Yr 4 Friday 19th July - Looking Back and Forth
Friday 19th July 2019 – Looking Back & Forth in Year 4
Looking back:
This week we have had lots of different activities in class. We learned about Nelson Mandela’s life and created mini biographies on Mandela day (Thursday). We also learned about the Moon landing on Friday to celebrate the 50 year anniversary of the Eagle landing on the Moon.
In our work about Ancient Egypt, we learnt about cartouches and hieroglyphs. We had a great time listening to Asa’s dad (our resident expert on Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs). It was fantastic and we learned so much about the Egyptian Emojiis!
Year 4 – Pupils’ Highlights:
- Dodgeball with Premiere Sports
- 5 minutes of reading
- Nelson Mandela mini biography
- Writing our Year 4 memories
- Learning about the moon landing
- Getting ready for Year 5
- Working with Mrs Cooper on branching databases
- Writing my Howard Carter’s diary
- Filling the marble jar
- Maths – addition and subtraction
- Asa’s dad teaching us about hieroglyphs
- Chips on Friday!
Family discussion questions:
- Who was Nelson Mandela?
- What is apartheid?
- What are people asked to do in Nelson Mandela day? (clue – 67 mins)
- How does a branching database work?
- What is a cartouche?
- Why is it called a cartouche?
- What did Asa’s dad talk about?
- How is an emoji linked to a hieroglyph?
- Who were the astronauts who went to the moon?
- Who stayed on board and did not get to walk on the moon?
- What is the famous quote about walking on the moon? What did Buzz Aldrin say after Neil Armstrong?
- What was the rocket called that took them to the moon?
- What did they leave behind on the moon?
Looking forward:
We only have 3 days left in school. The children will complete their Egyptian work and sort out the books. These should be coming home on Tuesday, all being well.
The children have their marble jar treat on Wednesday and the will meet their new teacher on Monday. We will also be watching the Year 6 end of year production.
Dates for your diary:
Monday 22nd Y6 performance 7pm School Hall
Tuesday 23rd Y6 performance 7pm School Hall
Tuesday 23rd Afternoon 2.45pm – Come to the classroom and look at the childrens’ Egyptian projects.
Wednesday 24th Leavers’ Assembly 1.30pm Village Hall.