Year 4 Looking Back and Forth - Friday 7th February 2025
Friday 7th February – Looking Back & Forth in Year 4
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Looking back:
This week, the children have begun in earnest to write their own mythical narrative for Arthur. The class have worked on their multiplication and division skills as well as practising their arithmetic skills with Mrs Riddell.
Children’s highlights of the week
TTrockstars
- String telephones in Science
- Lunch times with my friends
- Writing my myth story
Looking forward:
Next week, the class will be creating a throne for Alfred the Great using 3D construction software on Purple Mash. In history and art the children will be creating clay brooches, in the style of the finds at Sutton Hoo. In R.E. , the children will be exploring Yom Kippur and Posh Hashanah.
Homework in Year
English – Yellow sheet
Maths – Unit 11 –yellow sheet
Reading – daily at least 15 mins – remember to take the Accelerated Reader Quizzes
TTRockstars – 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 this week - x3x4x7x15– second week
(Homework can be handed it at any time 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.
Dates For This Term
February 25th Young Voices
February 27th Recycle for School bags
March 6th World Book Day
March 7th Film Night
March 11th Y4 to Delamere one night
March 14th Y2 Cake Sale
March 20th After school until 5pm Open Books—your child’s work
WB March 24th Mother’s Day Shop
WB March 24th Parent evenings
2nd April Y5 to Burwardsley 2 nights