Yr 4 Looking Back and Forth 17th September
Friday 10th September – Looking Back & Forth in Year 4
Looking back:
This week, the class have had another super busy week. We worked on Roman Numerals a lot and I think it is safe to say, we are a lot more confident with them now! We started to explore our new book The Journey, and checked to see if our predictions about the text were correct. We wrote a diary entry as well as exploring more exciting vocabulary.
With Mrs Cooper, the class looked at the countries of Europe and their capitals. They each picked a country to explore in more detail. In French, the children learnt weather phrases. They also explored musical poetry and electrical circuits in science. The class also explored family life in the Islam religion.
To top it all off, we had another great Tag Rugby session with Mr Biggs today on the field – the class loved the session.
We have talked to the class this week about ‘building on’ and used the terms ‘working memory’ and ‘long term memory’. It was a really interesting discussion and the children were intrigued, but could see how it worked. We used practising phonics/swimming/riding a bike and also Ronaldo as examples!
Questions to ask at home
- What happens in the story The Journey?
- What Roman Numerals can you remember?
- What country in Europe are you studying?
- Do you know the capital city?
Looking forward:
This week, the children will be continuing their work on the book the Journey and writing poetry using personification. In maths, the children will be rounding to 10 and 100, as well as working with 1000s. On Wednesday, the children will have Mrs Riddell for their spelling lesson and arithmetic. In the afternoons, the children will be exploring the thought provoking book, ‘Dogs don’t do ballet’ as part of their No Outsiders work. They will continue to work on their European countries as well as making some cool torches.
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 - green sheet.
English - should have been handed in on Thursday ideally
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
(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.