Maths - Capacity

Hi Everyone

I hope you are all OK, there have been alot of illnesses going round!!

This week in numeracy we are learning about capacity - here is a link to some great games for your child to play to help re-enforce what we have been doing in class.

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/measures/capacity.html#Capacity

Have fun!

Spring Fair

Hi everyone

Please, please remember to donate prizes for the year 4 stall at the spring fair. We are in charge of the Tombola stall and have only had one prize donated so far!

The spring fair is on Thursday 8th March, see you there.

Science - Habitats.

Hi everyone

the end of this week brings the end of another science topic and the children have been learning about habitats of different animals and the food chains that exist.

If your child wants to do some science revision over the weekend, here are some links to science games related to habitats and food chains:

Food chains (producers and consumers):
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/foodchaingame.htm

Chose a foodchain on the left, click and drag the inages to the right spot:
http://www.playlearnschool.com/Science/1/Food-Chain/Food-Chain-On-Land-2.aspx

Science clips habitat games:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/habitats.shtml

Enjoy!

IPC - Active Planet.

In IPC we have been learning about volcanoes and earthquakes. Over the last 2 weeks we have made volcanoes out of Modroc and used Coco Pops, red food colouring, Bicarbonate of Soda and Vinegar to cause a chemical reaction for our volcanoes to erupt - take a look at the fun they had:

This is a video showing the chemical reaction that all the children had when erupting their volcanoes:

Enjoy - And don't forget to ask your child all about it!

Year 4 Residential Trip.

Hi All


The residential trip was absolutely fantastic - I'm sure your child has given you all the details by now! Everyone had a great time and took part in all of the activities. We have taken lots of photos so if you would like to bring in a memory stick nearer the end of the week, I will copy them all for you. For now, I have put a very small sample of the photos I took:

Backwards on Mega Death!

Alex on Mega Death!

On the way to sand board!

We've got to carry this back!

Camp fire songs.

Kayak Instruction.

That was fun!

Fun rolling down Mega Death!

Instructions!

 I'm not an expert on blogging yet and I tried to put these in order - without success!! It also keeps moving them around to different places! I'm sure your child can let you know what's happening in each.


Enjoy!

School Residential to Dhaid.

Please be aware that your child needs to be at school between 7:15 and 7:25am on Tuesday, for the school residential trip, as the coach needs to leave the car park at 7:30. This is because school drop off will begin and the car park will be far too busy for the school bus to be parked there. If you have any questions regarding the trip, please email me on scox@dubaibritishschool.ae and I will email back an answer - if I know it!


The children are getting really excited about the trip - so please don't be late!

      

MyMaths

Over the weekend I have set the whole of year 4 with a MyMaths account. If you have secondary children in the school you will already be aware of what MyMaths is. MyMaths is a website that the school subscribes to which allows your child to practise the maths concepts they are covering at school. They can also be set homework on-line instead of putting answers on a worksheet, which is stimulating and visual. I will send your child's password and log-in details home with them on Sunday.


I have already set your child 2 sets of homework so if you would like to log-on over the weekend, please email me with the name of your child and I will email your child's password back. My email is scox@dubaibritishschool.ae


If you would just like to take a look around the site, familiarise yourself and view some of the lessons, please log-on to www.mymaths.co.uk, using the log-on 'dubai' and the password 'circle'. The block we have just done is Numbers (tab on the left hand side), fractions and decimals. Have fun!