8 Jan 2016

Year 4 Update Wk 18

12th January – Year 4 Bake Sale
12th January, 6.30 pm – Parents evening; Concepts and Inquiry
29th January – Year 4 Theater Trip
4th February – Chinese New Year Evening for parents
5th February – China Day Activities
5th February, 3.00 pm – Chinese New Year Holiday

PE uniform days for each class – Our pitch visits are now finished. Regular P.E. time slots will commence after the holidays. Please refer to the uniform days outlined below:

4J – Wednesday and Thursday

4W – Tuesday and Thursday

4M – No Change; Tuesday and Wednesday

Portfolios – Please take time to read through these with your child. All portfolios are due back at school by Friday 15th January.

Please be aware of your child’s music day as they need to bring their ukulele to school.

4M – Wednesday

4W & 4J – Friday

Jump’n Outta Our Skins

Wednesday saw a superstar arrive among us. The effervescent Mr Jump Jam flew in from India to spend some time jamming with the Year 3’s, 4’s and 6’s. Jump Jam is a dance/aerobics style fitness program for kids. Mr Jump Jam’s visit was enjoyed by all and we hope that it will encourage the students to participate in the once a week session in the hall at lunch time.

Where We Are In Place and Time

Central Idea: Change in our world can happen through exploration and discovery

Lines of Inquiry

Explorations and discoveries that have changed our world
The reasons why people choose to explore and discover
The effects of exploration and discovery on the recording of time

Concepts: change, causation and connections

Learner Profile: courageous

Attitudes: curiosity and Integrity

In the coming week we will be completing our unit with a final assessment at the end of the week.

Multiplication and Division

Central Idea – Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are related to each other and used to help us solve problems

Lines of Inquiry:

The methods that are used to solve calculations

The operations of multiplication and division

The different relationships between the four operations

The children will be:

Multiplying 3 digit by 2 digit numbers
Dividing 3 digit by 1 digit numbers with and without remainders
calculating multiplication and division questions mentally
modelling multiplication and division
estimating and rounding to check answers

This week will see the pre-assessment for the multiplication and division completed along with a focus on knowing times tables up to 10 x 10.

Persuasion

This week we will be wrapping up the unit on persuasion writing with a final assessment.

Sho Kitamura – 4w

Brandon Yip – 4M

Raphael Chan – 4J

Home Reading

Continue with Reading Eggspress and school texts when possible. Children are to complete the quizzes at the end of the text.

20 mins per night

Week 19 – Subtraction Word Problems

Library News

As you will have seen in the school newsletter it is now possible for parents, younger children and other family members to borrow from our library. By registering for a family borrowing card you can borrow two books from any section of the library, including the new Parent Collection which contains books about healthy living, behaviour management, fun art activities and days out for children in Hong Kong. The library is open for family borrowing at these times…

Before school	After school
Monday	2.45-3.30pm
Tuesday	8.15- 9.00am
Wednesday	2.45-3.30pm
Friday	8.30-9.15am

To register for a family borrowing card please complete the form found on the school website’s communications page. For any questions please contact Emily Jeves jevese2@beaconhill.edu.hk

Music – Mr Gibson

Mr Gibson has shared a link to help the kids practice their ukulele at home.

http://goo.gl/CH5vHz

Ukuleles to be brought to school on the following days; 4M Thursdays, 4W and 4J Fridays