Year 4 Update Wk 5
- World Peace Day – Monday 21st September; Dress in bright colours
- Year 4 Sharing Day – Wednesday 23rd September; wear PE uniform
- BHS CPD, School closed – Thursday 24th and Friday 25th September
- Public holiday, School closed – Monday 28th September
- ISA Assessments – Tuesday 29th and Wednesday 30th September
- Dress Casual Day: Hong Kong Community Chest – Wednesday 30th September
- Public holiday, School closed – Thursday 1st October
- ESF CPD, School closed – Friday 2nd October
- LEAP – Monday 5th October
- Parent Consultations – Tuesday 6th and Thursday 8th October (information to follow)
- School Photos – Week of 12th October
- Camp Information evening – Tuesday 13th October, 6pm
- Break Up Half Term, 3pm – 16th October
- School Reopens – 26th October
- Thank you to the parents who supported their children in returning the homework in on time. Please remember that homework is given out on a Monday and is expected to be returned on the following Friday. Many thanks!
- Sharing Day is next week, 23rd September. Can we ask that all children wear their sports uniform on the Sharing Day. Please refer to the letter that went home for starting times and places for each class. Be prepared, you will need to take your shoes off in the drama room!
- ISA, International School Assessment, will take place over the 2 days on the 29th and 30th September. More information about this is on the school newsletter which can be found on the website.
This week we applied our measuring skills and understandings of the proportions of the human body to plan and create a paper giant. Students worked collaboratively to make their model with only 1 piece of information; the length of the head. With no other direction they used the known information to find the unknown and create their masterpiece. We all look forward to sharing these with you on Sharing Day.
We have now completed our three poems; haiku, cinquain and kenning poems. Students chose pieces to publish and the poetry posters will be on display in the hall on Sharing Day.
All Sharing Day performance pieces have been polished and perfected ready to share with you next Wednesday.
Who We Are
Central Idea: Beliefs and values can influence our attitudes and the way we behave
Lines of Inquiry
- Our different beliefs
- Where our values come from
- Our behaviours and attitudes
Concepts: Connection and Perspective
Learner Profile: Open minded
Attitudes: Tolerance and Respect
In this unit the children will be inquiring into theirs and others’ personal beliefs and values. Making connections to themselves and others. Learning will take place through the arts; music, ICT, drama, dance and visual art, and this will be shared with you at the end of the unit.
Moving on from looking at similarities and differences, students will be investigating different perspectives they, and others, may hold in the same or different situations. Students will reflect on how these perspectives affect attitudes and behaviours.
A Maths unit on Measurement is connected to this UOI. We have begun to inquire into Non-standard Units using body proportions, which will coincide with art. Children will look for relationships between parts of the body to support their understanding of proportion, ratio and measurement.
Place Value
Central Idea (Number)- Base 10 place value systems can be extended to represent any size
Lines of Inquiry
- Using the language of number
- Reading, writing and ordering numbers
- Relationships between number within the place value system
Pre-assessment: Concepts within place value
This week we are:
- Reading numbers up to 99 999
- Comparing and ordering numbers up to 99 999 positioning them on a number line
- Writing numbers up to 99 999 using digits and/or words
- Rounding numbers up to 99 999 to the nearest 10,100,1000.
Area and Perimeter
Central Idea (Measurement) – Standard units allow us to make accurate measurements in order to identify, compare, order and sequence objects
Line of inquiry
- What area and perimeter are and how they are used
This week we are
- Estimate, construct, measure and compare perimeter and area using non standard units
- Estimate, construct, measure and compare perimeter and area using standard units (mm, cm, m)
Poetry is the text type for our first Unit of Inquiry. We will focus on these three types of poetry: Kennings, Cinquain and Haiku. With each of these forms of poetry students will listen to examples, explore how each is written and then experience writing their own examples.
This week we will focus on:
- Spelling – double letter, 2 syllable words
- Introduce Cinquain
- Adjectives and verbs
* ISA assessments will be taking place.
Remember to give your child a healthy start to the day with breakfast and a nutritious snack to ensure sustained energy levels.
Please remember to sign your child’s home reading journal so that they are able to borrow a new book. A kind reminder that students are expected to read Reading Eggspress twice a week.
Remember to wear PE kit for Sharing Day.
School Excursion/PTA Levy – Thank you for returning the checks and slips to teachers. If you have not returned them, please do so ASAP.
