Last week in Primary Four, we had a lot of fun learning about the mummification process.  We started off by having a go at wrapping up some classmates in ‘bandages’ (toilet paper) to make them into mummies.  The children cooperated very well to wrap their friends up, but by far the most successful teamwork was by Dirko, Yousaf and Subhan.  Dirko and Yousaf worked carefully together to  perfectly banage up Subhan from head to toe, as you can see!

 

   

 

In drama the children acted out some scenes to show some of what they had learned about Acient Egypt so far.  Below you can see they recreated a pyramid scene, with the mummies and treasure found in the tomb.  Some children made themselves into the River Nile, and others stood together to make a pyramid.

In numeracy we have been working on using number facts we already know to work out new facts.  For example, we worked out that if we know 5 + 3 = 8, then 15 + 3 = 18, 25 + 3 = 28, and so on.  Or if 5 + 3 = 8, then 50 + 30 = 80, and 500 + 300 = 800, and so on.   This week we will be learning about adding two-digit numbers using partitioning, and adding three digit numbers to one-digit numbers using number lines.

 

Homework Week Beginning 19^th November.

Below is this week’s homework.  All worksheets will be sent home in bags.   Homework should be handed in on Friday 23^rd November.  Remember P.E. on Wednesday.  Children should come to school in uniform with P.E. kit in their bags.

Literacy:

Reading: complete the reading comprehension sheet.

Handwriting: You have been sent home this week’s letter formation sheets to practise.  This week it’s the letters i and j.  Try to make sure that you are using the correct formation of all your letters every time you are writing.

Spelling: practise these spelling words using the ‘Look, Say, Cover, Write’ method.  So, look at the word, say the word, cover it up and write it, trying to spell correctly.  Make a word-search using your words.

 

birds

complete

knew

since

piece

told

usually

didn’t

friends

easy

heard

 

Numeracy

Complete the numeracy worksheet adding two-digit numbers.

IDL

Complete the Pharaoh School homework sheet, designing a school and uniform for Pharoahs.

Hi all,

 

Please note that all homework is printed and went home in the bags today, to be competed and handed in by Friday 16th.

Thanks,

 

Ms Newall

Hello!

Numeracy:

In numeracy this week we’ve been learning to compare numbers using the symbols for greater than: >, less than: <, and equal to: =.   It really helped us to remember a simple rule: the arrow always points to the smaller number.  So, 5 is greater than 2 is written 5 > 2.  The arrow is pointing to the 2, because the 2 is the smaller number!

We also thought up lots of different words we can use that mean greater than or less than.  For example, bigger, longer, higher, wider, older, heavier, larger, and more, can all mean ‘greater than’.  Fewer, shorter, lower, narrower, younger, lighter, and smaller could all be used for ‘less than’.

The children really enjoyed playing a dice game to compare numbers as well as working with Ms Newall to answer challenge questions.

Literacy:

In our talk for writing work, we have been learning about the tools that writers use to create a setting description. In our model setting description we found lots of effective tools, including: the power of three, simile, powerful adjectives and verbs, an interesting opener to get the reader’s attention, and description of the weather to create an atmosphere.   We looked at how we can change key words in the setting description to make a brand new version.  Next week, the children will begin creating their own new setting descriptions using the tools they’ve learned.

Health and Wellbeing

Each day every class in St Albert’s has a ‘Pupil of the Day’ as part of our new PATHS programme.  Every child will have a turn to be the Pupil of the Day, and the children are selected randomly each morning.  We have loved celebrating our star pupil, who gets to sit in a spangly chair all day, and receives some lovely compliments.  The children have done so well to give meaningful and genuine compliments to one another – for example praising talents in art, being a kind and loyal friend, and always working hard!

Other learning:

A highlight of our week was watching the beautiful film ‘Eleven’, starring Class 2’s Isaac and his Mum, Phil.  The children asked some incredibly mature questions about the film, and learned a great deal.  They were impressed by Isaac’s great sense of humour and how he copes with the challenges in his day-to-day life.  Many of the children made connections between Isaac’s home life and their own – for example how he plays with and argues with his baby sister!

 

 

 

 

Hello Primary Four,

I hope you’ve all had a lovely weekend and had a great time if you were out for Halloween!

Below is this week’s homework.   Literacy and Numeracy tasks should be handed in on Friday 9th November.  The Egyptians IDL task is due Friday 16th November.

Literacy

Bug Club: log onto your bug club accounts and read your reading book.  Make sure to complete the tasks and answer the questions!

Handwriting : You have been sent home this week’s letter formation sheets to practise.  This week it’s the letters e and f.  Try to make sure that you are using the correct formation of all your letters every time you are writing.

Spelling: practise these spelling words using the ‘Look, Say, Cover, Write’ method.  So, look at the word, say the word, cover it up and write it, trying to spell correctly.

enough
watch
Indian
almost
sometimes
mountains
cut
young
talk
family

Numeracy

1. Write the number that comes:

a) 10 after 25

b) 100 after 450

c) 30 after 140

d) 200 after 500

2. Write the number that comes:

a) 10 before 90

b) 50 before 160

c) 100 before 300

d) 300 before 800

3. put these numbers in order starting with the smallest:

a)  629, 667, 645.

b) 341, 322, 379, 318.

c) 927, 901, 944, 989.

4. Read these numbers out loud then write them in digits, for example:

One thousand, eight hundred and forty two = 1842.

a) six thousand, seven hundred and eighty nine.

b) five thousand, two hundred and forty.

c) three thousand, nine hundred and four.

5. what does the number 9 stand for in these numbers?

For example 4901, the 9 stands for 900

a) 390

b) 912

c) 459

d) 9817

6. Draw a picture of this word problem, then find the answer:

There are five groups in our class.  At each group Ms Newall places eight pens.  How many pens did she place altogether?

7, Can you make up a word problem to go with this calculation?

5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 25

IDL

As you know, this term’s topic is about the ancient Egyptians.   You have a research worksheet home with you about modern Egypt.  You can find out answers to these questions from books in your local library or by searching on the internet.  Please note, this research is due on November 16th, so you have TWO weeks to complete it.

 

It’s a new term and a new topic in P4!  We are focusing on history throughout the school in term two, and P4 will be learning about the Egyptians.  This week we began our topic by finding Egypt on the map and looking at a timeline of different events in history.  We found out that the Ancient Egyptians lived 5000 years ago – a long time!  The class watched an interesting BBC video about the Egyptians, learning about why they lived next to the River Nile and how they preserved their Pharaohs (Kings and Queens) and buried them inside the Pyramids.  We worked in groups to make mind-maps of the key information we’d learned from the videos.  Once we had written as much as we could remember, a messenger from each group went to other groups to see if they could add some more facts that they had written.  The children worked excellently in their groups, with the leaders making sure everyone took a turn to add some facts, and the scribes taking down all the group’s notes.  Well done P4!

Iqra scribing for her group.

Messengers off to find some more facts from other groups.

Fatima scribing for her group!

 

In maths we have been focusing this week on reading, writing and ordering numbers up to one thousand.  Well, that was the plan, but actually the children were capably working with reading and writing numbers over a thousand!  For the activity below, the children had to try and record as many numbers as possible that they could make with four digits.  They then had to identify the largest and smallest number they could make.  Using their knowledge of place value they realised that the largest digit should go in the largest place value column and the smallest digit in the smallest column.  So, they put the biggest digit in the thousands, and the smallest in the units, to make the largest value of number.   They did the opposite to make the smallest number.

 

Zahra working hard, reordering the digits to make a range of numbers.

 

Laiba had just started!

Mohammed used an excellent strategy, starting with eight in the thousands and seeing how many numbers he could make, then moving on to nine.

 

In their textbook work, the children were reading numbers in words and writing them in digits, reading in digits and writing as wordings. They were also taking a group of three digit numbers and putting them in order from smallest to largest.  This  work really helps to develop the children’s understanding of place value, which is essential for all their work in numeracy!