We have lots of exciting things going on in year 4 this term, we are looking forward to seeing all your hard work and we will enjoy sharing your learning with you.
Here are some of the super things we are going to be up to:
We will be studying two fantastic books in our English lessons!
Firstly, we will be looking at ‘Flotsam’ written by David Wiesener, this is a picture book with the most brilliant illustrations. The book will give us the opportunity to discover lots of photographs from under the sea, it’s a whole new world!
Secondly, we will be reading a book called ‘The Great Kapok Tree’ written by Lynne Cherry, this is a book linked to our rainforest topic and focusses upon the devastation that deforestation causes to the animals habitats.
We will continue to learn the year 3/4 spellings and will look at a range of spelling patterns to support this. Within the SPAG lessons we will be working on the correct use of commas and also inverted commas to indicate direct speech.
We will continue to develop our skills in the 4 operations, our understanding of multiplication, division, plus we will be to learn about area and perimeter. Within the maths sessions we will, as always be striving to improve fluency.
In year 4 there is the statutory times table check, aside from this it is so important that the children learn their times tables – we will be doing lots of work on the tables and really need that focus at home too.
The unit of work this term is ‘Sound. We will be investigating how the ear works and carrying out a number of investigations to see how sound travels.
This terms topic is the Rainforest, we will be looking closely at all aspects of the Amazon Rainforest including the climate, inhabitants and the effects of deforestation.
We will continue working on our RSE scheme ‘Jigsaw’ and discussing issues which are important to us and help us work together as a team. Our topic is Dreams & Goals.
We will begin the term looking at data logging, collating a range of data and looking at different ways to record the data. Then we will move on to repetition of shapes and will use software to create patterns and experiment with the repetition.
PE will be on Thursday.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR PE KIT. Make sure you don’t get RED on your Assertive Mentoring!
We will continue to have a creative approach to our homework this term. You will be given Maths and Spelling homework each week as well as being able to choose from a range of creative activities in Topic.
Homework is given out on Friday and is due in the following Wednesday.
Homework handed in on Wednesday is GREEN.
Homework handed in on Thursday is YELLOW.
Homework handed in on Friday is RED.
We read in class every day, so make sure you always have your Reading Log in school.
Please make sure you also read regularly each week at home and ask an adult to sign your Reading Log for you. We will sign your Reading Log every WEDNESDAY to check you have read at home, so please don’t forget!!
KEEP IN TOUCH!
Parents & Carers are always very welcome to call in to discuss any aspect of their child’s learning, any other area of their school life or just to say ‘hello’. We are available anytime before or after school, except on Wednesdays because that’s when we have our Staff Meeting.
We are really looking forward to a great half term with you all!
Thank you for your continued support.
Mrs Moran & Miss Mees
Tuna mengi ya kusisimua ya kufanya katika mwaka huu wa 4 na tunatarajia kuona kazi yako yote ngumu na tutafurahia kushiriki kujifunza kwako na wewe. Hapa ni baadhi ya mambo super sisi ni kwenda kuwa hadi: Tutakuwa kujifunza vitabu viwili ajabu katika masomo yetu ya Kiingereza! Kwanza, tutakuwa kuangalia <unk>Flotsam<unk> iliyoandikwa na David Wiesener, hii ni kitabu picha na picha brilliantest. Kitabu kitatupa fursa ya kugundua picha nyingi kutoka chini ya bahari, ni ulimwengu mpya kabisa! "Kama ilivyoelezwa katika kitabu cha ""The Great Kapok Tree"" cha Lynne Cherry, msomaji wa kitabu hiki anajifunza kuhusu uharibifu wa misitu ya mvua na uharibifu wa mazingira ya wanyama." Kwa hivyo, kwa sababu ya kuwa na uwezo wa kusoma kwa njia ya kawaida, tunaweza kuamua kutumia spelling ya mwaka wa 3 na 4 na kuamua jinsi ya kutumia spelling ya mwaka wa 3 na 4. Katika masomo ya SPAG tutakuwa tukifanya kazi juu ya matumizi sahihi ya commas na pia commas zilizobadilishwa kuashiria hotuba ya moja kwa moja. Kwa hivyo, tunajifunza juu ya uendeshaji wa kazi nne, pamoja na ujasiri wa kuzidisha na kugawanya, na pia juu ya eneo na perimeter. Ndani ya vikao vya hisabati tutakuwa, kama kawaida kuwa kujitahidi kuboresha fluency. Katika mwaka wa nne, kuna ukaguzi wa meza ya mara ya kisheria, mbali na hii ni muhimu sana kwamba watoto wajifunze meza zao za mara - tutafanya kazi nyingi kwenye meza na tunahitaji kuzingatia hiyo nyumbani pia. Kitengo cha kazi hii neno ni 'Sauti. Kwa hivyo, tunahitaji kujua jinsi sikio linavyofanya kazi na jinsi sauti inavyoweza kusambazwa. Katika makala hii, tutazungumzia mambo mengi kuhusu msitu wa Amazon, ikiwa ni pamoja na hali ya hewa, watu na athari za ukataji miti. Tutaendelea kufanya kazi kwenye mpango wetu wa RSE "Jigsaw" na kujadili masuala ambayo ni muhimu kwetu na kutusaidia kufanya kazi pamoja kama timu. Kichwa chetu ni Ndoto na Malengo. Tutaanza na kukagua data ya kumbukumbu, kukusanya data mbalimbali na kuangalia njia tofauti za kurekodi data. Kisha tutaendelea na kurudia maumbo na tutatumia programu kuunda mifumo na majaribio na kurudia. PE itakuwa siku ya Alhamisi. Tafadhali kumbuka kuleta Kifaa chako cha Kujifunza. Hakikisha wewe si kupata RED juu ya Mentoring yako Assertive! Tutaendelea kuwa na mbinu ya ubunifu kwa kazi yetu ya nyumbani muhula huu. Unaweza kupata kazi za nyumbani za hisabati na herufi kila wiki na pia kuchagua kutoka kwa shughuli mbalimbali za ubunifu katika mada. Kazi za nyumbani hutolewa siku ya Ijumaa na zinapaswa kufanywa Jumatano inayofuata. Kazi ya nyumbani iliyotolewa siku ya Jumatano ni ya kijani kibichi. Kazi za nyumbani zinazotolewa siku ya Alhamisi ni za manjano. Kazi ya nyumbani iliyotolewa siku ya Ijumaa ni RED. Soma kila siku katika darasa, kwa hiyo hakikisha kuwa na kitabu chako cha kusoma kila wakati. Tafadhali hakikisha pia unasoma mara kwa mara kila wiki nyumbani na mwombe mtu mzima atuteke saini kwenye Daftari lako la Kusoma. Tutasaini Daftari lako la Kusoma kila Jumatano ili kuangalia umesoma nyumbani, kwa hivyo tafadhali usisahau!! Endelea Kuwasiliana! Wazazi na Walinzi ni daima sana kuwakaribisha kwa wito katika kujadili kipengele chochote cha kujifunza mtoto wao, eneo lolote jingine la maisha yao ya shule au tu kusema <unk>hello<unk>. Sisi ni inapatikana wakati wowote kabla au baada ya shule, isipokuwa siku ya Jumatano kwa sababu kwamba ni wakati tuna Staff Mkutano wetu. Sisi ni kweli kuangalia mbele kwa nusu muhula kubwa na wewe wote! Asanteni kwa msaada wenu wa kuendelea. Bi. Moran na Bi. Mees