Hello,
We hope that you are all well and that your Christmas preparations have been successful and productive so far.
This week, the children have been drafting, editing and publishing their concrete Christmas poems, which have taken the shape of a Christmas image e.g. a tree, star, Santa Claus, etc. We were delighted by the children’s use of poetic devices to entertain the reader e.g. metaphor, simile, alliteration, rhyme, repetition and exaggeration. Well done Year Four! Both classes then took part in a peer-evaluation (2 stars and 1 wish) in order to give constructive feedback to one another about their poems. Today, we enjoyed using musical instruments as part of our Y4 Christmas Poetry Performance – we also discussed the importance of using pitch, tempo, voice intonation, facial expression and gestures, as means to engage an audience during the final outcome of our English unit.
In Maths, we have continued to learn about fractions. In particular, we have been working on tenths and hundredths of a number (i.e. 0.1 and 0.01), before moving on to discover what happens when a fraction becomes larger than 1 whole (e.g. three halves described as ‘1 and a 1/2’). As the week progressed, Year Four then began to look at equivalent fractions, through building their own fraction walls using strips of paper and folding techniques to create equal parts of a whole. We were very impressed by the children’s collaboration during this task! The children were then able to derive their own ‘equivalent facts’ for 1/2 and 1/4, using their fraction walls. Now, we are working on how to add and subtract fractions together by finding a common denominator…
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all parents who attended the Y4 music concert at St. Peter’s on Monday 16th December 2019. The children felt very supported and they all enjoyed demonstrating to an audience the skills they have been learning on the keyboard this term. In the Spring Term, we look forward to learning about percussion on the African drums! Please see photos from our recent concert, below…
We would also like to thank all children and parents for the lovely Christmas cards and gifts that our staff have received this week – we are extremely grateful for your kindness and generosity, thank you!
Please remind all children to complete their spelling, vocabulary, times tables and Sumdog learning, ready for the new year…
Wishing you all a fantastic Christmas, see you next term on Monday 6th January 2020!
Kind regards,
Miss Honeywell, Miss Jackson-Nash and Mrs Cairns