What an incredible end to the week we had on Friday. The children were very well behaved and a wonderful time was had by all. 

Last week, we also completed our learning on the water cycle and started a new maths topic on area which the children seemed to enjoy. 

Next week, will have a very strong design and technology focus as we will have our STEM week earlier in the academic year to coincide with our festive surprise on Monday.

Home Learning

The home learning for this week is to become familiar with any lines the children have been given for the Snow White performance and to read through the lyrics of the songs. Children in mine and Mr MacBean's spelling groups also have new spellings available on Ed shed for next week. Paper copies will be given out on Monday but should they want a head start they can be accessed here.      

Thank you those families that are completing and sending in the reading records. We did a recent AR assessment and I noticed that a significant number of children had increased their reading age which is fantastic. Listening to your child read or sharing a book together is still very valuable for already fluent readers (whilst it builds fluency for those not quite fluent). Click here to find out more about reading with older children.          

Upcoming dates

Monday 28th

Festive surprise. Doors open at 8.30am

Friday 2nd December

Elf Day - dress up as an elf 

Week beginning 5th December 

Year 4 to bring in their passports for Mr Spracklen to check them.

Friday 9th December

Christmas jumper day and school technology day

If you have any questions please email me (Ms Browne) or Mr MacBean. Should you have any complaints or concerns please email Mr Spracklen headteacher@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk

Kind regards,

The Year 4 team 

Home learning and Year 4 updates

 

This week and Next week

This week the children have been continuing their map work, learning about climate zones and biomes and tackling word problems in maths. Next week, they will be writing an explanation text about water cycles, learning about area in shape and starting to think about the upcoming Christmas and Shakespeare performances.

Snow White and Shakespeare

On Tuesday and Wednesday, Mrs Thorpe and I will be running rehearsals for year 3 and 4 for main roles in the Christmas Snow-white performance. The children should have come home with some lines to practise in preparation of the auditions.

Next week, the children will also be told what Shakespeare play we are performing in February. I will be asking the children about how they feel about the Shakespeare play and will ask each child to indicate on a slip of paper what sort of role they are hoping for (main role, medium role, small or non speaking part). I am hoping that I can cast for Shakespeare before Christmas, so that the children can begin practising their lines over the holidays.

This week's home learning

For this week's home learning the children have been asked to create their own water cycles. They can choose to draw and label a diagram or use their own creativity to create a model (this can be out of household objects to represent the different stages). Photos or videos of their model should be emailed to c.browne@princepfwales.dorset.sch.uk

Additional home learning tasks for the children are:

• Spelling practise
• Times tables practise
• Mathletics
• Daily reading

Upcoming Dates

Friday 25th November:

Special morning experience (see letter from Mr Sprackbull)

Monday 28th November:

Inspired to learn festive surprise

Friday 2nd December:

Elf Day, dress as an elf

Friday 9th December:

Christmas jumper day,  Christmas technology day & Christmas Fair

As ever, please get in touch is you have any questions, comments or

concerns.

Kind regards,

Ms Browne, Mr MacBean, Mrs Bernard, Mrs McConnell, Miss Street,

Mrs Thomas and Mrs Burgess

           

Year 4 update

 

Hello everyone, 

This week in year 4, the children continued to extend their geographical knowledge, learning about climate zones and time differences. A big thank you to those families that supported their child's home learning last week in recording the connections they have in other countries. Over the next few weeks we plan to create a display that showcases these connections we have around the world.     

The children proved themselves to be animation whizzes during a successful computing lesson. This animation unit will continue over the next few weeks but a reminder that your child is welcome to log onto purple mash at home should they want to. 

The children have almost finished their science unit on sound, having enjoyed carrying out experiments to determine what factors influence how loud a sound is. Our next science unit will be states of matter. 

This week's home learning:
In this week's home learning the children have been given some maths problems to solve. 

  

Coming up:

Monday 14th - Odd socks day. Children are invited to wear odd socks. In school they will be celebrating our individuality and what makes us unique. 

Thursday 17th     - Bling your bike or scooter day. 

Friday 18th         - Non school uniform day in aid of children in need. 

                            - Children to bring in their reading journals. 

Monday 21st              - Christmas shoe box collection day. 

As ever, if you have any questions, comments or suggestions please get in touch. 

Kind regards,

The Year 4 team. xx

 

#ROAR2022 Presentations

Year Four did a brilliant job presenting their #ROAR2022 projects at the Dorchester Corn Exchange yesterday - 

THE TWO WASTE FIGHTERS - Leftover Eating Plate

Lisa and Anna

THE TWO ANTI-POLLUTIONERS - Anti-Pollution Plane

Vasilis and Sebastian

THE THREE ANIMAL SAVERS - Animal Cruelty Detector

Asimina, Anna (and Soniia)

POLLUTION PULVERISERS - Shark Robot 

Hugo, William, Henry W and Alfie

THE ROCKING WAVES - Vibration Bubble (Hydro Energy)

Amber, Henry C, Cody and Sherif

ROBO CLEAN - Robot Litter Picker

Arthur and Isaac 

POTATO TWINS - Ocean Helper

Ursula and Marissa

ROBO CLEAN - Robot Litter Picker

Tristan

THE OCEAN SAVERS - Ocean Saving Machine

Ava and Isabel

OCEAN PHOENIX - Ocean Cleaning Robot

Elliott, Ben, Rohan and Jayden 

And the winners are...

HIGHLY COMMENDED - Tristan 

THIRD PLACE - Hugo, William, Henry W and Alfie

SECOND PLACE - Lisa and Anna

OVERALL WINNERS - Amber, Henry C, Cody and Sherif

The Rocking Waves will now create a video of their pitch, the model, posters, and jingle.  This video will be presented at the local finals coming up in a few weeks time. 

In December, the Lions will organise a specialist panel of Judges to select the ‘Overall Winning Idea’  in each of the local finals. These Winners will then be recognised and awarded at a National Final hosted in December. 

Around the world home learning

 

Hello everyone,

The children have had a wonderful time today with Mr MacBean launching our new geography based topic and honing their map reading skills. 

For this week's home learning we would like the children to do some research and make a note of any extended family or friends they have that have links to other countries. It could be that someone was born in another country, have lived there, emigrated there or even had an amazing holiday overseas. 

The children should have come home with this map worksheet. They have been asked to colour in the country that they have connections to and to make a note of the person and country in the box below. Over the next few weeks we will be making a display showing the links that we have around the world. I'm excited to see how many countries we reach.   

The children have also been sent home with a maths home learning sheet which should hopefully give them the opportunity to further practice what we have been covering in class this week.    

As ever, if you have any questions, comments or suggestions please get in touch.

Kind regards,

The Year 4 team. xx

Mapwork with Mr MacBean

 Year 4 have been busy refining their mapwork skills with Mr MacBean this morning -

Welcome back to Autumn term 2

 

Hello everyone, 

Welcome back to Autumn term 2. It's always an exciting and inspiring term and this year it should be no different. 

Firstly, the class will be presenting their inventions next Monday as part of the Lions Roar 22 competition. This week, the children will be writing their scripts and preparing their presentations and prototypes ahead of next week. It has been wonderful listening to their creative ideas and innovations. 

This winter, the children will perform a Christmas show in December (13th & 15th). I am hoping to do lots of drama sessions during weeks 3 and 4 of this term and begin casting for both our Christmas show and our Shakespeare performance in February (8th). Year 4 children are also given the opportunity to read passages during the reception Nativity and Carol service.

Whereas last term our learning had a strong history focus, this term we are leaning more towards geography as the children learn about Australia, the water cycle and climate and time zones. Future home learning activities for this unit will involve the children doing some family research to find out about family members (or close friends) that have links to countries overseas. They will also be asked to make a model of the water cycle in a few weeks time. 

In literacy, the children will be looking at features of non fiction texts and learning to use organisational devices such as paragraphs, headings and bullet points. They will write their own non fiction texts including an explanation text on the water cycle. If you child tends to favour only reading fiction texts encouraging them to explore non fiction texts this term would be beneficial. 

And finally, in terms of dressing up this term, you might want to have a dig around for some odd socks (for odd socks day on 14th November), something spotty or non school uniform for Children in Need (18th November) and something Christmassy for our Christmas jumper / elf day (9th December).     

As ever, if you have any comments, questions or concerns please email me or Mr MacBean or talk to a member of the team. 

Kind regards,

Ms Browne, Mr MacBean, Mrs Bernard, Mrs McConnell, Miss Street, Mrs Thomas and Mrs Burgess.