Year 4 ordering decimals

Year 4 learned about decimals today and began to order them.



Fraction Fun

We have been working on fractions in Year 4 this week, and we have used counters to create fraction sentences.

E.g. 1/4 of 8 counters = 2.

Have a look at this photograph of a sandwich.  Can you comment below and tell me what fractions the sandwich has been divided into?
To challenge yourself you could tell me what fraction would be left if 1 piece of each sandwich was eaten!

November 11th

As everybody knows, November 11th is a special day to remember those who have fought and are fighting for our country.

For this reason, I decided to base our multi-faceted learning all around Remembrance Day.

We had a very moving assembly this morning from Mrs Longhawn, and following this we went back to class to have a look at the famous poem 'In Flanders Fields' by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae.

Inspired by the poem, we created pictures showing Flanders Field, paying particular attention to making a foreground, middle ground and back ground.  I'm sure you'll agree, the finished products look fantastic.

One group used 'Purple Mash' to create an information poster about Remembrance Day using Internet research to add to their existing knowledge.

The final facet created wonderful pieces of Remembrance poetry, that truly moved Mrs Jarrett and I.

Please leave a comment about what you have learned today!

Storyboards and Performance Poetry

We have been creating storyboards for the story of Little Red Riding Hood.  We have been thinking carefully about the different stages of the story, and creating pictures to show these different events taking place.

This week we have created 'shape' poetry.  We chose an item that interested us, and created a short poem around that item, writing the words in a relevant shape.

Today we watched a performance of 'Chocolate Cake' by Michael Rosen.  This gave us some great ideas about how we could perform our own poetry.  We had a wonderful time putting actions and sound effects to our poems!

What did you learn today?

Storyboards and Performing Poetry on PhotoPeach

Chembakolli Houses

We made a fantastic start on our Chembakolli houses today.

Before half term, we studied the different types of houses in Chembakolli and chose a particular house to model our replica on.

We created a design plan in our teams which we have followed today and has really reminded us what we needed to do.

We were using specific Design Technology skills today; selecting appropriate equipment for making our replica, measuring and shaping a range of materials, and using fantastic communication in our team to make sure we were all knew what we were supposed to be doing.

Chembakolli Houses

Learning Logs

We are now on to the third cycle of Learning Logs and so far they have been absolutely fantastic!
We displayed the Learning Logs around the classroom and voted for our favourites. 

We all made comments about each others Learning Logs.

Here are a few I would like to share:

"I really like the way Hannah has presented her work".

"I found the information that Charlie put in really interesting".

"I liked reading Olivia's Learning Log".

"I think that Mason's pictures are really interesting".

"I like the way Evie has done her work".

 

Well done Year 4 for your wonderful mature attitudes. 

A busy few days

We have had a fantastic few days in Year 4.

 Today some children gave a dramatic performance of a poem written about the landscape of Chembakolli. We also performed our 'Talk for Writing' story with actions in full, and started learning about how to share numbers equally using bus stop division.



Last week we wrote some fantastic stories about another culture, and gave each other a star and a wish using our best handwriting and our teacher heads!


What have you learnt today? A busy few days on PhotoPeach