Year 4 - Friday 2nd December - Looking Back and Forth
Friday 25th November – Looking Back & Forth in Year 4
It is a very busy time of year, there are reminders below. The newsletter also contains important dates and information for families.
Looking back:
This week, the children began to create their electricity quiz boards in science. Sang carols and songs in preparation for the Junior Carol Service. Explored the features of a scene setting. Finishing their work on addition and subtraction in maths.
Questions to ask at home
- How does the quiz board work?
- What questions have you included?
- What is a preposition?
- Where will you find a fronted adverbial?
- What is the difference between area and perimeter?
Children’s highlights of the week
- Ttrockstars – Lunchtime club
- Working on area in maths
- Electricity and creating quiz boards
- Singing for the carol service
- Changing the mood and atmosphere in my writing
- Working on timestables in maths
- TTRockstars
- E. Gymnastics with Mr Biggs
- Arithmetic and timestables tests
Looking forward:
The children, have lots of preparation for the Junior Carol Service in the afternoons. In the mornings, the children will be writing their own scene setting for a part of the story Whale by Vita Murrow. In maths, the children will be working on Length, with a particular focus on area.
Letters and Reminders
- Letters came home regarding the carol service with permission slips.
- Hand in these permission slips in as soon as possible please
- Raffle money for the hampers to buy tickers from Monday
- Christmas shop on Wednesday, the children will need their money and know they’re buying for. If they have a named bag for their shopping as well. Who
- Elf run sponsor forms
Homework in Year 4
Maths– blue sheet
English – similes, metaphors and personification
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.
Could the children please complete their homework in pencil or blue/black pen not felt tip.
Timestables – for Friday All timestables x11 x12 x 6 x15 - (these were given out on Friday with how many columns the children need to learn.)
(This can be handed it at anytime before Friday, the children know where the basket is)
Reminders for this week – Please check the weekly Newsletter for more detail
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.