Christmas Holidays

Mrs Hinsley and Mrs Nicholls would like to thank you all for your lovely cards and gifts. We both wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy new year. Have a wonderful holiday, enjoy the rest and be good for your grown ups. We look forward to seeing you next year!



Christmas around the world

Blakesley Hall

We are all loooking forward to our Year 4 trip to Blakesley Hall to see how the Tudors would have celebrated Christmas.

Log on to the website to learn some facts before our visit.

http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/kids/blakesley/blakesley.htm

Have a go at some of these games that will help you tell the time.

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/measures.htm#Time

Try these fun Christmas activities

Put Santa back together again jigsaw.
http://www.btinternet.com/~tony.poulter/xmas/xjig/santajig.htm
The Twelve Days of Christmas matching exercise.
http://www.btinternet.com/~tony.poulter/xmas/xmatch/x12days.htm
Fill in the missing words on this Father Christmas quiz.
http://www.btinternet.com/~tony.poulter/tests/xmas/santaquiz.htm
Christmas cyberhunt
http://www.btinternet.com/~tony.poulter/cyberhunts/xmashunt.htm
Christmas sliding puzzle
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/40903026a/xmas/slide/xslide.htm

Times Tables

You need to practise the times tables that you are stuck on. Try this site and have a go at the tests.
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/testtest.html

Practise telling the time on this clock

http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/503/clock.swf

Try with and without the words.

Look at the digital and analogue clocks to see how they say the time in a different way.

See if you can work out what time it will be in quarter of an hour and half an hour from the time that you have on the clock.

Plurals

Plurals Quiz
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/plurals/pluralrules/flash0.shtml

Try taking these tests
http://www.saintambrosebarlow.wigan.sch.uk/Y3Spelling/plurals2y3t2.htm

http://www.saintambrosebarlow.wigan.sch.uk/Y3Spelling/plurals3y3t2.htm

http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/lit_sites/plurals/pl_4/plurals4.htm

http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/lit_sites/plurals/pl_7/plurals7.htm

http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/lit_sites/plurals/pl_3/yplurals.htm

HOSANNA ROCK - Monday 6th December

Well done to all of Year 4 for their performance in Hosanna Rock. I am sure that all the grown ups enjoyed your performance. We are proud of you all. Well done and Thank You.

A game to help you with your plural spellings

http://eslgamesworld.com/members/games/ClassroomGames/Billionaire/Plurals%20Billionair%20Game/index.html

Mrs Hinsley's Spellings Monday 6th December

Singular means only one,

Plural means more than one

You should have learnt the many ways that we make a singular noun into a plural noun.

These are the plurals that we have made this half term. You should have been learning them every week.

You need to remember ‘the rules’ that you have learnt. Say the words and look at them carefully and test yourself.

Week 1

buckets, churches, bushes, pencils, brushes, torches, princesses, spades, foxes, flutes

Week 2

stitches, kisses, watches, buses, dishes, potatoes, dominoes, boxes, witches, patches, wishes, classes

Week 3

firemen, feet, children, women, sheep, mice, teeth, flies, chimneys, lollies, enemies, holidays, daisies

Week 4

wolves, cliffs, chiefs, shelves, calves, loaves, leaves, cuffs, thieves, knives, halves

Week 5

babies, stories, boxes, ponies, days, hats, toys, scarves, leaves, churches

Dinosaur Dig - Co-ordinates

http://www.counton.org/games/virtualmathfest/dinosaur.html

Billy Bug and his quest for grub. Co-ordinates.

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/BillyBug2/bug2.html

Here are some coordinate games so that you can practise your skills

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/shapes/coordinates.html#Coordinates

The Jesse Tree

The Jesse Tree is a unique Advent tree that can be very useful for teaching children about the Bible at Christmas, and a fun activity, too! The Jesse Tree represents the family tree, or genealogy of Jesus Christ. It tells the story of God's salvation plan, beginning with creation and continuing through the Old Testament, to the coming of the Messiah. The name comes from Isaiah 11:1, "Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit."
The Jesse Tree

What it is, what it means, and how to make one.

Origin
The Jesse tree represents Jesus' family tree. The name is taken from Isaiah 11:1, in which Jesus is referred to as a shoot coming up from the stump of Jesse, the father of David.
The ornaments on the Jesse tree tell of Jesus' ancestors, and of the events leading to Jesus' birth.
Symbols

Adam and Eve

Apple (Genesis 2:4-3:24)

Noah

Ark or rainbow (Genesis 6:11-22, 7:17-8:12, 20-9:17)

Abraham

Knife (Genesis 12:1-7, 15:1-6)

Isaac

Ram (Genesis 22:1-19) Jacob

Ladder (Genesis 27:41-

28:22)

Joseph

Colorful coat (Genesis 37, 39:1-50:21)

Moses

Tablets of the law (Exodus 2:1-4:20)

David

Harp (1 Samuel 16:17-23)

Isaiah
Lion and lamb (Isaiah 1:10-20, 6:1-13, 8:11-9:7) Mary

Lily (Luke 1:26-38)

Elizabeth

Small home (Luke 1:39-55)

Joseph

Hammer or saw (Matthew 1:18-25)

Roots are important parts of a tree. As people, we need to know our roots, as well. Often, we run from one thing to another without reflecting on where we've been or where we are going. As we create a Jesse tree during this Advent season, let us pause and look at our lives to see on whose shoulders we stand.
Activity
Make a Jesse tree for your home. First, take a large, bare branch and secure it in a pot of sand or rocks. (You can also use a large potted plant or evergreen.) Create ornaments that trace Jesus' royal line by making symbols for some of the people found in the Hebrew testament. Make the ornaments out of cardboard or construction paper and decorate as you like.
Instead of hanging all the ornaments on the tree at one time, you may want to hang one on every other day of Advent. Read the Scripture citation given here as you hang each ornament on the tree.

Mrs Hinsley's Spellings Monday 29th November 2010

Singular = one
Plural = more than one

The Rules

1. To most words you just add ‘s’….. dog / dogs.

2. To words ending in s, sh and ch you add ‘es’…. church / churches

3. To some words ending in f add ‘ves’… leaf / leaves

4. Words ending in a consonant then y add ‘ies’…. Library / libraries

5. To words ending in a vowel then y add ‘s’…. key / keys

Activity 1

Turn the words into plurals


baby         hat

story         toy

box           scarf

pony         leaf

day           church

Weighing Scales especially for Dhanisha

Try this game to see if you can read the correct number of grams or kilograms on the scales.

http://www.ictgames.com/weight.html

Have a go at choosing the right adjective to describe what is going on in this text.

http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/english/monmouthshire/choose_adj_monmouthshire.html

Adjectives make our writing more interesting. They help the reader get a better visual image of what you are describing.

Mrs Hinsley's Spellings Monday 22nd November

Plurals of words ending in 'f', 'ff' and 'fe'

1. beliefs
2. loaves
3. puffs
4. reefs
5. shelves
6. sniffs
7. thieves
8. wolves
9. calves
10. chiefs
11. cliffs
12. cuffs
13. halves
14. knives
15. leaves

Practise your times tables so that you can meet your Maths target.

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/interactive.htm

Listen to the song and watch the film based on The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes.

The Highwayman - See what some Year 5 chidren thought of the poem.

Fractions Practice

Try these w.eb sites to remind you about what you have been learning

http://www.vectorkids.com/vkfractions.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/fractiondecimalpercentage/fractions/introduction/quiz.shtml

Drawing 3D shapes

3D shapes - what are they?

Spellings for Mrs Nicholls's group 15th Nov - th words

Group 1: think, thump, moth, with, Thursday, thunder, brother, other, thought, thumb, thank, earth.


Group 2: think, thank, moth, with, Thursday, that, brother, other, thank, earth.

Test on Friday. Be ready! Good luck.

Symmetry

Mrs Nicholls's Maths group will be learning about symmetry in polygons tomorrow. Are you ready?

Rhyme Time song!

th sound

The Shema - in Hebrew

The Shema

The Shema is a Jewish prayer that Jesus would have learnt as a small boy and he would have said it every day. The Shema is the first prayer a Jewish child learns. The word "Shema" means Hear and that is the first word of the prayer.

The Shema is made up of three paragraphs from the Torah (the Jewish Scriptures)

•Paragraph 1 - Deuteronomy 6:4-9
•Paragraph 2 - Deuteronomy 11:13-21
•Paragraph 3 - Numbers 15:37-41

Here is the English translation of the first paragraph.

Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One.

Blessed is His name, whose glorious kingdom is forever and ever.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and all your soul, and all your might. These words that I command you today shall be upon your heart. Repeat them to your children, and talk about them when you sit in your home, and when you walk in the street; when you lie down, and when you rise up. Hold fast to them as a sign upon your hand, and let them be as reminders before your eyes. Write them on the doorposts of your home and at your gates.

Deuteronomy 6: 4-9

Mrs Hinsley's Spellings Monday 15th November

You have 12 spelling words altogether


Your first seven spelling words are the plural form of;

Fireman, foot, child, woman, sheep, mouse, tooth

Activity 1

One fireman, two ___________One foot, two __________

One child, two___________ One woman, two  ___________

One sheep, two __________ One mouse, two __________

One tooth, two _________________

Your next five spelling words all end in ‘y’ and your spelling words are the plural form
Remember take off the 'y' and add 'ies' to make the plural

Fly, fairy, lolly, enemy, daisy

One daisy, three _________ One fairy, four ______________

One fly, two ___________ One lolly, ten ______________

One enemy, lots of __________

Activity 2

List all of your spelling words in alphabetical order in two lists. Like this:

Singular Plural (spelling words)

Child  - Children

REMEMBER TO LEARN YOUR SPELLINGS EVERY NIGHT.

French - days of the week

French - numbers 1 to 10

Henry VIII and his six wives video.

Can you name them all and say what happened to them?

Newsbites

Remembrance Day - The Second World War

Remembrance Day - The First World War

Doctor Polygon song

2D and 3D shapes. How many can you name?

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/3d/index.htm

Can you count the rectangles?

Not as easy as it sounds!

http://www.transum.org/Software/SW/Starter_of_the_day/starter_November16.asp

Good luck!

Play Fling the Teacher!

http://www.firstschoolyears.com/numeracy/shape/interactive/shapes.htm

Which teacher will you fling?

PE

From next week (15th November) PE will be on MONDAYS.

Please remember your correct PE kit.

Jewish Artefacts

How much can you remember?

http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/re/m_parry_carmarthenshire/arteffactau/contents%20Iddew.htm

Similes

Do you remember what a simile is? Can you explain why we use them in our writing? Can you use similes in your own writing? Try to spot the similes in this poem.

My Tree 

She lives with branches like arms

Wide and long they grow,

She sings her song of the wind.

Leaves rustling like nails clicking,

Little flakes of bark peeling just like the skins of desert rocks.

She feels wrinkly like a rhino’s skin,

She smells like flowers

And in the dead of night she waits…

Find the Fractions

Try these 2 websites to practise the skills that you have learnt in your maths lessons this week.


http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_103_g_1_t_1.html

http://www.visualfractions.com/IdentifyCircles/identifycircles.html

For those in Mrs Hinsley's Maths Class who are struggling with the 3 times tables.

Visit this Tudor site and have a go at jousting.

http://www.tudorbritain.org/joust/

Find Fractions - Mrs Hinsley's Maths Group

http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/ngfl-flash/fractions/index.htm

Mrs Hinsley's Spellings - Monday 8th November

The rule is: If a word ends in sh, ch, ss, x, s or o,
then add ‘es’ to make it a plural (more than one.)

Activity 1
Your spelling words this week are the plural form of all of the words in the list.
stitch, kiss, watch, bus, dish, potato
domino, box, witch, patch, wish, class
Copy the following list into your book and make the plurals
One stitch, two stitches. One kiss, two
One watch, two ______ One bus, two ________
One domino, two _____ One box, two _______
One witch, two ________ One patch, two ________
One wish, two _______ One class, two _________
One dish, two_________ One potato, two __________
Activity 2 - Copy the sentences into your books and put in the correct plural word
1. The fairy gave me three w_________.
2. My mum gives me lots of good night k______.
3. There were lots of b_______ at the bus station.
4. We were sewing and I did lots of s________.
5. Max and James had a game of d_________.
6. There are two c_______ in year four; 4H and 4S.
7. My sister put her toys into the toy b ____.
8. I put ice cream into four d_____.
9. The two wicked w_______ put a spell on Sam.
10. Mum sewed two p________ onto Tom’s jeans.
11. I had two roast p_________ with my dinner.
12. We all checked our w_________ to see if it was time to go home.

Stay safe when holding sparklers...

Why do we celebrate Bonfire Night? The Gunpowder Plot!

Carroll Diagram

Try this link to sort shapes into a Carroll Diagram.
http://www.coppschool.lancsngfl.ac.uk/blackbar.htm?/Classwork/Classwork/Class3/maths/data.htm

Thank you!

We would like to thank everyone for coming to our very enjoyable INSPIRE workshop this morning. The children thoroughly enjoyed having their grown-ups in school and we hope that you all found the session useful.

Should you have any questions or comments on what we talked about, please do come and have a chat.

Thank you.

Mrs Nicholls and Mrs Hinsley.

Simple Science - Find out about our topic on 'Keeping Warm'.

4C Keeping Warm Video from Simple Science on Vimeo.

Science - Keeping Warm

4C Keeping Warm Song from Simple Science on Vimeo.

Penguins on ice

Can you use the correct punctuation at the end of each sentence?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/games/penguins_on_ice/small_sound/standard.shtml

8 times table cartoon

8 times table trick!

Mrs Nicholls's spellings 1st November

This week we are learning words with the ea vowel phoneme when it sounds like 'e', as in head.

Group 1: head, bread, thread, sweat, heavy, feather, healthy, death, deaf, weather, heaven, spread.

Group 2: head, bread, dead, deaf, ready, spread, ahead, weather.

Use LOOK, SAY, COVER, WRITE, CHECK to learn your words ready for our test on Friday.

Good luck!

Mrs Nicholls

Year 4 Inspire Workshop

We would like to welcome parents, carers or other adults who will be coming along to our Inspire Workshop on Thursday 4th November.

We hope that you will find the workshop useful, that you will enjoy working with your child and that you will discover many new ways of helping and supporting your child's learning.

RE - inside a synagogue

We have learnt that Jesus was a Jew and that he would have been brought up by Mary and Joseph to know and understand the faith traditions of Judaism.

We have also learnt some new facts about the Jewish faith and place of worship. Most of us can even spell 'synagogue'

If you want to remind yourself about the inside of a synagogue then click on the link below to take a virtual tour.

http://www.surreyplacesofworship.org.uk/virtualvisits/synagogue/

Welcome back

Mrs Hinsley and Mrs Nicholls would like to welcome you back to school. We are looking forward to another busy half term. We hope that you had a good rest and are ready to work hard and learn lots of new things.

Mrs Hinsley's Spelling Homework Monday 1st November 2010

Singular means only one,
Plural means more than one.

Plurals ending in ‘s’ or ‘es’

Bucket, church, bush, pencil, brush, torch, princess, spade, fox, flute
http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/lit_sites/plurals/pl_2/esplurals.htm
 - log on to the website(if you can) to practise your spellings.


Your spelling words are not the singular words above but the plural of these words. Eg bucket – buckets (this is your spelling word)

Activity 1

Put your 10 spelling words in alphabetical order both singular and plural, like this

Bucket- buckets

Activity 2

Write some sentences using all of the plurals of your spelling words. Underline each one as you use it. Like this;-

Once there were two princesses who kept some foxes in two nearby churches.

Learn your spellings and work out the rule for changing the words from singular to plural.

Rocket Maths - Can you find the consecutive numbers?

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/rocketmaths.swf

Count on Convict - Subtraction numbers lines.

http://www.ictgames.com/countonconvict.html

Friday Mass

Year 4 are going to Mass in church this Friday 22nd October at 9.00am. All grown-ups are most welcome to join us. See you there!

Remember your fife on Thursdays please!

Make 15 - can you beat the computer?

http://www.primarygames.com/math/make15/index.htm

Joseph - part 5

Joseph - part 4

Joseph - part 3

Story of Joseph - part 2

Story of Joseph - part 1

Maths games and challenges - get your brain working!

http://www.transum.org/software/Fun_Maths/Novel_Games_Menu.asp

Timez Attack link

Ask your grown-ups if you can download Timez Attack to help you to learn your tables in a fun way: http://www.bigbrainz.com/

Times tables games link

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/interactive.htm

Mrs Hinsley' s Spelling Homework Monday 18th October 2010

dew, due, farther, father, lead, led, sew, sow, so, some, sum, sun, son

Activity 1

Write your 13 spellings words in a list in alphabetical order

Activity 2

Choose a spelling word(s) and use and spell it correctly in a sentence. Do this for ALL of your spelling words. Like this:
Challenge

Find homophones for these words.

meet sought stare

steel tacks thyme

Learn your spellings and know what they mean.

Spellings 18th October 2010 - Mrs Nicholls's Group

This week's vowel phoneme is oy/oi.

Group 1: joint, point, avoid, annoy, appointment, noisy, loyal, enjoy, gargoyle, voyage, rejoice, toilet.

Activity: http://rbeaudoin333.homestead.com/files/diphthongs/diphthongs_13.pdf


Group 2: coin, enjoy, join, noise, oink, boil, choice, boy, royal, loyal, annoy, coil.

Activity: http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/phonics/oy-oi.pdf
 
Remember to use 'look, say, cover, write, check'. Good luck!

Starfall website - practise your phonics and have a read.

http://www.starfall.com/

Minko's Milkshake Shoppe - Division Game

Minko's Milkshake Shoppe - Division Game

Diaper Derby - Fun4theBrain Division Game

Diaper Derby - Fun4theBrain Division Game

French - days of the week

French - months of the year

2D shapes

Use this site to remind yourself of the names of some 2D shapes. Try to remember how many sides and how many corners each shape has. Click to find out how many lines of symmetry each shape has too.

Remember that the siX sided shape is called a heXagon  and it has the X factor!!!!!

http://www.innovationslearning.co.uk/subjects/maths/information/shape_facts/shape_facts.htm

Je m'appelle Funny Bear!

Read a short story

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories

Number bonds ghost blasters - play against a friend!

http://resources.oswego.org/games/ghostblasters2/gb2nores.html

Broken calculator investigation

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/broken-calculator/index.htm

How to multiply by 10

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/maths/powerpoint/multipliying_by_10_sheep.ppt

Maths hangman

Can you guess the maths word? http://mathsblog.co.uk/games/

Maths Mansion Episode 1 - x 10 with Great Big Hen!

Look again at the story of creation.

Practise your mental maths with this game

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/addsubtract/mental/flash3.shtml


See how fast you can do these calculations. There are 2 levels and you can work against the clock.

Good Luck!!!!!

Science links that don't work.

Thank you Younis for checking the links and letting me know that they do not work.

I have put the link on again. Try it out and see if you can build a skeleton.

http://sv.berkeley.edu/showcase/pages/bones.html

The Papal Visit 16 -19th September 2010

We are very lucky that Pope Benedict XVI has come to visit the UK.

Share all the things that you have learnt about the pope with your families.

You can click on the link below to find out where the pope will be next. Maybe you and your family could watch together the live links.

http://www.thepapalvisit.org.uk/2010-Visit/Visit-event-Information/Itinerary

If you need practise with your times tables try learning them in a song.

Try this maths site to sharpen up your maths skills.

http://www.mad4maths.com/

Learn some more facts about skeletons

Check out these sites to learn the bones of the skeleton

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/bones.swf


www.coxhoe.durham.sch.uk-curriculumlinks/science/HumanBeings:BodyParts/Buildaskeleton



http://sv.berkeley.edu/showcases/pages/bones/html.


Try the activities so that you are ready for your next science lesson.

Good luck.

Place Value

Have a try at this link to make sure that you understand place value.

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/bead/free/free.htm

Welcome to Year 4

Welcome to Year 4, we are looking forward to working with you and your family this year.

We hope that you had a lovely summer and that you are keen to get back to school to continue your learning.

We will regulary put links and videos on this site to help you with your learning and keep you and your family informed about what is going on in school.

Please try to visit the blog as often as you can and add your comments.

Mrs Hinsley, Mrs Nicholls, Mrs Barresi and Mrs Morris

Genki Math - 11 times table rap.

Mental Maths skills. Keep your skills sharp!

Year 5 Science: Why not get one step ahead?

If you have time in the summer holidays, why not look ahead to the Science work you will be doing in Year 5? http://simplescience.net/

Which topic do you think will be your favourite?

Changing Circuits on the BBC

Simple Science - Circuits and Conductors song and video

http://simplescience.net/4f_-_circuits__conductors.html

Listen to a short story

Try one of these animated stories: http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en 

Worksheets can be printed out afterwards to show your comprehension.

Enjoy!

The 9 times tables for Natalia....and everybody else.

ANZAC BISCUITS

Ingredients
75g porridge oats.
75g desiccated coconut.
100g plain flour.
100g caster sugar.
1 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda.
100g of butter.
1 tablespoon golden syrup.

Process
1. Place porridge oats, sugar, coconut, flour and bicarbonate of soda into a mixing bowl. Mix together with a wooden spoon.
2. Place the syrup and the butter into a saucepan. Melt over a low heat.
3. Add the syrup mixture to the dry ingredients in the mixing bowl. Stir well.
4. Place about a desert spoon of the mixture onto a baking tray and shape into a biscuit shape with fingers. Leave enough space between each one to allow them to spread.
5. Cook on gas mark 4, electric 180 degrees celsius for 8 - 10 minutes.
6. When cooked, transfer to cooling rack and allow to cool.


Make your self a nice cup of tea. put your feet up and enjoy your Anzac biscuits.

SHOCKING STUFF!!!!!!

Remember what you learned in science about electrical insulators and electrical conductors. Try this link to check your understanding.

http://www.hyperstaffs.info/work/physics/child/index.html

Try to remember how you made a switch, can you explain how the switch works?

The Nicene Creed - to help you remember the words.

Watch the video to help you remember the story of Moses.

Magic Square Puzzles - Maths - Miss Speers

Try this:

http://www.dubster.com/math/

Good luck!

Calculating with money

Try this web link to practise adding and subtracting amounts money.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/measuring/money/game.shtml

You need this skill in your everyday life, so be sure to practise.

Play Cross the Swamp and practise your division skills

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/maths/games/cross_the_swamp/big_sound/full.shtml

Interactive Division

Try this link to practise your division with remainders

http://www.northwood.org.uk/division%20with%20remainders.htm

Figurative Language

You can go to this website to improve your knowledge about figurative language, this will help you to meet your reading targets for this term.

http://missspott.com/figurativelanguage.html

Learn and practise your 8 times tables

Decimal Games for you to practise your skills

http://www.decimalsquares.com/dsGames/
 Try these games and have some decimal fun.

Year 4 Song for Summer Fayre Performance

G'day everyone,

Year 4 will be singing Waltzing Matilda, representing Australia for the school's songs from around the world theme.

Children can dress up in an 'Australian' outfit and will be singing, dancing and miming to the traditional Australian folk song.

You will find the words and music at the website- singup, following the link below

http://www.singup.org/songbank/songs/view/song/126/waltzing-matilda

Multiplying by partitioning

We have been learning how to multiply numbers by partitioning them in the grid method. Try this web site to practise your skills

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/multiplication/written/game.shtml

When you have mastered how to multiply by partitioning then you may be ready to move on to the standard written method of multiplying numbers. Check out the website below to see if you can follow the standard written method and understand how it works.
http://www.dositey.com/2008/muldiv/mul1ml134.htm

Good luck and happy multiplying.

Especially for Ola.

Try this web site to help you with problem solving. I hope you are having a lovely holiday and enjoying spending time with your grandparents.
http://www.mathplayground.com/thinkingblocks.html

Half Term

Miss Speers and Mrs Hinsley wish you a very happy half term. Enjoy the rest, stay safe and come back ready to learn on Monday 7th June.

Times Tables Practice

Try some of the games on this web site to improve your times tables knowledge.

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/interactive.htm

4H Assembly

Well done everybody. Thankyou Ola, for your lovely comment, I am glad that you enjoyed it.

Hopefully we all know about Pentecost and we helped to teach the rest of the school as well.

4H Assembly

It is 4H's assembly on Tuesday 18th May and all grown ups are welcome to come and learn a little more about Pentecost which is celebrated in church on 23rd May.

We will find out how some very scared and uncertain people were helped by the Holy Spirit.

It should be wierd.............................but WONDERFUL!

We hope that it goes with a BANG!!!

We look forward to seeing you there.

Multiplying by 10 and 100

Well done Ola, the Multiplication Queen.
I know that what we do is put the zeros on the end of the number but really what is happening is
When you multiply by 10 every digit moves one place to the left.
When you multiply by 100 every digit moves two places to the left.

Multiplying by 10 and 100

MrsHinsley's maths group have been multiplying by 10 and 100 and describing the effect. Then they used this skill to multiply multiplesof 10.

Can you try these at home to see if you still have the skill?

5 x 100, 19 x 10, 26 x 100, 45 x 10, 67 x 10

What about trying these

5 x 30, 7 x 80, 5 x 90, 6 x 60, 7 x 80

Can you dsescribe what happens when you multiply by 10 or a 100?

I can feel lots of housepoints in the air for anyone who has a go.

Good Luck

Problem Solving Activity

Try this site for some problem solving activities.
http://www.theproblemsite.com/math_games.asp

Try your skills out. Good Luck and happy Bank Holiday.

Year 4 Maths

Both groups have been doing co-ordinates this week.
Log on to this site to see how much you have learnt.
Can you remember the rule when we are doing co-ordinates?
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/maths/coordinate_game/index.htm

4S class assembly - Tuesday 27th April

You are all welcome to come to 4S's Assembly next Tuesday 27th April at 9am in the hall. We shall be thinking about 'Listening'.

We hope to see lots of you grown-ups there.

Thank you.

Miss Speers

Summer Term

Welcome back everyone, we hope that you had a lovely Easter holiday and that you are keen to learn more at school.

You will be taking your targets home at the end of this week. There will be  Reading, Writing, Maths and RE targets and they will be stuck into your work books at school and into your Reading Records so that you can take them home.

You should know what your targets are and be working towards them this half term.

Love from

Mrs Hinsley and Miss Speers

The Famous 7 x table song especially for Arek

Maybe our blog is back!!!!!!!!

I have logged onto the blog and it has not disappeared. Maybe it is back!!!

Maths - measures

Maths - Angles

Can you remember where to find 90 degrees? 180 degrees? 270 degrees? 360 degrees? Good luck.

Alouette - French song and cartoon

Hams Hall - have a sneaky peek before Friday!

We are all looking forward to our Geography trip to Hams Hall this Friday. Here is the link to their website: http://www.hamshall.bham.org.uk/index.html

Les jours de la semaine (days of the week)

ADDITION

Mrs Hinsley's Maths Group try this website to practise your mental addition. It will help you when you are doing the written method that we have been practising all week.


http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/additiontest.html

Who will be the addition King and Queen?

Welcome to the new blog address!

Hi everyone!

After the old blog was taken over by aliens (or someone hacked into it and spoiled it), we have been forced to set up a new blog from the beginning.

We can still look at the old blog, including all games and posts, at the old address: www.holysoulsyear4.blogspot.com but Miss Speers and Mrs Hinsley can't login to it to post things or check comments any more.

So here is the new, improved blog. Please use it just like before.

Happy blogging!