Year 4 Looking Back and Forth 1st July
The end of another very busy week looking at wtiches, magicians and all sorts of book characters in English, shapes and data handling in maths and bees in science. We also completed our mountain dioramas and carried on animating them again. We also had the opportunity to hear the Year 5s playing their instruments which helped us to decide which instrument we might like to learn next year.
Next week we will continue with 'The Lost Happy Endings' - a wonderful book and we will be looking at more graphs in maths. Don't forget, it's Sports Day on Tuesday 1:15 on the school field, weather permitting. Children should come to school in their PE kits (sun cream applied before school please) with a t-shirt in their house colour. At the end of the event, parents may take their children home from their classrooms - the juniors will be going back over the road to collect their belongings before leaving if a parent is available. If parents can't pick their children up, they will leave as usual at 3:25. Let's hope the weather is kind!
DON'T FORGET TO VOTE FOR OUR SHED!
Building On
- Knowledge of story features
- Organisation and self reliance
- Shape
- Data handling
- Team work
Questions to ask at home
- What did you learn about bees?
- Which instrument are you hoping to learn?
Highlights of the week for the children
Choosing an instrument
Animations
Double page spread on bees
Writing our poems
Data Handling in maths
DanceMat typing
Looking forward:
Charts and graphs in maths
Features of fairy tales
Animations
Sports Day
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– sheet this week to be handed in on Thursday
English –
History - the Anglo-Saxons - PURPLE MASH
Could the children please complete their homework in pencil or blue/black pen not felt tip.
Timestables – for Friday All timestables
(This can be handed it at anytime before Friday, the children know where the plastic wallets are)
Letters and Reminders
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.