Dear all,
In English this week we have started to write our diary entry from the perspective of the character Stitch Head. The children spent time looking at and evaluating different diary extracts in order to begin to write in a preferred style. We will complete these next week before half term.
In Maths, we have continued our addition and subtraction unit. This week we have focused on increasing our confidence when using different strategies to solve subtraction problems. Next week we will be looking at using strategies to solve subtraction calculations and problems that involving the decomposing (borrowing) method and using the inverse operation (addition).
In RE, we started our Prayer, Saints and Feasts unit. The children watched a story of Mary, Martha and Jesus and reflected on how Mary’s choice of spending time with Jesus rather than preparing the house for his visit as Martha chose to do. We discussed Jesus’ message of ‘relationships are what matter’.
In Science, we have been investigating how to insert a homemade switch into a circuit to turn a light on and off. The children have been so motivated by this unit and have been hypothesising on how to solve this problem. We have set the children a challenge to research switches on how they can be made for next week’s lesson.
Celebrations:
Golden Key
4s: Oliver Cook: ‘For using the gifts God has given him to be a fantastic role model in always being ready to learn and committing to all aspects of his learning.’
4B: Tilly Horton: ‘For using the gifts God has given her to be a resilient learner.’
Showstopper Writer:
4S: Maddison Gissing: ‘For committing to writing an effective character description’.
4B: Daniel Warren: ‘For editing and re-drafting his character description to improve his writing.’
Reminders/Dates:
Please remember to send a coat/rainmac in every day due to the ever changing weather.
Have a lovely weekend,
The Year 4 Team