Year 4 have gone into Lent, this week, with open hearts. The class are ready to step into this time of fasting and sacrifice with respect and sincerity. Year 4 behaved with such consideration during Wednesday’s Mass, receiving their ashes with consideration for everyone around them. A big congratulations to our four readers; Emelia, Charlotte, Joseph and Elsie!
In Maths this week, Year 4 have maintained their stamina in regards to their times tables. The class have been practising for up to twenty minutes first thing every day and the progress is now becoming visible! Please remember to keep practising for short spurts at home to make sure Year 4 can maintain their fluency and speed ready for June’s times tables check. Year 4 spent their main Maths lesson time exploring more about factors. Year 4 then used their developing knowledge of factors and applied them to their Maths questions. Year 4 looked at examples such as 55 X 5 and how this can also be written as 11 X 5 X 5.
In English this week, Year 4 have continued looking at the Aboriginal Dreamtime stories. Year 4 explored and responded to the story of ‘Why the Koala Bear has a Stumpy Tail’. We spent more time breaking down the main points within the story which helped us to understand the characters motives and their personalities. The class then delved into what they thought the message of the story is and how such Dreamtime stories do have deeper meanings to them as they are the Aboriginal tribes’ creation stories. Year 4 then created their own storyboards to map out and retell the Dreamtime story through art, a method the Aboriginals have always used.
Following our Aboriginal theme, the class produced even more art. Using real Aboriginal paintings as inspiration, we used natural coloured paints, all in dotted shapes, to try and pay homage to nature through art work.
Year 4 also used their creative sides during their DT/Science work. After all of the class’ learning during their Sound topic, we finished it off by making our own guitars. Year 4 focused solely on making the base today. The class focused on two main points; making sure there were no holes or gaps apart from the main space under the strings and making sure their strings (elastic bands) were not all the same length. The first point was to make sure the sound waves would not have too much space to escape, the second point was to ensure the guitars could have different pitches.
Congratulations to our Award Winners:
Golden Award - Emma.
Writing Award - Scott.
Maths Award - Zak.
Thank you, from everyone in Year 4!
