18 May 2018

Year 4 Update – Wk 30

Monday 21st May – BHS CPD – School closed

Thursday 24th May – BHS Summer Music Concert

Thursday 31st May – PTA Quiz

Wednesday 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th June – Year 4 Swimming (more information to follow)

Monday 25th June – End of year reports available (via Gateway)

Friday 29th June – Term 3 ends at 12pm

Multiplication facts

Please help your children to practise their times tables at home as many of them still struggle to answer simple multiplication questions accurately. By the time students begin Year 5 they should know all multiplication facts up to 10×10 from memory. This will really help them to access the Year 5 Maths curriculum more easily!

Ukuleles!

Please encourage your child to remember to bring their ukuleles and ukulele booklets to school on the appropriate day. At the moment, we still have quite

a few children forgetting their instruments.

4F – Thursday

4L – Tuesday

4W – Tuesday

Ukulele Club – Wednesday lunchtime (this only applies to members of this club and they know who they are).

Y4 Teacher Contact Information

4F – Mrs Fennelly – charlotte.fennelly@bhs.edu.hk

4L – Miss Fisher – laura.fisher@bhs.edu.hk

4W – Miss Wu – jane.wu@bhs.edu.hk

Year 4 Learning Support Teacher – Ms Mak – haymen.mak@bhs.edu.hk

Vice Principal – Mr Thompson – andy.thompson@bhs.edu.hk

Body Changes

As you will know, Year 4 watched a Body Changes video this week (Friday 18th) to explain changes that happen during puberty. Please check your email as we have sent you a list of the typical questions that arose during our follow-up discussions so that you know what the children were curious about. This will allow you to follow-up at home in the way you deem most appropriate for your family.

Year 6 Exhibition

We had the privilege of going to visit the Year 6’s PYP Exhibition this week. It was a really impressive culmination of all their learning throughout BHS and the students and teachers did a fabulous job. Hopefully the Year 4 students felt inspired about the opportunity they will have to do this themselves in two years time.

U.O.I. Stitching up a storm!

We have been learning to sew in Year 4 this week as part of new unit of inquiry into technology. The children have thoroughly enjoyed this and very keen on continuing with their stitching whenever possible. We have now learnt running stitch and back-stitch so we are ready to begin making bags next week!

Maths

As part of our measurement work in Maths, we have been taking each other’s temperatures and recording them in order to determine the typical body temperature range for our classes.

Some of us playing a fun game that allowed us to revise our multiplication facts (some of us really need to practise our times tables up to 10×10 before we enter Year 5 in August) and develop our understanding of probability. It was a variation of Bingo whereby the students had to consider how likely different numbers were to be called when decided which numbers to put into their Bingo grid.

English

We have been busy writing letters and learning about their features.

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How We Express Ourselves

Central Idea

Technology Changes and Challenges the way we Express Ourselves

Lines of Inquiry

An inquiry into…

Creativity through technology (function)
The growth of technology and its impacts (change)
Using technology responsibly (responsibility)

Next week, students will continue to inquire into how written communication has evolved through the use and development of technology. We will be beginning to sew our small bags and introducing the concept of responsibility by beginning our Cyber Safety lessons, “Digital Passport” created by Common Sense Media.

Probability

Central Idea:

Probability is based on chance and can be expressed in different ways.

Lines of Inquiry

An inquiry into:

Data from probability and how it can be collected, organised, displayed and analysed in different ways
Different graph forms that highlight different aspects of probability more efficiently

Students will have the opportunity to play some games to develop their understanding of dependent and independent probability and the language associated with this.

Next week, children will have the opportunity to respond to a letter and ensure that they include all the necessary information, whilst incorporating the correct features that should be found in a letter.

Comprehension Strategy: Review

For the next few weeks, students will be given time to read and record their thinking using any of the reading strategies they have learn throughout Year 4. This will be a good opportunity for the students to reflect on which reading strategy they are confident in and which they are not. Mini-lessons will be held to help fill in the gaps.

Golden Book Certificates

Well done to the children who received Golden Book awards this week!

4F – Ethan Young

4L – Ariel Cheung

4W – Karina Chong & Anissa Chen

homelearning

Year 4 Home Learning 11.05.18

As a way to tune students into this new unit of inquiry into technology, they were asked to choose 5 websites that they feel best showcases their online presence and think about how technology has changed over time and its impacts on people. For their new home learning task, students will be collecting information from the adults in their lives (You!). They can choose any format to present their learning to the following questions:

Who are you (in 5 tabs)?

What technology have you witnessed changing and how did it impact your life?

Due date: Wednesday 23rd May

Spelling

The children have a list of words they need to learn. They should practise these at home in preparation for “buddy spelling tests” (the children testing each other) in class next week.

Reading

The children have been given their Home Reading Journals and are expected to read for 20 minutes per day at their given comprehension age. Children will record the title of their book in their journal. Please discuss your child’s reading and leave a comment in the journal so that they can change their book.
To support their reading development, please make sure of the following:

Home reading should be fun not a chore.
Keep the timing short, find a comfy, quiet space and have a chat about what your child is reading. This really helps to develop their comprehension skills.
There is information about comprehension at the beginning of the journal, which you can use to help guide your discussion with your child. Please also refer to information your class teacher has sent out to you about how to help your child at home.

Mathematics
All children should aim to spend 30 minutes per week completing their assigned Mathletics tasks and/or practising their times tables.

Mandarin (All children are encouraged to take a reading book home on the days when they have Mandarin lessons.)

Ms Lynn (Home learning) – Please check your google classroom for details.

Ms Xu – 记得借书读书，写读书报告，完成课堂未完成的功课。完成google classroom 未完成的功课。