Meet 4T

Hi 4T, I have just learned something great whilst in Hong Kong. Check out the picture below and add a comment to tell me what you think. Would you like to start doing this in your blog?

Do you know your bones?

4T spent their Science lessons his week learning about the human skeleton. Our body has 206 bones and learning them all would be a tough challenge so we have just started to learn the main ones. How many can you name?

Healthy Cafe

All this week is Healthy Eating week and the children have all had the opportunity to purchase healthy snacks at the end of the day. Some eco warriors and school councillors were drafted in to help keep up with the healthy demand!

Margaret Mee Artists

Year 4 spent time yesterday discussing the work of explorer and artist Margaret Mee. She is famous for her love of plants and flowers and her very detailed drawings. We started our art work by making careful observations of different parts of plants and then attempting to sketch them.

Pen Licence 4T

Well done to Chenny, Jessica, Jeanette and Hannah. They have all gained their pen licences and will be writing in pen from now on. I'm sure it wont be long before many others join them.

Adventure Disaster (A Year 4 Horror Movie)

Today in English I would like you all to watch the horror movie below and turn it into a playscript. Take care to listen to the exact words and remember to the stage directions too.

Pen licences to arrive tomorrow!

I have been looking through the books very carefully and I can say that I'm very pleased with the effort that everyone is putting into keeping their work neat. There are always some children who present their work beautifully all the time, and I will definitely be giving out some pen licences tomorrow.

I will add samples of their work to this post to show you all the high standards of presentation you need to achieve to get a pen licence.

A Pile Of Play Writes

The English unit that 4T have just started is called Playscripts. Today the children had the tricky job of trying to improvise a small scene with a partner or in a three. Everyone got stuck in and came up with some brilliant short pieces of acting. The really hard part was trying to write this short scene down as a playscript in their English books. Luckily, we had the use of the Easi-Speak microphones to help us remember exactly what words were spoken. 

Our Adventure Begins

Today all of 4T went to X-Rock climbing club for the entry point of our new IPC topic. Lots of children were very nervous to begin with, but after watching a very confident Tyler, many wanted to try. I am proud to report that every member of 4T, including Ms Van Anh and I, tried to climb. As you can see from the photos it was quite scary. Well done to Hannah and Tyler who both managed to get all the way to the top of the 16m wall. 16m doesn't sound like very much but believe me, when you are looking down it does! Feel free to use this as one part of your BISCAT blog. Just type up an entry and add a photo. All of my photos can be downloaded from Picasa.

Can you find an explorer or adventurer?

It is easy to think of lots of male adventurers and explorers, but not so easy to think about some female ones. Later in our IPC topic we will be thinking about why that is, but for now I would like to see if anyone can research to find out the names of some female explorers or adventurers. If you discover any, then write them in the comments below.