Cross hatching, happy artists......

In art today we learned how to create tone with our pencil using a technique called cross hatching.

See if you can create a face using the technique and put two open eyes on instead of closed eyes.

Where's polygon?

We have been learning about the polygon family in maths this week.

These are all regular polygons. Can you draw some irregular polygons to match the correct number of sides?

Here are some of our own examples of polygon art. 

 I feel there is a new Paul Klee somewhere in our classroom.

Who are these budding mathematical artists?

Waterfall Sadness.By?

Just Life. By ?

Class Photograph Saturday 29th

It is our class photograph on Saturday so remember to come in looking super smart and cool in your school uniform and polished shoes....!!

Wednesday 26th September

Don't forget your library bag and to learn your x-tables for tomorrow. Remember to check you have done the work set on MyMaths. Have fun.

Axis and Allies in WW2

We have been looking at the countries involved in World War 2. See if you can find out on an a map or in an atlas which countries Germany invaded and occupied. Use the above map to help you.

Continuing our investigation into adding

We continued our investigation into number stories today. We focused on the relationship between Hundreds, Tens and Units. See if you can think of some of your own additions.

Exploring written methods of addition

We worked on number stories today. We put the addition into the opposite machine so that we could check our answers. Every number sentence has a story......

See if you can finish the number stories at the bottom of the page.

'es ...

......if it adds an extra syllable to the word. You need a vowel for the extra syllable. If the word ends in an "x", "ch", "sh" or "s" sound, you say an extra syllable to make it plural.'

fox fox-es
church chur-ches
but not
truck trucks
or
cat cats

A stitch in time....

 ...saves Mr Rhys-Jones from Binka...

Our D.T. project is progressing nicely. We are going to make a Teddy bear. Before we start work on the teddy we have been making sure that we can use a blanket stitch. We have made some binka wallets and purses to make sure that we get our stitches right.

RAF Band

Today we were fortunate enough to watch some excellent musicians perform in the Quad.

Can you remember which instruments they played? Learning a musical instrument is great fun.

I wonder how many students in 4DR are learning to play instruments?  Mr. Rhys-Jones would love to hear you play. Why not ask if you can bring your instrument into class one day to show us all.!!!

Don't forget your library bag on Wednesday !!

Bletchley Park?

We are starting our reseach about World War 2. In English lessons we are making a booklet in our groups. We are using our skimming and scanning techniques to find information from different sources to help us.

Now that you have chosen your topic, ask your mum or dad if you can do a little bit of research at home on the internet or with any books you have. Have fun.

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/Britain.html

Working on our graphing skills

 We are converting the data we recorded in our science investigation into bar charts. This is an important maths skill to learn too. It requires really careful and accurate ruler work.

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Some Numeracy skills learned this week

Who want's a canteen then? Vote for me !!

Today Year 4 voted for their Student Council representatives.

All the candidates promised much to the electorate.

 Good luck to 4DR candidates.

I'm looking forward to some nice warm snacks in the future!! 

Riddle me this.....!!

Escape Hatch

SETTING:A prison cell with a dirt floor, stone walls,
no window but a skylight very high up in the ceiling; no furniture except for a mattress
ACTION:The prisoner who was in the cell manages to escape through the skylight.
How?

If AGMOLIE means LEOPARD in a code, what are the animals listed below?
EMX
QLN
FLTZNGI
XRILWWG
WALTRSXM
Now write the following animals names in the same code: LION, GORILLA, OSTRICH

Colour Mixing

At the beginning of term we investigated colour mixing - we mixed primary colours to create warm and cold shades of secondary colours. They look fab behind the silhouetted London skyline.

Paragraphing skills

Last week we were looking at how to group similiar information into paragraphs. We wrote about, lies, dislikes, hobbies and eating. YumYum.

What have we been learning about in science?

Moving and Growing : Week 1: What did we learn?

1. That many animals have a bony skeleton but some do not have a skeleton.
2. That many animals have an internal skeleton (e.g. cow, frog, fish, cat).
3. That some animals have an external skeleton (e.g. crab, beetle.).
4. That a few animals have a hydrostatic (watery) skeleton (e.g. jellyfish, slug, squid).
5. Why do we have a skeleton?
1. Our skeleton gives us our shape.
2. Our skeleton gives us support.
3. Our skeleton helps us to move.
4. Our skeleton protects the soft bits inside (e.g. the skull protects the brain; the ribs protect the heart and the lungs).

Moving and growing : Week 2  :  What did we learn?

1.     We looked at real bones and thought about suitable adjectives to describe their properties – hard, strong, smooth,

2.     We examined some x-rays and decided that although bones are strong they can break.

3.     That skeletons are frameworks made up of bones and softer material called cartilage

4.     We learned the names of some important bones that protect our organs – ribs, spine, skull

Moving and growing : Week 3  :  What did we learn?

1.    That bones in children and adults are different sizes – the bones change as we grow – we measured a femur bone in a

3yr old child, ourselves and an adult.

2.    That the circumference of a child’s skull and an adult’s skull is almost similar throughout their lifespan – we measured a 3yr old, ourselves and a fully grown adult.

3.    That we can represent data collected as a graph or a chart

4.    That we can draw a conclusion from our results table after collecting data in a fair test.

5.    That our bones grow longer and bigger as we grow older

6.    That our skull does not grow in size much but that the bones in our skull fuse together as we grow older.

A science investigation in FS1

FS1 very kindly allowed us to conduct a measuring test on them.

We measured the circumference of their skulls.....

 ....and we measured how long their upper leg bones were. Can you remember the scientific name for an upper leg bone?

Thank you FS1 for helping us out with our science investigation.

HELP !! Skeletons are coming through the wall !!

Our finished works of art.  We put some elbow grease into making these.!

Welcome to Year4DR - Make no bones about it...

We have been making skeletons in science this week.

All the bones in the human body together are called the skeleton. The skeleton provides strength and rigidity to our body so we don't just flop around like jellyfish. We have 206 bones in our body. Each bone has a function. Some bones offer protection to softer more fragile parts of body. For example, the skull protects the brain and the rib cage protects our heart and lungs. Other bones, like bones in our legs and arms, help us to move around by providing support for our muscles.

Interesting bone facts –

 The smallest bone found in the human body is located in the middlear. The staple, (or stirrup) bone is only 2.8 millimetres long

The smallest bones are in the ear.

Although your bones stop growing when you are around 20, they do constantly rebuild new bone cells.

The spine is made up of 33 bones.

Red bone marrow can produce around 5 billion red blood cells each day.

Very few man made substances can come close to the lightness and strength of bones.

If your body doesn't have enough calcium, it will take it from your bones making your bones weaker. A good reason to drink your milk!

Why don't you ask your mum or dad to measure you at home and then measure you again at the end of Year 4 - I wonder by how much you will have grown?

Check out the BBC bitesize link below

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/living_things/skeletons_muscles/read/1/