Today, we had a practical session with subordinate conjunctions. Children were asked to rearranged the words to create a sentence that made sense with a subordinate clause. Once each group had completed their section they moved around the other sentences and worked together to move the subordinate clause either to the start or end of the sentence.
Yr 4 is all systems go as we prepare for our MTC test later this year. We have been split into 4 groups and we take part in a carousel of activities each day to ensure we know our timetables and will be confident with them when the time comes to complete our MTC.
Before our writing grammar lesson yesterday, we played a game of 4 corners where children had to decide if a word was a noun, adverb, adjective or verb.
Yesterday, we had our demo comprehension lesson where the children have a guided session on how to answer questions. We looked at which key words would help us answer. After modelling a couple of questions, the children had an opportunity to answer 2 similar questions with their shoulder partner.
In arithmetic this afternoon, we were learning how to divide by 6. We have found this a little tricky as we struggled to see how many groups of 6 we could make especially if there were some left over. We got some cubes out so we could physically group it into 6. We’ll continue to work on this in our next arithmetic lesson.
We started our new writing unit today which will be a narrative based around the film Ice Age. The last narrative we completed was our best piece of writing so we’re excited to get started.
After watching the video, we worked together in mini crews to sequence the events. Then we spent some time chatting notices, feelings and actions.
There was lots of fun had today in our Scotty’s sesson. Children had an inflatable assault course which they tired themselves out on.
Yesterday it was Internet Safety Day which is a really important focus especially as most of us are online at some point.
In Crew, we discussed our favourite thing to do online and how to ensure we keep safe. We discussed scenarios of what to do if something happened such as someone being unkind via messages or a stranger adding them. We then identified who our trusted adults were so children knew who they could speak to if they felt unsafe or uncomfortable online.
This afternoon we completed our last geography lesson for this case study. We were using our reading skills to skim and scan information about Svalbard to find some key information.
As part of our RSE curriculum this week, we were discussing the ways we can manage our emotions if we become dysregulated. We practiced some breathing exercises as well as a short yoga video aimed at helping us relax and relieve anxiety.
