| This week the children have enjoyed an exciting week with a theatre trip and some exciting, 'hands on' topic work. This was very much needed after the Alfie tests at the start of the week! George's Marvelous Medicine: Monday morning saw the whole of Year 4 taking over the Madinat Theatre to watch a fantastic production of George's Marvelous Medicine. The production was really fun with great memorable bits like a growing and shrinking granny and giant chickens. There was even one scene which particularly stuck in everyone's memory ... the disco granny scene. We had a super time and some real laughs. A great experience for all! As you would expect, the children's behaviour was impeccable and they were a credit to the school and their families. Back to our roots: This week as part of our topic work the children have been learning about written communication through the ages from cave paintings, to using charcoal, wax tablets and letters and even email. The children thoroughly enjoyed getting their hands dirty trying out finger painting on our 'cave walls', and especially loved using clay to create more permanent messages. The photo's of this are included to the side. Diary Writing: Finally this week the children have been writing diaries as a character from the story, The Prince and The Pauper. The children produced some wonderful images using their senses to imagine how the character would feel. I am so pleased to see the progress that 4F have made as writers since September. Here are some sentences they produced that the children are particularly proud of. I think they really show that the children are thinking about their reader when they write. See what you think... " Extraordinary is just the word to describe what happens next. - Kyra Sluggishly I got dressed, the clothes were sooo itchy... but I went with it. -Eva I asked myself, what could he be here for? - Chloe. They were exactly like colourful statues. - Uzayr Then it reminded me about Edward living at my house and I became guilty... -Sam I tried to offer the waiter some food, but he was wordless. They were just like statues standing there. -Run Pu Suddenly the dad came and forced me to go out and beg. -Pia The aroma wafted through the air. -Himakshi And Finally My star of the week... Continuing the theme of wonderful writing my star of the week has made a noticeable improvement to both his handwriting and the content of his work. Well done Sol! Great job! |
This week the children have been busy as usual with a wide variety of activities going on throughout the week. I would like to take the opportunity to thank all of the children who recorded their poetry performances and sent them to me this week. What super creativity and hard work you all showed! You really made me smile every time I watched them. Thank you! The Prince and The Pauper: During our English sessions this week the children have been following the story of The Prince and The Pauper, to look at how historical settings are created in literature. The children have begun to look at the feelings of each of the main characters when they swapped roles and will be following this up with a diary extract written from the character's point of view next week. We had some interesting discussions about the feelings and experiences of the characters and so I am expecting to see great things from 4F next week! Music Performances: This week, our usual Music lesson was moved to Thursday and the children were asked to perform a piece for the rest of the class. We had singing, piano playing, recorders ukulele and an oboe. I had the privilege of watching these performance and was blown away by their talent! Lots of the children had clearly practiced very hard at home. What a talented bunch we are! (photos at the bottom of this blog) Investigators: As a follow on to last week's 'Milk Magicians' experiment the children repeated the experiment, changing one variable to in order to investigate the impact of their changes. We made predictions and drew conclusions from our observations. Here are some of the results... To look forward to... I am sure that you do not need a reminder but just to 'jog' your memories, 4F will be visiting the Madinat Theatre on Monday 25th May to see what promises to be a fantastic version of 'George's Marvellous Medicine'. We are really looking forward to the trip! Finally my star of the week: I have to say that this week I was an incredibly proud teacher sitting in our JPS staff room when our French teacher came in especially to see me and say just how wonderful 4F have been! For that, I have to congratulate the whole class, you are all my stars this week! Well done!
Performance poetry:
This week, the children have been learning about poetry and we have been studying one particular poem, "Walking With My Iguana" by Brian Moses. The children have learnt about rhyme, half rhyme and syllables and how these elements help with performance. Having listened to Brian Moses perform the poem, the children then worked in groups to perform sections of the poem creatively for an audience. Their performances were great - really imaginative and you can tell how they have used the syllables to help them. Watch this space, because I hope to be able to put up some videos of the performance! (Once I have been trained!) Since then, the children have started drafting their own versions of the poem using their own choice of animal and rhymes. Rocket Science: This week the children created their rockets, adapting them to change their variables. They measured the distance that their original rocket travelled and compared this to their adapted rocket. They then drew conclusions about the impact of that variable. Timelines: This week the children used their research to create a timeline of one particular invention, tracking the changes to the design and use of the invention in chronological order. Children were amazed to find out just how recently the i-phone was invented! The children presented their findings and their final timelines to the class. Stars: Finally, the star of the week this week for her continued improvement in her writing is Sarah! Well done! |
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