Looking Back and Forth - Friday 8th October
Friday 8th October– Looking Back & Forth in Year 4
Looking back:
This week, the class have worked incredibly hard, writing to create their refuge story for the exhibition. We have one more paragraph to write. I have been so impressed with their use of vocabulary. I hope you will enjoy reading these wonderfully poignant stories.
Mrs Cooper has been busy creating quizboards with the class, as part of their electricity work as well as perfecting their country studies. Mrs Riddell took the class to work with Faith Bebbington this week, they worked on part of a sculpture that the school has created for the exhibition. It looks stunning!
Building On
- In writing, the vocabulary that the children have gained over previous writing units as well as consolidating grammar and punctuation work.
- Design and technology skills, from creating junk models in KS1.
- French, building on their vocabulary.
Questions to ask at home
- Who is Faith Bebbington?
- Who is Benjamin Zephaniah?
- What does BHM stand for?
- What are you 'proud to be'?
- What exciting words have you used in your writing this week?
- What did you learn with Mr Biggs on Friday in Tag Rugby?
- What did you learn in French this week?
Looking forward:
This week, the children will be completing their refuge stories and publishing them. They will also be using their artist homework research in class, as well as using some of the artists styles to recreate parts of the journey story.
In the afternoons, the children will be hard at work completing their projects for the exhibition as well as looking at prayer and prayer mats in the Muslim faith. They will also continue their research on Black History Month.
Homework in Year 4
Reading – daily at least 15 mins – remember to take the Accelerated Reader Quizzes
Rockstars – as much as possible 10 mins daily is ideal – at least once a week for 20 mins
Spellings – Mrs Riddell – Please learn them for the test on Wednesday. It is better to look at them for 5 minutes each day than try to learn them all in one night. The children remember them better learnt over the week.
Maths–For Friday – should have been handed in on Thursday - lilac sheet.
English - should have been handed in on Thursday ideally – book review
Could the children please complete their homework in pencil or blue/black pen not felt tip.
Timestables – for Friday All timestables - x2 x4 x8 x9 – there will be new ones this week
(This can be handed it at anytime before Friday, the children know where the plastic wallets are)
Letters
n/a
Reminders for this week – Please check the weekly Newsletter for more detail
Children can bring in hand sanitizers for their own personal use.
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.