Thursday 25 May 2017

Songs to learn for music concert

We are the Young

We are the young, the children of the world
We hold tomorrow in our hands
We are the young, the promise of a brighter day
The future waits at our command.

Teach us well; teach us how to care,
Give us love, love that we can share
And we’ll walk hand in hand in the light of the rising sun
We are the young.

We are the young, and so we look to you
To show us how the world should be
We are the young: we trust in your experience
To help us shape our destiny.

 Teach us well; teach us how to care,
Give us love, love that we can share
And we’ll walk hand in hand in the light of the rising sun
We are the young.

That day is dawning when we will be grown
We will inherit this world for our own

We are the young, the children of the world
We hold tomorrow in our hands
We are the young, the promise of a brighter day
The future waits at our command.

Teach us well; teach us how to care,
Give us love, love that we can share
And we’ll walk hand in hand in the light of the rising sun
We are the young.
We are the young
We are the young.


 The Gift of Today

I feel so lucky when I wake up in the morning
And the birds are singing, “welcome new day”
I’m happy when I see the sun is shining through the window
Beckoning all to come and play.

I thank all those who take such care of me,
Making sure I wrap up warm in the cold
We need to take good care of one another,
helping all of us through, as we grow old.

Celebrate! Celebrate!
Make it a day that we can say:
Celebrate! Celebrate!
Celebrate the gift of today!

I know the world is sad in many places,
People struggling hard just to survive,
Where there is war and hatred I just pray
The hope of reconciliation  stays alive

Imagine a world where every man, woman, child,
Could live their lives not being so fearful every day
Imagine a time when everybody in this world
Can wake up ev’ry morning able to say:

Celebrate! Celebrate!
Make it a day that we can say:
Celebrate! Celebrate!
Celebrate the gift of today!

                                                                                                                           
El cumbanchero

A cumba, cumba, cumba, cumbanchero,
A bongo, bongo, bongo, bongo sero.
When in Cuba you can do the cumbanchero, bongo sero
que seva
Bongo sero que seva

Hear all Havana bongos drum,
Bum bum ba.
See all Havana guitars strum,
Tum tum ta.


A cumba, cumba, cumba, cumbanchero,
A bongo, bongo, bongo, bongo sero.
When in Cuba you can do the cumbanchero, bongo sero
que seva
Bongo sero que seva
Cumba!

 Mi caballo blanco

You are my fine companion,
a stable friend indeed.
We’ll always be together,
me and you my trusty steed.


Mi caballo, mi caballo
galopando va,
Mi caballo, mi caballo
Sevay se va.
Ah-----------mm,


You are my guardian angel
And understand my pain.
You’ll always lift my spirits
As we race across the plain.


And when the gods in heaven
Announce our final ride,
They know that we’ll be ready
Both together side by side.

  
Thank you very much to the parents that came on our walk on Monday afternoon. It was a warm one but I think the children enjoyed conducting surveys with members of the public and having an opportunity to speak with Madam Mayor.






















We hope you have a lovely half term break.


The Year 4 team

Friday 19 May 2017

It’s nearly time for our last half term break of the year…


This week:

BREAKING NEWS…..in English we have been developing our journalism skills through writing a recount in the style of a news report. This has included recognising and using the 5W’s within an orientation paragraph together with writing in a passive rather than active voice.  On top of which, we have been doing our best to use sensational language too. Of course, our old favourites have continued to be included: fronted adverbials, topic sentences, proof-reading and editing skills.

Mrs Meredith’s maths group have been working on some enrichment investigations to do with different measures.

Miss Eastlake’s maths group have been revisiting written methods of subtraction and applying their knowledge and understanding to problem solving. This is a skill which will be the focus of our work after half term, together with revisiting multiplication and division strategies. So if anyone who is not yet confident with their times tables, half term is an ideal time to do some more practice…

Science in Year 4, we have just started our new unit; Electricity. Several children have already kindly demonstrated their knowledge by sharing some electrical circuits that they have built. We will continue to investigate electrical circuits further, exploring there components and materials that successfully conduct a current. We will also be considering the possible dangers involved with dealing with electricity regularly.

Our Harpenden topic is well underway and we are all enjoying learning more about the history and development of Harpenden and the local area. On Monday afternoon we are looking forward to furthering our investigations by asking the Mayor some specific questions. Thank you to the parents who have volunteered to accompany us. If you could arrive by 1pm please.  

Next week is Multicultural and Eisteddfod week, so there will be some lesson disruption.  Year 4 will be focusing on two aspects of African art, one of which will involve creating a clay mask. It would be extremely helpful if you could make a cardboard support for this mask before Wednesday. It should be about half B5 size. We recommend corrugated cardboard, as wet clay is quite heavy, folded so that the two sides create a right angle and held in place by sticky tape, creating a shape that the clay can be draped over to dry. Here is a video clip that shows you in more detail:


How can you support at home?

Miss Eastlake’s Maths class would find additional practice of times tables and any opportunities for the children to develop their appreciation of the inverse relationship between multiplication and division helpful.

This week homework is over 2 weeks, in after half term, as we have asked the children to complete a walk through Harpenden High Street answering a set of questions as they go. We thought that they might like to get together with a friend (and an adult) to do this. However, it would also be a pleasant walk for the family.

There is also a town trail 2 that can be downloaded if you particularly enjoy completing the first!!

Thanks as ever for your support

The Year 4 Team

 

Friday 5 May 2017



News


We have now completed our English unit on Greek Myths and the children have produced some fantastic pieces of writing. The children's understanding of this genre of writing has greatly improved and it has been a successful stimuli to draw on the children's imaginations and writing skills. Well done year 4!


In Maths, Mrs Meredith set have now completed work on fractions and decimals culminating in an end of unit investigation where the children have created their own multi-choice 'real life' scenarios to set challenging questions to test others. Miss Eastlake's set have been continuing their unit on data handling and learning about the most suitable representations for specific data e.g. bar charts, line graphs.


For Science, the children have been investigating the fun world of bubbles! One investigation has involved finding out about the fizziness of sherbet and how this is created and a further one connected with aerating chocolate. So plenty of finger licking opportunities!


In PSHE lessons we have been talking about loss, whether that be a lost pencil case, a lost friend or losing a relative. The children have responded sensitively to discussions and reflected well in their jigsaw journals.


If possible could children bring in a small plastic bottle (250ML) for next Tuesday's Science lesson.




At home
Homework was sent home on Thursday. For the reading comprehension could we emphasise the importance of finding evidence in the text to support answers.
Also, as our new English unit is Journalistic recounts, it may be helpful to have a look through a newspaper and find an example of a recount. (Please bring into school)
Miss Eastlake would also like her set to be looking out for examples of charts or tables in newspapers for Maths.


Have a great weekend


The Year 4 team