Year 4
Week beginning 28th April
It has been lovely welcoming the children back this week and hearing about all the exciting things they got up to over the holidays!
Last week a TTRS battle was created between Victoria and Malawi. This ends on Monday 28th, so keep practising your times tables to support your class! The top class gets an extra break time!
This term in DT, the children will be making their own torches. Therefore we ask if you can please send a plastic bottle in with your child for them to keep in their lockers, until we create the torches.
The weather is set to be lovely and warm this week! Please may we remind you, to send your child in with a named water bottle and hat to protect them in the sun.
Worship theme of the week: Love
‘Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonour others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.’
Corinthians 13: 4-8
Learning this week:
English - We will continue our unit on non-chronological report writing with a focus on researching the inventor Thomas Edison
Maths - We will continue our unit on decimals focusing on ordering and rounding decimals
DR - We will continue our new book 'Operation Gadgetman' by Malorie Blackman.
DT - We will evaluate and plan our torch designs
Computing - We will begin our first lesson on spreadsheets
RE - We will be learning about the 10 commandments
Science - We will be looking at different applicancses
Geography - We will be understanding and explaining how mountains are formed
Destination Reader
Our book this term will be 'Operation Gadgetman' by Malorie Blackman.
Spelling words to practise this term:
Focus on high frequency words- see list attached at the bottom of this page
Words to know this term:
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young
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touch
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double
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trouble
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country
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scheme
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chorus
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chemist
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echo
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science
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scene
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discipline
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fascinate
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crescent
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believe
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famous
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recent
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quarter
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history
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guide
Homework:
Please check the homework overview at the bottom of this page, we will share and display the home learning in class.
My Maths will be set each week and the task is due every Thursday.
Reading:
Remember to read at home as much as possible! If children read three times at home, they get a raffle ticket.
Reading Raffle – Please encourage your child to record in their yellow reading record when they have read at home.
3 reads a week = 1 raffle ticket
5 or more reads a week = 2 raffle tickets
Library Day is on a Wednesday for both classes.
Your child regularly reads with an adult, both individually and during whole-class reading lessons. In Year 4, children are encouraged to take responsibility for changing their own reading books as needed.
Please note that we do not always write in your child's reading record. This is because we keep our own detailed record in school, and avoiding duplication allows us to spend more time directly supporting the pupils.
Thank you for your understanding and ongoing support in fostering a love for reading. If you have any questions regarding reading, then please speak to a member of the Year 4 team.
At the end of every other term, two names from each class will be drawn in Worship and those children will make a special trip ( with a book) to our local Costa to enjoy a babyccino!
Recommended Book list for Year 4… https://www.booksfortopics.com/year-
Key Dates:
Unofficial Multiplication Tables Check (practice) - Wednesday 7th May
Class Photos - Tuesday 20th May
Victoria Class Worship - Thursday 22nd May at 9:00am
TTRS Day (come dressed as a rockstar) - Tuesday 10th June
Multiplication Tables Check - Thursday 12th June
Sports Day- Friday 20th June at King's Park Stadium
Malawi Class Worship - Thursday 26th June at 9:00am
Thank you for your continued support,
Miss Lunn, Mrs Jacobs and Miss Pain