Yr 4 Looking back and forth 1st October
Friday 1st October – Looking Back & Forth in Year 4
Looking back:
I have had a lovely time with year 4 this week but the class will be delighted to have Mrs Cowell back in the mornings from next Tuesday. The class have worked really well on a variety of tasks in maths including partitioning numbers and numbers up to 10,000 We have also worked on our times tables – a really important skill. The children have learnt spellings for Mrs Riddell and are doing well in the weekly tests.
The class have continued their work on the countries of Europe and have used this information to plan some electronic quiz games that we hope will be part of the Exhibition. We have looked at aspects of e-safety and revised the days of the week and weather phrases in French and also looked at Islamic wedding traditions. The week culminated with a PE lesson where we practised our netball skills in the glorious autumn sunshine.
Building On
- In maths, the work we did on 1,000s – we are now going on to larger numbers
- In geography, our knowledge of the continents and the world
- In French, days of the week
Questions to ask at home
- What are the names of the days of the week in French?
- Which European country are you studying and what have you learnt about it?
- What are the rules in netball?
Looking forward:
This week, the children will be completing lots of maths: looking at rounding larger numbers and ordering them as well as comparing 4-digit numbers. There will be more preparation for our own story writing in English.
In the afternoons, the children will be hard at work completing their projects for the exhibition, as well as doing some singing, learning more French words and phrases, using the laptops to present work, looking at Black History, making their electronic games and spending some time with a professional artist.
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 - sheet.
English - should have been handed in on Thursday ideally – this is the artist’s fact file
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 Thursday
Reading challenge has started – 20 reads in the reading record =10 housepoints
Please encourage your child to record their reading in their reading records.