Monday, November 26, 2012

Taking The Biscuit....

We will be making biscuits in DT next week. Before we make the biscuits we researched the different tastes in our class and then we all used Excel to show our findings in a table and represent our research data as a graph.

Mr. Rhys Jones likes chocolate digestives. In fact he likes any type of biscuit.....

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Monday, November 19, 2012

What do you call a teddy with no fur?


Fred Bear......
Thankfully our teddy bears aren't Fred Bear! 
 But where are Mr. Rhys-Jones and Mr. Jennings going to sit to have their lunch?

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Who needs Antony Gormley?

Inspired by Henry Moore, we have been sculpting figures which show relationships and feelings.
Impressive work ! 






Parts of a whole

 
Did you know that 5 out of every 4 people have a problem with fractions? ............

We have been looking at parts and equivalent fractions so far this week.

WWII Day

Last week, Year 4 turned back the clock and had a great day investigating life during WWII.




Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Ration Cake

Year 4 had first hand experience of how people had to make do with food that was rationed during the Second World War and the following years. We followed a recipe to make a coffee cake, using rationed ingredients. We used cinnamon instead of coffee. Hopefully some of you were lucky enough to taste the results.

A Saudi Arabian investigation..keeping the heat out..

Which is the best material for keeping my drink cool?

We have been investigating which material is better at insulating.

We used ice cubes and a variety of different materials.

We measured the amount of melt water with our control ice cube.

Our results were very interesting.

I may have to re-think how I wrap up my sandwiches. 

Dad, can you help me find the lowest common denominator in this problem please ?

Don't tell me that they haven't found it yet, I remember looking for it when I was a boy!


Exciting times this week - We have been furiously achieving credits for the Middle East Maths Challenge.
You could hear a pin drop.

Teacher: Did you parents help you with these homework problems?
Pupil: No I got them all wrong by myself !


Good luck everyone. May the \vec{F} = m \vec{a} be with you.