8th January - Looking back and forth in Year 4
Monday 7th January 2019 – Looking Back & Forth in Year 4
Looking back:
Welcome to the new spring term! Thank you so much for the lovely cards and presents. I was truly touched by your generosity and kind words. I hope you have all had a restful, relaxing, fun and family time. I think I will be glad to get back into a routine again to be honest. Here’s to another great term.
Year 4 – Pupils’ Highlights:
- The end of term film was a definite highlight for all.
Family discussion questions:
- What is a haiku?
- What is a simile and metaphor?
- Mega – challenge question – Can you explain the ladder method in multiplication?
Looking forward:
Next week we will be working on a unit of poetry. We will be looking at Haikus. The children will be counting syllables, reading haiku’s created by famous and some not-so-famous authors, as well as developing their own about the wintry season.
This week, we will also completing our work on states of matter in Science. We will be looking at condensation and evaporation.
In maths, the children will be revisiting multiplication. We will be continuing the work on grid method, then working on the ladder method – which is like an expanded version of long multiplication. We will also be revising the chunking method in division too.
Homework in Year 4
No homework to hand in – but the children will be getting homework on Friday (English and Maths), spellings on Thursday, Timestables on Wednesday. (Mrs Benson will be back to teach the class on Wednesday)
Reminders
P.E. kits in this week. P.E. will be on Wednesday and Friday this week. Mr Capewell from Holmes Chapel High School will be teaching the children for a session on Wednesday, with further sessions coming up in February.
Nightly reading recorded in reading record – make sure it comes to school on Friday
Reading challenge has started – 20 reads in the reading record =10 housepoints
Please encourage your child to record their reading in their reading records.
Dates for your diary—up to the end of the term:
Return on Tuesday 8th January
January Thursday 17th PTA meeting The Crown 7.30pm
February WB 5th Book Fair Wednesday
February 13th Young Voices Y,4,5 & 6 Choir Manchester