Friday 27th January

This week we have been sharing what we have done on our American board games so far. We have also started to make our American land marks. We are now waiting for them to dry so we can make them next week. In Maths we have been working on our problem solving skills. To start with this was something we found quite tricky but as the week progressed, we discovered we can actually do it! In all our lessons this week we have enjoyed using our NEW visualiser bought by Pepyn and Lessey Trust. We have shared our own work as well as sharing some stories which we can so on the interactive white board.

Next week we have the Bungay Athletics Tournament on Monday 30th January and on Wednesday 2nd February, we have a science teacher in from Bungay High to teach us. They will be bringing some special equipment for us to do an experiment with!

Home Learning

Friday 27^th January

English/Topic- Well done for making a terrific start on your board games. This week I would like you to add to your game, the true or false or maybe some multiple choice questions cards. Remember they need to be based on America. Please bring your pack of cards to show me for next week.

Maths- This week we have introduced the Maths dictionary online resource in class. http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/dictionary.html

For your home learning I would like you to find one or two areas of maths you didn’t know and tell us about it ready for next week. I would recommend writing it in your home learning journal to remind you what area of maths you looked at. Extra house points will be given for children who have used that knowledge and shown they have practiced their new skill in their book.

Spelling for 27.01.17

1.     Soldier

2.    Stomach

3.    Sufficient

4.    Suggest

5.    Symbol

Monday 16th January- Friday 20th January

This week we have worked so hard on improving our learning. We have had some brilliant writing. Miss Dekker was very impressed with the Big Writes this week based on the poem we studied 'Through the Woods' by Rudyard Kipling. We have also had some super maths lessons and some children have really shown off their mathematical ability or they have made a break through in their learning that they initially found very challenging. Well done to all.

 I look forward to next week when we will be making landmark sculptures for the different areas we are studying in America as well as continuing our great music jazz compositions and continuing to build on our Basketball skills in P.E. I also look forward to seeing the first part of your board game home learning when you bring them in to show me on Thursday next week. 

The photos below show us in our special maths lesson this week when a teacher from Bungay High came and taught us a 'high school' lesson on negative numbers. We were brilliant at using our thinking and reasoning skills.

Home Learning

Friday 20^th January

English/Topic- This week you have your board to start your game. I would like to see for next week, you have drawn out your board, made your American People pieces and you have started to write your instructions. The instructions will take several weeks as you need to have completed the whole game to write them all. If you do it in small chunks it will be easier. For example, who starts off your game (youngest player, highest roll on the dice?)

Maths- This week we did some work on negative numbers with a maths teacher from Bungay High. I would like you to continue practicing the work we did by completing the worksheet I have given you.

Spelling

Friday 20^th January

1.     Sacrifice

2.    Secretary

3.    Shoulder

4.    Signature

5.    Sincere

Welcome back Class 4 and Happy New Year to you all. We have began our new topic 'The Americas.' The children have collaged a 3D Captain America and he is now an honorary member of Class 4. 

To begin our topic, we looked at a world map and had a competition to see which group could find the places listed on the map first. This gave us an opportunity to revise our map skills and remind us of where we would find key continents, oceans, countries, cities and rivers in our world. We then narrowed down our search and focused on the Americas. During this term, we will be split into groups and each group will research a different part of the Americas and then report back to the rest of the class our findings. I look forward to seeing the presentations, 3D models and sampling some of your traditional food which you will make.

This week Class 4 have been very busy with the media. Some of us were interviewed for BBC radio Suffolk to tell them all about our 'Food for Thought' project. They did a great job, sounding very professional and making us very proud. If you haven't heard it yet, it is on Tuesday 10th January Mark Murphy's breakfast show, 55 minutes in. 

Friday, we were also being interviewed and photos of us were taken by the East Anglican Daily Times as we were part of 'Blyth Woods' project to grow a new forest. We planted many oak trees with the help of the Blyth Woods team and our families.

Home Learning

Friday 13^th January

This week for your home learning I would like you to complete a plan/design of what your America board game will look like and what you will include. Next week we will begin making our board game. Miss Dekker will provide you with an A3 piece of card to start the board off. Each week she will send home with you an instruction for the next piece of your board game. At the end of term we will bring our games into school and play them.

Maths- Can you find the time differences compared to us for the following countries/states:

·         Mexico

·         Canada

·         Alaska

·         New York

·         San Francisco

·         Washington

·         Brazil

·         Jamaica

Friday 13^th January                             

1)    Recommend

2)   Relevant

3)   Restaurant

4)   Rhyme

5)   Rhythm