Term 4 Week 4

Year 3 moved on to look at mass and capacity in Maths this week. We started the week recapping our understanding of scales and identifying the value of each interval. We understood that mass is measured in grams or kilograms and used this to read scales accurately, identifying an objects mass. We finished the week by measuring objects found in the classroom and reading and recording their mass in grams (g) and kilograms (kg).

Year 4 have been looking at the relationship between fractions and decimals this week. We have used our knowledge of place value to help us to be able to convert fractions over 10 and 100 into their equivalent decimals. We have looked at what the value of each digit in the decimal is worth and how we can partition and represent theses in different ways.

In English this week, we put all of our knowledge together to create our final Newspaper Report which is our hot write. The children have all worked so hard, getting into role as reporters to report on the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

Through Art, we continued to learn how to sketch features of the face. This week, we looked at the mouth and ear. Walnut Class has many great artists among us! In Computing, we put our knowledge from the previous two weeks into practice by creating a branching diagram using the program J2Data. The children created closed questions (only answered by ‘yes’ or ‘no) to gradually reveal which object, from a group, that they were thinking of. They were able to use a range of different topics e.g. animals, shapes, clothes, weather etc. In History, we looked at Rochester Castle, understanding what the siege was and why it happened. The children then looked at the similarities and differences between Leeds and Rochester castles. Next week, they will round up their learning by creating a presentation on iMovie in groups.

Have a great weekend and enjoy the sunshine!

Mrs Daniells and Mrs Ali.