Spellings will continue to be posted on Google Classroom every Friday and tested in class the following Thursday.