Millennium
Year 4 News week beginning 23rd April
Our Learning this week:
English-We will be starting a unit of work based on the short film Origins. See below if you would like to watch with your child
https://www.literacyshed.com/origins.html
Topic- we will be starting our new History topic, learning about the Egyptians
PSHE- We will be thinking about keepignchildren safe with the NSPCC PANTS project. See below for a parents information guide
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/globalassets/documents/advice-and-info/pants/pants-2018/pants-parents-guide-online.pdf
PE-We will be taking part in gymnastics and circuit training lessons
Year Four Weekly Blog-Wk beginning 1 April
Our Learning this week:
English-We will be finishing writing our persuasive letters to Croydon council.
Topic/Science-We will be looking at and comparing World biomes in a cross curricular week which will also include Maths lessons on statistics, shape and tessellation .
PSHE-We will be looking at an NSPCC topic around keeping children safe as part of a whole school approach. See the parent’s guide below:
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/globalassets/documents/advice-and-info/pants/pants-2018/pants-parents-guide-online.pdf
After a successful 8 week programme from CUES-ED children will be graduating this week. Look out for your child’s login details which they will receive this week to enable them to access online resources linked to their learning.
PE-We will be taking part in gymnastics and circuit training lessons
Important Information
Friday 5th April-break up normal time for the Easter holidays
Maths games
For practising times tables, number bonds and number facts, Hit the Button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
For practising multiplying and dividing by ten and one hundred
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=bingotimesordivide
For practising mental maths in lots of categories, daily ten
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
Year Four Blog Wk Beginning 25.3.19
What will we be learning?
Maths-We will be learning about recognising hundreds and tenths and their decimal equivalents.
English-We will be continuing to write our persuasive letters to Croydon council.
Topic-We will be looking at rainforest climates and comparing world biomes.
PSHE-We will be looking at an NSPCC topic around keeping children safe
PE-We will be taking part in gymnastics and circuit training lessons
Important Information
All the children will be taking part in a Cross Country event on Monday 25th March in the morning at Duppas Park. Please can children bring appropriate footwear and tracksuit bottoms as well as wet weather gear as the weather is unpredictable.
Friday 29th March-The children will be encouraged to ‘Wear a Hat’. This will raise funds for a worthy charity that is close to the school’s heart-brain tumour research.
Wk Beginning 18th March 2019
Our Learning in year four this week:
Literacy
We will be looking at writing persuasive letters focusing on formal language, complex sentences and the structure we have boxed up from the persuasive texts we have looked at together.
Maths
We will be studying non-unit fractions, counting in fractions and recognising 10th and 100ths as decimals.
PE
We will will be studying gymnastics and circuit training.
PHSE
In addition to year four’s CUES-ed focus, we will be focusing on safeguarding children using the NSPCC Let’s talk PANTS initiative . Some useful information can be found here https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/underwear-rule/.
Science
We will continue to extend our knowledge of Animals including humans classifying vertebrates using branching databases.
Topic
We will continue our rain forest theme with a focus on the plants which grow in the rain forest and how they can be used.
Dates for the Diary:
Thursday 21st and Wednesday 27th March-Parents’ evening will be held in the hall. Appointments have been sent out. Please let us know if you can’t make an appointment on the day.
congratulations to Armaan, Lillian, Richa, Cynde and Magnus from Southwark and Harry, Aryan, Sofia, James and Kerem who all received merit cards this week.
Year 4 Week Beginning 11th March 2019
What are we learning this week?
Maths – This week we will be continuing our work on fractions, calculating fractions of a quantity including unit and non-unit fractions.
English – To continue our Rainforest theme, this week we will be exploring persuasive letters as a writer.
Science-To compliment our rain forest topic we will be looking at classifying animals, including vertebrates and invertebrates.
P.E-We will be starting a gymnastics unit and continuing our circuit training. P.e will continue to be every Monday and Tuesday. Those going to Netball and football clubs need to remember to bring their kits back in to avoid having to miss p.e.
Music- We will be continuing songs and music about global warming.
Upcoming events
Parents Evening appointments will be sent home on Monday. To avoid disappointment please return your forms saying when is most convenient. 
Congratulations go to Leen, Chaimae, Damara, Teddy, Lucas, Ashton, Victoria and Aarav who all received merits this week!
Year four Blog Week Beginning 11th February
Thank you to Miss Danzey and Ranger Russ, who really enhanced our rain forest topic with their information and holding sessions about rain forest animals.
What are we learning this week?
Maths – This week we will be exploring fractions
English – To continue our Rainforest theme, this week we will be adding innovation, in the form of a new character, to our text-The Great Kapok Tree, in the style of the author, Lynne Cherry. Please feel free to follow along with us at the link below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw0arFtHeVw
Science-To compliment our rain forest topic we will be looking at habitats and food chains.
I.C.T-We will be continuing our internet safety unit exploring online gaming
P.E-Both classes have been enjoying using scooter boards to improve their netball skills.
Art-We will be continuing our rain forest theme by studying and creating our own art based on the artists- Oenone Hammersley and Helen Cowcher.
Music- We will be finishing our current food and drink topic and moving on to songs and music about global warming.
Year 4 News Week beginning 4.2.19
What are we learning this week?
Maths – This week we will be exploring written methods of division and consolidating efficient methods of multiplication.
English – To continue our Rainforest theme, this week we will be adding innovation, in the form of a new character, to our text-The Great Kapok Tree, in the style of the author, Lynne Cherry. Please feel free to follow along with us at the link below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw0arFtHeVw
Science-To compliment our rain forest topic we will be looking at habitats and food chains.
I.C.T-We will be continuing our internet safety unit exploring online gaming
P.E-Both classes have been enjoying using scooter boards to improve their netball skills.
Topic-We will be comparing the contrasting settlements of the Yanomami and Britain.
Music- We will be finishing our current food and drink topic and moving on to songs and music about global warming.
Upcoming events
Please look below for a copy of the letter regarding an exciting visitor we have booked to come in and support our learning on the rain forest and food chains.
Year 4 Rainforest workshop letter
Congratulations go to Sofia, Richa, William, Caiden, Keona, Aryan, Maja and Emily who all received merits this week!
Southwark News Week Beginning 28.1.18
What are we learning this week?
Maths – This week we will be exploring written methods of multiplication and division.
English – To continue our Rainforest theme, this week we will be continuing reading and investigating the text-The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry. Please feel free to follow along with us at the link below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw0arFtHeVw
Science-To compliment our rain forest topic we will be looking at habitats and food chains.
I.C.T-We will be continuing our internet safety unit exploring online gaming
P.E-Both classes have been enjoying using scooter boards to improve their netball skills.
Upcoming events
Please look out for a letter regarding an exciting visitor we have booked to come in and support our learning on the rain forest and food chains.
Congratulations go to Daisy and Marques for gaining merits this week as well as to our reader of the week-Solly. Megastars were the winning marble team with 189 marbles!
Southwark Class Blog-Week beginning 21.1.19
What are we learning this week?
Maths – This week we will be exploring factors and multiples and then assessing our progress with our multiplication and division unit..
English – To continue our Rainforest theme, this week we will be beginning to read and investigate the text-The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry. Please feel free to follow along with us at the link below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw0arFtHeVw
Science-We will be completing our unit on teeth and digestion by investigating the effect of sugar on the teeth and concluding which liquids effect the enamel most and therefore which liquids damage the enamel.
I.C.T-We will be continuing our internet safety unit exploring online gaming
P.E-Both classes have been enjoying using scooter boards to improve their netball skills.
Congratulations to Southwark’s Crazy chickens team who earned 205 marbles this week. Bianca and Teddy who were our readers of the week and those children who got merit cards, Lucas, Sofia, William, Emiliana and Oscar from Southwark bridge class and Taylor and from Millennium.