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Yesterday, we found an envelope and lots of composer badges in our classroom. There was a letter from the English National Opera to tell us all about a project where they need our help composing to finish off a piece of music. We watched a video about the libretto 'Blue, Red, Yellow' and looked at how the composer was feeling and what he was thinking about when he thought of the different colours.
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We enjoyed our first Science lesson this half term where we learnt that sound is caused by vibrations. We did some practical activities where we could see the vibrations including seeing rice dance on a drum and our class favourite, making the water jump up when we put the tuning forks into a bowl of water. We also went on a sound walk of the school to see what sounds we could hear and identify what was vibrating. We measured the volume of the sound using a data logger so that we could compare the volume across school in decibels.
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This week in Maths, we have been looking at measuring area. We started measuring area by using sticky notes and small squares. We discussed how they couldn't overlap, had to be the same size and have no gaps for it to be accurate.
Here is the home learning menu for this half term linked to our topic 'Can you hear me all the way around the world?'.
Please complete your home learning in your homework book or upload to Seesaw. Star points will be earnt for all pieces of homework completed.
Times tables homework will be sent out every Friday also.
I cannot wait to see all the exciting things you do!
This half term, our topic in Year 4 is 'Can you hear me all the way around the world?' where we will be learning all about sound and different countries around the world. We will also be taking part in a project to compose some music about a colour with the English National Opera.
Please see the attached topic web for more information about what your child will be learning this half term.
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As part of their well-being time, Year 4 enjoyed designing these posters as part of the BHPS competition #RememberHedgehogs this November. Their campaign reminds us to:
Stop - Do you need to have a bonfire this year? can you attend a community event, or mark the occasion in a different, more wildlife-friendly way?
Move - If you do decide to have a bonfire, build it on the day you plan to light it. Move all the materials to a new site of they've been piled up overnight as hedgehogs may be nesting inside.
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Year 4 have enjoyed their DT project this half term where they were tasked with researching, designing and making a Roman mosaic tile out of clay, that was 10cm x 10cm in size. The mosaic tiles then had to all fit together to make a class mosaic. They have done a fantastic job! Whose design do you like best?
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We loved our visit from author Simon Hunt who read us his book 'Billy the Bottom Burping Pirate' and told us all about how he became an author.
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We have really enjoyed Simon Hunt reading his story 'Billy the bottom burping pirate' today. His book was very funny and quite disgusting. We enjoyed hearing Simon's stories too.
The Reading Ambassadors have set a challenge for over half term. please see the attached details for how to create a poster for our library. Tameside Library would like our winning entries to put on their social media.
We will judge our winners on the first Friday back- 8th November
