Hello Year Four,
We have had a fabulous year and are sad to say goodbye, but we will see you in September.
Thank you all for the very generous gifts and lovely cards.
Hello Year Four,
We have been so busy trying to complete projects and blocks of work. We are getting there!
This week the children have been learning about time and angles. They have learned clockwise and anti-clockwise.
We have been planning a poem about a river and the children are using figurative speech to make it more interesting and dramatic!
For art we have nearly completed our mosaics based on Gaudi's trencadis animals. They are beautiful and so colourful!
We went to Potters Bar Museum on Tuesday and it was a great success. The children loved it and soaked up the information given. They enjoyed learning about the affects of the wars on Potters Bar and were able to try on metal helmets and gas masks!
They saw photos of how Potters Bar was over a hundred years ago and how people survived with little food, no heating, no television and no mobile phones.
They loved looking at the phones from the fifties, sixties and seventies. They thought the novelty phones were fantastic.
Next week we will continue to complete various projects.
Have a restful weekend
Ms Davis
Hello Year Four,
This week we have completed our block on money during our maths lessons. The children enjoyed this area of maths!
We are currently looking at figurative speech in our English lessons, particularly alliteration and personification. This is in preparation for poetry writing.
We completed our science project on living things and their habitats by researching endangered animals. The children were quite shocked by the statistics and the reasons that some of our animals are becoming extinct. They carried out their own research.
For Spanish we learned about the Mexican festival 'The Day of the Dead.' The children were fascinated by this.
We are continuing to complete our history topic on Potters Bar in the Past.
NEXT WEEK
Maths
We will be learning about time and hopefully moving on to statistics.
English
The children will continue to plan and write a poem about a river.
D and T
It would be great if any projects being carried out at home could come in to school next week. For those who have not finished, they will be given time to complete the game in school.
ART
We will be using Gaudi's Trencadis animals to create mosaics next week.
Spellings
Group One
recognise
gorilla
switch
exploration
immediately
resolution
peaceful
jealous
answered
relieved
Group Two
shone
shine
delicious
tasty
seat
treat
although
enormous
shining
fierce
Group Three
little
coming
going
playing
staying
I wish you all a happy and relaxing weekend.
Many thanks
Ms Davis
Hello Year Four,
We have had a productive week as always! We have completed our maths unit on decimals and are currently working on money and writing in decimal notation.
The children completed two comprehensions successfully and have continued to work on extending sentences.
The children learned how to create classification keys in science, as we have continued to explore living things and their habitats.
'The Apprentice' was a huge success this afternoon and the children enjoyed watching the adverts and taking part in the activities set up by Year Six.
NEXT WEEK
English
We will be studying poetry next week. The children will be learning about alliteration and personification used in poetry. They will plan and write their own poem by the end of the week.
Maths
We will complete our unit on money next week as the children learn how to calculate with money, estimate amounts of money and solve problems involving money.
Science
The children will explore the effects environmental change have on living things and their habitats.
D and T
The electronic games will be completed and the children will evaluate their work.
Art
We will investigate another aspect of Gaudi's work, as we explore the famous 'Trencadis Animals.' The children will be sketching these in preparation for work with mosaic.
History
As we gather more information about the history of Potters Bar we will be examining photos and comparing them to recent photos of our area.
Spellings
Group One
steal
excited
rule
heaven
taught
absolutely
library
value
resilience
equivalent
Group Two
change
money
decimal
half
minute
hour
clothes
skipped
dropped
because
Group Three
people
water
when
where
why
I wish you all a peaceful and happy weekend.
Ms Davis
Good evening Year Four,
What a busy week we have had!
The children enjoyed 'Talent Night,' and it was so great to see them perform. They did a brilliant job!
Sports Day was also a successful event, which the children thoroughly enjoyed.
This week the children have continued to learn about decimal numbers.
For English we have learned how to use subordinate clauses.
We have started our new art project on Gaudi and the children have been sketching different aspects of the beautiful architecture he designed in Barcelona.
More D and T projects are arriving at school and the games are really quite sophisticated! They all enjoy playing them on Friday afternoons.
We went on an invertebrate hunt during our science lesson. The children found several species and researched lots of information about them. They drew detailed pictures of their findings and used keys to classify them.
The children were fascinated to discover that a Zeppelin was shot down and landed in Oakmere Park, Potters Bar. They wrote extensively about the incident.
For PHSE the children learned about the responsibility of having a baby and that to create a baby a sperm from a male fertilises and egg from a female. They learned that the baby grows in a female's womb. There may be further questions about this which the children want to ask you.
NEXT WEEK
English
We begin a poetry project next week. We will begin with a poem called 'A Raging River.' The children will learn about similes, metaphors, alliteration and personification before they begin to plan their own poem.
Maths
We will complete our exploration of decimals next week and move on to learn about money.
Science
The children will be studying key classifications in science, with regard to living things.
History
Next week we will be exploring old and recent photos of Potters Bar and recognising the differences and similarities. We will be investigating the reasons for certain changes.
Spanish
The children will be learning how to say and write important events.
Spellings
Group 1
image
steal
themselves
persuaded
usually
necklace
video
accident
disrespectful
safety
Group 2
teacher
family
anyway
else
everybody
says
learn
money
punished
people
Group 3
happy
soon
any
hide
didn't
I am looking forward to seeing you on Thursday morning or evening for parent consultations. There are still a few gaps, if you have not already made an appointment.
Have a great weekend.
Ms Davis
Hello Year One,
The multiplication tests Have now been completed. The children tried their best and should feel proud of how well they learned them.
We are continuing to work on decimals in our maths lessons.
For English the children have been writing explanation texts. This week they explained how a toaster works and then wrote an imaginary text about how an invention could work. They also had a comprehension lesson.
The children have been looking at old photos of Potters Bar and comparing them to recent pictures. They enjoyed finding out which shops had changed and researching why. They noticed the differences in the old police station as it is now a nursery. We explored the reasons for this.
For science we looked at vertebrates. Next week we will explore invertebrates
We learned about our genes in PHSE.
For Spanish we found out how to say our names in Spanish and how to say the letters of the alphabet.
Next Week
Maths
The children will continue to learn about decimals.
English
Next week we will be using subordinate clauses. The children will write a piece about an animal of their choice using subordinate clauses to expand the sentences.
Spellings
Group One
wondered
wardrobe
furniture
expected
ancient
breakfast
simile
appeared
terrorizes
massive
Group Two
chocolate
opened
fire
queen
surprise
beautiful
animals
machine
finally
sure
Group Three
could
would
should
used
school
It will be a busy week next week as we have 'Talent Night' and 'Sports day.' We are all looking forward to both events.
Have a restful weekend.
Ms Davis
Hello Year Four,
We have been working on our multiplication tables every day this week as the test will be carried out next Wednesday,12th June. The children did carry out a couple of pre tests this week to help them feel familiar with the procedures and the format of the actual test. As we only have a few days left please could your child work on their tables over the weekend. They are aware of which multiplications they find difficult so you could help them concentrate on those. The children have worked extremely hard over the past few months and should feel proud of their achievements.
This week we began our new science topic on living things and their habitats. The children spent a lesson classifying animals according to a range of criteria.
During our English lessons we have been learning how to write explanation texts. The children have used fronted adverbials to order the texts.
We had Spanish today and the children were asked to get into pairs and have as long a conversation as they could. They did really well. They could practise this at home with you.
We are looking at printing this half term for our art topic. We have the theme of nature, so we went for a walk and collected natural objects to use for printing. The children created some beautiful art with the natural objects and acrylic paint! (Sorry if any paint got onto the children's clothes).
For maths we have continued to understand how to use decimals and have moved on to hundredths.
Spellings
Group One
punishment
amphibian
characteristic
classification
variation
endangered
vertebrate
mammal
extinct
environment
Group Two
reptile
vertebrate
horse
mammal
toad
habitat
living
behind
before
scared
Group Three
horse
dinner
drink
always
goes
when
Next Week
Maths
We will continue to work on decimals. We are learning how to use tenths and hundredths as decimals and we will begin to add decimal numbers.
English
Next week we will carry on writing explanation texts and will be using the book ' How I met Dudley' to explain how crazy inventions work.
Science
The aspect of living things we will be exploring next week, is vertebrates and invertebrates.
Art
We will begin the new art topic '\Gaudi' by exploring the buildings he designed. The children will be drawing the different styles.
PHSE
Our focus for the last half term is 'changing me,' and we will begin by looking at the genes of parents and how these are passed down to children.
History
Our topic is 'Our Local Area.' Next week we will begin by looking at past and present photos of Potters Bar and Little Heath Primary School. The children will learn about the Zepplin that landed in Oakmere Park.
D and T
If your child has completed the labelled design for the home project please could he/she bring it in next week as we will be looking at these as part of our lesson.
I hope you all have a happy weekend.
Ms Davis