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
