Year 4 Ostriches
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Welcome to Year 4!
Welcome to Ostrich Class! We are a class of Year 4 children. Mr Maslin is our Teacher and our LSAs are Mrs Coles and Mr T. Come have a look at our page for reading updates, activities and to catch up on what we do!
This weeks shoutout:
Well done for an amazing week! We learned lots about the UK and how it's surrounding seas and neighbouring countries, about how to use expanded column method and even more about changing states!
Well done to Ayon for getting Star of the Week, his responsibility and maturity are a good example to us all.
Warming up with our Pyramid Projects, Naomi and Sra have shown off theirs. I am excited to see what will be revealed next week...
Have a great weekend,
- Mr Maslin
Shoutout of the week
Well done Ostrich class for a fantastic week of working through our new story "The Egyptian Cinderella", and for being so enthusiastic with our new topics. Friday was a special day as we all brought our Pyramid projects in (we will be showing them off next week). One that couldn't wait was Leon's pyramid... because it was all edible! A fantastic treat for the class, but twice as impressive because Leon made sure that the every single person in the class was catered for, whether it was for religious, cultural or dietary reasons, Leon found a way to make sure they could join in. This attitude towards others earned him Star of the Week!
Well done class, have a fantastic weekend!
-Mr Maslin
Year 4 have been exploring Remembrance Day with silhouette artwork, as well as discussing the significance of the poppy.
Shoutout!
Well done to Riley for getting Star of the Week! His efforts to raise the quality of his work have really impressed us, as well as his positive attitude each and every day.
Well done to the whole of Ostrich class, we now have 7 people above the green line in TTRS! Keep going and I'm sure by the end of this half term we will have our first goal of 10!
Have a great weekend and I will see you on Monday to finish off our first best write of the Scarab's Secret.
- Mr Maslin
End of our first half term
Well done Ostrich class for a brilliant half term. I am so proud of how resilient you have all been, alongside the kindness and support you have shown each other. I have had a lot of fun in the last few weeks, doing everything from making clay cartouches, going to Rowhill in the pouring rain, writing our first best write story and practising the Ukelele!
Shoutout to Tahlia, our star of the week! Her attitude to new challenges is a good example to the whole class!
Have a wonderful half term, have lots of adventures and I already look forward to seeing you on Tuesday.
- Mr Maslin
Homework - Half Term
Shoutout
We have had possibly our best week of the year in Ostrich class! Everyone's behaviour has been top notch, and our first best write drafts are coming along nicely. Our shout out this week goes to Mister Ali, who got star of the week for incredible attitude towards his learning and for helping his peers. Our second shout out goes to our resident TT Rock Star, Roux-Juan Jordaan, who amazed many teachers with his lightning fast maths skills (averaging 0.56 seconds per question). Very impressive, you are a good role for our aspiring rock stars!
Have a good weekends Ostrich class!
- Mr Maslin
Homework - 15th October
Friday Shoutout - 25th September
Hi Ostrich class! Fantastic week this week, I'm especially impressed with your effort in rounding, as well as making your Egyptian Cartouches! Shoutouts this week go to our newly voted in class rep - Leon!
Well done to Rayan who got Star of the Week for his fantastical learning attitude!
Have a great weekend, and I will see you fresh and early on Monday.
- Mr Maslin
Friday Shoutout 18th September
Another fantastic week here in Ostrich class, with our team succesfully tackling rounding, setting descriptions and Egyptian Cartouches!
Special mentions go to Leonie, Marwa, Zamin, Elias, Leon, Riley, Oartrick and Jahkodi for their efforts on TTRS, and a big shoutout to Kieran who got star of the week for his unstoppable attitude towards maths challenges!
Have a great weekend, we will see you on Monday!
-Mr Maslin, Mr T and Mrs Coles
Shoutout!
First shoutout of the year to Ostrich class, well done for settling in so well and trying so hard in all of the lessons.
Very proud of Harvey and Marwa who have gotten Star of the Week for their exceptional attitude to the start of the year, and for all those who have already started their homework (Leon didn't even wait for the weekend to get it done!).
Mr T, Mrs Coles and I are very proud of what you've done i your first week, and are looking forward to the next one!
Look here for future shoutouts about TTRS, homework ad attitude in class, because specific people will be mentioned! Keep it up Ostriches!
-Mr Maslin
P.S Don't forget to do your TTRS Soundchecks at least twice, the go to Studio to do the tables I have set you :)
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Monday 8th June update
Hello everyone! I hope you all had a nice half term and had lots of adventures. Here is a shoutout to Jake, Lexi M and George who still went on TTRS and did some Soundcheck last week, well done!
I'm also really proud of our scores as a class, so many more of us are regularly getting more than 20 questions right every soundcheck!
Today we went out to the firepit and recreated bonfire night with our Guy Fawkes figures and toasted marshmallows, before drawing some posters for fire safety. What have you all been doing at home?
Speak soon and stay safe,
Mr Maslin
P.S Do your best to keep doing at least a lesson a day o either the BBC Bitesize or Oak National websites!
Mr Maslin's Birthday Update!
Hello everyone! Hope you are enjoying the sunshine and working hard. I'm planning to spend my birthday eating lots of cake and drinking as much apple juice as possible!
I've just checked TTRS and shoutout to Tyler, George, Kristiyan, Abigail, Lexi M, Isha, Jake and Joseph for practising this last week. Special mention to Isha, Jake and Joseph who have hugely improved their soundcheck scores recently. Keep it up!
Have an awesome day and thank you for all the cards I got!
Mr Maslin
Building planets and learning about human rights
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Times Tables Rock Stars of the week: Ava, Joseph, Abigail, Jayden, Lexi M, Harry, Lexi S and Tyler who have been practising hard this week! Well done!
I have sent everyone a rock slam challenge for them to respond to!
We hope that you are all keeping safe and well - we are missing you all lots! We have opened up an art competition for all children from Wellington!!! Whether you are attending school or working hard from home; we would love to see lots of entries. Take a look at the competition entry poster to find out all about it! If you are choosing to enter from home, when your entry is finished please take a photo of it and email it through to adminoffice@wellington.hants.sch.uk. Don't forget to include your full name and class on your entry! Good luck and we look forward to seeing all your wonderful creations!
Make sure you check down the page, the updates might not always appear at the top! Have you noticed the daily update of lessons from the national academy below?
Daily Lesson Updates
For daily lessons there are lots of options for you!
The best would be
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/z63tt39/year-4-and-p5-lessons/1
where lessons are being uploaded every day! Please visit this and record your work in your home learning books!
You can also look into the additional resources pages at the top for plenty of work packs that you can explore.
Finally, keep an eye out for updates with "Reading with Mr Maslin" and videos I might post (shoutouts to those practicing on Times Tables Rock Stars)!
My other favourite is from the oak national academy. They have some cracking daily lessons that a lot of students are already accessing, well done!
https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-4/
With these above that will be plenty for you to be getting on with, and if you want to show off your work make sure to post it to the Wellington PTA Facebook page!
Stay safe and learn fun things,
Mr Maslin
Our day of tree measuring and planet creating!
Provision for learning at home
If you are at home due to illness, there is no reason you can't still learn! Keep up with your Rock Career on Times Tables Rock Stars. Can you beat your speed on Studio? Or finally get 25 out of 25 on Soundcheck? Or will you be in the top 8 for lifetime coins?
https://play.ttrockstars.com/ttrs/dashboard
Keep up to date with what is happening in the world. Newsround changes several times a day, can you write a summary of today's topics?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/news/watch_newsround
Are you missing your Science lessons? Why don't you explore Planet Science, where there are so many activities and things to look at. Choose the topics that interest you!
http://www.planet-science.com/
Remember to do everything in your Home Learning books so that you can show it off to your teachers when you are back in school!
Here are some other websites you might enjoy:
Tinkercad
www.tinkercad.com
All kinds of making.
Crest Awards
www.crestawards.org
Science awards you can complete from home.
Scratch
www.scratch.mit.edu/explore/projects/games/
Creative computer programming
Ted Ed
www.ed.ted.com
All sorts of engaging educational videos
National Geographic Kids
www.natgeokids.com/uk/
Activities and quizzes for younger kids.
Duolingo
www.duolingo.com
Learn languages for free. Web or app.
English
Maths
Maths - Perimeter
Guided Reading
Try the Wellington Challenge!
Make sure you keep learning your spellings. Just try 5 at a time until you get them. Can you use them in a sentence?
