Today we have had a wonderful success in WINNING the South Tyneside Tennis Finals, held at Boldon LTA.
Our 8 fantastic tennis players won 27, drew 3 and lost just 2 of their matches. Their hard work, dedication, enthusiasm and determination to succeed has certainly paid off.
They were resounding winners having done superbly in their challenges too, 2nd were Lord Blyton and 3rd Mortimer.
It is a tremendous achievement. Well done to all of the pupils, I am so proud of you all. Congratulations!
Some of the children took part in a great opportunity to take part in Level 1 Bikeability. They passed with flying colours and in record time too. The children were presented with their certificates, badges and booklet on Friday 4 December 2020 in our Class Achievement Assembly by Mr Rogers.
In English this week, we worked as a team to discuss our spelling pattern ‘cian’ and played a loop game. The children have also completed writing a letter to Grandma Krank (from George’s Marvellous Medicine). They self edited their own work as well as peer marked. Some great discussions with one another and lots of positive praise. Some children volunteered to share to the class too!
In Maths, we began to look at coordinate grids. We tried hard to remember to rule ‘Walk along the ground, then climb the ladder’ to help us with the x and y axis.
We took part in the Google Meet session with Year 6. We listened to their speeches and voted for our House Captain and Vice Captain. It was great fun and lovely to see so many faces across the school on our screen.
Year 4 took part in the Santa Paws competition. We have had a great response from our families. We would like to THANK YOU for your support. This is supporting a great cause and we know they will be thrilled by the time and effort put in by both the children and the adults at home.
The children in Year 4 are beginning to feel all Christmassy.
We have begun our Christmas activities- stitching a Christmas stocking. Yesterday, the children practiced threading their needle. They persevered well- well done! You can see the children practicing their running stitch before applying this skill to the fabric.
This year, World Science Day 2020 is about the importance of science in our lives.
Today, Year 4 looked at the ‘parts of the plant we eat’. We shared a range of food types, discussing our thoughts and sorting pictures/ words into the correct section. The children found this very interesting and we had some surprising answers!
Try the Topmarks website- there’s plenty to explore…
Year 4 have had a very busy week…
English:
The children explored the different features of what makes a good persuasive advertising poster.
Maths:
We used the peg boards and loom bands to create symmetrical shapes with our partner. Can you spot which ones are symmetrical and show the line of symmetry? Can you spot any that are NOT symmetrical?
We even attempted to create a symmetrical repeated pattern later in the week.
Science:
This week we explored the differences between conducting and insulating materials. Firstly, we made a complete circuit, followed by introducing different materials such as paper clips, rubbers, plastic rulers, metal spoons to name a few. We made predictions, experimented and explained why they were/ weren’t good conductors/insulators.
Maths
This week Year 4 have worked with 2d shapes, looking for lines of symmetry. We used mirrors to help check the reflection, identify the lines of symmetry and we attempted to draw the reflection. We did a fantastic job!
History
Our topic this half term is the Mayan’s. We looked at their existence and development by arranging a time line. We did this in groups to support each other.
Spellings & Computing
Year 4 have been exploring a new way to complete our spellings this year (electronically). We have had a few hiccups over the last few weeks but we have finally cracked it! The children were very impressed and excited at using a QR code to access spellings this week. Well done Year 4! Keep working hard on your spellings and let’s see if we can get more children achieving 10/10. Remember you can find your spellings in your google classroom.
