4JW's New Pet

All about Triops!

Hi I am Callum key from 4JW, we have a new class pet - they are called triops.

Information about a Triop
Tail:  the tail is called a caudal furcula.

Mouth:  The mouth is quiet difficult to actually see as most of the time it is hidden
behind a flap called a labrum,but it is there and if you watch your Triop feeding closely you might even see the mandibles and the maxilla all chomping away, mashing the food up making it easy to swallow. ("That was  interesting!")

Trunk : The trunk is bendy bit at the back and  is used to flip and flop the body around .

Ventral groove: The hollow that runs up the middle of the underside of the Triop and it is along this that the food particles are pushed.


                                 Wow those Triops are interesting!
At the moment they are very tiny but will grow much bigger soon!

Year 4 Weekly Objectives w/c 07/11/16

Literacy

In Year 4 this week, we will be learning:

• to invent and describe our own character for an imaginary setting;
• to understand how expressive language creates images and atmosphere; 
• to plan our own fantasy story.

This week's spelling rule is words with the prefix re-.

Mathematics

In Year 4 this week, we will be learning:

• to calculate using the column method;
• to solve problems using the column method.

  

Year 4 Objectives - w/c 26/09/16

Literacy

In Year 4 this week, we will be learning:

• to compare different versions of a story;
• to use powerful verbs and conjunctions to compare characters;
• to use a thesaurus to improve our  vocabulary;
• to use fronted adverbials (e.g. 'As the day turned to night,', 'As quick as a flash,') to develop our sentences;
• to spell words which have a 'y' for the 'i' sound, e.g. pyramid. 

Mathematics

In Year 4 this week, we will be learning:

• To recognise equivalent fractions using a fraction wall. 
• To count in tenths and hundredths. 
• To find fractions of amounts. 

  

Year 3 weekly objectives WC 12.9.16

Literacy

In Year 3 this week, we will be learning:

• I can edit and improve my written work
• I can use adjectives and adverbs to describe characters and settings 

Mathematics

In Year 3 this week, we will be learning:

• I can find 10 and 100 more or less than a number
• I can find facts for the 3 times table

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4JW's Special Guests

This week in show and tell, we had two very special guests! One member of our class (with the help of his mum) brought in his adorable and very small Netherlands dwarf rabbits for us to see. The class had lots of interesting questions and enjoyed stroking the baby animals.

The Fourth Plinth Competition

The Fourth Plinth Competition

The Fourth Plinth Programme is one of the most talked about contemporary art prize in the UK. Funded by the Mayor of London, the competition invites artists to design their own plinth to go in Trafalgar Square. Here are some of year 4's designs. Many children also made their design into 3D models. 

Websites to use at Home

Numeracy Activities:

• http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/
• http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/ordering-and-sequencing-numbers
• http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy.html
• https://nrich.maths.org/teacher-primary

Literacy Activities:

• http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/games/educational/literacy.html
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/site/literacy.shtml
• http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html
• http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=46
  
  

Welcome to the Year 3-4 Blog

We take school-home communication very seriously at Hacton Primary. Parents should feel confident that their children are getting the very best education in our friendly, nurturing environment. Children's successes should be celebrated so that they feel proud of their work and motivated to improve. Magical moments happen every day at our school and we hope that this blog helps to capture some of them