Y4S Ascot Blog 2017/18

Friday, 24 November 2017

	This Week	Next Week
English	We will introduce our new topic in English- persuasive texts. We will work on identifying and using the features of persuasion (sentence starters, paragraphs, alliteration, groups of three, repetition, emotive language, exaggeration, and rhetorical questions).	We will continue our exploration of persuasive texts, looking to identify features commonly used in persuasive writing in other texts. We will then consolidate our understanding by producing our own persuasive advertisement.
Maths	Revision for Arithmetic and Problem Solving Assessments	Place 4-digit numbers on landmarked lines; 0–10 000 and 1000–2000; round 4-digit numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000; mentally add and subtract to/from 4-digit and 3-digit numbers using place-value; count on and back in multiples of 10, 100 and 1000; count on in multiples of 25 and 50; add and subtract multiples of 10 and 100 to/from 4-digit numbers
UOI	We will start our week with some crafts, and then begin to mind map what we have learnt so far, in order to refocus our learning.	We will be exploring case studies of migrants and further developing our debating skills.
Notices and Events	Please ensure that your child is keeping up to date with his/her homework. New homework will be allocated every Monday. Times table test on Wednesday will be the 4 times table. Please revise. *Please encourage your children to do extra reading and Mathletics at home!

In today's meditation, we practised focussing our attention.

We made beautiful butterflies to put up on our display board- this is after we learnt about the migration of the Monarch butterfly!

Congratulations to Y4S for being the best-behaved class in music last week!

	This Week	Next Week
English	We worked in groups to makes Myths and Legends posters, discussed ideas for writing our own stories and then planned and finished the unit by writing our very own myth or legend.	We will introduce our new topic in English- persuasive texts. We will work on identifying and using the features of persuasion (sentence starters, paragraphs, alliteration, groups of three, repetition, emotive language, exaggeration, and rhetorical questions).
Maths	Use the grid method to multiply 3-digit by single-digit numbers and introduce the vertical algorithm; begin to estimate products; divide numbers (up to 2 digits) by single-digit numbers with no remainder, then with a remainder	Revision for Arithmetic and Problem Solving Assessments
UOI	We learned about the history of Migration in Thailand. We also reflected on what it would feel like experience migration.	We will start our week with some crafts, and then begin to explore some case studies.
Notices and Events	Please ensure that your child is keeping up to date with his/her homework. New homework will be allocated every Monday. Times table test on Wednesday will be the 4 times table. Please revise. *Please encourage your children to do extra reading and Mathletics at home!

Today in Maths, we took to turns to explain the new method of division that we have learnt to our partners.

Today our guest speaker came to teach us all about the history of migration in Thailand!