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Asia Year 4

Welcome to the Asia Year 4 Class Page.  Here, you can find out about everything that we've been doing this term.

Friday 25th September

 

It has been a lovely week with Class Asia. One of the areas of learning has been column addition and subtraction. As part of this we used practical materials to highlight how an exchange works during column subtraction. The children have also been working hard on their losing tale in English. At the end of their write, they shared their stories with each other. During this, they took on board feedback and made improvements. Well done Asia – we are all mathematicians and writers.

Friday 19th September
 
 
We've had a super-busy week here in Asia Class, but the highlight has to be a visit from the Music Workshop team on Wednesday.  The subject for this session was 'Movie Night', so we were treated to some of the most famous sound-tracks, like the themes to Jurassic Park, Harry Potter and Star Wars.  Many of us were invited to the front to play along with various percussion instruments, or play matching games. We did have fun, although the photos seem to show some hard concentration while we were trying to keep to the beat!
 
We also had our School Council speeches and voting on Tuesday.  So many of us braved the nerves and stood in front of the class to give our speeches, but there can only be one boy and one girl to represent the class.  After the votes were counted, the new councillors for Asia Class are...
 
Jack E and Charlotte! 
 
Congratulations to them both, but well done, too, to all those who put themselves forward for the job.
 
 
Friday 12th September
 
Another great week here in Asia Class saw us getting much more confident with column addition in Maths, story-mapping and role-playing a warning story in English, improving our ball-dribbling skills in PE, and exploring electricity and circuits in Science and DT.  We've also being squeezing in some French language practice, in preparation for our filmed lesson next week - how exciting!
 
Friday 5th September
 
What a brilliant week it has been on the start of our Year 4 journey!  We've been very busy, learning all about our 'home' continent Asia, writing poetry about our hopes for the coming year, painting pictures of magical and mysterious doorways to the future, and thinking about how we can be the best class team for each other.  During one PSHE lesson, we considered how we can make everyone in the class feel included and be part of the team, and the session ended with some of us recalling how others had made us feel welcome and supported in the past.  To hear such kind words said about each other made us feel very lucky to be part of such a supportive team.  
 
Things did get a little competitive, though, when we worked in small groups to complete a bridge-building challenge.  We had a set budget to buy materials to bridge a 40cm gap, and the structure had to be strong enough to support the weight of a toy car.  We all went for the beam bridge design (we learnt about different types of bridge first), which were all successful, as you can see from the photos.