Today, we concluded our experiment about melting. We thought of 6 different objects and then placed them all in individual red bowls. We waited to see if they melted at room temperature. We predicted that the ice pop, ice cube and chocolate would melt at room temperature but the pencil, rubber and paper clip would not. We were mostly right but realised that chocolate did not melt at room temperate (which was 19 degrees Celsius in our classroom).
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Today, we looked at what the hoplite armour would look like in Ancient Greece. We had a fun lesson looking at the different parts of the armour and what they were called. We learnt new vocabulary such as: curiass, tunic and spear. Next week, we are going to write a report looking at how the bronze age has affected the weapons in the Ancient Roman armies. As you can see, our wonderful volunteer enjoyed today's lesson!
We have been struggling with the concept of negative numbers recently so we decided to get practical and create our own number line. This really helped us to understand what negative numbers are. Initially, we were struggling knowing which number was greater out of -4 and -2 but after completing this, we are much more confident. We still need to complete more work on calculations such as 2 - 5 but we will be adding these to our daily 10 a days.
Yesterday, we took part in a PE lesson about multi-skills. At KPS, we like to start the year working on the core principals of agility, balance and coordination to ensure that we have the fundamental skills in order to complete a range of sports. We looked specifically at coordination and we started with a fun bowling game. Children got into pairs and they had to roll a ball to knock over a cone that was 5 metres away. If they were able to achieve this, they moved the cone back one more metre. It was great to see the children being so competitive and wanting to be the best that they could be. There would have been more photographs but the IPad stopped working for some reason. Hopefully, this will be fixed in time for our next PE lesson. Today, we completed our first Science investigation! We looked at the weight of air. We measured to see if an inflated or deflated balloon weighed more. The majority of us predicted that they would be the same as we thought that air weighed nothing but we were WRONG!
We have now realised that air has weight and is all around us. We are all looking forward to our next investigation next week about heating and melting! Keep looking out for photographs. Hello everybody,
I am pleased to introduce myself as your child's new teacher. We are going to be updating the website as much as possible this year as I know it is really interesting to see photographs of your child in action. It is also a great starting point to discuss what your child has been doing in school. This year, we are going to be looking at the key topics of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. We will also be looking in detail at Europe (including the countries, flags and capitals) and natural disasters including volcanoes and earthquakes. Finally, we really need to focus on knowing all of our multiplication facts to 12 X 12 as we have the multiplication check that will be happening in June. Each child must know each fact and be able to input it into a computer within 6 seconds. The trips that we have planned for this year include: Peak Venture, weekly swimming lessons and Leeds City Museum. I am looking forward to working with all of your children and I am sure that we are going to have a great year. Mr Brocksom We have identified a group of children who have been struggling with division with remainders (including using the bus stop method). They have been working hard in a small group with Mr Brocksom and are dramatically improving. I am really proud of them and they need to keep this up. We have talked about asking if we don't understand and not just pretending that everything is okay. It is my job to teach and I am always here for you!
In History, we have been learning about Boudicca as part of our unit on the Ancient Romans. We have been debating Boudicca's choices on whether to rebel against the Roman invasion. Half of the class thought it was a good idea but half of the class did not. It was a perfect time for a class debate. The children really enjoyed this and all spoke respectfully when sharing their ideas.
We have been finding out about volcanoes in Geography. We have each chosen two different volcanoes and we have been able to find out facts about them including: location, date of last eruption and size. The children enjoyed being able to choose their own two volcanoes and they enjoyed being able to compare them both. After we finished, we looked in the atlases to found out exactly where these volcanoes are and in linked it nicely with our Geography unit looking at Europe and also our History unit looking at Greece and Rome. I wonder if you know a very famous volcano that erupted in Italy near Naples. It is known for destroying a nearby town beginning with P.
Every two weeks, Year 4 get the opportunity to read with the Year 1 children. Half of our children go to Year 1 and the other half stay in Year 4. Between them, they choose which book they would like to read first and both children get a chance to read to each other. It is so nice to see our Year 4 children being kind and nurturing to the younger children. Well done Year 4! Keep it up!
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