Year 4 - Cougars
Welcome to Year 4 Cougars!
Our teacher is Mrs. Curran.
We are very lucky to have Mrs. Hill and Mrs. Weston teaching us each Wednesday.
Useful Information
Our P.E. days are Tuesdays and Fridays.
Homework is given out every Thursday and is due in the following Tuesday. Your child should read at least 3 times a week.
Class News
Welcome to the Summer Term. We hope you all had a lovely Easter break. This term is all about SCIENCE - Humans, animals, light and shadows!
Thank you so much for the AMAZING Shake, Rock and Roll projects - they were the best yet!
Check out our funny Comic Relief Clothes!
On Wednesday 22nd March we held our 4th class council and watched some amazing science clips. Read about our discussions:
Clip - Why are beaches made of sand?
100% of us liked the clip and learned something from watching it.
"We now know that parrot fish eat white coral and poo out white sand!"
"Lava from volcanoes makes black sand."
"Some rocks get carried down a stream and turn into sand."
Clip - Dino bones
100% of us liked the clip and learned something from watching it.
"Chickens are the closest living relatives to dinosaurs - wow!"
Clip - How long can submarines stay underwater?
100% of us liked the clip and learned something from watching it.
"Submarines ca stay underwater for 25 years - amazing!"
Look at our beautiful Japanese Rock Gardens ...
Check out our World Book Day costumes ...
On Thursday 5th January Year 4 held their 3rd class council to discuss our hopes, dreams and inspirations.
We were imagining that we were all 25 years old …
What job would you be doing? Unicorn (learn magic), professional dancer x3, vetx3, gymnastics coachx3, police officer, You-tuberx5, football playerx5, an animator, chef, animal clothes designer, Olympic horse riderx2, Olympic swimmerx2, Olympic gymnastx3, singer, plumber, horse rider, scientist, pirate, football trainer, dog walker, lifeguard.
Where would you be living? Sutton x10, Americax10, Log cabin in the countrysidex2 (one with a stable), magical cave, Londonx2, Paris, Portugalx2, Bahrain, Cornwall, Cardiff, mansion in the Countryside.
What would your hobbies be? Horse riding, piano, ice skating, dancing, singing, gymnastics, swimming, football, you-tubing, join a slimming club, join a gym, keep fit, design things, art, drawing, roller skating, playing video games, basketball, looking after parents, walking my dogs, boxing, looking after pets, magic, golf.
On Thursday 1st December we held our 2nd class council and watched 'Newsround', below are our comments and opinions:
Gareth Southgate – Everyone thinks he is a good choice as the new England manager.
Christmas trees – The gingerbread house looked just like the White House, lots of bright lights on the trees and the trees were huge!
Penguins – So cute, good for penguins to be at the Sea Life Centre but their home was in Denmark. Good to stop every 2 hours for a break on the 20 hour journey. They are trying to prevent extinction, which is a good thing.
£5 note made with animal fat – Most of us think it shouldn’t be made with animal fat because it is not fair on vegetarians.
USA gymnast Simone Bile – excellent gymnast – world number 1, will only get better, next Olympics she will be even better and less nervous.
Jose Mourinho – Most of us think he should receive further punishment because he has been wrong 3 times this season so far! 2 of us would fine him and the rest would ban him for a few matches.
Thank you so much for all your efforts with the Stone Age Creative Homework. We were absolutely AMAZED at what the children produced!
Have a look below:
On Thursday 20th October the Cougars held there first class council.
Below are the minutes from our meeting:
Class council – Year 4 Cougars – 20.10.16
How do you think you have settled into year 4?
Awesome – I know where all my tables are and I know where everything is in the classroom. Every year I usually cry when starting a new class, but this year I didn’t.
What are you proud of/pleased about so far?
I think I have become more confident in this class because I have been learning harder things, which is working my brain more. I think this is going to be a very good year, because I am more confident already. I’m improving on my times tables this year (from 2 x table in December 2015 to gold!) I am really happy with our Stone Age topic and I really enjoy doing it. I am pleased with my creative homework, it made me think, ‘What am I going to do?’ and I found out lots more facts about the Stone Age. I am pleased because we have got harder maths. As we are getting older, we discover more skills in our new classes. I am proud of myself because I have got my 6x table and am almost on my 9s!
What would you like to get better at?
Topic - history and geography - 4
English - 5
Maths - 3
Art - 9
RE - 2
Science - 4
Reading comprehension - 3
PE - 2
Are there any problems you would like to discuss?
Worry: If I was to get bullied it would upset me and I don’t like being upset.
Solution: Tell a trusted adult at home or school who will help you.
Worry: Sometimes my dreams/nightmares scare me.
Solution: Write it down, put it under her pillow or in her worry pouch. Use a dream catcher. Tell a trusted adult at home or school who will help you.
Worry: Sports – sometimes we don’t end up with fair teams and we fall out.
Solution: Ask an adult to sort the teams out. At the end of the game, forget about it. Shake hands and say, ‘Good game!’
Worry: Killer Clowns
Solution: Think they are just doing very silly things. Tell a trusted adult at home or school who will help you (maybe the Police). Call Childline (0800 1111) to discuss it further. Think of happy things instead. Stay with adults/other children when walking to and from school.
From Monday 12th September until Friday 16th September the cougars took part in our first themed week, 'art week', studying the life and works of Wassily Kandinsky. We used his 'Squares with Concentric Rings' painting to produce own own interpretations using chalk, watercolours, collage and 3D melted plastic! We are using our melted plastic cup designs to create a year 4 Kandinsky tree which will be on display in the hall shortly. Below are some photos of Kandinsky's work and ideas:
On Monday 19th September, years 3 and 4 launched our first topic, 'Set In Stone'. We had a special topic day with lots of Stone Age based activities, such as making clay pots, stone age jewellery and cave paintings. Photos are below!
Our topics this year will be:
Autumn Term
Autumn 1 – Set in Stone – History focusing on the Stone Age
Autumn 2 – Romans – History focusing on the Romans
Spring Term
Spring 1 – What’s the Attraction? – Science focusing on magnets
Spring 2 – Shake, Rock and Roll – Science focusing on rocks and soil
Summer Term
Summer 1 – Why are Humans Animals too? – Science focusing on animals
Summer 2 – Shadow Dancers – Science focusing on light and shadows
At the end of year 3 we enjoyed a really hot but fun trip to Cadbury World. We learnt lots about how chocolate first arrived in England and how it is made. We had a very interesting talk on the rainforest; visited a 4D cinema; played on the adventure playground and of course sampled some yummy Cadbury's chocolate! Check out our photos below:
