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Year 4 are currently in a TTRS battle against Yr 3. Every minute that you play gives us points towards our win!
As a class, we worked out that if everyone in the class plays 1 minute a day for the week long battle we will accrue 210 minutes towards our win! As well as that, it also helps you learn your multiplication tables!
So what are you waiting for, play now!
This week, all Year 4 pupils will be sent home with a Times Table Practice pack. This will give them screen-free practise of the times tables over the Easter Break.
Please continue to practise on Times Tables Rockstars and Maths Frame. These online practises are really important as they are close (in formatting) to the Multiplication Tables Check.
Today, we all designed our own group toothpastes. We thought about what would make an effective toothpaste.
Some children put fluoride in their toothpaste for stains, some didn't. Some added cleaning crystals.
All the groups then presented their ideas to Mrs Easton and I before we chose a winning design.
While learning about teeth this week, Team Cialis have been investigating the effect of different drinks on teeth. We put eggshells into different drinks.
We all predicted that coca-cola would be would have the biggest effect on the eggshells. However, the sugar-free squash had the biggest effect on the egg causing them to corrode. The cola caused the most staining.
Ask your child what they think caused the corrosion to the eggshell in orange squash.
We have had some amazing show and tells this term. We have seen some great guitar playing, perfect piano, comedy, sporting achievements, and animations.
If your child would like to show off a piece of art, a song or instrumental piece, or a piece of drama, they can come and let me know before Friday.
On Tuesday, we made Stop Frame animations using the app Stop Frame. We had rockets taking off, trains, and cars on ramps.
Some children then went home and made their own animations over the days that the school was closed. All of these animations worked really well!
If your child makes a stop frame animation at home. We would love to see it, send it to my school email, and we will watch it in class!
Today we began our topic ‘Food for Thought’. We started by looking at Harmen Steenwijk. He was a Dutch still-life artist active in the 1600’s. We explored and compared some of his paintings, discussing the items that appear in them. We then explored the skulls, jaws and teeth on the tables. We used pencils on white paper to draw an outline, then we used different shading techniques to make the drawing have depth.
We have had so much fun during Oracy Week. As a conclusion to the week, Team Cialis held their class final to choose our class' entry for the Speaker Competition. All the children have put an amazing amount of effort in to planning, writing, and rehearsing their speeches. Our class final was great! It was great learning about so many passions and to hear the amazing speaking skills of so many children!
However, we could only choose one person to go forward into the KS2 final. Team Cialis' entry will be Dalia. Well done to Dalia but well done to all the entries it was so hard for us to choose an entry.
Tomorrow (Wednesday) will be a non-uniform day to raise money for The Little Princess Trust. The Little Princess Trust provides free real hair wigs to children and young people, up to 24 years, who have lost their own hair through cancer treatment or other conditions. They also fund childhood cancer research searching to find kinder and more effective treatments.
Dalia, from Team Cialis, will be cutting her hair in support of The Little Princess Trust.
During Oracy week, we have been having so much fun! Yesterday, we took part in a workshop which helped us remember a story through song.
We then wrote a whole song about our class.