Friday, 1 December 2017

Weekly Update


This Week  

Next Week

English
We continued our exploration of persuasive texts, looking to identify features commonly used in persuasive writing in other texts.
We will explore a range of advertisements and then consolidate our understanding by producing our own persuasive advertisement.
Maths
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
Use expanded written subtraction and compact written subtraction to subtract pairs of 3-digit numbers (one ʻexchangeʼ); use expanded column subtraction and compact column subtraction to subtract pairs of 3-digit and 2-digit numbers from 3-digit numbers (one ʻcarryʼ); learn the 7× table and ʻtrickyʼ facts; use the vertical algorithm to multiply 3-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers; solve simple money problems with decimals to two decimal places
UOI
We will be exploring case studies of migrants and further developing our debating skills.
We will continue 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!

Persuasive Writing


Yesterday we used our Persuasive Writing checklist to identify persuasive techniques in a number of different texts. 





Friday, 24 November 2017

Weekly Update

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!

Meditation

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


Crafting

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










Celebrating music!

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

Friday, 17 November 2017

Weekly Review/ Preview

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!