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01

Jul

Maths - Area problems

Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

Alongside the CanDo daily maths, which has been covering all 4 operations this week, year 4 have been solving extra problems relating to measurement. They were shown a series of shapes and asked to work out the area of each. Sometimes this was as simple as counting the squares, whilst sometimes they had to use the measurements of the height and width to help them. Everyone scored 100%. Well done all.
01

Jul

English - Direct Speech

Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

The focus today was on inverted commas. How and where to use them in direct speech. The children had to put the inverted commas and missing punctuation into the correct places.It helped to work out exactly what the speaker was saying to begin with. This was a good revision exercise for synonyms for the word said.
01

Jul

D.T - Strengthening Structures

Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

We watched a video explaining how to make structures stronger and looked at various suspension bridges around the world. We looked at some rules to follow - keep the base wider than the top - how to offset blocks, and why triangles are the strongest shape in construction. Congratulations to Noah and Poppy who got to work with their Lego to create some sturdy bridges.
30

Jun

Maths - Handling Data

Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

Today we got to learn about some different ways data can be shown or 'visualised' and how to find information from the data. We got to understand why collecting data is really important for helping people make important decisions. How it helps to compare different things as well as showing patterns. We also got to know the term discrete data and how to use it effectively.
30

Jun

Celebrity Supply Teacher

Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

Manchester United and England superstar Marcus Rashford delivers a very special PE lesson as he demonstrates a stretch and warm-up routine designed to get fans ready for a big game or sporting event. He discusses how he was spotted by Man Utd scouts as a boy and what his alternative career may have been if football hadn’t worked out.
29

Jun

Weekly spelling test

Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

Over 80% of the class took part in the spelling test this week. I know the countdown timer disappearing at the side of the screen is very off-putting, but there were lots of 100% scores. Words with the "ch" spelling/k phoneme were the focus this week.
29

Jun

#rainbowfriday

Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

As part of Diversity week, year 4 were set the challenge to send in a photo celebrating a particular colour building up to rainbow Friday. We've sent in our favourite outfits, pictures of our pets and us out, enjoying the glorious weather. #alldifferentalltogethe
25

Jun

Maths - Ordering

Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

This week, there has been a focus on using money. We have revised our partitioning skills and recapped using decimals. Today's task was to order different amounts of money and use comparison symbols to compare values. It's great to see you completing these extra tasks as well as the weekly maths packs being sent. A big thank you to all of you for keeping your numeracy skills topped up.
25

Jun

National Sports Week

Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

With the glorious weather, there has never been a better time to be outside. Lots of you are still diving and swimming in your own pools, which looks great fun. Ashton has been very busy. He has set up a cricket match, whilst trying not to get whacked by his little brother, and met up for a socially distant bike ride with Jack. Don't forget to check what events you can choose to do next and keep those scores coming in.
25

Jun

Diversity - Learning Japanese

Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

We thought we would try our hand at counting to ten in another language. We have already covered this in Spanish and felt that Diversity Week was a great time to learn another language. The children had a go at repeating the numbers and then trying to write the numbers carefully. å„ªç§€ãªåŠªåŠ›ã®äºº - or, as we say in English, excellent effort everyone.