Hello,
We hope you all have had a lovely week and hopefully the sun will shine for us at the weekend.
This week it was fantastic to see all the amazing characters children dressed as for World Book Day. It really is a super way for children to share their favourite books and encourage others to read!
In English, year 4 all week have been perfecting and publishing their ‘Save the world’ letters and they are ready to send off to Greta Thunberg! For the next English unit, which will start on Monday, children will be investigating natural disasters in order to create a news report for the camera!
In Maths, Koalas have worked really hard perfecting addition and subtraction problems. We looked at a range of multi-step problems where they had to determine what steps to take first and what operation to use. Next week we will begin our next ‘Time’ unit and focusing on time intervals and crossing time boundaries (e.g. I baked a cake at 11.53 am and it took 16 minutes to cook. What time will it be ready?)
During science, each class created an entire set of human teeth! We used clay and modelling tools to discuss the shape of each tooth and how this would be suitable for its purpose. We discussed how incisors are used to bite, canines help us to shred meats and the (pre)molars allow us to chew foods. We then studied a set of animal photos and compared the types of teeth they had, before categorising each animal into carnivore, herbivore or omnivore. Not to forget the importance of keeping our teeth healthy and making our own coloured toothpaste!
Next Tuesday we will be learning all about how to stay safe in the kitchen and learn the skills of grating, chopping and peeling. We are hoping to create some veggie masterpieces just like these…
So if you have any leftover, uncooked vegetables from Sunday roast and dinners over the weekend, we would really appreciate it.
Quick reminders for the upcoming week,
Tuesday 10th March – Parent’s evening
Wednesday 11th March – Parent’s evening
Friday 13th March – Poetry of by heart competition (So if you’ve been chosen, do not forget to bring your props)
We hope you have a lovely weekend and we are looking forward to seeing you on Monday!
Miss Jackson-Nash, Miss Honeywell and Mrs Cairns