Year 4 Class News

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A very unique zoo

Posted on Friday 09 March 2012 by

Year 4 were able to meet some fantastic animals – some that they may never see or touch again!

We were able to hold a corn snake.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nayana fed a sugar glider a live insect. Everyone was able to have a touch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jaspreet commented, “They were brilliant!” while Zaki stated proudly, “I saw animals that I didn’t even know!”

 

The Enormous Crocodile

Posted on Tuesday 06 March 2012 by

The Enormous Crocodile attacks a stray child.

As part of World Book Day last week, we discovered the world of Roald Dahl’s Enormous Crocodile. We hot-seated the croc, and asked him some challenging questions about his need to eat small children. He didn’t take too well to some of the questions as you can see below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We also tried to get inside the mind of the crocodile and we expressed his thoughts as he crawled down our conscience alley.

How can you get inside the mind of such a ferocious beast?

 

 

 

Free swimming lessons!

Posted on Friday 02 March 2012 by

We have a free block of five swimming lessons to give away to a lucky child in Year 4 to the value of £45!

If you’re interested, please drop in to the office before the end of the week. In the event that we get lots of children who would like the lessons, we’ll put names into a hat. If you have any questions, please come and speak to me.

Hobby Half Day

Posted on Thursday 23 February 2012 by Mrs Weekes

On the last day of the half-term, children enjoyed another successful Hobby Half Day with all sorts of activities going on!  From i-jamming on iPads to fitness circuits, all of the children had a very busy afternoon.  All ages of children were working together and learning from each other and every classroom was a hive of activity.  Here are just a few photos to show you what was going on.

                

Bones are us!

Posted on Tuesday 21 February 2012 by Mr Roundtree

You might be interested to know about a free Science lecture, ‘Bones are us‘, at Leeds Metropolitan University coming soon: “A fun and interactive exploration for children and parents”.  It’s aimed at 7 – 11 year olds, although siblings may also attend.

The lecture is on Saturday 17 March 2012 from 10:15am to 12:00noon (this includes a break).  It will be held in the James Graham Building, Headingley Campus, Beckett Park.  Parking is free and a map will be provided on request, or visit http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/about/files/campusmaps.pdf

All children must be accompanied by a parent/carer.

If you’d like to book places, contact Leeds Met directly:

Chickwatch 2012

Posted on Thursday 02 February 2012 by Mr Wilks

We now have nine little chicks! Three to go (hopefully). Most of the chicks are now out of the incubator and in the brooder box.

Click the link below to see a picture of the chicks in the brooder box:

http://moortownprimary.posterous.com/tired-chicks-were-waiting-on-four-others-to-h

 

 

New Residents

Posted on Thursday 02 February 2012 by

Here are the first chicks to hatch in the incubator. There are currently nine chicks that have hatched.

Feel free to come and have a look after school. They’d love to meet you! Be prepared to wash your hands though. We’ve already had a few accidents!

Some of them fall asleep standing up.

 

 

 

 

The eggs have hatched!

Posted on Thursday 02 February 2012 by

As we’re sure most of you are aware, Year 3 and 4 and have inherited some eggs this week. We have twelve eggs and so far five have hatched. They are being kept in a same place.

Chickwatch 2012

Posted on Wednesday 01 February 2012 by Mr Wilks

We now have five chicks that have hatched!

Two of the older chicks have now moved to the brooder box where they have a bit more space to move around. Fingers crossed, we will have a few more by tomorrow morning!

Eggciting times!

Our homework policy

Posted on Friday 27 January 2012 by Mr Roundtree

Our Homework Policy was written to support and engage as many learners as we can, and to provide opportunities for others – family, friends – to support in a positive, constructive way.  It’s great to see more and more children are putting more and more effort into their homework.  Recently, a few parents have asked about expectations.  I hope the following will clarify what we can expect and what you can expect:

Talk Time

Teachers have noticed that, in some instances, a lot of time has been taken on the presentation of the Talk Time homework.  Children are welcome to do this although it is not necessary.  The purpose of Talk Time homework is to encourage a conversation around their current learning. Any notes made in their homework book should simply be there to aid them as a prompt when it is discussed in class the following week.  For this reason, teachers tend to give verbal feedback during their talk time session in class.  We want our children to be expert talkers, using a variety of sentences and expressions, and able to back up their points or disagree with others in a polite way – this is more important than written notes for Talk Time.  Simply: it’s hard to be a good writer if you’re not a good speaker, so Talk Times using ambitious words, useful phrases, interesting sentences is the best way to support your child.

Creative

This is where your child’s creative juices can flow!  Creative homework is an opportunity for your child to choose whatever they want to demonstrate some learning.  For example, the Y3 and Y4 homework this week is Creative: I can show what I know about food chains.  Your child could present all their learning in so many different ways, from a diagram with notes to a story or comic strip.  Parents’ and carers’ role is to support, encourage, help but (obviously) never to take over and do the homework!  Teachers always look forward to seeing how creative children can be.  If you notice the work has not been marked, please don’t worry.  Teachers will have looked at and celebrated the homework in another way – the work might have been viewed by the whole class using a visualiser which allows the work to be projected to the whole class and a discussion of ‘stars and steps’ will happen.  Peer assessment is also effective – children are very able to share what’s good and what needs improving!  These sorts of verbal feedback strategies are often more effective than a written comment because it’s more instant and it makes sure the child understands (and their work is praised publicly!).

Practice makes Perfect

This is similar to what you might consider traditional homework: it may be a worksheet or a writing task (such as Y5’s current homework: I can write instructions).  Practice Makes Perfect is useful homework when something has been taught in school but needs consolidation.  The work should be fairly straightforward for the child as there should be no need for new learning, so just some encouragement from you is needed.  However, it would be a great time to get your child to teach you – they should be able to explain the key points or processes!  We use this type of homework less often because usually the best practice is where a teacher can keep feeding back and presenting new challenges when they see it as appropriate.  Teachers mark these activities in line with our marking policy.

As always, please ask if you’ve any questions or concerns.