Year 3/4 Weekly Update: Monday 31st March

Welcome to this week’s blog spot. The children had a fun packed week in the last week. The amount of time and effort that had gone into the Easter gardens was excellent. Well done to everyone who participated.

When the year 3 and 4 did their fund raising the other week they raised £148 in one afternoon. This was amazing and everyone enjoyed preparing for the event.

The Easter service was led by children from all year groups in the Juniors and they did a great job. Well done to all the children who did the dramas.

We have lots of exciting things planned for the children. This week is

SCIENCE WEEK!

The Whole school is doing a lot of work on Science this week. The Key Stage One children and Foundation stage are doing all about MATERIALS.
The whole of Key Stage Two are doing about ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM.

On Tuesday we have Powergen/Fiddlers ferry coming in to talk to the three/ four classes about electricity. On Friday we have a Science show on Electricity too. If you have not sent in the two pounds contribution please send in as soon as possible. Thank you.

By the end of the week:
Children could know what metals and materials are electrical conductors and are magnetic.
Children should be able to predict what materials are conductors/insulators of electricity.
Children must be able to experiment to find out what things are magnetic.
Children must be able to experiment to find out what things are conductors and insulators.

To find out about electricity and Magnetism please clicks on these sites below.

http://www.andythelwell.com/blobz/

http://www.innovationslearning.co.uk/subjects/science/activities/circuits/circuits1.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/circuits_conductors.shtml

http://www.edfenergy.com/powerup/keystage2/index.html

http://www.graves.k12.ky.us/powerpoints/elementary/symjchandler.ppt

NUMERACY

This week Mrs Harding’s group will be reviewing a recent assessment and going over particular things that they could not answer. We also be doing about coordinates and positions of objects.

By the end of the week:
Children could be able to draw objects from given co ordinates. Children could be able to draw objects on a grid and give co ordinates.
Children should be read and plot co ordinates.
Children must be able to read and give a co ordinate of an object in a grid.

http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primaryframeworks/downloads/SWF/coordinates.swf

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/maths/coord_shapes/index.htm

http://www.10ticks.co.uk/s_gamesAndAct.aspx

In Mr Slavin’s and Mrs Bethell’s Math’s group will be doing about fractions.
By the end of the week the children:

COULD be able to find fraction of numbers when the numerator is more than one. Example two thirds of 30 etc.
SHOULD be able to find a fraction of a number. Example one third of a number. MUST be able to write a fraction in a shaded shape.

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/fractions/index.htm

http://www.visualfractions.com/

http://www.primarygames.com/fractions/start.htm

LITERACY
We are doing all about traditional tales and stories.

By the end of the week the children:
COULD know the features of a traditional tale and be able to talk about them.
SHOULD know the correct terms for collective nouns.
MUST be able to write a character portrait.

To find out more about this week’s topics see below.