Year 8 visit

Today the Year 8's visited us to tell us a bit about the presentation that they are planning to do for us next week!

Problem Solving Strategy

Today we worked together to try to solve an environmental problem! 

Weekly Review/ Preview

	This Week	Next Week
English	Writer’s Workshop: We started to write our own non-chronological reports and learn new strategies along the way!	Writer’s Workshop: We will continue to write our own non-chronological reports and learn new strategies along the way!
Maths	Use coordinates to draw polygons; find the coordinates of shapes after translation; draw and interpret bar charts and pictograms; draw line graphs and understand that intermediate points have meaning	Use the vertical algorithm (ladder) to multiply 3-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers; find non-unit fraction of amounts, using ʻchunkingʼ; add fractions with like denominators, including totals greater than 1; divide by 10 and 100 (to give answers with 1 and 2 decimal places)
UOI	Finding Out: We will discussed the problems that need to be solved and the human needs that need to be met.	Sorting Out: Now that we have decided on the problem that we are going to address, we are going to focus on setting up our organisation.

Writer's Workshop

After studying a number of other books, we are starting to write our own! 

Primary swimming gala

Weekly Review/ Preview

	This Week	Next Week
English	Writing Workshop: Introduction to our new writing topic. Book study.	Writing Workshop: We will begin to write our own non-chronological reports and learn new strategies along the way!
Maths	Solve written addition of two 4-digit numbers; add amounts of money (pounds and pence) using column addition; solve 4-digit minus 4-digit and 4-digit minute 3-digit subtractions using written column method (decomposition) and check subtraction with addition; solve word problems choosing an appropriate method	Use coordinates to draw polygons; find the coordinates of shapes after translation; draw and interpret bar charts and pictograms; draw line graphs and understand that intermediate points have meaning
UOI	Tuning In: We will begin our final unit for Year 4: How We Organise Ourselves     -  People create organizations to solve problems and meet human needs	Finding Out: Now that we have a better understanding of what organizations are, we will begin to discuss what problems they solve and which human needs they meet.

How We Orgganise Ourselves- Tuning In