Hello everyone,
I hope you have had a good week. It was a short one but it feels like we managed to cover a lot in year 4. The children continued their science topic on sound with Ms Williams on Thursday and they are clearly gaining great knowledge on the topic as they impressed our DASP music teaching during our Samba drums lesson this afternoon.
Thank you to everyone that managed to put together a maths themed fancy dress for Wednesday's World Maths Day.
The class are all doing well during swimming and it is lovely to see them back in the water and having fun. Please remember to send all children into school with a coat everyday but especially on Wednesdays. The forecast was dry this Wednesday but the heavens opened and we all got very wet.
The children wrote a balanced argument this week as to whether Dorset council should spend money preserving the Dorchester Roman Townhouse. This was an ambitious writing project but the children rose to the challenge and impressed me with their well thought out arguments.
During our guided reading we have been looking at a historical fiction set in Roman times. We have enjoyed some engaging discussions trying to understand the motives and thoughts of the characters as they travel to Rome and then Britain across the Roman Empire.
In maths, we have continued looking at multiplication but have turned our attention to written methods today. We are one lesson behind where I thought we would be when I planned their maths home learning and so some children may find the home learning challenging. I have recorded a video taking them through the first few questions which you can find here. Alternatively, you may want to wait until Monday evening to start the maths home learning, following another whole class maths lesson. The children also have spellings to practice and I also recommend Times tables Rockstars and 15 minutes of reading per day.
Thank you for your interest in bikeability. I now have more interested families than I have places and so I spoke to the children about their current cycling ability and have prioritised those children that reported they have the least experience. Of the remaining places I will draw names out of hats. I have requested a second bikeability session later in the year if possible.
Ms Browne & the year 4 team. xx
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