Learning and Achieving Together
Cobalt 2023-2024
Welcome to Year 4 and Team Cobalt
Your teacher is Mrs Holman & Mrs Bonner
Your teaching assistants are Mrs Pullen & Ms Rogers
In maths this week, we have been using known multiplication facts to help us calculate mentally with much bigger numbers. We considered that if we know various multiplication facts such as 5 x 6 or 8 x 7, then we also know 50 x 6 and 80 x 7. We loved being able to work these out in our heads! We then progressed to looking at a formal written method for multiplication. Our times table knowledge really helped us out here, so please keep practising! Next week, we will applying our newly learned skill of column multiplication to some word problems, before moving onto looking at how to use the 'bus stop method' in order to divide.
In English this week, we used the features of instructional writing to write instructions for a science experiment. We focussed on using adverbs of time and writing the steps in chronological order. Next week, we will be writing a recipe for ancient Egyptian bread. We will use our work in design technology to help us. We will list the ingredients and equipment we used, and think about adding headings and sub-headings to organise the information.
In Science, we learnt about our teeth! We experimented by eating a piece of an cucumber, and thinking about which teeth were working hard to bite, break the food down, and chew it. Then, we compared our teeth to animal teeth, and discussed the similarities and differences between them.
In Computing, we had lots of fun using a program called Logo to create a variety of letters. We used the tool bar to type in specific commands which the arrow on the program then followed to create the letters. We really enjoyed doing this and later had a go at spelling out our own names too!
In R.E, we learnt about how Sikhs and Christians share food as part of their worship. We learnt about 'The Gurdwara' and that it is a special building for Sikhs where they go to worship. We found out that each Gurdwara has a Langar, which means free kitchen. We then made our own vegetarian Langar meals on paper plates. Then in French, we learnt about the 'Weather Cycle' and how to say certain phrases about
what the weather is like in the U.K. I bet you can guess the phrase, 'Il Pleut' (It's raining) came up a lot!
Weekly Home Learning
Times Table Rock Stars and Spellings each day
Reading (5 times per week or 7 times for the challenge)
Ancient Egyptians Optional Home Learning
During the spring term, year four will be learning about the Ancient Egyptians. To support your child's learning and understanding of the topic, we would like to invite you and your child to take part in a home learning project. You could choose one of the following categories to look into:
-Find out about the pyramids and how they were built
-Research gods and goddesses/pharaohs and queens
-Look at the river Nile and its importance to the ancient Egyptians
-Make some ancient Egyptian jewellery/accessories
-Find out about Tutankhamun
Be as creative as you like when completing your work. You could present your work in the following ways:
-A mind map or poster
-A PowerPoint presentation
-Make a model
-A report or information leaflet
-A poem
We look forward to seeing what you have found out. We will look forward to seeing completed homework before the Easter holidays.
Enjoy learning about the ancient Egyptians!
Friendly Leaf - Maddy for, "Giving Mrs Pullen her umbrella on a very wet morning"
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