Year 4 Update – Wk 12
Wed 16th – Fri 18th November – Year 4 Camp
Mon 28th November – LEAP Visit
Wed 30th November – Mandarin Consultations – no Mandarin for students
Fri 2nd December – PTA Disco
Thur 8th December – Christmas Concert
Tue 13th December, noon – School’s out for Christmas Holiday
3rd January – First Day Back
Mandarin Parent Consultations
Please make sure that you have signed up for one of the Mandarin Parent Consultation time-slots that are ongoing at the moment.
Camp Is Coming!
How to Help Your Child Get Ready ….
- please bring in snacks to share (multi-packs) by 14th November
- practice making their own bed
- show them how to hang their towel (so it will dry for the next shower!)
- give them a plastic bag to bring home their dirty/wet clothes in
- ensure they know which clothes belong to them…and make sure they are named clearly
- be positive about camp with them and be excited for them!
Reminders
Please make sure your child comes to school with a school hat on break times and PE lessons.
It was noticed that some students did not have their hats on our recent outings, and even though the weather is getting cooler now in Hong Kong, the sun is still strong and so hats are the best way to keep your child safe for the rays. Please, please make sure he or she has one and that they bring it every day!
Please support us and your child by helping them create a positive impact on the habitat around them by bringing their snacks, lunches and drinks in reusable containers.
U.S.A. Presidential elections
ren have been very interested in the US elections and all 3 classes have had some fascinating discussions about the election of President Trump. We have tried to address any concerns/misconceptions that the children have about Donald Trump, but if you are wondering how to talk about it at home, then you may find this article helpful.
Who We Are
Central Idea: People’s behaviour impacts on the habitats of other living things.
Lines of Inquiry
An inquiry into:
- Different habitats and the living things found in Hong Kong
- Impact of behaviour on habitats
- Human responsibility to habitats
The students have begun their own inquiries this week and will continue with these case studies next week. They are organised into groups of 2-3 and have shared out the necessary research in order to create the presentation about the HK habitat they have chosen. We look forward to hearing about their findings!
Central Idea – Different graph forms highlight different aspects of data more efficiently.
Lines of Inquiry:
- Collect, organise and represent data (including bar and line graphs, 3 ring Venn diagrams and Carroll diagrams) where one object or symbol can represent many data values
- Interpret data and draw conclusions using a variety of scales
- Describe the advantages and disadvantages of data representation forms
The children will continue to gather and represent data in different ways using web tools.
The children have begun thinking about their own fables – who their characters will be, what problems they will face and importantly, what lesson they want the reader to infer from their story.
Next week, we will be trying to get the final version of our fable finished before we head off on Year 4 Camp!
Daily home reading
A reminder that the colour of the home reading book your child brings home will reflect their reading ability at the end of Year 3. However, as reading assessments continue over the course of the coming few weeks, this may or may not change. PLEASE be reminded that the colour sticker on the reading book your child brings home is far less significant than the development of fluency AND comprehension. There is also an expectation that your child will read a book and complete any quizzes on Reading Eggspress twice a week.
Spelling
The children will have 10 new words to learn each week (Friday) and will be tested on them by a classmate three times per week. The words they have consist of some vocabulary relevant to our current U.O.I., some words relating to the spelling rule that we are currently learning about and some words of their choice.
Year 4 Home Learning – English – 04.11.16
Instructions
- Read the two fables in the home learning booklet.
- Consider how they are similar and how they are different.
- Summarise your ideas in the Venn Diagram on the final page.
- Try to include information you have inferred, as well as information you have directly read from the text.
Optional : Practise inferring by doing this quiz! https://www.quia.com/pop/43335.html
