Year 4 we 16th November
Hi All,
Next week in English we will be writing our non-chronological reports about Mt. Everest. The children will be using their homework facts to enhance this work. Ask your child about the dangers of climbing Mount Everest? They’re proving to be ‘fonts of knowledge!'
In maths, the children will be continuing our work on decimals and fractions in particular multiplying and dividing using decimals. This has been a new topic for the children and naturally they found it a little tricky. To support your child in this – a good way is to look at how money is written. For example
100= £1.00
10p =£0.10 - which is a good example of seeing a tenth
In the afternoons we will be continuing our work on mountains – the children are going to be making model dioramas of Mount Everest. If you have any big shoe boxes and newspaper at home, could we use them please? We will also start are science topic for this term, which is ‘states of matter’. This week we will be exploring solids and liquids. We will also start to rehearse the carols for the Christmas carol service this week.
See dates at the bottom – there is a lot coming up before Christmas.
I am looking forward to seeing you at Parents’ Evening next week.
Highlights for the children this week
- Swimming
- 5 mins reading (morning and afternoon)
- Learning about mountains
- Creating my mountains report plan
- Reading the story of Sir Gawain and the loathly lady in guided reading
Homework this week
Spellings
Timestables
x9 x7 x25 x15
English – commas (good practice for the report writing this week)
Maths –red paper– For Friday
Reading - nightly and writing it in the reading record
Remember if you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me.
Mrs. Cowell
Reminders
Newspapers and Large shoe boxes for the mountain project
Toy appeal and Shoe Boxes
Nightly reading recorded in reading record – make sure it comes to school on Friday
With regards to reading records – we have introduced a new and improved system of 20 reads = 10 housepoints. A little like the system we had in Year 1, which worked well. Please encourage your child to record their reading in their reading records.
Tuesday – swimming in the afternoon at Sandbach.
Wednesday – Timestables test.
Thursday – Spelling test
Friday – English and Maths homework to be handed in.
Dates for your diary—up to the end of the term:
November
Tuesday 20th Parents’ Evening
Wednesday 21st Fluenz years R, 1,2,3,4,5
Thursday 22nd Parents’ Evening
Friday 23rd Free Dress Day for every child who brings some chocolate in
Friday 30th Cake Sale Y5 and Film Night
December
Friday 7th Christmas Bazaar until 5pm Village Hall
Wednesday 12th Nativity
Thursday 13th Nativity
Friday 14th Christmas Shop Monday 17th Christmas Shop
Tuesday 18th Carol Service 6pm
Wednesday 19th Carol Service 10am
Thursday 20th Pupils finish and return on Tuesday 8th January