Year 4 News

From Lina McAliden, Year 4 teacher

This Week in Grade 4

Writing

In Writing this week, students have continued to develop their poetry-writing skills, exploring how to use rhythm, rhyme and carefully chosen words to bring their ideas to life. Our focus this week was creating a narrative poem, or ballad, inspired by the wonderful Sign of the Seahorse by Graeme Base.

Writing a ballad was certainly a tricky challenge! Students worked hard to weave a story into their poems while maintaining a consistent rhythm and incorporating rhyming words. They had to think carefully about their word choices, sentence structure and how to make their poems flow smoothly when read aloud.

Maths

In Maths this week, our learning has focused on patterns! Students have been exploring geometric patterns, learning to identify repeating elements and recognise the rules that help patterns grow and continue. They have been challenged to look closely at shapes, colours and arrangements, predict what comes next, and use their understanding to extend patterns accurately.

Bird Watch!

Our wonderful bird enthusiast, Sam from 4C, has been keeping students and staff regularly updated on our local community. What community do I hear you ask? The lovely Tawny Frogmouth birds that are currently located above the garden gate tree. They even have little chicks! How exciting! Sam has also included a link if you would like to learn more about these fantastic creatures! https://kids.kiddle.co/Tawny_frogmouth