Year 4 Update Wk 24

• 11th March – 4W Assembly
• 18th March-  4J Assembly
• 18th March – International Food Fair
• 24th March (Thursday 12.00pm) – End of Term
• 11th April – Term 3 begins

 

 

• Raffle Tickets

Remember to sell those tickets and return the money and ticket stubs to the PTA.  Want more tickets, no problem! Just ask and you shall receive.  The class that sells the most tickets wins a super dooper prize, good luck Year 4.

 

How We Express Ourselves

Central Idea: Nature, purpose and creativity can inspire the design of structures in the community

Lines of Inquiry

1. Architecture in the local and global environment
2. Elements that influence design
3. Pattern and shapes in structures (Maths)

Concepts: Form, Perspective, Reflection

Learner Profile: Communicator, Reflective

Attitudes: Confidence, Creativity

 

Structures around the world – mini inquiries linked to Ms. Jeeves’ research sessions.

Final Assessment

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:

We will continue to work on basic facts.  The written form of multiplication and division will drive our number work until the end of the term.

Shape and Space

Nets and angles of 3D Shapes.

Narrative

This is our second unit on Narrative writing where we are hoping to consolidate skills in the following areas.

1. Using and identifying complex sentences.
2. Consistent use of past tense
3. Using the basic mechanics of writing when editing
4. Use of dialogue

The Narrative style we are inquiring into is Folk Tales.  We encourage you to share the Folk Tales you grew up with that are part of your culture with your child.  They can then share these with the class.  The children will be focusing on using paragraphs and continuing to use imagery when writing their own fables.

Final Assessment – write a fable

 

Home Reading- Please remember to use Home readers and Reading Eggspress (particularly if your child has left their reading book at school) with the home reading program.  Parents are reminded to sign the reading journal and to make sure that one or more pages of your child’s reading is listened to each night.

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…

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

Mr Gibson has shared a link to help the children practise their ukulele at home.

http://goo.gl/CH5vHz

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